The Met: Live in HD will continue with Verdi’s “Macbeth” on Oct. 17. The broadcast will star Quinn Kelsey in the title role alongside Lise Davidsen stars as Lady Macbeth. The cast will also include tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Banquo. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts, and Louisa Proske {…}
Back in 2007, the Metropolitan Opera premiered Adrian Noble’s take on Verdi’s “Macbeth,” a grim and dark modern day setting, transforming Shakespeare’s dark thriller into a horror story. It was a visually striking and theatrical production on which some of the company’s most renowned and striking performances, especially Lady Macbeth, took center stage. To open its 2026-27 season, the Met {…}
(Credit: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to open its 141st season on Sept. 22 with the company’s first new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” in nearly 20 years. The production will star soprano Lise Davidsen as Lady Macbeth and baritone Quinn Kelsey in the title role as well as tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced the summer encores its Live in HD series. The company will first present the 2015 performances of Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” on July 22, directed by Susan Stroman and starring renowned soprano Renée Fleming. The cast also includes Nathan Gunn and Kelli O’Hara. Andrew Davis conducts. The second will be a 2025 transmission of the Met’s {…}
Festival Napa Festival has announced its 2026 season. “Opera Scenes” will feature Manetti Shrem Opera Fellows conducted by Ryan McAdams. Performance Date: July 8, 2026 Novack Concert for Kids will feature theYoung People’s Chorus of New York City Performance Date: July 9, 2026 Uytengsu Family Opening Night will feature from Beethoven to Getty to Dylan. Time for Three and the Young {…}
(Photo: Glodow Nead press) Festival Napa Valley celebrates its 20th anniversary July 4–19, 2026, featuring the world premiere of composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer’s new opera, “The Judgement of Paris.” This opera is commissioned by the festival and includes conductor Kent Nagano and director Jean-Romain Vesperini, alongside a stellar cast including soprano Danielle De Niese, baritone Quinn Kelsey, {…}
(Credit: Metropolitan Opera / Ken Howard) Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” is set to return to the Metropolitan Opera for 15 performances. The Anthony Minghella production will open on Jan. 9 and run through March 28 with different casts. The January performances will feature Ailyn Pérez as Cio-Cio-San, tenor SeokJong Baek as Pinkerton, Hyona Kim as Suzuki and baritone Andrzej Filończyk as {…}
(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles) Festival Napa Valley has announced its 2026 summer season, which runs from July 4–19, 2026. The season opens with Festival Live! Concerts, a series of daily performances showcasing Festival artists in rotating programs presented in partnership with the Frost School of Music’s Blackburn Music Academy at CIA at Copia. Performance Dates: July 4–18, 2026 Festival Napa {…}
Festival Napa Valley has announced the commissioning and world premiere of “The Judgment of Paris,” a new one-act opera by acclaimed composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer. The work will debut on July 18, 2026, on the Festival Napa Valley Stage at Charles Krug Winery, as part of Festival Napa Valley’s landmark 20th Anniversary Season. It will mark the {…}
The Canadian Opera Company is set to present Verdi’s “Rigoletto” at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The opera be performed seven times at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on Jan. 24, 28, Feb. 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14, 2026. COC Music Director Johannes Debus will conduct the production by Christopher Alden. Baritone Quinn {…}
(Credit: Tristram Kenton) It’s a lot of smoke and mirrors. No, really. Director Stefan Herheim employs a combination of both smoke and mirrors on a seemingly ever-revolving, ever-evolving stage setting of grandiose balconies, monumental set pieces, and athletic ballerinas, whose inclusion is frequent enough to make the casual observer question whether this is an opera or a ballet. In fact, {…}
