KENTUCKY OPERA OPERA COVERAGE

Thomson Smillie Hosts DEMYSTIFYING OPERA Event at The Bard's Town Today

Many people are intimidated by the very word 'opera', yet would love to know more. IF University will team with Louisville writer and speaker Thomson Smillie to pull back the curtain on the complexity... (more...)

Kentucky Opera Presents DON GIOVANNI at Brown Theatre, 2/15 & 17

Kentucky Opera presents its final production of the 60th Anniversary Season with Mozart's Don Giovanni. Performances run tonight, February 15th at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, February 17th at 2:00 p.m. in t... (more...)

Thomson Smillie to Host DEMYSTIFYING OPERA Event at The Bard's Town, 2/27

Many people are intimidated by the very word 'opera', yet would love to know more. IF University will team with Louisville writer and speaker Thomson Smillie to pull back the curtain on the complexity... (more...)

Kentucky Opera to Present DON GIOVANNI at Brown Theatre, 2/15 & 17

Kentucky Opera presents its final production of the 60th Anniversary Season with Mozart's Don Giovanni. Performances run Friday, February 15th at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, February 17th at 2:00 p.m. in th... (more...)

FWOpera Announces Call for Submissions for Frontiers 2014

Fort Worth Opera (FWOpera) announced today a call for submissions for its second annual Frontiers new works showcase to be held during the 2014 Fort Worth Opera Festival. A pioneering leader in the pr... (more...)

Philip Glass' THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER Opens Chicago Opera Season, 2/23

Philip Glass' The Fall of the House of Usher, a gothic horror story which blurs the line between the real world and the supernatural, opens Chicago Opera Theater's 2013 Season, titled "Power of Love, ... (more...)

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre and Altech's CELEBRATION OF SONG Returns Tonight

Awaken the spirit of Christmas with music during the 7th Annual Celebration of Song, an hour of old-fashioned Christmas carols performed by the award-winning vocalists of the University of Kentucky Op... (more...)

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre and Altech's CELEBRATION OF SONG Returns, 12/9

Awaken the spirit of Christmas with music during the 7th Annual Celebration of Song, an hour of old-fashioned Christmas carols performed by the award-winning vocalists of the University of Kentucky Op... (more...)

Deborah Sandler Becomes General Director for The Lyric Opera of Kansas City in July

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City Board President, Richard P. Bruening, announced today the appointment of Deborah Sandler as the Company's new General Director, effective July 1, 2012. Ms. Sandler signe... (more...)

Met Opera's Wagner's RING CYCLE and More to Screen in Louisville, Beg. Tonight, 5/7

Just when you think the 2011/12 performing arts season is over, it was announced that the Metropolitan Opera will have a Summer Encore Series of 11 operas starting in early may. Stonybrook and Tinselt... (more...)

KRYSTY SWANN et al. Sing at Opera Exposures' Spiritual Music Recital, April 22

Opera Exposures will present its first 2012 spiritual music recital on Sunday, April 22, at 3 PM at Saint Mark's Church, Second Avenue and 10th Street in Manhattan. Sopranos Natalie Bergeron, Krysty S... (more...)

Met Opera's Wagner's RING CYCLE and More to Screen in Louisville, Summer 2012

Just when you think the 2011/12 performing arts season is over, it was announced that the Metropolitan Opera will have a Summer Encore Series of 11 operas starting in early may. Stonybrook and Tinselt... (more...)

KRYSTY SWANN et al. Sing at Opera Exposures' Spiritual Music Recital, April 22

Opera Exposures will present its first 2012 spiritual music recital on Sunday, April 22, at 3 PM at Saint Mark's Church, Second Avenue and 10th Street in Manhattan. Sopranos Natalie Bergeron, Krysty S... (more...)

Rebecca Davis, Constantinos Yiannoudes to Star in Opera Idaho's BALLAD OF BABY DOE

Opera Idaho welcomes new-to-Boise artists Constantinos Yiannoudes (Horace Tabor) and Rebecca David (Baby Doe)! Co-Artist-in-Residence Michele Detwiler returns to the stage to play Horace's first wife ... (more...)

Adam Diegel to Replace Marcello Giordani Tonight at the MET

Adam Diegel will sing the role of Pinkerton in this evening's performance of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, replacing Marcello Giordani, who is ill. (more...)

Deborah Sandler Becomes General Director for The Lyric Opera of Kansas City in July

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City Board President, Richard P. Bruening, announced today the appointment of Deborah Sandler as the Company's new General Director, effective July 1, 2012. Ms. Sandler signe... (more...)

Adam Diegel Performs as Pinkerton in the Met's MADAMA BUTTERFLY, 2/17

Adam Diegel will sing the role of Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly on February 17, replacing Roberto De Biasio, who is ill. (more...)

Adam Diegel to Perform as Pinkerton in the Met's MADAMA BUTTERFLY, 2/17

Adam Diegel will sing the role of Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly on February 17, replacing Roberto De Biasio, who is ill. (more...)

Opera San Jose Presents TOSCA, 11/13-28

Opera San José continues its 27th Season with Giacomo Puccini's powerfully dramatic opera, Tosca. The story of a popular opera diva brought down by the chief of Rome's secret police, Tosca always lea... (more...)

Opera San Jose Presents TOSCA, 11/13-28

Opera San José continues its 27th Season with Giacomo Puccini's powerfully dramatic opera, Tosca. The story of a popular opera diva brought down by the chief of Rome's secret police, Tosca always lea... (more...)

33 U.S. Opera Companies to Feature American Operas over the Next Two Seasons

During the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons, 33 U.S. opera companies both large and small and from coast to coast will perform works - including nine world premieres - by American composers, announced ... (more...)

Opera San Jose Presents TOSCA, 11/13-28

Opera San José continues its 27th Season with Giacomo Puccini's powerfully dramatic opera, Tosca. The story of a popular opera diva brought down by the chief of Rome's secret police, Tosca always lea... (more...)

ALT Commissioned THE GOLDEN TICKET, Opera Based on Dahl's 'Chocolate Factory', Holds Special NYC Reading 4/4

Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of ALT, has announced that the company has commissioned The Golden Ticket, a new opera based on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In his ann... (more...)

ALT Commissioned THE GOLDEN TICKET, Opera Based on Dahl's 'Chocolate Factory', Holds Special NYC Reading 4/4

Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of ALT, has announced that the company has commissioned The Golden Ticket, a new opera based on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In his ann... (more...)

NYC Opera Presents 'ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA' 1/15

New York City Opera is proud to present the company premiere of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra in concert on January 15 and 16, 2009 at 8 PM in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium. Soprano Lauren F... (more...)