PARSIFAL OPERA COVERAGE

Joyce DiDonato Stars in MARIA STUARDA, Airing 7/14 on PBS' 'Great Performances at the Met'

Joyce DiDonato stars as Mary, Queen of Scots, in the first-ever Met production of Donizetti's intensely dramatic historical opera Maria Stuarda, on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, July 14 at 12 ... (more...)

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...)

Long Beach Opera to Stage Ernest Bloch's MACBETH, Beg. 6/15

An overwhelming lust for power, a manipulative wife, and witches' prophecies spur a Scottish general onto a tragic path of betrayal, murder and madness. Long Beach Opera (LBO) closes its 2013 season w... (more...)

BWW Reviews: 'And the Winners Were...' A Report Card for the Metropolitan Opera's 2012-2013 Season

The regular season just ended for the Metropolitan Opera--all that's left is a series of HD rebroadcasts on Lincoln Center Plaza and a couple of low profile concerts in New York City parks--and it's t... (more...)

Joshua Benevento, Melanie Goerlitz and Liora Michelle Perform at Enrico Caruso Room Tonight

Tenor Joshua Benevento, who joined the Metropolitan Opera Chorus this season, will perform operatic arias with sopranos Melanie Goerlitz and Liora Michelle at the Enrico Caruso Room in Little Italy's ... (more...)

Joshua Benevento, Melanie Goerlitz and Liora Michelle to Perform at Enrico Caruso Room, 5/7

Tenor Joshua Benevento, who joined the Metropolitan Opera Chorus this season, will perform operatic arias with sopranos Melanie Goerlitz and Liora Michelle at the Enrico Caruso Room in Little Italy's ... (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...)

Opera Philadelphia's THE MAGIC FLUTE Comes to the Academy, Now thru 4/28

The path to wisdom has never been so whimsical! Opera Philadelphia casts a spell on audiences this spring with a colorful production of The Magic Flute. Mozart's masterpiece of good versus evil and th... (more...)

The Met Celebrates Wagner's Bicentennial With Three Complete Cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen in May

The Metropolitan Opera will commemorate the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth with three complete performances of his epic four-opera masterwork, Der Ring des Nibelungen. The Ring cycles wil... (more...)

The Mariinsky Announces Inaugural Programming for Opening of Mariinsky II Opera House in Russia, May 2-4

The Mariinsky Theatre, one of the largest and most acclaimed performing arts institutions in the world, under the leadership of Artistic and General Director Valery Gergiev, today announced that its n... (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...)

Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change Advisory for Tonight

Michaela Martens will sing the role of Kundry in this evening's performance of Wagner's Parsifal, replacing Katarina Dalayman, who is ill. (more...)

Opera Philadelphia's THE MAGIC FLUTE Comes to the Academy, 4/19-28

The path to wisdom has never been so whimsical! Opera Philadelphia casts a spell on audiences this spring with a colorful production of The Magic Flute. Mozart's masterpiece of good versus evil and th... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Redemption for the Metropolitan Opera's New PARSIFAL Is in the Music

There used to be an ad campaign from a New York bakery company, “You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's rye bread.” Well, a similar statement could be made about Richard Wagner's final opera (or a... (more...)

Robert Lepage's Staging of THE TEMPEST at The Met to Air on PBS, 3/17

British composer Thomas Ades conducts the Met premiere of his contemporary Masterpiece The Tempest, an English-language opera based on Shakespeare's final play.The Met's fantastical new production by ... (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Jonas Kaufmann and More in PARSIFAL at the Met

The new production of PARSIFAL opens in just 2 days! Jonas Kaufmann stars alongside Katarina Dalayman, Peter Mattei, Evgeny Nikitin, and Rene Pape. Daniele Gatti conducts. Check out a sneak peek of Fr... (more...)

The Met: Live in HD's PARSIFAL to Screen at Middlebury, VT's Town Hall Theater, 3/2

Metropolitan Opera's 'Live in HD' presents an all new production of Wagner's PARSIFAL, broadcast at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater on Saturday, March 2 at noon. (more...)

Jonas Kaufmann Releases WAGNER on Decca Today

Donald Runnicles, Deutschen Oper Berlin join forces with the German tenor for an album of Wagner arias and lieder out today, February 12, 2013. (more...)

Opera Ebony's Heritage Weekend Debuts Master Class THE ART OF THE SPIRITUAL and More, 2/9-10

Opera Ebony, the longest running African - American opera company in the United States, is celebrating its 40th Anniversary with a special celebration weekend with 2 events. The Art of The Spiritual, ... (more...)

PARSIFAL, OTELLO, THE SOUND OF MUSIC and More Highlight Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2013-14 Season

Lyric Opera of Chicago and its general director, Anthony Freud, announced the lineup for Lyric's 2013-14 season today. Joseph Calleja, Joyce DiDonato, Nathan Gunn, Thomas Hampson, Ana Maria Martinez, ... (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Interview and Behind-the-Scenes With Director François Girard of Wagner's PARSIFAL at the Met

Jonas Kaufmann will sing the title role in a new staging of Wagner's final opera, Parsifal, conducted by Daniele Gatti and directed by Francois Girard in his Met debut. BroadwayWorld has a behind-the-... (more...)

Photo Flash: First Look at Jonas Kaufmann and More in Wagner's PARSIFAL at the Metropolitan Opera

Jonas Kaufmann will sing the title role in a new staging of Wagner's final opera, Parsifal, conducted by Daniele Gatti and directed by Francois Girard in his Met debut. BroadwayWorld has a first look... (more...)

Jonas Kaufmann Sings the Title Role in a New Production of PARSIFAL for the Metropolitan Opera

Jonas Kaufmann will sing the title role in a new staging of Wagner's final opera, Parsifal,conducted by Daniele Gatti and directed by Francois Girard in his Met debut. The new production of Wagner's t... (more...)

Opera Ebony's Heritage Weekend to Debut Master Class THE ART OF THE SPIRITUAL and More, 2/9-10

Opera Ebony, the longest running African - American opera company in the United States, is celebrating its 40th Anniversary with a special celebration weekend with 2 events. The Art of The Spiritual, ... (more...)