(Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman / Metropolitan Opera) Des Moines Metro Opera and the Des Moines Film have announced a partnership to present the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD presentations. The two companies will bring the Met: Live in HD series to the historic Varsity Cinema, beginning with Puccini’s “La Bohème” on Nov. 8, 2025. While Des Moines audiences have been {…}
The Teatro La Fenice was protested following a concert on Oct. 31, as audience members threw leaflets throughout the theater. The protest was due to the lack of transparency in the selection of the company’s new Music Director. This is the second time this has happened at the theater since the selection of Beatrice Venezi as the Music Director. The {…}
San Francisco Opera Center Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson and General Manager Markus Beam have announced the nine recipients of the 2026 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship. The young musicians begin the 2026 Fellowship in January, receiving individually tailored musical and performance training and a wide range of professional and personal development instruction. The artists selected as 2026 Adler Fellows are {…}
The Sinfonietta de Lausanne has announced that French conductor Lucie Leguay will serve as its new Music Director. Leguay will succeed David Reiland and will begin her initial three-year term at the opening of the 2026-27 season. In a statement, Leguay, who recently made debuts with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, and Brno Philharmonic, said, {…}
Leoš Janáček’s “The Cunning Little Vixen” is set to be performed at the Staatsoper Stuttgart for the first time. The opera will be staged by Stephan Kimmig and will premiere on Nov. 9, 2025. The new production by Kimmig will center on the confrontation between nature and civilization. French conductor Ariane Matiakh will conduct the Staatsorchester Stuttgart with a cast {…}
Jonas Kaufmann has released a crossover track. The tenor teamed up with Michael Patrick Kelly for the song “Symphony of Peace,” the final track to Kelly’s new album “Traces,” which was released on Oct. 31, 2025. Kaufmann is no stranger to crossover, as he has released albums as “The Sound of Movies” and “Dolce Vita,” featuring popular songs and Italian {…}
On Dec. 5, 2025, Opera Rara will team up with the BBC Symphony Orchestra to present the final 1921 version of Puccini’s “La rondine.” The performance will be at London’s Barbican Centre, and this will mark the first time the complete third version of “La Rondine,” the one which Puccini was most committed to but never heard in his lifetime {…}
On Nov. 10, Opera Philadelphia will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the release of Rupert Julian’s 1925 silent film classic “The Phantom of the Opera.” The screening will include a free organ concert at the Grand Court of the Wanamaker Building on Nov. 10, at 7:00 p.m. Principal Organist Peter Richard Conte will provide live accompaniment to the silent horror classic as {…}
Calgary Opera is set to present “Little Red Riding Hood,” the famously funny, bite-sized opera by Seymour Barab. The one-hour family favorite brings a playful twist to the classic fairytale, making it the perfect introduction to opera for young audiences. Mieko Ouchi, Stage Director of this production, who is also a Canadian actress, playwright, and director, said, “I am thrilled {…}
American bass-baritone, conductor, and educator Willis Charles Patterson has died at 94. A Fulbright Scholar, Marian Anderson Award winner, and longtime professor at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Patterson championed the preservation and performance of Black art songs, Patterson was born on Nov. 27, 1930, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and after serving in the U.S. {…}
The Pasadena Chorale will open its 2025–26 season with a performance of Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem.” The showcase, set for Nov. 19, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, will feature the famed work in Brahms’ arrangement for piano four hands, performed by pianists Tali Tadmor and Lisa Edwards Artistic Director Jeffrey Bernstein will lead the showcase {…}