OPERA IN THE PARK Portland has announced the appointment of Nicholas Fox as its Artistic Director effective December 1, 2025. Fox's designation follows one year as Interim Artistic Director and two years of conducting for Opera in the Park Portland, during which he led two of the organization's most successful summer presentations, La Traviata in 2024 and Carmen in 2025, each drawing upwards of 7,000 attendees to Peninsula Park.
One of the country's premier Asian-American contemporary dance companies, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers (KYL/D), will present its final home season, Echo and Flame/Fenghuang Awakens, at the Mandell Theate.
Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers will present its final home season concert, Echo and Flame / Fenghuang Awakens, at the Mandell Theater at Drexel University. The performances reflect the company’s long-standing focus on contemporary dance, community, and cross-cultural exchange.
Lincoln Center will launch the new year with a wide range of premieres, returning programs, and multidisciplinary performances across its campus. The month will highlight international artists, major collaborations, and innovative works.
Stephen Schwartz will be honored with the 2025 SCL Lifetime Achievement Award during the Society of Composers & Lyricists’ annual holiday celebrations this December.
Guitarist, composer, and prolific recording artist David Leisner will release Dedications on Azica Records - a collection centered almost entirely on works he has commissioned, celebrating the composers who have shaped his artistic life.
The Chorus of Dutch National Opera will perform Minimal Christmas this holiday season. The performances will run 12 – 21 December 2025 at various locations in the Netherlands.
Opera Parallèle, San Francisco's contemporary opera company now in its 16th anniversary season, is on the move—stretching its wings across North America and beyond. Learn more here!
The Philadelphia Orchestra has named Joe Hisaishi composer-in-residence through the 2026–27 season. The partnership includes a world premiere concerto, major recording project, contemporary music series, and mentorship for Philadelphia students.
The Dessoff Choirs will launch its 2025–2026 season on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. at Brick Church (1140 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10128) with a program that pairs contemporary American voices with a luminous English masterwork.
McCarter Theatre Center will open its fall presenting season with Camille A. Brown & Dancers performing I AM. A five-time Tony Award nominee, Brown has redefined boundaries across dance, opera, and Broadway.
The GRAMMY Award-winning Chicago-based percussion quartet Third Coast Percussion (TCP) has announced its Chicago and touring schedules for the 2025-2026 season. As the first percussion ensemble ever to win a GRAMMY in the classical genre,
Silkroad Ensemble with Wu Man will tour a reimagined American Railroad across New England and the Mid-Atlantic in November 2025, highlighting the contributions of immigrant and Indigenous communities to the Transcontinental Railroad.
GRAMMY-nominated pianist Simone Dinnerstein will perform with Baroklyn, the string ensemble she founded and directs, the music of their recent album Complicité, presented by Kaufman Music Center.
Amanda Treiber + Company will make its debut November 7–9, 2025 at the Mark O’Donnell Theater in Brooklyn with Debut, a program featuring the premiere of why I can’t come to the phone… and a revival of MADERA (wood).
Through eight characters gathered in a church basement for a weekly support group, it asks us to face our own uneasy relationship with the internet—our dependence, our compulsions, our quiet addictions.
When it comes to Stephen Sondheim, people often have very strong opinions on 'blue-book Sondheim' (the first half of his memoirs is a blue book covering his origins through Merrily) versus 'pink book Sondhiem' (the second half, a pink book, covers Sunday through Bounce).
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has revealed its 25/26 season of programming, running September 2025 through May 2026. See full programming here!
Raiford Rogers Modern Ballet will present the world premiere of Islands in the Sea at The Luckman Fine Arts Complex on August 16, 2025, featuring music by Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, and Zbyněk Matějů, with projections by acclaimed visual artist Mike Nava.
BroadwayWorld is saddened to learn of the passing of Robert M. Wilson, artist, theater and opera director, architect, set and lighting designer. Learn more about Wilson's life and career here.
