WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA

by Elliot Lanes - April 19, 2024

Today’s subject Katherine Goforth is someone who can definitely be called a breakthrough artist to be sure. She is the inaugural recipient of Washington National Opera’s True Voice Award for transgender and non-binary singers. She will be making her Kennedy Center debut on May first at 6:00pm with a...

by Stephi Wild - April 12, 2024

Washington National Opera has announced the roster of the 2024–2025 Cafritz Young Artists. The nationally regarded program provides early-career singers, pianists, and coaches with training from WNO mentors and performance experience on Kennedy Center stages. ...

by A.A. Cristi - April 03, 2024

Experience the new production of TURANDOT by Washington National Opera with a world premiere ending....

by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 14, 2024

The Washington National Opera will present a 2024–2025 season that pays tribute to the grand tradition of opera, while shaping its future with two new productions. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 14, 2024

The National Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2024–2025 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

by Roger Catlin - March 12, 2024

There’s an awful lot of death in opera, Timothy O’Leary, the general director of Washington National Opera, lamented on a recent opening night. And those plentiful tragedies are also often further burdened with overbearing scores, turgid storylines, super-large casts and strident if not shrill perfo...

by Joshua Wright - March 11, 2024

Check out the new video of Ramin Karimloo's operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird opposite Isabel Leonard, one of America’s leading mezzo-sopranos....

by Joshua Wright - March 08, 2024

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Ramin Karimloo's operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird opposite Isabel Leonard, one of America’s leading mezzo-sopranos. Songbird is a new adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s operetta La Périchole. ...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 06, 2024

Robert Spano will become Music Director of Washington National Opera. Learn more about Robert Spano and the Washington National Opera....

by Stephi Wild - January 30, 2024

Ramin Karimloo will make his operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird this March. Songbird is a new adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s operetta La Périchole....