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International Opera Studio of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden to Present ‘Flower Power’
MidAtlantic Philharmonic Orchestra to Present Rachmaninoff World Premiere at Carnegie Hall
Opera on Tap Announces New Date for ‘Enchantment in the Garden’
NEUE STIMMEN 2026 Announces Eight Finalists
Obituary: Baritone Geoffrey William Chard Dies at 96
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Q & A: China Now Music Festival Artistic Director Jindong Cai on Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary Through Chinese-American Experience
Two chapters of American history, separated by more than a century, sit at the center of this year’s China Now Music Festival in New York. One belongs to the thousands of Chinese laborers who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s. The other belongs to Maya Lin, the American artist born to Chinese immigrant parents who designed the Vietnam {…}
Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Anita Rachvelishvili on Returning to Her Path, NYC, Teaching & The Importance of the Greek National Opera
On Oct. 15, 2026, the Greek National Opera will make its Carnegie Hall debut with a unique program that pays tribute to Nikos Kazantzakis, a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher. Among the vocal soloists on the showcase is Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, who will also be performing in New York City for the first time in numerous years. {…}
Q & A: Victoria Frances Young on Her Fixed-Media Operatic Work ‘Breaking News’
(Photo: © Victoria Frances Young) Pianist, composer, and electroacoustic and multimedia artist Victoria Frances Young’s contemporary operatic work, “Breaking News,” won the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) Search for New Music Competition’s Leah Reid Electroacoustic and Music in Technology Prize and will receive its wider streaming release on October 6, ahead of the world premiere of its fixed-media {…}
Indie Opera
Opera Picciona to Present ‘Ages Ago’
Opera Picciona will present W.S. Gilbert and Frederic Clay’s “Ages Ago” at Grace & St. Paul’s Church in New York on Oct. 23 and 24, 2026. “Ages Ago” was first produced on a double bill with Sullivan’s “Cox and Box,” and it was at a rehearsal for that production that Gilbert and Sullivan met. Opera Picciona’s performances will be preceded {…}
Andy Papas, Mark Davies, Ethyl Trujillo, Ganson Salmon Headline Pacific Northwest Opera’s ‘Don Pasquale’
Pacific Northwest Opera will open its 2026-27 season with Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” The production opens on Oct. 30, 2026 and runs through Nov. 8 for a total of four performances at McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon, Washington. Andy Papas sings the title role with Mark Davies as Doctor Malatesta, Ethyl Trujillo as Norina (in her company debut), and Ganson Salmon {…}