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Kansas City Symphony Appoints New Director of Symphony Chorus
Thomas Hampson & Melanie Diener to Lead Seventh International Opera Workshop Waiblingen
The Pasadena Chorale Announces 2026-27 Season
Anthony León to Headline The Dallas Opera’s ‘Fiesta de la Ópera’ Concert
Inspired by Mortier: The Ongoing & Long-Lasting Impact of the Pietrasanta in Concerto Festival
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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 {…}
Indie Opera
Chicago City Opera to Present Double Feature of ‘The Impresario’ & ‘Bastien and Bastienne’
Chicago City Opera is set to present an evening of two one act Mozart operas “The Impresario” and “Bastien and Bastienne.” The two works will be combined into an overarching farce channeling the theatrical meta-comedies like “Noises Off” and “The Play That Goes Wrong.” When baritone turned director Oscar Buff decides to start his own opera company to put on {…}
E4TT Wins Silver Medal in Global Music Awards
San Francisco chamber group Ensemble for These Times has been awarded a Silver Medal in the Global Music Awards for its recording “El Tiempo Latine.” The double album, released on Aerocade Music on May 8, 2026, features classical chamber music by nine contemporary composers from Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States. The program includes Claudia Montero’s piano trio “Buenos {…}