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Final Girls Theater Company To Make NYC Debut With IN THE NEXT ROOM (OR: THE VIBRATOR PLAY)
by A.A. Cristi on Apr 13, 2026

Final Girls Theater Company will make its New York City debut with IN THE NEXT ROOM (OR: THE VIBRATOR PLAY) by Sarah Ruhl. The production will feature an all-female cast and be directed by Brooke Hall. Performances will take place at Vino Theater in Brooklyn.

VIDEO: Aigul Akhmetshina and Piotr Beczała Perform “Je vais danser en votre honneur” from Bizet's CARMEN At The Metropolitan Opera
by A.A. Cristi on Dec 26, 2023

The Met celebrates the new year with a new production of Bizet's Carmen by acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell, opening on Sunday, December 31, at 6:30PM. In her highly anticipated Met debut, Cracknell reinvigorates the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to modern day and explores themes that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries.

New Production Of Bizet's CARMEN to Open at The Metropolitan Opera This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz on Dec 13, 2023

The Met's new production of Bizet's Carmen, directed by Carrie Cracknell, opens on December 31.

New York Festival Of Song to Present AMOR: A 50th Anniversary Celebration Of Steven Blier's Professional Debut
by Chloe Rabinowitz on Jan 20, 2023

New York Festival of Song, led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, will continue its 2022-2023 season with Amor on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 8:00pm at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center.

VIDEO: Listen To LA Opera's BILLY BUDD 'From The Vault'
by Alan Henry on Apr 30, 2021

Set sail on an audio-fueled journey into our 2014 production of 'Billy Budd.' Brace yourself for stormy seas and emotional swells as you endeavor through the story of the H.M.S. Indomitable and its crew. 

Franz Mazura, Celebrated Bass-Baritone, Has Died
by Alan Henry on Jan 30, 2020

BroadwayWorld has learned that Austrian bass-baritone opera singer and actor Franz Mazura has died.

Photo Flash: First Look at San Francisco Opera's BILLY BUDD
by Stephi Wild on Sep 8, 2019

San Francisco Opera presents Benjamin Britten's masterpiece of law and order on the high seas, Billy Budd, in six performances at the War Memorial Opera House September 7–22. Based on the unfinished novella by Herman Melville and set to a libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, Billy Budd returns to the Company's repertory after a 15-year absence in the “powerful” (New York Times) staging by Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage. Lawrence Renes conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and an all-male cast of 75 artists, including 44 men from the San Francisco Opera Chorus prepared by Chorus Director Ian Robertson and 8 boys from the Ragazzi Boys Chorus. The performances coincide with the Melville bicentennial and the 100th anniversary of the posthumous discovery of the American author's unfinished manuscript ofBilly Budd.

Atlanta Opera Names New Development Officers
by Julie Musbach on Sep 3, 2019

The Atlanta Opera has hired two new development officers – Chief Advancement Officer Paul Harkins, and Individual Giving Officer Jonathan Blalock.

San Francisco Opera Presents Benjamin Britten's BILLY BUDD
by A.A. Cristi on Aug 6, 2019

San Francisco Opera presents Benjamin Britten's masterpiece of law and order on the high seas, Billy Budd, in six performances at the War Memorial Opera House September 7a?"22. Based on the unfinished novella by Herman Melville and set to a libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, Billy Budd returns to the Company's repertory after a 15-year absence in the a?oepowerfula?? (New York Times) staging by Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage. Lawrence Renes conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and an all-male cast of 75 artists, including 44 men from the San Francisco Opera Chorus prepared by Chorus Director Ian Robertson and 8 boys from the Ragazzi Boys Chorus. The performances coincide with the Melville bicentennial and the 100th anniversary of the posthumous discovery of the American author's unfinished manuscript of Billy Budd.

BWW Review: BILLY BUDD, Royal Opera House
by Sophia Lambton on Apr 30, 2019

In a minimalist setting, Benjamin Britten's 20th-century reflections on Herman Melville's novel are deftly captured musically and visually.

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock Announces 2019-20 Season Repertory And Casting
by A.A. Cristi on Jan 22, 2019

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock today announced repertory and casting for the Company's 97th Season, opening Friday, September 6, 2019, with a gala performance of Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet (Rom o et Juliette) starring tenor Bryan Hymel and soprano Nadine Sierra in Op ra de Monte-Carlo Director Jean-Louis Grinda's production. In keeping with the Company's time-honored tradition, the new season will be inaugurated with San Francisco Opera Guild's elegant, signature benefit and celebration, Opera Ball 2019.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts A Rare Revival Of Debussy's Pelléas Et Mélisande, Opening January 15
by Julie Musbach on Dec 14, 2018

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met's Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts five performance of Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy's mysterious meditation on love and betrayal, January 15–31, 2019. The classic production by Sir Jonathan Miller returns to the Met for the first time since the 2010–11 season, and the cast features three young Met stars at the heart of a passionate love triangle: Isabel Leonard as Mélisande, Paul Appleby as Pelléas, and Kyle Ketelsen as Golaud. Ferruccio Furlanetto sings the role of Arkel and Marie-Nicole Lemieux makes her Met debut as Geneviève. Derrick Inouye conducts the January 31 performance.

