Jake Heggie

The Metropolitan Opera Reveals 2025-26 Season Featuring Met Premieres and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 19, 2025

The Metropolitan Opera has revealed its 2025–26 season, the company’s 142nd year, featuring six new productions—three of which are Met premieres—and 12 revivals. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

2025 Hollywood Bowl Summer Season: Cynthia Erivo, Hugh Jackman, and Diana Ross Among Stars Headlining
by Stephi Wild - Feb 19, 2025

The 2025 Hollywood Bowl schedule spans June through September, featuring a diverse lineup of performances including classical music, pop, rock, jazz, and Broadway hits. The Hollywood Bowl 2025 season marks the LA Phil's 103rd season at the venue. As BroadwayWorld previously announced, a highlight of the season will be Cynthia Erivo as Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. New editions including Hugh Jackman, Dianna Ross and more special events.  

THE PIGEON KEEPER Comes to Opera Parallèle
by Stephi Wild - Feb 11, 2025

Opera Parallèle’s 15th Anniversary season will continue with the World Premiere of a co-commissioned opera, The Pigeon Keeper, by the artistic team of composer David Hanlon and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann.

Patti LuPone A LIFE IN NOTES Rescheduled At NJPAC
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 7, 2025

Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will be performing her latest show, 'A Life In Notes,' at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.

San Francisco Opera Reveals 2025�"26 Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Feb 5, 2025

San Francisco Opera has announced details for the Company's 2025–26 Season. The Company's 103rd season, which marks Shilvock's tenth as general director, kicks off September 5.

George And Nora London Foundation Competition For Opera Singers Returns In February
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 14, 2025

The George and Nora London Foundation Competition for American and Canadian opera singers, one of the opera world's oldest and most prestigious competitions, will hold its 53rd event in 2025, with a public final round at New York's Morgan Library and Museum on Friday, February 21, at 4:00 pm.

Opera Parallele Will Celebrate 15th Anniversary and Jake Heggie
by Stephi Wild - Jan 12, 2025

Opera Parallèle has announced the details about the company's upcoming benefit evening, In Pursuit of a Dream: A 15th Anniversary Celebration Honoring Composer Jake Heggie.

Music of Remembrance to Honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 7, 2025

This month, Music of Remembrance will honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which coincides in 2025 with the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Learn more!

San Francisco Opera Awards Opera Medal to Head of Properties Lori Harrison
by Stephi Wild - Dec 3, 2024

San Francisco Opera Dianne and Tad Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock presented the Company’s longtime Head of Properties, Lori Harrison, with the San Francisco Opera Medal, the Company’s highest honor.

Margaret Atwood and Jake Heggie's SONGS FOR MURDERED SISTERS Will Make U.S. Orchestral Premiere
by Stephi Wild - Nov 13, 2024

Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead The Philadelphia Orchestra in performances of this impactful work at Philadelphia’s Marian Anderson Hall on January 9 and 11, 2025, and New York’s Carnegie Hall on January 15, 2025.

Review: Top Singing and Tap Dancing Highlight Richard Tucker Awards Gala
by Richard Sasanow - Nov 3, 2024

As usual, the gala concert of the Richard Tucker Music Foundation started off with an interloper from the golden age of opera: Richard Tucker himself, singing Mascagni’s “Addio alla Madre” from CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA. A tough act to follow for those singing live at Carnegie Hall, but happily no one seemed daunted by it. That doesn’t mean everything went smoothly at the gala concert, which is par for the course of the annual event. Despite the prestige of the Richard Tucker Awards, the world doesn’t stop when the Tucker Foundation comes a calling.

OPERA America Reveals 2024 Opera Hall of Fame Inductees
by Stephi Wild - Oct 22, 2024

OPERA America has announced the induction of seven exemplary artists, administrators, and advocates to the Opera Hall of Fame as the class of 2024.

Joshua Bell Named New Jersey Symphony Principal Guest Conductor
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 10, 2024

Joshua Bell will join the New Jersey Symphony as Principal Guest Conductor starting in the 2025–26 season, continuing through the 2028–29 season, bringing his expertise to the orchestra. Learn more!

Karen Slack, Lyric Unlimited's Artist-In-Residence, To Present Three-Part Recital Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 9, 2024

Karen Slack, Lyric Unlimited's Artist-In-Residence, will present a three-part recital series exploring diverse musical genres and themes, offering audiences a unique musical experience. Learn more about the series!

Berkeley Symphony Opens 2024-25 Symphonic Series With STORIES FROM HOME
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 8, 2024

Berkeley Symphony, led by Music Director Joseph Young, will open the 2024–25 Symphonic Series with Stories From Home on Sunday, November 10 at 4 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall.

Music at Kohl Mansion Sets 42nd Annual Chamber Music Season
by Michael Major - Oct 4, 2024

Hailed by The Boston Globe as “simply the best,” the Quartet will perform an outstanding program of musical works by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Sibelius, and the local premier of a work by Jamaican-born composer, Eleanor Alberga.

Miró Quartet Announces 30th Anniversary Season Highlights In 2024-2025
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 5, 2024

Miró Quartet has announced their 30th anniversary season for 2024-2025, featuring concerts nationwide at venues including The Kennedy Center, The Clark Library, Music@Menlo, and Chamber Music Detroit.

Lyric Opera of Chicago and Chicago Opera Theater Join Forces for Free Panel On Two Operas Based On The Same Story
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 29, 2024

Chicago's two major opera companies – Lyric Opera of Chicago (Lyric) and Chicago Opera Theater (COT) – will join forces for a unique discussion on two operas based on the same source material: Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera Fidelio – to be presented at Lyric from September 26 through October 10, and Ferdinando Paër's opera Leonora – to be presented by COT in its North American Premiere October 1 through October 6.

Carmel Symphony Orchestra And Mélisse Brunet Celebrate Summer Series Finale With Motown & Disco Musical Journey
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 21, 2024

The Carmel Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Maestra Melisse Brunet join artistic forces to bring the music of Motown & Disco to Coxhall Gardens Friday, August 23, 2024 at 8:30 pm. The symphony is pleased to welcome Brunet as guest conductor for its final concert of the Summer Series.

The Metropolitan Opera to Open 2024�"25 Season With Jeanine Tesori's GROUNDED
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 21, 2024

The Metropolitan Opera's 2024–25 season opens with the company premiere of GROUNDED. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.