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Louise Dearman, Rob Houchen & More to Star in AT LAST, IT'S SUMMER Concert at the London Palladium

The full company for the star-studded company has been confirmed for the West End Gala charity concert new musical AT LAST, IT’S SUMMER. See performance dates, and learn how to purchase tickets!

The Royal Opera House and Britten Pears Arts Announces Full Cast for THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA

The Royal Opera House and Britten Pears Arts has announced full casting details for The Rape of Lucretia. This new staging of Benjamin Britten's unsparing chamber opera opens at Snape Maltings, Suffolk as part of its Britten Weekend on 29 and 30 October, before this new production is on stage at the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House from 13-22 November.  

Miami MoCAAD Launches Interactive Mural For Juneteenth

In commemoration of Juneteenth, the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art (Miami MoCAAD) is proud to launch Veo Veo, I See I See, Mwen wè Mwen wè, an interactive public art project that combines visual art, storytelling, and technology to explore the community of Overtown.

Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE to Open at Lyric Opera of Chicago

A prince’s valiant quest leads to love at first sight. But to prove his worth for marriage, he must first survive daring trials of wisdom and devotion. The Magic Flute, Mozart’s final opera, is full of gods and monsters, compassion and revenge, love and death—it is both a fanciful fairy tale and a profound reflection on spiritual enlightenment.

CAIC Announces 2021 Collaborative Works Festival

Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago begins its eleventh anniversary season with its annual Collaborative Works Festival, held in venues around Chicago from October 6–9, 2021. The 2021 Collaborative Works Festival: Strangers in a Strange Land explores themes of immigration and migration in song, featuring the works of a wide range of composers, many of whom immigrated or migrated during the course of their own lifetimes.

Lyric Opera Of Chicago Presents SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH LYRIC'S RISING STARS

Lyric Opera of Chicago is launcheing its 67th season with Sunday in the Park with Lyric's Rising Stars at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion on Sunday, August 29, at 6:00 p.m. This free outdoor performance is part of Chicago in Tune, a citywide festival celebrating our city's legendary music community.

San Francisco Adds DON PASQUALE, DON CARLO and More to April Free Streams

San Francisco Opera's weekly, free opera streams continue in April with Donizetti's Don Pasquale (April 3–4), The Fall of the House of Usher double bill featuring one-act operas by Gordon Getty and Claude Debussy (April 10–11) and Verdi's Don Carlo (April 17–18).

Filmed Version of KINKY BOOTS Will Be Released on Blu-Ray This Spring

Everybody say yeah! Kinky Boots is strutting back to the screen, this time on Blu-Ray. The filmed version of the West End production will be released on May 25, 2021 by Liberator Films.

Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago Announces Winter & Spring 2021 Programming

Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago is continuing the celebration of its tenth anniversary season with winter and spring offerings that include three recitals as part of the Lieder Lounge series, and the final installment of a Polish song workshop.

Audra McDonald, Javier Muñoz and More Star in Online Concert of New Musical STICKS & STONES Premiering October 16th

The online concert premiere of the new musical Sticks & Stones will feature a star-studded cast including Audra McDonald, Javier Muñoz and George Salazar when it premieres Friday, October 16, 2020, as part of National Bullying Prevention Month. The stream benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Born This Way Foundation.

Tenor Nicholas Phan Explores More Than Four Centuries of Music by Women Composers in Free Streamed Recitals

Despite the current hiatus in live performance, tenor Nicholas Phan is keeping his momentum going with online performances and educational events throughout the fall, as well as with his continuing work as Artistic Director of the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago (CAIC).

Collaborative Arts Institute Of Chicago Announces Fall 2020 Season

Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago celebrates its tenth anniversary season with fall offerings that include the annual Collaborative Works Festival, two recitals as part of the Lieder Lounge series, and the first installment of a Polish song workshop.

The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents RISING STARS IN CONCERT

The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Rising Stars in Concert on Sunday, January 19, 2020, at 2 pm at the Lyric Opera House. Due to the structure of the 2019|20 season and the Ring cycle schedule in April, the annual Rising Stars in Concert will be held earlier than in past seasons.

KINKY BOOTS Will Be Screened In Cinemas Across The UK And Ireland

More2Screen today announces the cinema release of the critically acclaimed Kinky Boots The Musical, the winner of every Best Musical award, which will be screened in more than 600 cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 4 and 9 February 2020. With songs from Grammy and Tony award winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, book by legendary Broadway playwright Harvey Fierstein (La Cage Aux Folles), and direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell (Legally Blonde, Hairspray), Kinky Boots The Musical stars the original West End leads, Matt Henry and Killian Donnelly. Cinema tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday 1 November 2019. For more information and to book tickets visit KinkyBootsCinema.com.

Sondra Radvanovsky Returns to Lyric in THE THREE QUEENS

Gaetano Donizetti wrote three bel canto operas about three extraordinary women a?"  passionate Anne Boleyn, proud Mary Stuart, and mighty Queen Elizabeth I. Each of these brilliant operas offers a stupendous role for a true singing actress with incredible technique, charisma, and dramatic power.

KINKY BOOTS West End to Be Filmed for Worldwide Screening, Donnelly & Henry Return to Cast

A hit with audiences since it opened in September 2015, Kinky Boots, the winner of every major Best Musical award, today announces that the London production will be filmed later this month for future worldwide screening. Original West End cast members Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will return to play the roles of Charlie and Lola respectively.

Lyric's Ryan Opera Center Announces 2019/20 Ensemble

Dan Novak, director of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, the professional artist development program at Lyric Opera of Chicago, is pleased to announce that soprano Mathilda Edge, mezzo-soprano Kathleen Felty, and bass Anthony Reed, have been accepted into this prestigious program for its 2019/20 Ensemble.

The McCammon Voice Competition Announces The 2018 McCammon Semi-Finalists

The 2018 McCammon Voice Competition judges have chosen the semi-finalists for the eighteenth biennial competition, to be held on March 16, 2018 at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The finals will be held March 17, 2018 at Bass Performance Hall. This year's competitors are David Araujo, Amanda Blue, Nicolette Book, Ryan Bradford, Rachael Braustein, Kathleen Buccleugh, Chelsea Coyne, Danielle Davis, Peter Scott Drackley, Helen Huang, Hao Hu, Emily Michiko Jensen, Abigail Kempson, Chonghwa Kim, Abigail Levis, Brandon Morales, Elizabeth Moran, Langelihle Mngxati, Chong Yoon Noh, Brittany Nickell, Yulan Piao, Anthony Reed, Michael St. Peter and Andrew Wannigman.

San Francisco Opera presents CHRISTMAS WITH SOL3 MIO

San Francisco Opera will present two concerts on the War Memorial Opera House stage during the last two weeks of its 2017 Fall Season. On Friday, December 1, multi-platinum New Zealand trio Sol3 Mio performs with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra conducted byRobert Mollicone in a holiday concert, Christmas with Sol3 Mio. One week later, on December 8, San Francisco Opera Center's 2017 Adler Fellows perform their final concert of the year, The Future Is Now, with American conductor James Gaffigan leading the San Francisco Opera Orchestra.

San Francisco Opera Center Announces 2018 Adler Fellows

San Francisco Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald today announced the eleven recipients of the 2018 Adler Fellowship. Eight singers, two pianist/apprentice coaches and one director will take part in the program. The multi-year performance-oriented residency offers advanced young artists intensive individual training, coaching and professional seminars, as well as a wide range of performance opportunities. Adler Fellows are selected from the artists who have participated in the Merola Opera Program. The prestigious fellowship has nurtured the development of more than 175 young artists since its inception.