Bel Canto News

Palm Beach Opera is excited to announce the planned repertoire for its 2024 Season, which will feature Puccini's “Tosca,” Offenbach's “The Tales of Hoffman,” and for the first time in 15 years, Bellini's “Norma,” all beginning in January next year.

TRASTEVERINI al TEATRO 7 Torna in scena la commedia musicale sulla 'romanità' più sfacciata e divertente

Theatre for a New Audience will present the Off-Broadway premiere in English of the great Spanish author Lope de Vega’s Fuente Ovejuna (1612), translated by the late British poet, novelist, and playwright Adrian Mitchell.

Acclaimed Tenor Lawrence Brownlee treated his audience, at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, with an afternoon of engaging, sensitive vocal interpretations of some of the world’s most talented African American composers.  This invigorating program, entitled Rising, increased in vocal nuance, and beautifully intonated clarity as it ran the gamut of spiritual, romantic, jazzy, contemplative, and socially conscious original compositions by this illustrious and very talented roster of creative composers.

Mariza Anastasiades (soprano) and Socrates Leptos (guitar) will perform a unique blend of both original and arranged works from France, Italy, Brazil, and Argentina, many inspired by the rich musical folklore of their respective countries.

OrpheusPDX General and Artistic Director, Christopher Mattaliano, has officially announced the details of the 2023 season, the company's  second. Performances of Mozart's masterwork The Royal Shepherd (Il Re Pastore)  and Nico Muhly's compelling Dark Sisters will take place in Portland's 475-seat  Lincoln Hall, where opera is experienced at its best—up close and personal. 

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Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express by Ken Ludwig, directed by Casey Hushion. See performance dates and learn how to purchase tickets!

 The Dallas Opera’s 2023/2024 Season has been announced! See how to purchase tickets!

Opera enthusiasts, culture cultivators and audiophiles were treated to a lavish celebration at the launch of the Nashville Bel Canto Foundation on Friday, March 10 at BMI, hosted by founder and president Stefano Baldasseroni. The fundraising gala featured four of the top rising operatic talent from The Curtis Institute, The Julliard School and Yale School of Music accompanied by Nicolò Sbuelz of The Metropolitan Opera. 

Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced the company’s 2023/24 Season, which takes audiences on a global tour of opera featuring a richly curated slate of musical events in six different languages.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company brings the next installment of its Southern Literary Salon Series to the Tabor Stage, Truth and Beauty of Ann Patchett on Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 pm.  Patchett is the author of eight novels, four nonfiction books, and two children’s books; and she is the co-founder of Parnassus Books in Nashville. 

SILL's popular Music Mondays series entitled “Musical Conversations with Great Performers” features informal performances and lively conversations with renowned performers of all disciplines.

Tosca comes to Poland this month! Performances run 10-19 March 2023. Tosca is an opera in three acts with a libretto by Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa based on the play by Victorien Sardou.

Watch Christian Van Horn and the Met Chorus sing Oroveso’s Act II aria in the final dress rehearsal for Norma!

Fue un sueño que nació después de su primera visita a México en 2017, al conocer el telón de los volcanes con cristales de Tiffany's que distingue al Teatro de Bellas Artes, reveló la mezzosoprano durante la conferencia que ofreció este martes para anunciar el único concierto que ofrecerá y que forma parte de las celebraciones por el 75 aniversario de la Compañía Nacional de Ópera (CNO) del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura. 

New Amsterdam Opera has announced the cast for its spring production of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia.

Three of Scandinavia’s most celebrated actors will perform together on stage when The National Theatre of Norway returns to The Coronet Theatre, following its sell-out Little Eyolf, with Strindberg’s savagely comic domestic drama, Dance of Death. The production is currently playing to sell out audiences at the National Theatre of Norway.

The Canadian Opera Company announced its 2023/2024 season today featuring a slate of exciting new productions and rare musical gems.

Terence Blanchard’s opera Champion, based on the true story of the troubled former middleweight boxing champion Emile Griffith, will have its highly anticipated Metropolitan Opera premiere on April 10, with nine performances running through May 13.