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Cast Change: Jessica Pratt Withdraws from Chorégies d’Orange’ ‘La Traviata’
Bayerische Staatsoper to Broadcast ‘Die Walküre’ on Staatsoper TV
Q & A: Carla Lucero on How Opera & Storytelling Meet Social Justice
CD Review: Delos’s ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’
L’Opéra de Paris Announces Young Audiences & Families Programming for 2026-27
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Q & A: Carla Lucero on How Opera & Storytelling Meet Social Justice
In a modern world burgeoning with new operas each year, some artists are ensuring their cultures be spotlighted in an industry constantly being innovated. Quinteto Latino and Opera Cultura, are two artistic pioneers with similar missions: spotlighting Latino artists while uplifting communities through diverse storytelling. Quinteto Latino, a wind quintet engaging audiences through education and performing commissioned pieces by Latino {…}
Q & A: Tanisha Mitchell on ‘Opera Talks’ & Educating Audiences
(Photo: Nicole Austin) Opera has long carried a reputation for exclusivity, an art form perceived as belonging to concert halls and formal dress rather than community rooms and public library shelves. Tanisha Mitchell has spent years working against that perception, building a platform that treats opera not as a rarefied pursuit but as a living tradition worth sharing anywhere an {…}
Q & A: Freddie de Tommaso on Recording ‘Marina’ & World Premiering a Verismo Opera
In 1888 Umberto Giordano, composer of famous verismo operas “Andrea Chenier” and “Fedora,” wrote a single act opera with which to enter a competition. Despite its moderate success, the opera was quickly forgotten and was lost to the archives. In February of this year, the unearthed opera, “Marina,” was recorded live at Milan’s Teatro Dal Verme, conducted by Vincenzo Milletarì {…}
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Harmonium Choral Society Announces Send-Off Concert Ahead of Tour
The Harmonium Choral Society will present a free send-off concert ahead of its upcoming France tour on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 7 p.m. at Grace Church in Madison, New Jersey. The 42-voice touring ensemble will perform a program spanning Anton Bruckner, William Billings, Leonard Bernstein, Rosephanye Powell, Elizabeth Alexander, Lucy Cook, Mark Miller, and additional works. The ensemble then {…}
Bradyworks to Present World Premiere of ‘MARS: Signs of Life’
Bradyworks will present the world premiere of “MARS: Signs of Life,” a chamber opera with music by Tim Brady and libretto by Alexis Diamond, on December 3, 2026 at Centaur Theatre in Montreal. MARS: Signs of Life is the third installment in Brady’s chamber opera tetralogy “HOPE (and the dark matter of history),” following “Backstage at Carnegie Hall” (2022) and {…}