Lawrence Brownlee News

Get a first look at The Metropolitan Opera's new staging of Vincenzo Bellini’s I Puritani, marking the company’s first new production of the opera in nearly 50 years.

Carnegie Hall has announced that its Weill Music Institute (WMI) will continue a wide-ranging slate of education and social impact programs throughout 2026, serving participants of all ages in New York City, across the United States, and internationally.

The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Vincenzo Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece I Puritani, features theatre actor Richard E. Waits making his Met debut!

The Met’s new production of Vincenzo Bellini’s I PURITANI made its debut on New Year’s Eve, but I caught up with it at its third performance on January 6. I was glad I did--because it offered a cast with staggering singing abilities in four major roles that offered major demands, along with at least one minor one and the brilliant Met chorus under Tilman Michael. Simply put, soprano Lisette Oropesa, tenor Lawrence Brownlee, baritone Artur Rucinski and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn sang the pants off their roles, with Marco Armiliato conducting the fearless Met orchestra.

Performances are now underway for The Metropolitan Opera's new staging of Vincenzo Bellini’s I Puritani, marking the company’s first new production of the opera in nearly 50 years. Find out what the critics are saying in the reviews here!

The Metropolitan Opera has released production photos from its new staging of Vincenzo Bellini’s I Puritani, marking the company’s first new production of the opera in nearly 50 years.

It’s hard for a soprano to get a break in Donizetti’s LA FILLE DU REGIMENT, which I caught up with at the Met on Friday evening. Not that Marie—the role of the title, sung at the Met by Erin Morley—doesn’t have some gorgeous music and shenanigans to show off her musical and comic chops in the now-classic Laurent Pelly production.

Carnegie Hall’s SongStudio returns January 12–18, 2026, for its eighth season, led by Artistic Director Anthony Roth Costanzo. The week-long program includes master classes with Lisette Oropesa, Lawrence Brownlee, and Bryan Wagorn.

Sandra Oh, fresh off her acclaimed performances in Shakespeare in the Park’s Twelfth Night, made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Duchess of Krakenthorp in Laurent Pelly’s production of Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment on October 17. Check out a video clip of her performance below!

Seattle Chamber Music Society has acquired The Concert Truck, a mobile concert hall that brings world-class performances to schools, parks, and community spaces.

Sandra Oh,freshly off her acclaimed performances in Shakespeare in the Park’s Twelfth Night, will make her Met debut as the Duchess of Krakenthorp in Laurent Pelly’s production of Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment on October 17.

Opera Carolina - the largest professional opera company in the Carolinas - has revealed programming for its upcoming 76th season with an ambitious lineup of grand operas, special concerts, philanthropic events, and community initiatives. 

The 92nd Street Y, New York has announced its 2025/26 Tisch Music Season. Over the past century and a half, 92NY has grown into one of New York City’s — and the world’s — most influential cultural institutions.

The Richard Tucker Music Foundation has announced the recipients of its prestigious Richard Tucker Award, Richard Tucker Career Grant, and Sara Tucker Study Grant. 

Opera Carolina has announced programming for its upcoming 76th season with an ambitious lineup of grand operas, special concerts, philanthropic events and community initiatives.

Opera Carolina, the largest professional opera company in the Carolinas, has announced programming for its upcoming 76th season with an ambitious lineup of grand operas, special concerts, philanthropic events, and community initiatives.

South African soprano Khayakazi Madlala has joined Cape Town Opera (CTO) as a Judith Neilson Young Artist. Earlier this year, Khayakazi made her debut as the High Priestess in Aida at the Royal Opera House in London, and will be reprising the role in CTO's own highly anticipated production of Verdi's Aida that opens at Artscape on 23 May 2025.

Throughout the 2025-26 season, HGO will be celebrating its beloved artistic and music director, Patrick Summers, who in May 2026 will transition to a new role. Learn more here!

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) has announced its 2025-26 season, featuring the American opera that launched HGO as a trailblazer, the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.

Imagine being a rising young opera singer and getting to sing two solos from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera. And picture receiving $20,000 and the prestige, exposure and networking opportunities that come with it. That's what came to Sopranos Alissa Goretsky and Emma Marhefka, Mezzos Sadie Cheslak and Michelle Mariposa, and Baritone Luke Sutliff, who took top honors and applause from the crowd of thousands at the opera house on Sunday March 16.