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Review: COSÌ FAN TUTTE, Opera Holland Park

by Franco Milazzo — June 1, 2026

There’s a certain neat irony at the heart of this.

Review: THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, Opera Holland Park

by Michael Higgs — May 28, 2025

Stormy weather and an enthusiastic audience mark Julia Burbach’s The Flying Dutchman as it proves a smashing success to open the 2025 season of Opera Holland Park.

UK Theatre Faces Shrinking Output Amid Rising Costs and Funding Cuts

by A.A. Cristi — April 16, 2025

The number of new productions staged by the UK’s top subsidised theatre companies has dropped by nearly a third over the past decade.

San Francisco Opera Center Announces 2025 Adler Fellows

by A.A. Cristi — November 15, 2024

The San Francisco Opera Center has announced the 2025 Adler Fellows, highlighting emerging artists in opera.

South Bend Symphony Orchestra and the South Bend Chamber Singers to Present Mozart's 'Requiem'

by Chloe Rabinowitz — February 1, 2024

Experience Mozart's choral masterpiece, Requiem, performed by the South Bend Symphony Orchestra and the South Bend Chamber Singers on March 17.

San Francisco Opera Center Announces The 2024 Adler Fellows

by A.A. Cristi — October 4, 2023

San Francisco Opera Center Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson and General Manager Markus Beam announced today the 11 recipients of the 2024 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship.

San Francisco Opera Presents the Bay Area Premiere of THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS

by Stephi Wild — September 1, 2023

San Francisco Opera’s 101st season continues with the highly anticipated Bay Area premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs opening on Friday, September 22.

Review: HANSEL AND GRETEL, Opera Holland Park

by Cheryl Markosky — June 12, 2023

As a first taster to opera, Opera Holland Park's Hansel and Gretel isn't a bad place to start.

San Francisco Opera Announces 2023–24 Season, Featuring OMAR, THE MAGIC FLUTE & More

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 24, 2023

San Francisco Opera has announced details for the Company’s 101st season, which opens September 8, 2023.

Review: SIEGFRIED & GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, Hackney Empire

by Alexander Cohen — August 7, 2022

This bare-bones production lacks the theatrical flesh to bulk up the sense of grandeur.

Review: MARGOT LA ROUGE/LE VILLI at Opera Holland Park

by Cheryl Markosky — July 22, 2022

What did our critic think of MARGOT LA ROUGE/LE VILLI at Opera Holland Park? You have to applaud Opera Holland Park for not only focusing on money-spinning blockbusters, but for giving rarely performed works an airing.

Full Cast and Creative Team Announced For Arcola Theatre's Double Bill of SIEGFRIED and GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG

by Stephi Wild — July 8, 2022

Arcola Theatre and Hackney Empire announced the full cast and creatives for the dramatic conclusion of Wagner's Ring Cycle, in Graham Vick's and Jonathan Dove's innovative reduction.

San Francisco Opera to present a Trio of Masterworks as Part of Summer Season

by Rebecca Russo — January 30, 2020

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.

Opera Holland Park Reveals Casts For 2020 Season Of Firsts

by Stephi Wild — October 17, 2019

Tchaikovsky's perfect tragedy of first love, Eugene Onegin, opens the season, with Anush Hovhannisyan as Tatyana.

BWW Review: DAS RHEINGOLD, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre

by Gary Naylor — August 1, 2019

Grimeborn sees a condensed version version of the early part of Wagner's Ring Cycle that packs a punch in its intense 100 minutes running time.

Leonard Bernstein's MASS, Led By Tony-Winner Paulo Szot, To Be Taped For National TV At Ravinia Festival

by A.A. Cristi — July 18, 2019

Leonard Bernstein's massive musical Mass, led by Tony Award-winner Paulo Szot, will be taped for a national television special to air in 2020.

Yale School Of Drama Announces Yale Design Showcase

by Stephi Wild — April 1, 2019

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (James Bundy, Dean; Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean) has announced the inaugural Yale Design Showcase, May 13-15 at 149 York Street, New Haven, Connecticut: an opportunity for theater professionals to visit the campus and meet the 2019 Class of scenic, costume, lighting, sound, and

Edgar Rice Burroughs Announces New Director of Publishing

by Robert Diamond — February 7, 2019

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock Announces 2019-20 Season Repertory And Casting

by A.A. Cristi — January 22, 2019

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock today announced repertory and casting for the Company's 97th Season, opening Friday, September 6, 2019, with a gala performance of Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet (Rom o et Juliette) starring tenor Bryan Hymel and soprano Nadine Sierra in Op ra

Investec Opera Holland Park Announces 2019 Season Casts And Dates

by Stephi Wild — October 10, 2018

Manon Lescaut, sponsored by Viking Cruises, opens the season with the British lyric soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn in the title role.