Jules Massenet News

MADAMA BUTTERFLY and More Set for North Carolina Opera 2025–2026 Season

by Chloe Rabinowitz — April 10, 2025

After years of rising audience enthusiasm and sold-out performances, North Carolina Opera is expanding its season in 2025-2026 with three full-scale productions.

WERTHER Comes to the National Theatre in Prague

by Stephi Wild — March 18, 2025

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe‘s literary works have inspired numerous artists, including composers.

Kansas City Ballet Announces 2025-2026 Season & Subscriptions On Sale Now

by A.A. Cristi — March 14, 2025

Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director Devon Carney has announced the company’s 2025-2026 season, which opens with Swan Lake, continues with Stars and Stripes, a collection of three short dance works celebrating our country’s 250th anniversary, and concludes with Septime Webre’s The Great Gats

Video: CENDRILLON (CINDERELLA) at the Dr. Phillips Center

by Blair Ingenthron — February 8, 2025

Opera Orlando is presenting a fairy tale classic, Jules Massenet’s Cendrillon (Cinderella), based on the beloved French Cinderella story by Perrault.

Opera Orlando Presents An All-New Production Of Massenet's CENDRILLON [CINDERELLA]

by A.A. Cristi — January 31, 2025

Next weekend, a star-studded cast takes the stage in Steinmetz Hall as Opera Orlando presents Massenet's Cendrillon, a sumptuous French retelling of the classic Cinderella story.

Review: MANON at San Francisco Ballet

by Jim Munson — January 27, 2025

The chance to see a classic full-length ballet for the first time is always a rare and welcome opportunity, so it’s especially exciting that San Francisco Ballet is kicking off its 2025 Repertory Season with Kenneth McMillan’s Manon, choreographed in 1974 and subsequently performed all over the

MANON Comes to Den Norske Opera in March

by Stephi Wild — January 21, 2025

Manon is coming to Den Norske Opera in March.

CENDRILLON [CINDERELLA] Announced At Steinmetz Hall

by A.A. Cristi — December 20, 2024

Fairy tales come to life as Cendrillon [Cinderella] takes the stage of Steinmetz Hall with Grammy award-winner Lindsay Ohse in the title role.

Chicago Opera Theater Will Mark Centennial of Puccini’s Death with BOHÈME AND BEYOND

by Nicole Rosky — October 31, 2024

Chicago Opera Theater (COT), Chicago’s foremost producer of new and rarely produced operas, presents Bohème and Beyond – The Legacy of Puccini, highlighting how Puccini’s work impacted the evolution of opera and musical theater, at DePaul University’s Gannon Hall at the Holtschneider Pe

American Ballet Theatre to Host 2024 Fall Gala in October

by Chloe Rabinowitz — September 12, 2024

American Ballet Theatre will host its 2024 Fall Gala at the David H.

City of West Hollywood Presents Free Theatre in the Parks: Pacific Opera Project's CINDERELLA STORY

by A.A. Cristi — September 5, 2024

The City of West Hollywood has announced Free Theatre in the Parks with Pacific Opera Project's mashup opera of Jules Massenet and Gioacchino Rossini’s CINDERELLA.

SHREK THE MUSICAL & More Set for Emerson Colonial Theatre Fall 2024 Line-Up

by Chloe Rabinowitz — September 4, 2024

The Emerson Colonial Theatre has revealed it's fall season.

Canciones De Grandes Compositores Del Repertorio Internacional, En Las Voces De Cristina Ortega Y Héctor Gamaliel

by A.A. Cristi — June 26, 2024

Cristina Ortega and Héctor Gamaliel perform songs by renowned international composers.

Merola Opera Program Continues Summer Festival Season With Schwabacher Summer Concert

by Stephi Wild — May 30, 2024

Bay Area audiences are invited to revel in the passion and melody of classic opera, as the young artists of the 2024 Merola Opera Program perform extended scenes from Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia, Gounod's Faust, Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, Massenet's Cendrillon, Puccini's La bohème, and Richard