CARMEN Returns To The Metropolitan Opera, Today
by BWW News Desk on Oct 30, 2018

The Metropolitan Opera presents one of the most beloved operas in the repertory, Georges Bizet's Carmen, with performances October 30 to November 15 and again from January 9 to February 8. Starring in all performances in the title role is Clémentine Margaine, who made her celebrated Met debut in this role in 2017.  Yonghoon Lee and Roberto Alagna share the role of Carmen's lover, Don José. Guanqun Yu, Aleksandra Kurzak, and Susanna Phillips sing the role of Micaëla, and Kyle Ketelsen, Alexander Vinogradov, and Michael Todd Simpson portray the toreador Escamillo. Conductor Omer Meir Wellber makes his Met debut leading the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in interpreting Bizet's famous score; winter performances are conducted by Louis Langrée.

CARMEN Returns To The Metropolitan Opera, 10/30
by A.A. Cristi on Oct 25, 2018

The Metropolitan Opera presents one of the most beloved operas in the repertory, Georges Bizet's Carmen, with performances October 30 to November 15 and again from January 9 to February 8. Starring in all performances in the title role is Clémentine Margaine, who made her celebrated Met debut in this role in 2017.  Yonghoon Lee and Roberto Alagna share the role of Carmen's lover, Don José. Guanqun Yu, Aleksandra Kurzak, and Susanna Phillips sing the role of Micaëla, and Kyle Ketelsen, Alexander Vinogradov, and Michael Todd Simpson portray the toreador Escamillo. Conductor Omer Meir Wellber makes his Met debut leading the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in interpreting Bizet's famous score; winter performances are conducted by Louis Langrée.

Des Moines Metro Opera Announces Casting for 45th Summer Festival Season
by BWW News Desk on Jun 23, 2017

Des Moines Metro Opera's (DMMO) General and Artistic Director, Michael Egel, has announced the full casting for the Company's 45th Summer Festival Season, which runs from June 23 through July 16, 2017, and offers 17 performances of four different operas.

Elate's Revival of Ayn Rand's NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH Opens 6/3
by A.A. Cristi on May 31, 2017

Veteran stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson, who received a 2015 / 2016 Elate Season Ticket Holder Award Nomination as Best Actor for his performance as the debonair, but aging, leading man Ernest in Tad Mosel's "Impromptu" as part of the Elate staging of four one-acts entitled "Just 4 Fun," returns to the stage of the Lincoln Stegman Theatre of North Hollywood to play District Attorney Flint, a prosecutor deeply involved in the case of "The People of The State of New York vs. Karen Andre" in The Emmanuel Lutheran Actors Theatre Ensemble - ELATE revival of Russian-American author and playwright Ayn Rand's 1935 classic Broadway courtroom drama "Night Of January 16th."

Darryl Maximilian Robinson to Appear in Elate's NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH
by BWW News Desk on Apr 25, 2017

Veteran stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson, who received a 2015 / 2016 Elate Season Ticket Holder Award Nomination as Best Actor for his performance as the debonair, but aging, leading man Ernest in Tad Mosel's "Impromptu" as part of the Elate staging of four one-acts entitled "Just 4 Fun," returns to the stage of the Lincoln Stegman Theatre of North Hollywood to play District Attorney Flint, a prosecutor deeply involved in the case of "The People of The State of New York vs. Karen Andre" in The Emmanuel Lutheran Actors Theatre Ensemble - ELATE revival of Russian-American author and playwright Ayn Rand's 1935 classic Broadway courtroom drama "Night Of January 16th."

Des Moines Metro Opera Announces Casting for 45th Summer Festival Season
by BWW News Desk on Jan 23, 2017

Des Moines Metro Opera's (DMMO) General and Artistic Director, Michael Egel, has announced the full casting for the Company's 45th Summer Festival Season, which runs from June 23 through July 16, 2017, and offers 17 performances of four different operas.

LISTEN…CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? Adds Third Show at United Solo
by BWW News Desk on Nov 1, 2016

Listen...Can You Hear Me Now?, a solo show written and performed by Gloria Rosen and directed by Suzanne Bachner has sold out its first two performances. United Solo has added a third performance by popular demand on November 6th at 6PM in the 2016 United Solo Theatre Festival, the world's largest solo theatre festival, currently in its 7th season.