MACBETH Comes to Guild Opera Company
by Stephi Wild - Apr 14, 2025
The great operatic masterpiece, MACBETH will be presented by Guild Opera Company at River of the Valley in Canoga Park. Learn more about the production here!
Interview: Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton Talks Boston Lyric Opera's Production of CAROUSEL
by R. Scott Reedy - Apr 4, 2025
The legend of Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre stems in part from the many pre-Broadway tryouts that have and continue to take place there, including not one but two now-iconic Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musicals, 1943’s “Oklahoma!” – when it was still being called “Away We Go!” – and 1945’s “Carousel.”
San Francisco Opera Opens 102nd Season With Opera in the Park
by Stephi Wild - Sep 6, 2024
San Francisco Opera will celebrate the opening of its 102nd season with San Francisco Chronicle Presents Opera in the Park on Sunday, September 8 at 1:30 p.m. The free concert—a beloved annual Bay Area tradition now in its 49th year—takes place at Robin Williams Meadow in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco Opera Medal Awarded To Director Michael Cavanagh
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 19, 2024
San Francisco Opera presented the Opera Medal, the Company's highest honor, to Michael Cavanagh shortly before his death last month. The acclaimed Canadian opera director, who passed away on March 13 from leptomeningeal cancer at the age of 62, was a guiding, creative force behind a number of important new productions for San Francisco Opera over the past decade.
The 2024 George London Award Winners Have Been Announced
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 17, 2024
The 2024 George London Award winners have been announced, including soprano Katerina Burton, mezzo-sopranos Emily Treigle and Erin Wagner, tenor Samuel White, and baritones Benjamin Dickerson and Darren Drone.
Soprano Renée Fleming To Return For A Sixth Year To Lead SongStudio
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 5, 2023
Soprano Renée Fleming returns for the sixth year to lead SongStudio, an innovative workshop exploring the future of the vocal recital. Public master classes will be led by Ms. Fleming, Angel Blue, Graham Johnson, and Nicholas Phan. Will Liverman joins as creative advisor.
Winners Revealed For 2023 International Opera Awards
by Stephi Wild - Nov 10, 2023
The world of opera came together in Warsaw tonight [9 November 2023] for a star-studded ceremony at Teatr Wielki, Polish National Opera, Warsaw at which the winners of the 2023 International Opera Awards were revealed.
Ana Papakhian Named Executive Director of Camerata Pacifica
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 19, 2023
Camerata Pacifica – a chamber music collective based in Santa Barbara, California renowned for its musical versatility and bold programming that illuminates the limitless scope of the chamber music repertoire – has named Ana Papakhian Executive Director.