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On Friday, November 6, 2020, Nicole Cooper and Russell Hoke of Heart of Singing Music School will be guests on It's Showtime with Rikki Lee, a popular weekly radio program originating from Chicago's Huntley suburb that provides an intimate look at the entertainment world.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons have reached an agreement for a three-year extension of Mr. Nelsons' contract as BSO Music Director through the 2024-25 season (initial contract covers the period September 2014-August 2022).

Red Line Productions, recently honoured with the Hayes Gordon Memorial Award for significant contribution to Australian Theatre, and featured in Timeout New York & The Chicago Tribune, today announce that Alexander Berlage (American Psycho, Cry Baby,) Catherine Van-Davies (Hungry Ghosts, No Pay, No Way) & Constantine Costi (Opera Australia's La Traviata on Sydney Harbour, Bittersweet Obsessions for the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra,) will join the company as part of the new artistic directorate of the Old Fitz Theatre.

Chancellor Brian Cole has announced two appointments to leadership positions in the School of Music at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA).

This week, Los Angeles Opera's website features a wonderful recital by the renowned bass who has portrayed so many great characters in that house, Morris Robinson.

San Francisco Opera will stream Giacomo Puccini's verismo triple bill of operas, Il Trittico, beginning Saturday, June 13, as part of the Company's Opera is ON initiative. The complete presentation of the three one-act operas, Il Tabarro (The Cloak), Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, filmed live in high-definition at the War Memorial Opera House in 2009, will be viewable on demand for free at sfopera.com on Saturday, June 13 starting at 10 am PT and expiring at 11:59 pm the following day.

San Diego Opera has announced its 2020-2021 season, after the premature ending of the Company's previous season this winter in response to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Madison Lyric Stage has made the decision to postpone its 2020 season to 2021 due to the health crisis.

The University of Kentucky Opera Theatre has canceled its June production of  a?oeIt's a Grand Night for Singing!a?? due to the current health crisis. However, the company is offering at-home options for patrons to enjoy.

Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Madison Lyric Stage finds itself unable to bring the double-bill production of Suor Angelica and Erwartung, scheduled for June 4-14, to our public.

Natalya Romaniw has been called 'the outstanding soprano her generation'. Recent work includes the lead roles in Scottish Opera's Tosca and English National Opera's Madame Butterfly, plus making her BBC Proms debut singing Rachmaninov's The Bells with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. She talks to BroadwayWorld about her remarkable career, upcoming album Arion, and keeping the music going during the shutdown.

Every spring, Oakland University's School of Music, Theatre and Dance recognizes distinguished students, alumni and community members with MaTilDa Awards, which are named to honor Matilda Dodge Wilson, who donated the land on which Oakland University is built.

Social Distance Opera is an opera house on a global scale, created in the interests of musicians who are out of work due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

After debuting its first-ever commissioned work in the program's history last season, San Francisco's acclaimed Merola Opera Program, one of the most prestigious and selective opera training programs in the world, returns with a new group of rising opera stars for its 63rd season.

The winners of the 2020 International Collegiate Singing Championship have been announced!

Madison Lyric Stage has postponed its upcoming production Suor Angelica.

Opera Memphis returns to Playhouse on the Square for Midtown Opera Festival 2020, and this year it's all about Mozart! Anchored by the comedic opera Così fan tutte, this year's festival will include new fringe events like Mozart After Dark, Bastien & Bastienne, and Mozart: Lost and Found - a concert with Memphis Symphony Orchestra - as well as classic favorites like Cartoons & Cereal and the Closing Cast Party. Tickets are on sale now at www.operamemphis.org or 901.257.3100.

a?oeI have known for three generations how difficult the career of an opera singer remains,a?? said George London Foundation President Nora London at the announcement of the 2020 George London Award winners. a?oeThis all started because George wanted to help a?" and now we have been giving these awards for almost 50 years.a??

Heartland Opera Theatre announces new productions of Puccini's Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, presented as a double bill on March 6th at 7pm and March 8th at 2pm. Both performances will take place at Joplin Memorial Hall in the heart of Joplin, Missouri.

Legendary South Korean virtuoso violinst Kyung Wha Chung and pianist Kevin Kenner make their Koerner Hall debuts with a program of Brahms, Franck, and Beethoven.

Madison Lyric Stage, a professional theater company serving the Connecticut Shoreline, has announced its 2020 mainstage season: a double bill of Puccini's Suor Angelica and Schoenberg's Erwartung in April; the landmark Mart Crowley play The Boys in the Band in July; and, for Halloween, the Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler musical masterpiece Sweeney Todd. All three productions will be directed by Marc Deaton.

San Diego Opera's 2019-2020 mainstage season continues with Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, which opens on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at the San Diego Civic Theatre for four performances.

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) has selected the semifinalists for the 32nd annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers Concert of Arias, to be presented in the Wortham Theater Center on Feb. 7, 2020 at 7 p.m. A limited number of tickets for the performance are available for purchase here. The program will also be streamed live on Facebook and YouTube for all to enjoy, inviting viewers to cast their votes for the Online Viewers' Choice Award.

San Diego Opera's 2019-2020 mainstage season continues with Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, which opens on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at the San Diego Civic Theatre for four performances.

Wagnerian vaudeville, parody pastiche, and Bayreuth burlesque await guests at DAS RHINESTONE, an evening of serious singing, sequins, and plenty of WTF operatic moments to get you in or distract you from the holiday spirit. Zachary James, appearing courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera, brings Wagner's diva daddy Wotan to glittering, semi-nude life at this one night only event on December 23 at New York's The Slipper Room (167 Orchard Street).