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Palm Beach Opera Reveals 2025 Season Resident Artist Roster And Program Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 24, 2024

Palm Beach Opera revealed its 2025 resident artist roster, featuring 15 artists who will train and perform in supporting roles. The program includes mentorship and community engagement activities. Learn more!

Photos: TRISTAN UND ISOLDE at San Francisco Opera
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 20, 2024

Check out photos from San Francisco Opera's production of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde here!

The Grange Festival Reveals 2025 Programme
by Stephi Wild - Oct 8, 2024

For its first season under the leadership of new Chief Executive Tyler Stoops, The Grange Festival has announced the programme for summer 2025.

San Francisco Opera Presents Wagner's TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 24, 2024

San Francisco Opera will present Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde) from October 19–November 5 under the baton of Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim who leads this monumental work for the first time.

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.

Palm Beach Opera Opens Season with Resident Artist Showcase at Northwood Home
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 29, 2023

Palm Beach Opera opened its season on Dec. 9 with the annual Resident Artist Showcase, featuring intimate performances and exclusive receptions at The Cornelia T. Bailey Opera Center.

14 International Singers Selected To Join Palm Beach Opera's 2024 Resident Artist Programs
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 28, 2023

After reviewing over 1,000 applicants from across the country and abroad, Palm Beach Opera has announced the international roster of 14 resident artists who will train with the company for the next five months. Throughout their 2024 Season residency, the artists appear on the PBO mainstage in supporting roles, perform in local concerts, train with esteemed guest faculty, and more. 

Earl Carpenter, Bradley Jaden and More Join THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in Italy
by Stephi Wild - Jun 14, 2023

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera will open for the first time in Italy at Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia in Trieste on 4th July 2023. Additional casting has now been announced, including Earl Carpenter as Monsieur Andre and Bradley Jaden as Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny.

The Canadian Opera Company's TOSCA Is A Sweeping Opera Experience
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 25, 2023

The Canadian Opera Company's 2022/2023 mainstage programming concludes with a gorgeous production of the Puccini masterpiece, bringing together big emotions, huge voices, and a riveting storyline.

Palm Beach Opera Presents Inaugural Resident Artist Showcase, Marks First Performance at New Opera Center
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2023

 Palm Beach Opera presented “beautiful voices” and elegant receptions at its inaugural Resident Artist Showcase on Dec. 10 at The Cornelia T. Bailey Opera Center, marking the first public event at PBO’s recently-purchased space.  

Notable Debuts And Established Names Highlight The Grange Festival's 2023 Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 12, 2022

Since its inception in 2017, The Grange Festival has swiftly developed a reputation as a destination venue for outstanding singers, top-notch conductors, world-class productions and discerning audiences - and the 2023 season is set to raise its standing amongst the cognoscenti even higher.

World Premiere of EL ULTIM�" SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO And More Announced for San Diego Opera 2022-2023 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 22, 2022

The season opens with the world premiere of El ultimó sueño de Frida y Diego, the Company debut of Puccini's Suor Angelica, the return of Gianni Schicchi after a fifty-two-year absence, and performances of the beloved warhorse Tosca. The dētour Series consists of the world premiere of three one-act operas by composer Nicolas Reveles for an evening entitled Ghosts, and The Falling and the Rising, an opera co-commissioned with the United States Army. 

CARMEN, MACBETH & More Announced for Canadian Opera Company 2022/2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 27, 2022

Three fan favourites, two riveting dramas, a new production of Verdi’s Macbeth, and an exciting co-production with Vancouver Opera headline the Canadian Opera Company’s 2022/2023 programming. View the full season schedule and learn how to get tickets.

BWW Feature: Streaming Opera For The Week Of 10/22
by Maria Nockin - Oct 22, 2021

Opera Phila streams La Traviata with Lisette Oropesa in her role debut as Violetta for $20.00. This 2015 production from director Paul Curran also stars Alek Shrader and Stephen Powell. Corrado Rovaris conducts, Gary McCann is the set and costume designer, Paul Hackenmueller is the lighting designer.

Opera In The Park Presents A Free Screening Of LA TRAVIATA
by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2021

An extension of this summer's popular Arts on Center Stage series, this one-night-only “Opera in the Park” presentation will be shown on the big screen at Dilworth Park. Admission is free for guests of all ages.

Irish National Opera Announces 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 24, 2021

Irish National Opera’s 2021-22 season is its biggest ever, and its most diverse. The branching out includes the company’s largest-ever outdoor undertaking, Richard Strauss’s epic Elektra, in the atmospheric setting of the Castle Yard in Kilkenny with Belfast soprano Giselle Allen making her INO debut as the vengeful heroine.

Virtual Theatre Today: Wednesday, May 26- George Salazar, Randy Rainbow, and More!
by Nicole Rosky - May 26, 2021

Today (May 26) in live streaming: George Salazar visits Backstage Live, Vineyard Theatre continues its Gala series with Randy Rainbow and KT Tunstall, and more!

Wake Up With BWW 5/26: HADESTOWN Band Diversity Initiative, LES MISERABLES in Tokyo, and More!
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2021

Today's top stories: Hadestown band diversity initiative, Les Miserables opens in Tokyo, and more!

The Met Announces THE NOSE, FEDORA and More for Nightly Met Opera Streams
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 11, 2021

 The Met has announced themed lineups for two weeks of its Nightly Met Opera Streams, the company’s ongoing series of encore Live in HD presentations and classic telecasts streamed on the its website during the Covid-19 closure.

LA Opera Welcomes Tenor Russell Thomas as Artist in Residence
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2021

As LA Opera anticipates resuming public performances this fall, the company is continuing to look to its artistic future, welcoming the newest member of its leadership team: opera star Russell Thomas, one of today's most prominent tenors, is joining the company as Artist in Residence.