(Credit: © 2013 Yiorgos Kaplanidis) On July 31, 2025, Legendary director Robert Wilson died at the age of 83 from a short illness. He died at his home in Water Mill, New York. Born in Waco, Texas, Wilson was the son of Loree Velma and D.M. Wilson and had a difficult youth as the gay son of a conservative family. {…}
Sondra Radvanivsky surprised audiences on July 29 at the first performance of “West Side Story” at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. The Barcelona theater said, “It was the surprise of the night! The great Sondra Radvanovsky appeared on stage at the Gran Teatre del Liceu to perform ‘Somewhere’ in the symphonic version of ‘West Side Story,’ under the baton of {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced the extension of Vladimir Jurowski’s contract as General Music Director. The company said that Jurowski’s contract will now end at the end of the 2028-29 season. Jurowski has been the music director of the Bayerische Staatsoper since 2021 and has conducted in London, New York, Milan, and Paris. In 2024, he became King Charles III appointed {…}
The Orchestra Now (TŌN) has unveiled its 2025-26 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Mahler’s Third Symphony takes the spotlight at The Fisher Center at Bard. Stephanie Blythe will be the soloist. The program also includes the Bard Conservatory Preparatory Chorus and Bard College Chamber Singers. Leon Botstein conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 20 & 21, 2025 {…}
Lyric Opera of Chicago and Black Leadership Arts Collective (B.L.A.C.) are joining forces to present the “Echoes of Excellence” Recital on Nov. 8, 2025. The program will feature such artists as sopranos Angela Brown, Alyson Cambridge, Laquita Mitchell, and Jacqueline Echols; mezzo-sopranos Lucia Bradford and J’Nai Bridges, an alumna of Lyric’s Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center; tenors {…}
Kentucky Opera has announced two major leadership changes. First, the company announced that Peggy Kriha Miller will serve as its Interim General Director and CEO, succeeding Barbara Lynne Jamison, who is departing the company to take on the role of General Director and CEO of Opera Colorado, effective August 1, 2025. The goal was initially for Jamison to stay on {…}
Alliance Theatre and The Atlanta Opera have named the cast and creative team for its upcoming co-produce and new staging of “Fiddler on the Roof.” Leading the cast is Itzik Cohen in the role of Tevye, and Debbie Gravitte as Golde. Deborah Bowman, Joanna Daniels, Kylie Dickinson, Coby Getzug, Maya Jacobson, Eli Mayer, Mia Pinero, Oliver Prose, Jeremy Radin, Rabbi {…}
(Photo:Genevieve Girling) There really does need to be a connection between the operas chosen by a company if it decides to stage a double bill. Two randomly chosen pieces with little to tie the works together, or worse, drawing attention to certain common superficialities and presenting them as an artistically founded pairing, is not simply lazy programming but is also {…}
In the body of opera-oriented films, from contemporary works like ‘The Moon and the Stars‘ (2007), and ‘Florence Foster Jenkins‘ (2016), to earlier icons like ‘Fire at the Opera‘ (1930) and ‘Champagne Waltz‘ (1939), the ways opera and operatic life is conveyed on screen is highly diverse. However, go far enough backwards and one will find a way of conveying the operatic body {…}
(Credit: Vladimir Shirokov) Anna Netrebko’s national origin discrimination claim has been reinstated in her lawsuit against Peter Gelb and the Metropolitan Opera. On Wednesday, July 30, 2025, U.S. District Judge Analisa Nadine Torres in Manhattan stated that the soprano and her team could proceed with the claim alongside her claim of gender discrimination. With the claim reinstated, the case will {…}
In 2024, the New York City Opera named Constantine Orbelian the Executive Director of the company while still continuing as the Music Director. The company has gone through a series of challenges since it reopened in 2016 and has not had a linear season. However, it has continued to perform at Bryant Park every summer, bringing classic works to the {…}