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 ...

The Tiroler Festspiele Erl has announced a cast change for its Wagner Gala on July 5, 2025. The company said that “Ekaterina Gubanova will replace Lise Davidsen. The Norwegian had to withdraw from her ...

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 ...

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Holly Hyun Choe has been named the principal Conductor and Musical advisor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. The Korean-American conductor will succeed Petr Popelka at the beginning of 2026 and will ...

Opera AMERICA has announced that Deborah F. Rutter, the former president of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is set to be the Keynote Speaker for the Opera Conference 2025. Rutter was the ...

On March 15, the Portland Opera is set to present "The Shining" an opera by Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell. The ...

Stradella’s “San Giovanni Battista” will star Silvia Frigato, Dorota Szczepanska, Danilo Pastore, Roberto Manuel Zangari, and Masashi Tomosugi. Andrea De Carlo will conduct the Ensemble Mare Nostrum.

Opera Saratoga has kicked off its Educational Tour for “Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Niña in El Mundo.” The tour, which features soprano Meghan Kassanders in her directorial debut alongside Music ...

Released in 2008, Canadian director Kevin Sullivan’s reimagining of “The Magic Flute” in his film, “Magic Flute Diaries,” was a profound statement on the way operatic narratives could be fused into ...

The cast is made up of Julen Jiménez, Itxaso Moriones, Noemí Irisarri, Txori García, María Lacunza, Carlos Crooke, Txema Lacunza, and María Gutiérrez. They are joined by the Navarra Chamber Opera ...

Opera Saratoga has kicked off its Educational Tour for “Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Niña in El Mundo.” The tour, which features soprano Meghan Kasanders in her directorial debut alongside Music ...