In 2014, Florida Grand Opera accumulated a $19.4 million deficit. The company was in chaos, warning that the cancelation of its 2015-16 season in Broward County could be imminent if the organization was unable to secure $400,000. The future of the organization, which was founded in 1941, was uncertain and insecure. Fortunately an anonymous donor pitched in to erase the {…}
(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) Puccini famously left the score of “Turandot” incomplete at his death in 1924, and its last minutes have been completed by other composers such as Franco Alfano (1926) and most recently Luciano Berio (2002). Arturo Toscanini conducting the premiere a century ago simply put down his baton at the point where Puccini had stopped composing and {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu is set to stream “Tristan und Isolde” on Feb. 15, 2026. The company announced that the production, which was recorded during the company’s run, will be presented on Liceu OPERA+. Lise Davidsen and Clay Hilley lead the cast which also includes Tomasz Konieczny, Roger Padullés, Ekaterina Gubanova, Albert Casals, and Milan Perišić. Bárbara Lluch directed {…}
Fort Worth Opera will present “Cowboys & Culture,” a multimedia concert celebrating the music, stories and spirit of the American West on Feb. 5, 2026, at the Kimbell Art Museum’s Renzo Piano Pavilion. The evening will be presented during the closing week of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo and will feature acclaimed dramatic tenor Clifton Forbis. He will {…}
(Photo: Dario Acosta) Eleonora Buratto is set to star in the world premiere of Giordano’s “Marina.” The opera, which will be part of the 81st season of I Pomeriggi Musicali at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan, Italy, will all star Freddie De Tommaso, Mihai Damian, and Nicolas Mogg. Vincenzo Milletarì will conduct the concert production. Ahead of both performances {…}
The Teatro alla Scala is set to be included in the opening ceremony of the Olympics on Feb. 2, 2026. The company announced that the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra will be conducted by Music Director Riccardo Chailly and will feature baritone Luca Salsi. The event is one of the many featured for the 2026 Winter Olympics which are set to {…}
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), has issued a statement following President Trumps announcement that he is closing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for two years. In a statement Whitehouse said, “As President Trump continues his demolition tour of Washington, he’s now setting his sights on one {…}
(Photo: @MontePhoteaux) Jason Duika has been steadily making a name for himself as an up-and-coming American Verdi Baritone, having sung with over ten companies in the US to critical acclaim. He has sung over 20 operatic roles professionally, including the title role of Verdi’s “Nabucco,” in October of 2019 with West Bay Opera, in California, where the reviews said, “Baritone {…}
Following the revelation that conductor Frédéric Chaslin’s name appeared in the Epstein files, the musician has released a statement. Chaslin said, “I want to make a clear and definitive statement. My name appears in certain documents made public because I have, occasionally and perfectly transparently, exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein between 2013 and 2019, in a then-trivial context where he {…}
Opera Santa Barbara has announced the appointment of Judy Dean, MD, to its Board of Directors. Dr. Dean is a retired radiologist with nearly three decades of medical practice in the community. She retired in 2018 and continues to be active in local arts and cultural organizations. “For me opera is timeless stories set to unforgettable music,” said Dean, per {…}
Opera in the Heights is set to present the Houston premiere of “Lucidity” this March. The chamber opera by composer Laura Kaminsky and librettist David Cote will be presented on March 6 and 8, 2026 at Lambert Hall in partnership with the Houston-based nonprofit Amazing Place. The work centers on the inner life of a woman living with Alzheimer’s disease, {…}
