(Credit: Slawek Przerwa) Legendary tenor Roberto Alagna is celebrating 43 years in the business. Considered to be the least talented in a large family of musicians, he nonetheless spent his youth busking around Paris cabarets, singing pop music accompanied with his guitar. But his passion, fired by Mario Lanza films, was opera and, largely self-taught, he pursued that dream. That {…}
(Credit: ©️Alessandro Lodola) In 2022, Francesco Lodola founded Ben Artists, a management and public relations agency for artists that support artists. Lodola is a graduate in his city in Science of Communication and started studying piano since he was seven years old, attending the Liceo Musicale where he had the opportunity to deepen the theoretical and practical aspects of music {…}
(Credit: Alina Fejzo) In February, Cecilia Molinari will make her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut and her U.S. debut in a production of “Così fan tutte.” Over the years, the mezzo-soprano has become well known for her interpretations of bel canto, Mozart and baroque roles, notably in “Il barbiere di Siviglia,” “Le nozze di Figaro,” and “Ariodante.” She has performed {…}
The Pittsburgh Opera is starting a new era under William Powers, who has been appointed its new General Director. Powers has worked in the industry for over 30 years including 14 at the Pittsburgh Opera where he served as Director of Artistic Administration, Director of Administration and Artistic Operations, and Managing Director. His experience has also led him to be {…}
As we wrap up 2025, here is a look back at some of the most-read articles of the year. We will focus mainly on longer-form pieces like reviews and interviews for this article. Top 10 Most-Read Reviews of 2025 Metropolitan Opera Review of New “Aida” Production Royal Ballet & Opera Review of “Tosca” with Anna Netrebko Metropolitan Opera Review “La {…}
(Photo: Ksenia Shaushyshvili) Opera has no shortage of drama or tension. But pyrotechnics, explosions, intense fights and aerobatics are chiefly the domain of the cinematic action movie, not the opera stage. But one man is hell bent on changing all that. Ran Arthur Braun is one of the world’s most sought-after stunt coordinators and live action designers. He has worked on more {…}
(Photo: Guido Werner) Wanderer by name, wanderer by nature, Nils Wanderer is an internationally acclaimed German countertenor, actor and choreographer. He was winner of the 2022 Bundeswettbewerb Gesang and Second Prize Winner of the world’s most prestigious opera competition, Operalia, in the same year. He has been hailed, by Olyrix, for his “beautiful, dark, well developed and amber colored voice {…}
Andalusian tenor Pablo García-López is one of the rising voices on the European opera and concert scene. The tenor has performed all over the world on such stages as the Teatro Real, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Opéra de Lausanne, Royal Opera House of Muscat, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, and Théâtre du Capitole {…}
(Photo credit: Rachel Hadiashar) Two likeminded creative souls, while working in the production of the Met’s “Porgy and Bess,” met over coffee, serendipitously, decided to collaborate on a work based on the life of Robert Johnson, and the legend surrounding his life. The resulting opera is “Delta King Blues” and the men in question are composer Damien Geter and librettist Jarrod {…}