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Anchorage audiences will have the opportunity to attend the Anchorage Chamber Music Festival’s performance of “Beyond the Rhine” this summer at the University of Alaska Anchorage Fine Arts Building Recital Hall.
Anthony Negus, Music Director of Longborough Festival Opera since 2000, has been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the King's Honours List for his services to music.
The Atlanta Opera posted the official trailer for TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, Wagner's final Ring cycle opera, set to run at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta.
Soprano Lise Lindstrom, who plays Brunnhilde in The Atlanta Opera's TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, shares insights into the characters and story of Wagner's final chapter of Das Ring der Nibelungen.
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music announced its 2026-27 performance schedule, featuring 15 concerts and stage productions including LA BOHÈME, RENT, and CABARET, with tickets on sale now.
The historical and still-ongoing revelations about the children that Thomas Jefferson had with his slave woman Sally Hemmings has justifiably created a reevaluation of Thomas Jeferson’s image and reputation---as one can discover in Suzan-Lori Parks’ probing play Sally & Tom currently playing at Bethesda’s Round House Theatre.
Speight Jenkins, who led Seattle Opera for 31 years and transformed it into one of the most respected opera companies in the US, has died at 89, the company announced.
The Atlanta Opera has announced its milestone Ring Festival 2029, presenting two complete cycles of Richard Wagner’s epic tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
Contemporary circus company, Circa, has come to Charleston, South Carolina, as part of Spoleto USA’s 50th season, with their Humans 2.0. This is the next installment after their successful Humans production — although with their current creation and context, the “2.0” more ironically evokes a software upgrade than a performance sequel.
Elim Chan will become The San Francisco Symphony's next Music Director, beginning in September 2027. Chan will be the 13th Music Director in the San Francisco Symphony’s 115-year history.
The San Francisco Symphony announced its summer season, featuring classical programs, film concerts, and performances with Andrew Bird, Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, A.R. Rahman, and St. Vincent at venues including Davies Symphony Hall, Shoreline Amphitheatre, and Sigmund Stern Grove.
The Atlanta Opera has released 18 new filmed performances to their streaming platform, The Atlanta Opera Film Studio. Performances included “Madama Butterfly,” “Don Giovanni,” “The Barber of Seville,” “Bluebeard’s Castle,” La bohème,' and more.
The Atlanta Opera will present a new Tomer Zvulun production of GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, completing the first full Ring cycle staged in the Southeast, featuring Lise Lindstrom and Stefan Vinke.
The Music Center appointed Julia Diamond as senior vice president of TMC Arts, its programming division. Diamond, who has overseen a $14 million annual budget and a team of 30 full-time staff, previously served as interim head of the division.
The San Francisco Symphony will present a month of Orchestral Series programs led by guest conductors, plus a special concert with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and a performance by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass at Davies Symphony Hall.
The Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2026/27 season, Resonance, which will feature Lea Salonga, Ray Chen, Elf in Concert, and more. Learn more about the full season here!
Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra will perform the concert “Romantic Worlds II.' The concert will feature the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of conductor Marc Albrecht, with Nelson Goerner as soloist.
The Atlanta Opera will present TURANDOT and TWILIGHT OF THE GODS (GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG) to close its 2025–2026 season. The productions will feature international opera performers and new stagings.
Lyric Opera of Chicago has unveiled its 2026/27 Season — a landmark lineup of seven operas spanning centuries and continents, three unique concerts, two Academy Award–winning films performed with live orchestra and more.
The Minnesota Orchestra will present Bluebeard’s Castle under Thomas Søndergård. The performances launch the Sound Unbound series. Concerts will take place at Orchestra Hall.
