Artistic Director Lucine Amara reminds vocalists of all ages worldwide to apply now to the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's 30th Annual International Vocal Competition.  The application deadline is October 18, 2018.  

Following his inaugural, season-opening performances as the newly appointed Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, now in its 100th year, Dutch conductor Otto Tausk makes his debut with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, conducting three performances of Dvo?ák's Symphony No. 7, Ligeti's Romanian Concerto, and Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring Seong-Jin Cho, winner of the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition. The concerts take place on Thursday, October 11 at 7:30 p.m. at bergenPAC in Englewood; Saturday, October 13 at 8:00 p.m. at NJPAC in Newark; and Sunday, October 14 at 3:00 p.m. at Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown.

Opera Theatre of Montclair presents its fifth full mainstage production, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. This fully-staged, costumed production will be sung in an English translation (from the original German). The show will run approximately 2 hours, 30 minutes with two short intermissions. The 23-piece orchestra will be conducted by Maestro Elizabeth Hastings. The production is double cast with OTM's all-professional singers. Local young singers make up the chorus of Gingerbread Children and the Angels corps de ballet (many of whom are students at Sharron Miller's Academy for the Performing Arts). Stage direction is by Stacey Canterbury Climie, choreography is by Conny Andres and set design is by David Gillam and Joyce Korotkin.

The stars align on August 2nd at the Ocean Grove Great Auditorium for an evening of spectacular music making as noted American conductor Jason C. Tramm leads the 65-member MidAtlantic Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera tenor Ronald Naldi, and renown musician soloists, organist Gordon Turk and violinist Byung Kook Kwak in a concert which promises to be nothing less than stellar. 'Grand Orchestra Finale' concludes the acclaimed Ocean Grove classical concert series 'Summer Stars' which runs throughout July and early August with its traditional orchestral show stopper.

The Riverside Opera Company (ROC), under the direction of Maestro Alan Aurelia, presents: Giving Thanks for Song a performance that includes returning audition winner Tenor Seunghwan Oh performing Nessun Dorma from Puccini's Turandot and other performances by audition winners from operatic favorites including Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, Bizet's Carmen all accompanied by a full professional orchestra.