PACIFIC SYMPHONY OPERA COVERAGE

100th Production Leads Pacific Opera's 2013-14 Season

Pacific Opera Victoria (POV) has announced a diverse season that includes main stage productions of Verdi's Falstaff, Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos, and Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. Additional production... (more...)

OPERA America Announces 2013 National Opera Trustee Recognition Award Recipients

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 National Opera Trustee Recognition Award. In its sixth year, this award honors outstanding... (more...)

Seattle Opera Celebrates Wagner Bicentennial in 2013

Under General Director Speight Jenkins' 30 years of leadership, Seattle Opera has become known as "America's Bayreuth," drawing worldwide audiences to its acclaimed productions of all of Richard Wagne... (more...)

San Francisco Early Music Society Presents West Coast Debut of Les Sirenes, Now thru 11/18

The San Francisco Early Music Society's 2012/13 season continues this weekend, November 16-18 with the West Coast debut of Les Sirènes, one of the most promising young ensembles to appear on the early... (more...)

Conductor Fabio Luisi Begins as Music Director at Zurich Opera with New Production of Jenufa in September 2012

The preeminent Italian conductor Fabio Luisi, who holds top posts at the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna Symphony, begins his appointment as music director of the Zurich Opera at the start of the 20... (more...)

Austin Pendleton Directs Boston Midsummer Opera's DON PASQUALE, Now thru 7/29

For its seventh season Boston Midsummer Opera (BMO) presents the comic piece, Donizetti's Don Pasquale, playing at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University for three performances only, tonight... (more...)

Dan Singer and Jacqueline Thompson Set for Enrico Caruso Room Opera Night, 5/15

The headline performers for tonight's May 15 Opera Night at the Enrico Caruso Room at Grotta Azzurra Ristorante in Little Italy are Dan Singer and Jacqueline Thompson. (more...)

Austin Pendleton Directs Boston Midsummer Opera's DON PASQUALE, 7/25-29

For its seventh season Boston Midsummer Opera (BMO) presents the comic piece, Donizetti's Don Pasquale, playing at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University for three performances only, July 25... (more...)

Demi Lovato, Wilco, Broadway Favorites in Concert, Opera and More Headline Wolf Trap's 41st Season

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts has announced its entire 2012 Summer season, featuring 92 live performances and 108 days at the Filene Center amphitheater, nine evenings of opera at The B... (more...)

Shana Farr, John Carelli et al. Set for Enrico Caruso Room Opera Night Tonight, 5/8

The headline performers for the next two Opera Nights at the Enrico Caruso Room at Grotta Azzurra Ristorante in Little Italy have been announced: Cabaret star Shana Farr and tenor John Carelli will sh... (more...)

Shana Farr, John Carelli et al. Set for Enrico Caruso Room Opera Nights, 5/8 & 5/15

The headline performers for the next two Opera Nights at the Enrico Caruso Room at Grotta Azzurra Ristorante in Little Italy have been announced: Cabaret star Shana Farr and tenor John Carelli will sh... (more...)

The Other Guys Presents Tobin Stokes' Opera RATTENBURY 9/20; Chorus Auditions Today

Well known in Victoria, BC, for his grand design of the Capital City's Inner Harbour, including the Parliament Buildings, The Empress, the CPR Terminal (most recently housing the Royal London Wax Muse... (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...)

Pacific Symphony Kicks Off Symphonic Voices with LA BOHEME, 4/19,21,24

Before "Rent"-there was "La Boheme"-and now it's back for the kick-off of Pacific Symphony's new opera-vocal initiative, "Symphonic Voices." For three nights, the orchestra comes out of the pit and on... (more...)

Enrico Caruso Room at Grotta Azzura in Little Italy to Open April 17

The new Enrico Caruso Room will feature a weekly Tuesday Night Opera Series starting April 17, showcasing a pair of talented professional opera performers each week, and a weekly Thursday Night Open M... (more...)

The Other Guys Presents Tobin Stokes' Opera RATTENBURY 9/20; Chorus Auditions 4/27

Well known in Victoria, BC, for his grand design of the Capital City's Inner Harbour, including the Parliament Buildings, The Empress, the CPR Terminal (most recently housing the Royal London Wax Muse... (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Pacific Symphony takes LA BOHEME Out of the Pit

Before 'Rent'-there was 'La Bohème'-and now it's back for the kick-off of Pacific Symphony's new opera-vocal initiative, 'Symphonic Voices.' Check out the behind the scenes 'out of the pit' video b... (more...)

Enrico Caruso Room at Grotta Azzura in Little Italy to Open April 17

The new Enrico Caruso Room will feature a weekly Tuesday Night Opera Series starting April 17, showcasing a pair of talented professional opera performers each week, and a weekly Thursday Night Open M... (more...)

Pacific Symphony Kicks Off Symphonic Voices with LA BOHEME, 4/19,21,24

Before "Rent"-there was "La Boheme"-and now it's back for the kick-off of Pacific Symphony's new opera-vocal initiative, "Symphonic Voices." For three nights, the orchestra comes out of the pit and on... (more...)

Pacific Opera Victoria's MARIA STUARDA Opens April 12

Pacific Opera Victoria's 2011/12 season ends as the company presents Tracy Dahl and Sally Dibblee, two of Canada's accomplished divas, in MARIA STUARDA, April 12, 14, 18, 20, and 22, 2012, at the Roy... (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...)