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Utah Opera Reveals 2024-25 Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Mar 13, 2024


In Utah Opera's 2024-25 season, four distinct productions will be held at Salt Lake City’s Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre.  Learn more about the full season lineup here!

Utah Opera Performs Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGATO Beginning This Week
by Stephi Wild - Mar 4, 2024


Utah Opera will perform Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre for five performances. Performances will run March 9-17, 2024.

Cast and Creative Team Set for AN AMERICAN SOLDIER at Perelman Performing Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 29, 2024


The Perelman Performing Arts Center has revealed the complete and creative team for An American Soldier at the new performing arts center at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.

Review: ALCINA at McCaw Hall
by Erica Miner - Oct 15, 2023


What did our critic think of ALCINA It’s worth going to see for the glorious music and courageous, proficient singing

Interview: Chatting with Phil Chan, Stage Director of Boston Lyric Opera's new Asian American take on MADAMA BUTTERFLY
by R. Scott Reedy - Sep 10, 2023


During a recent rehearsal, Chan spoke to BroadwayWorld by telephone about “Madama Butterfly,” the current Broadway musical “Here Lies Love,” and more.

ALCINA Comes to Seattle Opera Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 7, 2023


October’s production of Alcina at Seattle Opera shows off Handel at his most enchanting. Learn more about the upcoming opera performance here!

Composer Huang Ruo Conducts BOUND, A True Story Of Navigating Life As A Second-Generation Immigrant
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 27, 2023


Seattle Opera closes its 2022/23 season with the West Coast premiere of Bound, a new chamber opera from composer Huang Ruo and librettist Bao-Long Chu that premiered at Houston Grand Opera in 2014.

Seattle Bound Presents BOUND, Based On A True Story, Explores The Contradictions Of The Immigrant Experience
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 14, 2022


Continuing its commitment to new works and today's stories, Seattle Opera presents Bound, a chamber opera by composer Huang Ruo and librettist Bao-Long Chu. Based on true events, Bound tells the story of Diane Tran, a 17-year-old honor student who spent a night in jail in 2012 for truancy when she missed too many school days working two jobs to support her family.

BWW Review: BWW REVIEW: A stirring BEETHOVEN'S NINTH with RI PHIL, PROVIDENCE SINGERS at VETS Auditorium
by Jill Kimball - May 7, 2022


Listen: These are tough times. COVID-19 cases are on the rise again. Americans are bitterly divided over whether the Supreme Court should overturn its 1973 decision on Roe v. Wade, as it seems poised to do. The war in Ukraine rages on. And we still haven't found a way to halt catastrophic climate change. We - Rhode Islanders, Americans, homo sapiens - are tired and sad.

Free Outdoor ROMEO & JULIET, a Reverse Take on LA BOHEME & More Announced for Boston Lyric Opera's 2022/23 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 27, 2022


In announcing its 2022/23 Season today, Boston Lyric Opera has unveiled an expanded, year-round return to stages throughout Boston.

The Atlanta Opera Announces 2022-23 Mainstage Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 7, 2022


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.

Chicago Opera Theater Presents Family-Friendly Holiday Opera BECOMING SANTA CLAUS
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 8, 2021


Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago's foremost producer of contemporary and re-imagined opera, continues its 2021-2022 season with the Chicago premiere of the seasonal treat, Becoming Santa Claus, in three performances only, December 11, 17 & 19, at the Studebaker Theater, 410 S. Michigan Avenue, in the Fine Arts Building.

Chicago Opera Theater Announces 2021-22 Season
by Stephi Wild - Jun 23, 2021


The season includes Bizet’s beloved CARMEN in concert, featuring duo debuts by Jamie Barton and Stephanie Blythe; the family-friendly holiday delight BECOMING SANTA CLAUS by Mark Adamo; and a world premiere commission by Errollyn Wallen and Deborah Brevoort, QUAMINO’S MAP.

Kentucky Opera Announces Brown-Forman 2021/22 Season
by Stephi Wild - Apr 14, 2021


Kentucky Opera has announced its Brown-Forman 2021/22 season highlighting community and artistic partners, as well as key themes of Faith, Justice and Family that resonated throughout Kentucky Opera’s 2020/21 virtual season.

SUNDAYS WITH THE SYMPHONY Continues July 19
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 7, 2020


The Santa Barbara Symphony has announced another episode of its wildly popular live broadcast series, a?oeSundays with the Symphonya?? on July 19, 2020, at 3:30 pm (PDT), with additional watch-parties scheduled for 7:00 pm.

BWW Reviews: Once Again, PROTOTYPE Shows What "Opera-Theatre-Now" Means to Musical Life in New York
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 21, 2020


This year's edition of PROTOTYPE, which refers to itself as 'Opera-Theatre-Now,' has come and gone. You never know what to expect, for better or for worse: Try guessing what's going to be 'the next big thing' at your own peril, even if it has played somewhere else first, for they things might not be what you expected at all.

BWW Review: THE CRUCIBLE at Lobero Theatre
by Maria Nockin - Apr 28, 2019


Opera Santa Barbara presented a musically dramatic rendition of THE CRUCIBLE. As an opera it struck the emotions with a stronger hammer than the play did with mere words. If you can be in Santa Barbara tomorrow afternoon, don't miss the performance at the Lobero Theatre.

PASF Competition Finals To Take Place April 28
by Stephi Wild - Apr 20, 2019


Twelve accomplished vocalists and instrumentalists will vie for cash prizes as finalists in the 2019 Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation (PASF) competition at Lehmann Hall on Sunday, April 28. Performances will begin at 3 pm. Admission is free.

PASF Competition Finals To Take Place April 28
by Stephi Wild - Apr 19, 2019


Twelve accomplished vocalists and instrumentalists will vie for cash prizes as finalists in the 2019 Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation (PASF) competition at Lehmann Hall on Sunday, April 28. Performances will begin at 3 pm. Admission is free.

Opera Santa Barbara Closes 25th Anniversary Season With THE CRUCIBLE
by Julie Musbach - Apr 11, 2019


Opera Santa Barbara closes its 25th Anniversary Season with an OSB premiere of Robert Ward's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, The Crucible, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at the Lobero Theatre. General and Artistic Director Kostis Protopapas to conduct and Stephanie Havey to direct.

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