LeRoy Johnson

Review: ROMEO & JULIET at MN Opera
by Joe Sarafolean - Nov 5, 2024

What did our critic think of ROMEO & JULIET at MN Opera?

San Francisco Opera Announces 2024�"25 Season Including CARMEN, LA BOHÈME and More
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2024

The 2024–25 Season includes six mainstage opera productions along with concert presentations including a one-night-only performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, honoring the work's 200th anniversary and, in the summer of 2025, a special Pride Concert celebrating San Francisco's LGBTQIA+ community.

MADAMA BUTTERFLY Comes to Det. KGL. Teater in 2024
by Stephi Wild - Nov 8, 2023

MADAMA BUTTERFLY comes to Det. KGL. Teater in 2024. Performances run 25 February - 30 April 2024.

Glyndebourne Reveals 2024 Season Lineup
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Aug 21, 2023

As the 2023 Festival draws to a close, Glyndebourne has announced the programme for 2024, when the company marks its 90th anniversary year.

Soprano Yaritza Véliz Wins The 2023 Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 12, 2023

Yaritza Véliz is named 2023 Emerging Star of the Year based on a popular vote conducted online at sfopera.com from July 11 to August 4, 2023. As the winner of the competition, now in its fifth year, Véliz receives a $10,000 cash prize.

The Gallery At Mercer County Community College Presents 'Paintings And Sculptures By Leroy Johnson'
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2023

​​​​​​​The Gallery at Mercer County Community College has announced “Paintings and Sculptures by Leroy Johnson.” The exhibition will be on view through March 24, 2023 with an opening reception on Wednesday, February 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

BWW Review: The Dallas Opera's MADAME BUTTERFLY Stirs Hearts and Minds at Winspear Opera House
by Zac Thriffiley - Feb 19, 2022

TDO’s newest production marks the long-awaited and triumphant return of an art form that cannot help but remind us of our shared humanity.

VIDEO: Dallas Opera Returns With MADAME BUTTERFLY, February 18
by Alan Henry - Feb 9, 2022

The Dallas Opera returns to presenting fully staged works after an almost two-year hiatus with its production of Puccini's Madame Butterfly, reminding audiences that grand opera endures.The production, filled with some of the most beautiful operatic music of all time, opens at the Winspear Opera House.

Dallas Opera Returns With MADAME BUTTERFLY, February 18
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 5, 2022

The Dallas Opera returns to presenting fully staged works after an almost two-year hiatus with its production of Puccini's Madame Butterfly, reminding audiences that grand opera endures.The production, filled with some of the most beautiful operatic music of all time, opens at the Winspear Opera House.

San Francisco Opera's 2022-23 Centennial Season Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 19, 2022

As only the third American opera company in history to reach this centennial milestone, the Company’s 2022–23 Season will honor San Francisco Opera’s glorious past while inviting the public into an exciting new era of musical excellence under Kim’s music directorship and a renewed commitment to innovation.

See What's On Stage, Live And Virtual Holiday Shows, From Philly Theatre This Week
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 23, 2021

See what's on stage this week virtually and in person from Philly theatre companies!

The Dallas Opera Cancels Spring 2021 Operas, Announces New 2021/2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 27, 2021

Ian Derrer, The Dallas Opera’s Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO, announced today that extreme and ongoing COVID 19 concerns are forcing the company to cancel its March and April 2021 subscription performances, with full-scale operas in the Winspear Opera House resuming in February and March of 2022 in a brand-new 2021/2022 Season.

BWW Review: RUSALKA at Des Moines Metro Opera and Iowa PBS: A Journey to the Depths of the Sea and Back.
by DC Felton - Jul 6, 2020

Last week Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO) and Iowa Public Broadcasting Service started the 2020 Virtual Opera season with a stunning airing of 'Manon.' The decision to go virtual this season was due to the continuing COVID crisis. They continue their summer season this week with their 2018 production of Antonin Dvořák's 'Rusalka,' which I had the opportunity to usher during the 2018 season.

Des Moines Metro Opera Announces Broadcast Of Four Operas Through Virtual Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 11, 2020

Following the cancellation of the 2020 Festival Season, Des Moines Metro Opera and Iowa PBS have formed a unique partnership to bring the opera season into a digital format with online streams and televised broadcasts of four fan-favorite productions.

BWW Review: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR at KC Lyric Opera
by Kelly Luck - Mar 8, 2020

KC Lyric's production a bel canto treat

Opera Philadelphia's DENIS & KATYA Makes UK Premiere In February
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 22, 2020

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??Opera Philadelphia scored a hit at O19, a?oeits increasingly essential September festivala?? (New Yorker), with the world premiere of Denis & Katya. A timely and immersive multimedia chamber opera by composer Philip Venables and librettist-director Ted Huffman, the new work was recognized with the 2019 FEDORA-GENERALI Prize for Opera and by inclusion in the New York Times's a?oeBest Classical Music of 2019.a?? Commissioned and produced in collaboration with Music Theatre Wales and Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, now Denis & Katya makes its European debut with a tour of Wales (Feb 27a?"March 27) and dates at London's Southbank Centre (March 13 & 14), underscoring Opera Philadelphia's role as a?oea hotbed of operatic innovationa?? (New York Times) that represents a?oeone of North America's premier generators of valid new operasa?? (Opera News).

Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Receives Missouri Humanities Council Grant
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2019

Corrado Rovaris Conducts Verdi's REQUIEM
by Stephi Wild - Nov 20, 2019

Opera Philadelphia is proud to present Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem this winter, not only as part of a season celebrating the 20th anniversary of the company debut of Jack Mulroney Music Director Corrado Rovaris, but also in memory of Jack Mulroney himself, who was instrumental in bringing Rovaris a?" already well-established at leading houses and festivals in his native Italy a?" to Philadelphia.

Lyric Opera Of KC Announces 2020 Exploration Series
by Stephi Wild - Nov 18, 2019

General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler today announced that an innovative new work celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and a cabaret-style favorite that returns by popular demand comprise the 2020 Explorations series. The series leads audiences on a delightful journey of musical discovery through eclectic works performed in Lyric Opera's Michael and Ginger Frost Production Arts Building in the Crossroads District.

Opera Philadelphia Presents Verdi's REQUIEM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 13, 2019

Opera Philadelphia will present Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem this winter, not only as part of a season celebrating the 20th anniversary of the company debut of Jack Mulroney Music Director Corrado Rovaris, but also in memory of Jack Mulroney himself, who was instrumental in bringing Rovaris - already well-established at leading houses and festivals in his native Italy - to Philadelphia.