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Kelli O'Hara and Steven Reineke talk about the New York Pops, Rodgers & Hammerstein and the future of the Great American Songbook.

Washington National Opera (WNO) continues its 2012-2013 season with Mozart's Don Giovanni, tonight, September 20 to October 13 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. Powerhouse Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov stars in the title role for most performances, while Tony Award® winning Brazilian baritone Paulo Szot (South Pacific) sings the title role on October 9. This WNO production, last seen in 2007, is directed by John Pascoe and conducted by WNO Music Director Philippe Auguin.

On October 12, 2012, The New York Pops orchestra will launch its 30th Season at Carnegie Hall with Some Enchanted Evening: The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

The New York Philharmonic announced today three one-night-only concerts in the 2012-13 season.

Washington National Opera (WNO) continues its 2012-2013 season with Mozart's Don Giovanni, September 20 to October 13 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. Powerhouse Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov stars in the title role for most performances, while Tony Award® winning Brazilian baritone Paulo Szot (South Pacific) sings the title role on October 9. This WNO production, last seen in 2007, is directed by John Pascoe and conducted by WNO Music Director Philippe Auguin.

Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) announced today that it has partnered with acclaimed Director, Jamie Lloyd, to form Jamie Lloyd Productions.

In a return engagement with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), The Collegiate Chorale will perform 11 concerts in Tel Aviv and Haifa with the IPO under the baton of renowned conductors Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti. They will then travel with the IPO to Austria to make their Salzburg Festival debut, the first performance there by an American choir since the Chicago Symphony Chorus appeared in 1989.

The Collegiate Chorale presents Contemporary Voices tonight, May 21, 2012 at 7pm at St. Bartholomew's Church, 325 Park Avenue, NYC. The concert features five musical gems by 20th and 21st Century masters of choral composition. Single tickets start at $20 and are available online at collegiatechorale.org or by phone at The Chorale office at (646) 435-9465.

The Collegiate Chorale presents Contemporary Voices on May 21, 2012 at 7pm at St. Bartholomew's Church, 325 Park Avenue, NYC. The concert features five musical gems by 20th and 21st Century masters of choral composition. Single tickets start at $20 and are available online at collegiatechorale.org or by phone at The Chorale office at (646) 435-9465.

The Collegiate Chorale presents Contemporary Voices on May 21, 2012 at 7pm at St. Bartholomew's Church, 325 Park Avenue, NYC. The concert features five musical gems by 20th and 21st Century masters of choral composition. Single tickets start at $20 and are available online at collegiatechorale.org or by phone at The Chorale office at (646) 435-9465.

The Collegiate Chorale presents Contemporary Voices on May 21, 2012 at 7pm at St. Bartholomew's Church, 325 Park Avenue, NYC. The concert features five musical gems by 20th and 21st Century masters of choral composition. Single tickets start at $20 and are available online at collegiatechorale.org or by phone at The Chorale office at (646) 435-9465.

Michael Todd Simpson will sing the role of Lescaut in this evening's performance of Massenet's Manon, replacing Paulo Szot, who is ill.

All the winners, updated as it happens.

The 36th Olivier Awards welcomed the United Kingdom's biggest stars tonight, April 15, at the Royal Opera House in London. See photos of Patrick Stewart, Lenny Henry, Kara Tointon, Jonny Lee Miller, Jim Carter, Hayley Atwell, David Suchet, Zoe Wanamaker, Zach Braff, Taylor Bagley, Ronan Keating, Barbara Windsor, Ruth Wilson, Celia Imrie, Anneka Rice, Tim Rice, Jodie Whittaker, Elaine Paige and more walking the red carpet below!

The stream is set to run from 5:30pm to 9pm UK time, 12:30pm to 4pm EST.

For the first time this year, the most prestigious event in the UK theatrical calendar, the 36th Olivier Awards with MasterCard will be enjoyed by a global audience, when the awards ceremony is streamed live, online, Sunday, April 15, via the Olivier Awards website www.olivierawards.com and BBC Radio 2 website www.bbc.co.uk/radio2.

The 2012 Olivier Awards take place on Sunday - and so as always we asked some of our favourite theatre types for their tips to win!

On Saturday, April 7, at 12 pm, The Met: Live in HD series continues at the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre with a live simulcast of Massenet's Manon.

Following her turn as the title character in the Metropolitan Opera's season-opening production of Anna Bolena last fall, Anna Netrebko now returns to Lincoln Center to headline her second new production of the season, this time presenting her signature portrayal of the ill-fated Manon in Massenet's eponymous opera for the first time in front of New York audiences.

Following her turn as the title character in the Metropolitan Opera's season-opening production of Anna Bolena last fall, Anna Netrebko now returns to Lincoln Center to headline her second new production of the season, this time presenting her signature portrayal of the ill-fated Manon in Massenet's eponymous opera for the first time in front of New York audiences.