St. Michael’s Choir School will celebrate a major milestone this holiday season with its 60th annual Christmas concert. The showcase, “Rejoice! Jubilee Celebration: 60 Years at Massey Hall,” is set for Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at Massey Hall. The concert will be conducted by Joshua Tamayo (Class of 2003), the school’s newly appointed Director of Music, and {…}
Opera Orlando has announced that it will be offering its performances of “All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914” at Orlando Family Stage, for free. The opera, written by Peter Rothstein with vocal arrangements by Erick Lichte and Timothy C. Takach, runs from Dec. 12–14, 2025. The decision to offer free performances is a gift to the Central Florida {…}
The San Pedro Sula Philharmonic has released details about its upcoming gala event. Tenors Eduardo Sandoval, Carlos Aguirre, and Stefan von Korch are set to perform. The lineup will include opera favorites such as “La Donna e mobile,” “Una furtiva lagrima,” and “O Sole Mio, along with duets and trios. The tenors will perform under the baton of Oscar Barahona. {…}
On June 10, 2026, Barcelona will celebrate the centennial of visionary Catalonian architect Antoni Gaudí’s passing, with the world premiere of Boston-based Catalan composer Olivia Pérez-Collellmir’s “Seven Dreams of Gaudí” at the Palau de la Música Catalana. The symphonic choral work will feature a libretto by award-winning Catalonian poet Anna Gual and will bring together 200 musicians from the Philharmonia Orchestra {…}
On Nov. 21, the board of directors of the Bilabo Opea director approved the financial statements for the 2024-2025 season with 99 percent of the vote. President Juan Carlos Matellanes said the 73rd Season concluded with revenues of €7.9 million and expenses of €8.3 million, highlighting that “efforts aimed at reducing the deficit have resulted in a slight improvement over {…}
Resonance Works will continue its season with the Pittsburgh premiere of “The Jungle Book.” The work by composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Kelley Rourke will be performed between Nov. 21–23, 2025, at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, PA. “The Jungle Book” is a reimagining of Rudyard Kipling’s classic story and follows Mowgli, an endangered human {…}
English National Opera along with HoloEdge Digital, CoSTAR Network, d&b audiotechnik, and the Guildhall Immersive Opera Fellowship are exploring how opera can be experienced through immersive 5G technology. Through the app, HoloEdge Classical, audiences can download volumetric performances featuring 360° VR scenes, and both 3D and 2D productions to enjoy anywhere. The VR technology allows the viewer to witness the {…}
Cumbria Opera Group has announced the headline operas for its 2026 and 2027 seasons. In 2026, the company will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a semi-staged production of Bizet’s “Carmen.” The opera will be headlined by mezzo-soprano Jess Dandy in the title role with performances set to take place at Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands, on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at 7:00 {…}
On Nov. 1, 2025, The Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra is set to present a concert featuring mezzo-soprano Natacha Cóndor and tenor Alexis Haro. The concert, “Canciones para ti / Songs for You” will feature works themed around Día de los Muertos. The repertoire includes Mexican folk songs such as “La bruja” and “La llorona,” as well as songs from Colombia, Spain, {…}
The Kennedy Center ticket sales continue to plummet. According to a new article by The Washington Post, the performing arts center’s ticket sales for three of the largest performance spaces have reportedly fallen to their lowest level in years. The Post reported that it collected and analyzed ticket sales data from Sept. 3 to Oct. 19 and found that about {…}
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has announced that the end of the 2025 fiscal year saw a surplus. The news was announced at its Annual General Meeting and said that the 2025 fiscal year ended with a surplus of just under $60,000, bringing its accumulated surplus to more than $925,000. The orchestra has reported a surplus in every year of the last {…}