OPERA AMERICA OPERA COVERAGE

After a sold-out premiere in November 2012 at Dixon Place, Figaro! (90210) returns for a limited run between June 11 and 16, 2013. Morningside Opera will present the show in concert performances at Th... (more...)

Morningside Opera to Bring FIGARO! (90210) to The NSD Theater, 6/11 & 16

After a sold-out premiere in November 2012 at Dixon Place, Figaro! (90210) returns for a limited run between June 11 and 16, 2013. Morningside Opera will present the show in concert performances at Th... (more...)

Washington National Opera to Premiere APPROACHING ALI, 6/8-9

Washington National Opera (WNO) will present the world premiere of Approaching Ali on Friday and Saturday, June 8-9, 2013 in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Approaching Ali features music by compo... (more...)

NYC Opera Accepting Submissions for 2013-14 VOX

Today New York City Opera announced that it is accepting submissions for the 2013-14 VOX, the company's workshop for new American operas, presented in conjunction with OPERA America's New Works Forum.... (more...)

Verdi's JERUSALEM and More Set for Sarasota Opera's 55th Season

Sarasota Opera has announced its 2013 - 2014 Fall and Winter programming which will mark the company's 55th consecutive season of performing grand opera on the Florida gulf coast. Highlights will incl... (more...)

BWW Reviews: SHOW BOAT Rolls Along at Washington National Opera

SHOW BOAT is back in an appealing production by the Washington National Opera. The Kennedy Center Opera House is a fitting berth for Captain Andy's Cotton Blossom and the happy/troubled show folk who ... (more...)

Regional Opera Company of the Week: Los Angeles Opera

Los Angeles Opera has been a tour de force since its inaugural production of Verdi's Otello starring Placido Domingo in October 1986. Both Founding General Director Peter Hemminds and subsequently aft... (more...)

OPERA CONFERENCE 2013: OPERA OUT OF BOUNDS Runs 5/7-11

OPERA America, the national nonprofit service organization for opera, is pleased to announce details of Opera Conference 2013: Opera Out of Bounds, to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia from May 7... (more...)

American Opera Projects Premieres BEAUTY INTOLERABLE in June

AOP (American Opera Projects), The Edna St. Vincent Millay Society, ClaverackLanding, and Symphony Space co-present a world premiere performance of Beauty Intolerable, a collection of love songs compo... (more...)

OPERA America Awards $300,000 in Grants to 13 Opera Companies

OPERA America, the national nonprofit service organization for opera, is pleased to announce that it has awarded $300,000 in grants to 13 opera companies through the first year of its Building Opera A... (more...)

Photo Coverage: Tenor Anthony Kearns Plays Benefit Concert for OASIS

World-renowned Tenor Anthony Kearns, the original founding member of The Irish Tenors, recently performed a benefit show for: OASIS-A Haven for Women and Children. The concert took place April 27, 201... (more...)

13th Annual Peking Opera Festival Set for NYU Skirball Center Today

Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company, recipient of National Heritage Fellowship for the Arts, will present the 13th Annual Peking Opera Festival featuring Qi Shu Fang and the Company for one performances ... (more...)

Broad Stage and L.A. Opera to Present DULCE ROSA World Premiere, 5/17-6/9

The Broad Stage and L.A. Opera have joined forces to co-produce the world premiere of Dulce Rosa, a fully-staged, two-act opera by composer Lee Holdridge and librettist Richard Sparks, based on the Is... (more...)

Thomas Hampson Presents World, Boston and NY Debuts of Mark Adamo's ARISTOTLE, Now thru 4/28

Baritone Thomas Hampson looks forward to giving the world premiere performance of a new song commission from one of America's principal younger composers, Mark Adamo. Scored for baritone and string qu... (more...)

Thomas Hampson to Present World, Boston and NY Debuts of Mark Adamo's ARISTOTLE, 4/24-28

Baritone Thomas Hampson looks forward to giving the world premiere performance of a new song commission from one of America's principal younger composers, Mark Adamo. Scored for baritone and string qu... (more...)

Canadian Opera Presents Richard Strauss' SALOME, Now thru May 22

The Canadian Opera Company's 2013 spring season marks the return of celebrated Canadian director Atom Egoyan with his searing, critically acclaimed COC production of Richard Strauss's Salome. (more...)

Additional Details Announced for Spoleto Festival USA

Internationally recognized for its adventurous opera and classical music programming, Spoleto Festival USA offers an eclectic program of music and opera for its 37th season. In addition to the America... (more...)

Tenor Anthony Kearns Receives Standing Ovation at the 2013 Friends of Ireland Lunch

On March 19, 2013, Tenor Anthony Kearns, founding member of the popular group, The Irish Tenors, performed at the 2013 Friends of Ireland Lunch at the U.S. Capitol as the guest of Speaker of the House... (more...)

Mezzo-Soprano Tara Erraught Launches North American Recital Tour Today

Mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught makes her premiere recital tour to North America this spring. (more...)

Dallas Opera Celebrates 25th Anniversary of THE ASPERN PAPERS World Premiere Tonight

The Dallas Opera presents Dominick Argento's riveting 1988 opera, THE ASPERN PAPERS, in a brand-new production to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of its TDO world premiere. THE ASPERN PAPERS will op... (more...)

Ailyn Pérez Will Release Album in May

She releases Poeme d'un jour, her debut solo album presenting French and Spanish songs, on the Opus Arte label (May 28 in the U.S., see full track list below). (more...)

SONGS OF FRANCIS POULENC, THE LION AND THE MOUSE, Mostly Music and More Set for The Driehaus Museum, Spring 2013

The Driehaus Museum's spring 2013 programs include popular annual favorites and exciting new events. (more...)

2013 Sarasota Youth Opera Camp Set for Sarasota Opera House, 6/10-28

Enrollment is now open for young people ages 8 -18 for Sarasota Youth Opera's 2013 Summer Camp to be held June 10 - June 28, 2013. The annual three-week program will run Monday thru Friday from 9 a.m.... (more...)

Palm Beach Opera's Daniel Biaggi Honored by National Society of Arts and Letters Tonight

The Florida East Coast Chapter of The National Society of Arts and Letters will honor Palm Beach Opera's General Director Daniel Biaggi at their annual Red Rose Dinner Gala today, April 4th at the Roy... (more...)

Regional Opera Company of the Week: Tulsa Opera

The first recorded opera performance in Tulsa dates back to 1904 with a production of Faust- just six years after the city was incorporated. Forty-four years later, in 1948, an official company was s... (more...)