Bel Canto News

Berkshire Opera Festival opens its 2023 summer season with Breaking the Mold: Baroque, Bel Canto, and Beyond, a concert of arias and ensembles spanning 300 years, on July 22 at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center.

What did our critic think of BWW CD REVIEW: ARCHETYPE at Lexicon Classics?a not-to-be-missed musical delight that will elicit the desire for repeated listenings

Get a first look at photos of Donizetti's D[x]n Pasquale: A New LGBTQ+ Opera at Opera MODO.

With its second season set to begin in August, regular tickets to OrpheusPDX productions are now on sale, beginning as low as $50.

The Royal Opera House has appoints Speranza Scappucci as Principal Guest Conductor of The Royal Opera. Scappucci will take up the position in September 2025, at the start of the 2025/26 Season, becoming the first Principal Guest Conductor since 1997. 

Beginning Wednesday, July 26, the Metropolitan Opera will present Summer Encores of past performances from its acclaimed Live in HD series of cinema presentations.

The hit show, Gunfight at the Not-So-OK Saloon, is returning to the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Gunfight at the Not-So-OK Saloon is a Gilbert and Sullivan-styled musical comedy set in the Old Wild West with a modern spin.

A company and audience favorite, Chioldi made his SO debut as Baron Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca in 2021

On May 19th at 8 PM and May 21 at 2 PM, Wilmington Concert Opera will present their “Bel Canto: The Beautiful Voice” Gala, as part of their “Back to Before” season. The season focuses on programs that were initially scheduled for the 2000 season, which was affected by the pandemic.

For the Virginia Arts Festival's 26th Anniversary Season, the Festival presents Chicago The Musical - In Concert with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Music Director & Conductor Rob Fisher - on Saturday, May 6 at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk, VA.

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. Presented by Music in the Mountains.

Opera fans in Cape Town are in for a very exciting treat this May. Winner of the 2017 Operalia Award, Levy Sekgapane, has returned home to lead Cape Town Opera in their latest production - THE PEARL FISHER.

From May 10-14, 2023, Cape Town Opera presents George Bizet’s masterful French opera The Pearl Fishers at Artscape with an all-star cast and chorus led by 2017 Operalia winner Levy Sekgapane in his debut as Nadir. 

Opera Saratoga will present a 2023 summer festival season that will be anchored in the heart of Saratoga Springs.

Opera Saratoga will present a 2023 summer festival season that will be anchored in the heart of Saratoga Springs.

Opera Saratoga's 2023 summer festival season that will be anchored in the heart of Saratoga Springs.

The little OPERA theatre of ny (LOTNY) will present American One Acts, a double bill, conducted by Gregory Hopkins and directed by Philip Shneidman, from May 31 - June 4, 2023 at Baruch Performing Arts Center.

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.

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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.