SAN DIEGO OPERA

by Jim Munson - November 12, 2025

BroadwayWorld chats with Japanese-American soprano Emily Michiko Jensen about making her debut in the title role of 'Madama Butterfly' at Opera San Jose November 16th to 30th....

by Ron Bierman - November 06, 2025

San Diego Opera opened its 2025-26 season on a Halloween night with an appropriately disturbing opera about a murderous clown. Its unsavory plot hasn’t kept Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci from becoming one of opera’s most popular creations. The reasons for its success? A can’t-wait-for-it tenor ari...

by Ron Bierman - November 06, 2025

San Diego Opera opened its 2025-26 season on a Halloween night with an appropriately disturbing opera about a murderous clown. Its unsavory plot hasn’t kept Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci from becoming one of opera’s most popular creations. The reasons for its success? A can’t-wait-for-it tenor ari...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 24, 2025

Learn more about the winners of the Ensemble Studio Competition here! The annual competition was livestreamed for the fourth year in a row, providing an unparalleled platform for the young artists to share their craft. Learn more!...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 02, 2025

Works & Process will present The Santa Fe Opera's U.S. Premiere of Lili Elbe, by composer Tobias Picker and librettist Aryeh Lev Stollman. Learn more and see how to attend. ...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 24, 2025

Works & Process will present Up Until Now Collective's Fellow Travelers, by composer Gregory Spears and librettist Greg Pierce. Learn more and see how to attend!...

by Stephi Wild - September 19, 2025

Following the productions of its landmark 60th anniversary season, San Diego Opera will open its 2025-26 season with Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. Learn more here!...

by Stephi Wild - September 05, 2025

Seattle Opera will open its 2025/26 season with Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved comedy The Pirates of Penzance, marking the first time a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta has been produced at the company....

by A.A. Cristi - August 12, 2025

OPERA America has announced 14 recipients of its new A/B Testing Grants, created to support experimentation in building opera audiences. Inspired by the organization’s 2024 Understanding Opera’s New Audiences study, the grants encourage companies to design and measure tests aimed at improving newcom...

by A.A. Cristi - July 29, 2025

San Diego Opera has announced it will present the Southern California premiere of Fellow Travelers, the acclaimed opera by Gregory Spears and Greg Pierce, from July 10–12, 2026. ...