Michelle Bradley News

After the successful reimagining of its 2020/21 Season, Lyric Opera of Chicago greatly looks forward to welcoming audiences once again to the Lyric Opera House this fall for the start of the company’s 67th Season. 

PineCone is bringing live bluegrass music back to downtown Raleigh's Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts and local NC native, IBMA award winner and banjo virtuoso, Tray Wellington will help kick off the return of the Down Home Concert Series May 7 at 1pm in Moore Square.

Guests will once again grace the seats at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, as the North Carolina Symphony welcomes small, socially distanced audiences to Meymandi Concert Hall for six performances this spring—in accordance with capacity regulations for in-person gatherings set by Governor Roy Cooper.

Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts and the African American Cultural Festival of Raleigh and Wake County (AACF) announce their new annual partnership which will feature four co-produced events. The events will focus on bringing the community together while honoring African American culture and heritage.

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, January 30-31, 2020.

Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts and the African American Cultural Festival of Raleigh and Wake County announce Raleigh's First Annual Kwanzaa Celebration. The celebration will be filmed in the Meymandi Concert Hall and will air January 1st.

Dallas Black Dance Theatre and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra are uniting for a concert to support Project Unity on November 11, 2020.

'Recognizing the Arts was devised by Carolina Ballet and North Carolina Theatre as a thank you to our patrons for being loyal, engaged and constant in their support during these very difficult times.'

San Francisco Opera's Celebrating the Summer Season premieres Friday, July 10 at 7:30 pm (PDT) on sfopera.com and the Company's YouTube channel. The three-part, 90-minute virtual program celebrates the artists and operasa?"Verdi's Ernani, Handel's Partenope and Mason Bates and Mark Campbell's The (R)evolution of Steve Jobsa?"from the Company's 2020 Summer Season which was canceled due to the pandemic.

This week, you can stream opera from all over the world - from Cincinnati to New York to Barcelona, and more!

San Francisco Opera will present its first virtual event, Celebrating the Summer Season, on Friday, July 10 at sfopera.com. The three-part, 90-minute program will honor the artists and operasa?"Verdi's Ernani, Handel's Partenope and Mason Bates and Mark Campbell's The (R)evolution of Steve Jobsa?"from the Company's 2020 Summer Season which was canceled due to the pandemic. Celebrating the Summer Season will be available beginning at 7:30 pm on July 10 and on demand through 11:59 pm on Sunday, July 12 (all times PDT).

Over 1,000 people from 21 different countries tuned in via multiple platforms on Saturday evening to honor a pair of Houston's most dedicated philantrophists and an iconic advocate for young stars.

Ars Lyrica Houston's 2020 Spring Gala, A Star is Born, on Saturday, April 25th, 2020 is reinventing the gala experience as it pivots from its regular fundraising format.

Ars Lyrica Houston will hold its 2020 Spring Gala, A Star is Born, on Saturday, April 25th, 2020 at the sophisticated Hotel Alessandra in downtown Houston. This event, chaired by Robin Angly and Miles Smith, founding members of Ars Lyrica's Opera Circle, principally supports the organization's biennial Baroque opera productions, including a new production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas announced for May 2021.

San Francisco Opera's 2020 Summer SeasonSan Francisco Opera presents a trio of masterworks spanning the 18th century to the present for its 2020 Summer Season at the War Memorial Opera House June 7a?"July 3. In an update announced today, Caroline H. Hume Music Director Designate Eun Sun Kim will conduct Giuseppe Verdi's Ernani replacing James Gaffigan who has withdrawn from the production due to family reasons. The summer season will also include George Frideric Handel's Partenope in Christopher Alden's popular production and the Bay Area premiere of composer Mason Bates' kaleidoscopic exploration of life, love and creativity, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.

Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2020a?"21 season, featuring a repertoire of beloved classics, company premieres, and a much-anticipated world premiere. The 66th season opens with audience favorite Carmen. American mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard makes her HGO and role debut as Carmen in the revival of Rob Ashford's acclaimed 2014 production of Bizet's classic. She is joined by tenor Andrea Caré as Don José, bass-baritone Christian Pursell as Escamillo, and Anita Hartig as Micaela, all making their HGO debuts. The production will be conducted by HGO Principal Guest Conductor Eun Sun Kim.

The Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts will be hosting over 11 local community groups that will be performing during '25 Days of Cheer' on the elegant Lichtin Plaza.

The San Diego Opera's AIDA served Verdi's marvelous score without the usual extravagant sets and throngs of spear-carrying tunic led Egyptian soldiers. Although that conceded a bit of excitement, especially during the triumphal march scene, exceptional singers and musicians held the audience's attention from the mood-setting overture to the exquisite beauty of the closing duet.

Verdi's beloved opera Aida opens San Diego Opera's 2019-2020 season in an entirely new theatrical performance utilizing set elements, costumes, lighting, and featuring the San Diego Symphony and San Diego Opera chorus onstage, alongside some of the greatest interpreters of Verdi's music performing today. Aida opened on October 19, 2019 for four performances. Additional performances are October 22, 25, and 27 (matinee), 2019.