Pittsburgh’s Resonance Works has announced the 2025-26 season. In a statement, Artistic & General Director Maria Sensi Sellner said, “At Resonance Works, we believe that the arts reveal our shared humanity. This season invites audiences into stories of service, discovery, healing, and love; themes that are as personal as they are universal.” The season opens with Reson8 Vocal Octet, presenting {…}
What happens when creatives move in different directions than their main artistic medium? For many, moving between the mediums is a natural process, a way to materialize one’s creative impulses through various means. Auguste Rodin, the celebrated naturalist sculptor of the late 19th-20th century, was a fine painter as his numerous works show, although is best known for works like {…}
The San Francisco Opera is set to open its 2025-26 season with Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” The opera will be performed between Sept. 5 and 27 and conducted by Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim. Jose Maria Condemi directs the acclaimed production with Amartuvshin Enkhbat bringing his acclaimed turn of Rigoletto. The baritone will be joined by soprano Adela Zaharia {…}
The board of directors of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias has named Oriol Roch as the new General Manager. Roch will take over the position as soon as it is approved by the board of governors, and he will work alongside Music Director Nuno Coelho, who is under contract until 2027. Roch was picked for the position over 15 {…}
Tonia Evans Cianciulli is set to premiere her new work, “Nightingale of the North.” The work is a tribute to Georgina Stirling, Newfoundland’s first international opera singer. Poet Vaughn Harbin collaborated with Tonia on the lyrics. The song features alto flute by Rozalind MacPhail and guitar by Jesse Fegelman. The track was produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Dima Graziani. {…}
(Credit: Matilde Chambon) Mimi Johnson is founder and director of Performing Artservices (1972) and Lovely Music (1978). She was married to composer Robert Ashley and continues to produce and tour his work, including all of Ashley’s operas, from “Perfect Lives” (1978-81) through “Crash” (2013-15) and “Quicksand “(2011-16). OperaWire reviewed Johnson’s most recent productions of Ashley’s operas, including “Improvement (Don Leaves {…}
The Mediterranean Music Association (MeMA) announces its “Summertime” 2025 programming. This article only features classical voice events. “La Dirindina” by Scarlatti is directed by Davide Gasparro, with sets and costumes by Danilo Coppola. Andrea Certa conducts the MeMA Chamber Orchestra. Performance Dates: August 2 & 4, 2025 Händel’s “Rinaldo” is directed by Danilo Coppola. Andrea Certa conducts. Performance Dates: August {…}
Piotr Beczała has canceled two of his upcoming performances. The tenor took to social media and said, “Unfortunately, I’ve been hit by a summer flu since yesterday, and I’ve been struggling with it. It’s forcing me to cancel the final performance of ‘Lohengrin’ in Bayreuth tomorrow as well as ‘Carmen’ in Verona. I will now take the time to fully {…}
The Royal Ballet & Opera House Artistic Director, Oliver Mears, is speaking out about the Palestinian protest on July 19 after he attempted to grab a Palestinian flag being unfurled by an actor during the curtain call. In a recent internal email to the company obtained by the Times and Guardian, Mears described the entire incident as “a messy and {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced a trio of new initiatives designed to make opera more accessible and inclusive for audiences. The company said that it would be launching Opening Act, Tuesday Talks, and an expanded Met Under 40 program. Opening Act will bring opera to the youngest audience members with a new series of interactive family workshops. The program will {…}
The Village Trip festival has unveiled its 2025 slate. First up is the premiere of a new song cycle by David Amram. “Five American Voices” is a work that sets the writings of Carolyn Cassady, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ron Whitehead, Ted Joans, and Tom Piazza to music. The piece was commissioned by the Roger Shapiro Fund and will be interpreted {…}