MANON LESCAUT OPERA COVERAGE

Metropolitan Opera Recital Schedule at SummerStage

The Metropolitan Opera and SummerStage continue their long-time collaboration to present some of The Met's finest young singers in showcase recitals taking place across New York City. (more...)

LA VOIX HUMAINE and SUOR ANGELICA Conclude Seattle Opera's 2012-13 Season, Now thru 5/18

Seattle Opera's 2012/13 season concludes in May with a double bill of compelling twentieth-century operas, both new to the company: La Voix Humaine, by Francis Poulenc, and Giacomo Puccini's Suor Ange... (more...)

DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES to Return to the Met on 5/4

Dialogues des Carmelites, Poulenc's opera about a group of nuns whose faith is tested under the Terror of the French Revolution, will return to the Met repertory on May 4 for the first time since 2002... (more...)

LA VOIX HUMAINE and SUOR ANGELICA to Conclude Seattle Opera's 2012-13 Season, 5/4-18

Seattle Opera's 2012/13 season concludes in May with a double bill of compelling twentieth-century operas, both new to the company: La Voix Humaine, by Francis Poulenc, and Giacomo Puccini's Suor Ange... (more...)

Stage Tube: First Look at Royal Opera House's 2013/14 Season

The Season sees seven new productions on the Main Stage including new productions of Parsifal, Les Vepres siciliennes, and Die Frau ohne Schatten to celebrate milestone anniversaries of Wagner, Verdi ... (more...)

BWW Reviews: STREETCAR with Renee Fleming Jumps the Rail at Carnegie Hall

Andre Previn's operatic version of Tennesee Williams's A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, with a libretto by Andrew Littell, made its belated New York debut at Carnegie Hall on Thursday. It plays to Renee Flem... (more...)

BWW Interview: From Butterfly to Little Sparrow, Soprano Patricia Racette Soars

Expect the unexpected from cabaret stylist Patricia Racette. Yes, I said 'cabaret.' If you've only heard her at the Met or San Francisco Opera as Tosca or Madama Butterfly, you'll probably find her pe... (more...)

MANON LESCAUT Opens at Washington National Opera Tonight

Washington National Opera (WNO) continues its 2012-2013 season with Puccini's Manon Lescaut, tonight, March 2 to 23 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. American soprano Patricia Racette makes her role ... (more...)

FRANCESCA DI RIMINI Returns for Its First Met Performances in 27 Years

Riccardo Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini will return to the Met March 4 for its first company performances since 1986. (more...)

MANON LESCAUT Opens at Washington National Opera, 3/2

Washington National Opera (WNO) continues its 2012-2013 season with Puccini's Manon Lescaut, March 2 to 23 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. American soprano Patricia Racette makes her role debut as ... (more...)

Opera Company of Philadelphia Celebrates Opening of National Opera Week Today, 10/26

The Opera Company of Philadelphia joins opera organizations nationwide to celebrate National Opera Week (today, October 26 - November 4), coordinated by OPERA America, the national service organizatio... (more...)

Opera Company of Philadelphia Launches National Opera Week, 10/26

The Opera Company of Philadelphia is proud to join opera organizations nationwide to celebrate National Opera Week (October 26 - November 4), coordinated by OPERA America, the national service organiz... (more...)

Washington National Opera Presents DON GIOVANNI, Now thru 10/13

Washington National Opera (WNO) continues its 2012-2013 season with Mozart's Don Giovanni, tonight, September 20 to October 13 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. Powerhouse Russian bass Ildar Abdrazak... (more...)

Washington National Opera Presents ANNA BOLENA, Now thru 10/6

Washington National Opera (WNO) opens its 2012-2013 season with Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, tonight, September 15 to October 6 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. Celebrated American soprano Sondr... (more...)

Washington National Opera to Present DON GIOVANNI, 9/20-10/13

Washington National Opera (WNO) continues its 2012-2013 season with Mozart's Don Giovanni, September 20 to October 13 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. Powerhouse Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov stars ... (more...)

Washington National Opera Presents ANNA BOLENA, 9/15-10/6

Washington National Opera (WNO) opens its 2012-2013 season with Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, September 15 to October 6 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. Celebrated American soprano Sondra Radvano... (more...)

Karita Mattila Stars in The Makropulos Case Revival at The Met, Opening Tonight

Karita Mattila will make her Met role debut as the enigmatic Emilia Marty in Janacek's supernatural thriller The Makropulos Case, opening tonight, April 27 for its first Met revival in more than a dec... (more...)

Michael Todd Simpson Will Sing Lescaut in Met's MANON Tonight; Paulo Szot Taken Ill

Michael Todd Simpson will sing the role of Lescaut in this evening's performance of Massenet's Manon, replacing Paulo Szot, who is ill. (more...)

Karita Mattila to Star in The Makropulos Case Revival at The Met, 4/27

Karita Mattila will make her Met role debut as the enigmatic Emilia Marty in Janacek's supernatural thriller The Makropulos Case, opening April 27 for its first Met revival in more than a decade. (more...)

Anna Netrebko Stars in the Met's MANON, Opening 3/26 and Live in HD 4/7

Following her turn as the title character in the Metropolitan Opera's season-opening production of Anna Bolena last fall, Anna Netrebko now returns to Lincoln Center to headline her second new product... (more...)

Anna Netrebko Stars in the Met's MANON, Opening 3/26 and Live in HD 4/7

Following her turn as the title character in the Metropolitan Opera's season-opening production of Anna Bolena last fall, Anna Netrebko now returns to Lincoln Center to headline her second new product... (more...)

Dallas Opera Presents LA TRAVIATA, 3/13-29

The Dallas Opera presents the third main stage production of the 2011-2012 "Tragic Obsessions" Season: Giuseppe Verdi's tender and bittersweet romance, LA TRAVIATA, opening Friday, April 13, 2012 at 7... (more...)

Dallas Opera Presents LA TRAVIATA, 3/13-29

The Dallas Opera presents the third main stage production of the 2011-2012 "Tragic Obsessions" Season: Giuseppe Verdi's tender and bittersweet romance, LA TRAVIATA, opening Friday, April 13, 2012 at 7... (more...)

Verdi’s ERNANI to Broadcast Live at Town Hall Theater 2/25

A Verdi classic returns to the Met with an excellent cast led by Marcello Giordani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ferruccio Furlanetto, and rising star Angela Meade in her first Met leading role ERNANI will be... (more...)

Verdi’s ERNANI to Broadcast Live at Town Hall Theater 2/25

A Verdi classic returns to the Met with an excellent cast led by Marcello Giordani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ferruccio Furlanetto, and rising star Angela Meade in her first Met leading role ERNANI will be... (more...)