Baritone Michael Mayes returns to Louisiana to sing the title role in Verdi’s “Rigoletto” for one night only. The baritone will perform the role on March 26, 2022 at Shreveport Opera, where Mayes sang early in his career, including Danilo in “The Merry Widow” and the title role of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” On his return, Mayes said, “I made my {…}

On November 4, 2021, new opera company Theatre of Sound will launch with a radical retelling of Bela Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle.” Presented in partnership with Stone Nest in West End, this production will reimagine the work as a love story between a long-married couple coming to terms with living with dementia. Sopranos Susan Bullock and Gweneth Ann Rand will share {…}