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Finnish National Opera And Ballet Announces 2025/2026 Season
by Joshua Wright - Mar 26, 2025

The Finnish National Opera and Ballet has announced its 2025–2026 season which features new contemporary operas, romantic ballet gems, and pulsating street dance The Opera and Ballet season 2025–2026 is a celebration of emotions. We move from one extreme to another, from dark tones towards light and vice versa.

Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO to Close Palm Beach Opera 2025 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 17, 2025

xPalm Beach Opera will conclude its 2025 season with Mozart's lively and beloved The Marriage of Figaro at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Casts Set for ROMÉO ET JULIETTE & More at Palm Beach Opera
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 19, 2024

Palm Beach Opera has revealed the casts for its 2025 season with Gounod's ROMÉO ET JULIETTE, and more featuring acclaimed artists and debuts at the Kravis Center. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Vancouver Opera Kicks Off 65th Season With A Spectacular Production Of DIE FLEDERMAUS
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 17, 2024

Vancouver Opera has announced the opening of its 65th season with Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Review: COSI FAN TUTTE at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis
by Steve Callahan - Jun 6, 2023

Sublime voices overcome a troubled concept.

BWW Review: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - Oct 24, 2021

On October 22, 2021, Opera Philadelphia began streaming its rendition of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. This staging is a judiciously cut two-hour-and-forty-eight-minute production by Opera Philadelphia, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, San Diego Opera, and Palm Beach Opera. Each company is choosing its own conductor and cast.

Opera Philadelphia to Stream Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, October 22
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 14, 2021

September marks two years since Opera Philadelphia's orchestra, chorus, staff, and principal singers have gathered at the historic Academy of Music to produce opera. As the company works to bring live opera back to its longtime home, it continues to bring the art form into fans' homes by producing new operatic films and revisiting favorite productions streamed on the Opera Philadelphia Channel.

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock Announces 2020�"21 Season Repertory And Casting
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 23, 2020

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock today announced the Company's 98th season, which opens on September 11, 2020 with an Opening Night Celebration featuring soprano Albina Shagimuratova and tenor Pene Pati in concert with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra conducted by Music Director Designate Eun Sun Kim. Opening Night festivities include San Francisco Opera Guild's Opera Ball, BRAVO! CLUB's annual Opening Night Gala and two new events: the Opera Supper in the Veterans Building's elegant Green Room and, for the entire audience, a celebratory, post-concert toast to the season.

Review Roundup: What Did Critics Think of BILLY BUDD at SF Opera?
by Alan Henry - Sep 11, 2019

Billy Budd recently opened at San Francisco Opera and the critics were in attendance! Find out what they had to say.

Photo Flash: First Look at San Francisco Opera's BILLY BUDD
by Stephi Wild - 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.

OPERA IN THE PARK Caps Opening Weekend Of San Francisco Opera's 97th Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 31, 2019

San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Chronicle present the latest edition of the annual Opera in the Park concert at 1:30 pm on Sunday, September 8, 2019.

San Francisco Opera Presents Benjamin Britten's BILLY BUDD
by A.A. Cristi - 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.

Single Tickets For San Francisco Opera's 2019 Fall Season Now On Sale
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 25, 2019

Single (non-subscription) tickets for San Francisco Opera's 2019 Fall Season at the War Memorial Opera House are now available for purchase online at sfopera.com, in-person at the San Francisco Opera Box Office and by phone at (415) 864-3330. Tickets are also available for Full, Half and Design Your Own Flexible Series subscription packages, special events such as Opera Ball 2019, the San Francisco Opera Chorus in concert at the Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater and The Future Is Now: Adler Fellows Concert at Herbst Theatre.

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock Announces 2019-20 Season Repertory And Casting
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 23, 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.

Photo Flash: PELLEAS ET MELISANDE at the Glyndebourne Festival
by Alan Henry - Jul 5, 2018

Stefan Herheim, one of Europe's most exciting directors, makes his company debut with Glyndebourne's first new production of Pelleas in nearly 20 years. Check out production photos below!

Review Roundup: PELLEAS ET MELISANDE at the Glyndebourne Festival
by Alan Henry - Jul 3, 2018

Stefan Herheim, one of Europe's most exciting directors, makes his company debut with Glyndebourne's first new production of Pelléas in nearly 20 years.

Roosevelt University Marks Milestones at VIVID 2018
by Julie Musbach - Feb 22, 2018

Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) will mark 150 years of its music conservatory and the 20th anniversary of its theatre conservatory on March 14 at the University's Auditorium Theatre.

Susanna Phillips and John Chest to Join Oratorio Society of New York in Concert at Carnegie Hall
by BWW News Desk - Oct 5, 2017

Star soprano Susanna Phillips and rising star baritone John Chest join the Oratorio Society of New York (OSNY) and its music director, Kent Tritle, for a program of two masterpieces of choral music by Brahms to launch OSNY's 2017-18 season on Monday, November 6, 2017, at Carnegie Hall.

Opera Philadelphia Launches First Annual Season-Opening Festival O17 9/14
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 15, 2017

September 14 marks the launch of O17, the first edition of Opera Philadelphia's new annual season-opening festival. Featuring seven operatic happenings, six city venues, three world premieres, many already sold-out performances, and one superstar Festival Artist, this twelve- day immersion will transform the City of Brotherly Love into an urban stage for diverse audiences to gather and connect through the shared experience of opera (Sep 14-25). O17 shines a contemporary light on the genre, tackling daring subject matter, offering cutting-edge takes on the classics, and providing extraordinary artists with the chance to create their most imaginative and inspired work.

Oratorio Society of New York's 2017-18 Season Includes Two World Premieres
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 3, 2017

World premieres of works by Paul Moravec and Behzad Ranjbaran that speak to humanity's quest for freedom and peace highlight the Oratorio Society of New York's 2017-18 season, led by Music Director Kent Tritle.