The Royal Ballet and Opera will unveil new stage curtains at a landmark Gala performance featuring dancers, operatic soloists, and a rediscovered Kenneth MacMillan pas de deux believed lost since 1984.
Jackie Chan is heading to the opera house. The legendary actor and martial arts icon will make his opera directing debut with a new production of Turandot, opening the 72nd Puccini Festival this summer.
Houston Grand Opera has revealed its 2026-27 season, which includes a new production of Verdi’s Aida; a new staging of Carlisle Floyd’s seminal American opera, Susannah and more.
Forget Arcadian landscapes and Corinthian columns. Oliver Mears’s new production of Handel’s Semele remoulds Greek myth to a 20th century manor house where mortals are servants of Gods who lounge around in velvet ball gowns. Semele is a maid plucked from service by master of the house, a cigarette chomping Jupiter. A tempestuous affair buoyed by lavish hedonism ensues.
Florida Grand Opera (FGO) has announced the appointment of internationally acclaimed conductor Pablo Mielgo as its new Music Director. Learn more here!
The Los Angeles Philharmonic has unveiled details of its 2025/26 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the last in which legendary maestro, Gustavo Dudamel, will serve in his current role.
The 27th edition of the George Enescu International Festival will be held in Bucharest, Romania from August 24 to September 21, 2025. Named in honor of the great Romanian composer George Enescu, this milestone edition of the festival marks 70 years since the composer's passing.
The 27th edition of the George Enescu International Festival - the world's largest convening of major orchestras - will be held in Bucharest, Romania from August 24 to September 21, 2025. Learn more!
Notre-Dame de Paris will reopen its doors this weekend, having been restored to its former glory in just five years after a raging fire destroyed its 800-year-old wooden roof frame and caused its iconic spire to collapse on April 15, 2019.
A bewitching spectacle is brewing in Hell’s Kitchen, just in time for spooky season. On October 19, tenor Jordan Weatherston Pitts will transform into his alter ego, Creatine Price, for “Cantata: Blood Magic” at Red Eye NY, promising an afternoon of high notes and even higher heels.
The Met performed the season’s first TALES OF HOFFMANN (LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN), by Jacques Offenbach, with libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre, also a Sher production, and it was a different story.
Offenbach's fantastical final work, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), will open the Metropolitan Opera's 2024–25 Live in HD season. French tenor Benjamin Bernheim makes his Met role debut as the title character. Learn more and see how to watch.
Offenbach’s final masterpiece, LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN, will return to the Met Opera with tenor Benjamin Bernheim in the title role. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Sony Classical has announced Jonas Kaufmann's new album 'Puccini: Love Affairs,' featuring six of Puccini's greatest duets and scenes, each performed with a different soprano. Release date: September 13.
La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), a través de la Compañía Nacional de Ópera (CNO) y Fundación INBA realizarán la Gala con Ramón Vargas el jueves 4 de julio a las 20:00 h en la Sala Principal del Palacio de Bellas Artes, en el marco del 90 aniversario del recinto.
The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled the 2024–25 season lineup. Learn about the operas being presented and see how to purchase tickets.
Symphony of the Americas has announced its upcoming performance, Symphonic Stories - 'A Thousand and One Nights.'
Festival Napa Valley announces its 2024 Summer Season featuring international stars and emerging talent in classical, jazz, contemporary, opera, and dance performances, along with Napa Valley's renowned food, wine, and hospitality.
Symphony of the Americas presents 'Trailblazers!' celebrating the women of symphonic music. Join them on January 9, 2024, at Broward Center for Performing Arts Amaturo Theater. Featuring guest artist Jeanette Vecchione-Donatti.
OPERA America has revealed the winners of the 2023 Awards for Digital Excellence in Opera
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