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Jennifer Pyron to Present ‘Images of Soul: Evolving in Light’ Solo Exhibition in Sofia

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(Photo: Jennifer Pyron portrait by Martize Brooks) Vocal and visual artist Jennifer Pyron is set to open her first solo exhibition this week in Sofia, Bulgaria. “Images of Soul: Evolving in Light,” is an interactive and immersive audiovisual work that draws on live performance, experimental film, and photography to explore the evolution of consciousness through improvisation, debuts at Arosita Contemporary {…}

IndieOpera

Jennifer Pyron Headlines ‘within the metamorphosis’ at the Asia Society Museum NYC

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Afruz Amighi’s new work “within the metamorphosis” will be performed at the Asia Society Museum NYC on April 21. The multi-media production includes sculpture, poetry, music, dance, and audience participation. Amighi teamed up with vocalist Jennifer Pyron, composer Darius Jamal VanSluytman, and dancers to honor Jina Mahsa Amini’s death in Iran. Pyron is a versatile vocalist specializing in opera and improvisational {…}

News, Season Announcement

Beth Morrison Projects Unveils 2026-27 Season

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Beth Morrison Projects announces its 2026-27 season. Fall “Black Lodge & BARDO” features David T. Little and Anne Waldman’s opera and Michael Joseph McQuilken’s screenplay. Timur and the Dime Museum perform. Jennifer Harrison Newman directs. Performance Date: Oct. 30, 2026 Works & Process at the Guggenheim offers a preview of the return of “VOX: American Voices Opera Lab.” Members of {…}

IndieOpera, Season Announcement

Soprano Rachel Nicholls Among Headliners of Kestrel Music’s Summer Music in City Churches Festival 2026

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(Photo: Scott Storey) Kestrel Music’s Summer Music in City Churches festival returns June 16 to 26, 2026, with a nine-day program spread across five historic churches in London’s Square Mile. Here is a rundown of vocal performances on offer. The City of London Choir, led by Musical Director and Principal Conductor Daniel Hyde, appears on two occasions. First up, the {…}

Special Features

Best of 2025: OperaWire’s Top 10 Performers of 2025

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It is time to wrap up the year and look back at our favorite moments and performers. After releasing our favorite performances of 2025 and showcasing our rising stars of the year, it’s time for OperaWire’s annual tradition of naming our top singers of the year, honoring the opera stars that had major, and in some cases, career-defining, years. So without further ado {…}

Special Features

Best of 2025: OperaWire’s Staff Selects Their Favorite Performances of the Year

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The New Year is upon us, which means it’s time to look back and reflect at what was and what will remain in our memories. As per usual, OperaWire has compiled the favorite performances of the year from many of our contributors. We won’t keep you waiting, here’s a look at the Staff Picks for the best performances of 2025. {…}

News

Paola Prestini & Magos Herrera’s ‘Primero Sueño’ Set for Mexican Premiere this December

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Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera’s “Primero Sueño” will make its Mexican premiere this December. The work about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, will get its first Mexican performance on Dec. 5, 2025, in Puebla, with a Mexico City date set for Dec. 10. Th former showcase will be a parade featuring thousands of audience members, cast, and local community {…}

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Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Team on the Best Performances of the Year

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There’s been a lot of opera in 2024. And quite frankly, there’s been a lot of good opera. So as has become our tradition, here is a look at some of OperaWire’s editorial team’s picks for their personal favorite performances of 2024. Matt Costello: Act three of “Götterdämmerung” – Tanglewood It’s always a tricky thing to think about one’s “Performance {…}

News

Metropolitan Opera’s Peter Gelb Suggests Critics’ ‘Agenda’ Responsible for ‘Grounded’s’ Negative Reviews

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(Credit: Brigitte Lacombe) Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb claims that an “agenda” is behind the negative reviews for the season-opening “Grounded.” In an exclusive story by Page Six, at en event for the Musicians Foundation on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, Gelb noted the need for more “accessible” works that pull on people’s “emotions as well as their intellect” before {…}