PAGLIACCI OPERA COVERAGE

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...)

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...)

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...)

Regional Opera Company of the Week: Opera Idaho

Opera Idaho was founded in 1973 though the existence of opera in Boise dates back much earlier. Since the early 1960's, the Boise Philharmonic has been producing annual operas featuring singers from ... (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...)

BWW Reviews: Audience Is Real Winner at the Met's National Council Auditions Grand Finals

On Sunday afternoon March 10, the air was buzzing with anticipation at the Met, before the performances by the ten singers who had made it to the Grand Finals of the opera company's National Council a... (more...)

Ernest Revell and Jacqueline Ballarin to Open 2013 Season at Enrico Caruso Room, 3/5

The Enrico Caruso Room at Grotta Azzurra Ristorante will begin its second season on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 with Tenor Ernest Revell and Soprano Jacqueline Ballarin as Opening Night headliners. Their p... (more...)

Opera San José Presents Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi in April

Opera San Jose continues its 29th season with Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi, a double-bill of Giacomo Puccini operas with libretti by Giovacchino Forzano. A young nun struggles with despair in an e... (more...)

Tenor Heath Huberg Opens the Baltimore Orioles' 2013 Spring Training Season Today

A great Sarasota baseball tradition continues as Sarasota Opera will help open the 2013 Baltimore Oriole's Spring Training Season with the singing of the National Anthem today, February 23rd, at the o... (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...)

Tenor Heath Huberg to Open the Baltimore Orioles' 2013 Spring Training Season, 2/23

A great Sarasota baseball tradition continues as Sarasota Opera will help open the 2013 Baltimore Oriole's Spring Training Season with the singing of the National Anthem on Saturday, February 23rd, at... (more...)

New York City Opera Opens Spring 2013 Season with POWDER HER FACE, Now thru 2/23

New York City Opera opens its spring 2013 season with a new production of Powder Her Face (1995), composed by Thomas Ades (b.1971) to a libretto by Philip Hensher (b. 1965). (more...)

Grammy Award-Winning Soprano Ana Maria Martinez Performs with Mercury, 2/14-15

For the first time in the orchestra's history, Mercury will feature Grammy Award-winning soprano, Ana Maria Martinez, in its upcoming Valentine's Day program tonight, February 14 & 15. (more...)

Grammy Award-Winning Soprano Ana Maria Martinez to Perform with Mercury, 2/14-15

For the first time in the orchestra's history, Mercury will feature Grammy Award-winning soprano, Ana María Martínez, in its upcoming Valentine's Day program on February 14 & 15. (more...)

Regional Opera Company of the Week: Austin Lyric Opera, TX

Austin Lyric Opera became the first professional opera company in Austin when it was founded in May of 1986. It quickly became a cultural touchstone for the fine arts community in the Central Texas R... (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...)

Kristine Opolais Makes Met Debut in Puccini's LA RONDINE Tonight

Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais makes her Met debut as the courtesan Magda in Puccini's La Rondine tonight, January 11, in a production conducted by Ion Marin and also starring Giuseppe Filianoti as ... (more...)

New York City Opera to Open Spring 2013 Season with POWDER HER FACE, 2/15-23

New York City Opera opens its spring 2013 season with a new production of Powder Her Face (1995), composed by Thomas Adès (b.1971) to a libretto by Philip Hensher (b. 1965). (more...)

Opera San Jose Presents IL TROVATORE, 2/9-24

Opera San Jose continues its 29th season with Giuseppe Verdi's powerful drama, Il trovatore. Set in 15th-century Spain, Verdi's classic has it all: vengeance, war, jealousy, and passion, with an emot... (more...)

Kristine Opolais Makes Her Met Debut in Puccini's LA RONDINE, Jan 11

Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais makes her Met debut as the courtesan Magda in Puccini's La Rondine on January 11, in a production conducted by Ion Marin and also starring Giuseppe Filianoti as Rugger... (more...)

Regional Opera Company of the Week: Boheme Opera, NJ

BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the net, continues its expansion into other areas of entertainment with our latest feature - 'The Regional Opera Company of the Week'. This week's featur... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Austin Lyric Opera Presents a Perfect PAGLIACCI

Whether you are an opera connoisseur or an opera virgin, Austin Lyric Opera's production of PAGLIACCI is a must see. The music is beautiful. The visuals are mesmerizing and stunning, and the cast is... (more...)

Ildar Abdrazakov Sings Mozart’s Don Giovanni For the First Time at the Met

Ildar Abdrazakov takes the title role in Don Giovanni for the first time at the Met beginning November 28, conducted by Edward Gardner, in his second major Mozart role assumption of the season. The fi... (more...)

Fabio Luisi Conducts His First Met Performances of AIDA, Beginning 11/23

Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will lead his first company performances of Aida,Verdi's grand opera of love and war, beginning November 23. Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska makes her Met d... (more...)

PAGLIACCI, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO & More Set for Austin Lyric Opera's 26th Season

Austin Lyric Opera (ALO) has announced the lineup of its 26th season (2012-2013). The season kicks off in November 2012 with Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, followed by Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in Jan... (more...)