New York City Opera News

This May, Opera San José will play host to the nation’s next generation of opera stars during its Irene Dalis Vocal Competition, named for the internationally-acclaimed mezzo-soprano who founded Opera San José.

New York City Opera co-presents a work commissioned by the Théatre du Chatelet, Angels in America at the Salzburg State Theatre in Salzburg, Austria. Libretto by Mari Mezei, in English with German surtitles.

The Drama League has announced the addition of three new board members to its Board of Directors: Elena Araoz, Estefanía Fadul, and Gwynn MacDonald. 

Nathan R. Matthews is producing and performing in a concert for The Riverside Opera Ensemble at Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center on May 16th. Tony nominee Christiane Noll (Ragtime) and Grammy winner Edward Parks (The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs) will headline the concert of new music by Dreamworks composer Drew Fornarola and Matthews himself.

La importante labor de Mario Lavista (Ciudad de México, 3 de abril, 1943 - 4 de noviembre, 2021) como compositor, profesor y divulgador de la música será reconocida en el homenaje que la mezzosoprano Encarnación Vázquez y el pianista Alberto Cruzprieto le rendirán en el aniversario de su nacimiento, el domingo 3 de abril a las 18:00 horas en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes, como parte del ciclo Los colores de la voz del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal) y en el marco de la estrategia #VolverAVerte de la Secretaría de Cultura federal. 

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts announced that the North American tour of Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed production of Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY is coming as a part of its 2021/2022 Kravis On Broadway season.  Directed by Bartlett Sher, the North American tour will play the Kravis Center from April 19 – 24.

Following a 44-year tenure as founder and Artistic Director of New York Theatre Ballet, Diana Byer will step down following NYTB’s spring performances, May 4-8, 2022.

Vancouver Opera will conclude its 2021-2022 season with HMS Pinafore by acclaimed creative duo W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Four performances of the wildly popular opera will be performed at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Saturday April 30, Thursday May 5, and Saturday May 7 at 7:30 p.m. with a 2:00 p.m. matinee on Sunday May 8.

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The cast is comprised of established Broadway artists and local rising stars. Part of the Virginia Arts Festival's 25th Anniversary Season, the new production is led by Conductor Rob Fisher, the Festival's Artistic Advisor of Musical Theater & American Songbook and Stage Director Matt Kunkel.

The Virginia Arts Festival has announced the complete cast for The Sound of Music, co-produced by the Festival and the Virginia Opera May 13-15 at the Harrison Opera House.

The George London Foundation for Singers concludes its 2021-22 season of events with a recital by tenor Aaron Blake, a 2017 George London Award winner who has received acclaim in some of opera's most prominent recent productions, with pianist Ken Noda.

Hagemann Rosenthal Associates has announced their first full opera composed by Philip Hagemann in association with Pegasus Opera Company.

New York City Opera will present Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's thrilling double bill, The Seven Deadly Sins & Mahagonny Songspiel, for the first time ever told as one story, a tragic fable for today.

The complete cast and creative team has been announced for the world premiere, pre-Broadway engagement of The Karate Kid – The Musical at STAGES St. Louis. Learn who is in the production!

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 3/17/2022 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

The 2021-2022 Hoff-Barthelson Music School HB Artist Faculty Performance Series concludes on Friday, April 1, 2022, at 7:30 pm in the School's Joan Behrens Bergman Auditorium, 25 School Lane, Scarsdale, New York. 

The BERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL has announced its 2022 season in Great Barrington and Pittsfield, MA, and for the first time in Chatham, NY. The only company of its kind in the region, BOF produces opera at the highest level under the vision of esteemed co-founders Brian Garman (Artistic Director) and Jonathon Loy (Director of Production).

Paradise Square begins previews on Broadway tonight, March 15, 2022, ahead of an opening night on April 3 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Learn more about the cast bringing this musical to life on stage here!

The Atlanta Opera has announced a new season of large-scale performances at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre for 2022-23 with a spirit of positivity and optimism for the future.