OperaWire was fortunate to be present at The International Händel Festspiele in Karlsruhe earlier this month in which we ...

Sarasota Opera will celebrate its apprentice and studio artists in the “Salute the Stars” event on March 25. This year’s class of apprentice and studio artists will be presented with awards by ...

The Grange Festival has announced that Guy Verrall-Withers will be the company’s new Director of Audiences and Impact. In his new role, Verrall-Withers, who is the Artistic Director and CEO of ...

Chautauqua Opera has announced that President Michael Hill will step down from his position to pursue a new role in academia at Randolph-Macon College. Among Hill’s greatest achievements is the work ...

The star-studded cast of the production will feature a host of performers who have graced the stage everywhere from Seattle to Salzburg, from Minnesota Opera to the Metropolitan Opera. The Creative ...

Audiences at the Kennedy Center are voicing their opinions of the new administration with loud boos. On Thursday evening, as Vice President JD Vance and his wife and board member of the Kennedy Center ...

Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. It’s a big week for releases with a leading tenor releasing a DVD, a major soprano making her debut album and ...

Interim President of the Kennedy Center Ric Grenell is calling for “tolerance” at the Kennedy Center after JD Vance got booed for his attendance at the National Symphony Orchestra. Grenell took to ...

The company said that Maria Novella Malfatti will sing the role of Violetta replacing Adela Zaharia, who is ill. The company also noted that Ioan Hotea will sing the role of Alfredo replacing Alexey ...

This week the Staatsoper Berlin is set to stage Leoš Janáček’s satirical opera “Die Ausflüge des Herrn Brouček” for the very first time in the company’s history. Leading the production will be Robert ...

The Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra is set to present the U.S. premiere of newly rediscovered “Divertissements” for “Nabucco” by Giuseppe Verdi on April 5, 2025. The performance will be held at St. Ann and ...

Audiences at the Kennedy Center are voicing their opinions of the new administration with loud boos. On Thursday evening, as Vice President JD Vance and his wife and board member of the Kennedy Center ...