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Review: San Diego Opera Presents Andrea Carroll and Joshua Guerrero in Recital at Balboa Theatre

About halfway into her two-hour plus recital with tenor Joshua Guerrero, soprano Andrea Carroll gave a well-earned compliment to their accompanist Stephen Hopkins for his technique and versatility. Both were challenged during the unusually varied program the two singers had fashioned.

Video: Go Inside The Royal Opera's MADAMA BUTTERFLY

Watch as The Royal Opera explores Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer.

 Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Reveals 2024-25 Season Lineup

 Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2024/2025 Season programming lineup. Learn more about the lineup here!

Review: MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Royal Opera House

There are few things more life-affirming than christenings, orgies and operas. And few works are more life-affirming and cathartic than Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

Houston Grand Opera Reveals 2024-25 Season

Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2024-25 season, featuring a spectacular, new, season-opening production of Il trovatore; the return of charming, family-friendly Cinderella, classic tragedy La bohème, and blockbuster musical West Side Story; Houstonians’ first-ever chance to see award-winning opera Breaking the Waves; and a lushly beautiful new production of Tannhäuser.

Shereen Pimentel and Brenton Ryan To Lead WEST SIDE STORY At Houston Grand Opera; Full Season Announced

Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2024-25 season, which includes a concert presentation of the Broadway masterpiece, West Side Story, led by Broadway's Shereen Pimentel and tenor Brenton Ryan.

Puccini's MADAME BUTTERFLY Will Return To The Royal Opera House

This Spring, Madama Butterfly will return to the Main Stage at the Royal Opera House. Receiving its tenth revival, Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier's lasting production draws inspiration from 19th-century European images of Japan to bring Puccini's devastating tragedy to life.  

LA Opera Season to Include ROMEO AND JULIET, Concerts from Kelli O'Hara and Kristin Chenoweth

LA Opera President and CEO Christopher Koelsch has announced details for the company's 39th season. Music Director James Conlon will conduct three of the five mainstage productions, with other mainstage performances led by Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados and by guest conductor Domingo Hindoyan.

Opus 3 Artists Integrates Magnum Opus Artists' Roster of Over 40 Artists

Opus 3 Artists announces the integration of Magnum Opus Artists' roster of over 40 artists, expanding its vocal department. Founder Nathan Wentworth joins Opus 3 Artists as Senior Vice President of the Vocal Department. Caroline Woodfield will transition to a consultant role.

San Diego Opera Announces 2023-2024 Season

Beloved classics, a new mariachi opera, and special one-night-only concerts with world-renown artists make up San Diego Opera's 2023-2024 season.

Christopher Wheeldon's LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE to be Released on Royal Opera House Stream

Like Water for Chocolate will be released on Royal Opera House Stream. This critically acclaimed production is Christopher Wheeldon’s latest full-length work for The Royal Ballet, inspired by Laura Esquivel’s novel of the same name, and will be available to watch on ROH Stream from Thursday 18 May 2023. 

Wiener Staatsoper Hat Die Spielzeit 2023/2024 Angekündigt

Abonnements und Zyklen sind ab dem 17. April bestellbar. Der Kartenverkauf für Vorstellungen im September und Oktober startet am 2. Mai 2023 um 10.00 Uhr, ebenso können ab diesem Zeitpunkt für alle Aufführungen ab November Karten vorbestellt werden.

Grand Teton Music Festival Announces 2023 Season Featuring Violinist James Ehnes, Soprano Julia Bullock & More

The Grand Teton Music Festival has announced its 62nd season with eight weeks of performances under the leadership of Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles.

The Best Of Royal Opera House Stream Will Kick off 2023

This New Year, the Royal Opera House will add six new performances to Royal Opera House Stream for audiences around the world to enjoy: The Cellist, Romeo and Juliet and Sylvia from The Royal Ballet; and La traviata, Fidelio and Madama Butterfly from The Royal Opera.

Photos: First Look at DON CARLOS at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Opera of Chicago is present Verdi’s towering masterpiece Don Carlos — performed for the first time at Lyric in its definitive five-act version with the matchless eloquence of its original French text — for five performances only, November 9-25, 2022. Get first look at photos here!

What you Need to Know About Verdi's DON CARLOS, Coming to Lyric Opera of Chicago

In another first this season for Lyric Opera of Chicago, the company will present the 1886 five-act version in French of Verdi’s epic masterpiece Don Carlos — a tour-de-force experience for opera lovers — for five performances only, November 9–25, 2022.

MADAMA BUTTERFLY Opens Royal Opera House Cinema Season 2022/23

The Royal Opera House has announced that it will commence its 2022/23 Cinema Season with Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s production of Madama Butterfly, broadcast live on Tuesday 27 September 2022 to over 850 cinemas in 26 countries around the world. Encore screenings will run from Sunday 2 October 2022. 

Lyric Opera of Chicago Announces 2022/23 Season Featuring Two World Premieres

Lyric Opera of Chicago today announced the company’s 2022/23 Season, featuring productions of classic operas, a continuing long-term focus on developing and presenting new work, plus the return of Lyric’s annual spring musical.

MACBETH Opening Sept. 17 - Images Available

Adapting one of the greatest tragedies written by his hero, Shakespeare, Verdi created a stunning portrait of the most power-hungry couple who ever trod a stage. Macbeth's bloody ascent to the throne of Scotland — led and supported by his wife's own consuming ambition — results in disaster for them both.

BWW Feature: SAN DIEGO'S CLASSICAL MUSIC SCENE

San Diego’s classical music scene coped with the COVID-19 invasion by trading shuttered concert halls for parking lots and online media. Appreciative bravos and bravas were replaced by either honking horns, flashing headlights or painful silence. The city’s Mainly Mozart was an early adopter of drive-in performances. Its first was in July of last year with an audience of 150 vehicles voicing raucous automotive approval for San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer and seven musicians from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, including Concertmaster Martin Chalifour. The musicians, delighted to be playing in person under any circumstances, delivered lively versions of an early Mozart divertimento and the Mendelssohn octet.