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Livermore Valley Opera Announces Summer Vineyard Concerts & 2026 Young Artist

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Livermore Valley Opera has shared a slew of major updates. First up, the company revealed that it returns to Garré Vineyard & Winery in Livermore, California for early evening outdoor concerts on Sunday, June 28 and Sunday, August 16, 2026. Each concert will feature a distinct program mixing Broadway favorites, operatic highlights, and popular standards in one of the Livermore {…}

News

Brooklyn Art Song Society Continues New Voices Festival with “Long II”

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society will continue its New Voices Festival with “Longing II” on May 10, 2026 at Roulette. The concert will also include a pre-concert lecture at 4:30 p.m. by composer Benjamin Attahir. At the center of the program is “After the Fires” by Lembit Beecher and Liza Balkan, reflecting on the personal impact of natural disaster. The {…}

News, Season Announcement

Jeanine De Bique, Asmik Grigorian, Kangmin Justin Kim, Gaëlle Arquez, Sir Simon Keenlyside, Susan Bullock, Clémentine Margaine & Kate Lindsey Lead La Monnaie/De Munt’s 2026-27 Season

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La Monnaie/De Munt has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Jeanine de Bique, Kseniia Proshina, Ismael Jordi and Airam Hernandez star in Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” with Florence Losseau, Travon D. Walker, and Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev. Valentina Peleggi conducts the production by Julia Burbach. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 17,, 2026 Alain Altinoglu conducts Berg’s “Wozzeck” in a production by Christophe Coppens. Scott {…}

News, Season Announcement

Opera Maine Unveils 2026 Slate

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Opera Maine has announced its 2026 season. The season opens with “Bound,” composed by Huang Ruo with a libretto by Bao-Long Chu at Portland Stage. The performances feature Opera Maine’s Studio Artist Program, with Lance Inouye conducting and Studio Artist Program Director Richard Gammon directing. Performance Dates:  June 26 & 28, 2026 Opera Maine’s mainstage production, Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette,” {…}

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Houston Grand Opera & Amanda Forsythe Win Big at Grammy Awards

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The Grammy Awards were announced on Feb. 1, 2026 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The Best Opera Recording winner was Heggie’s “Intelligence” which featured Kwamé Ryan, Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges and Janai Brugger. The recording was produced by Blanton Alspaugh. In the process, Ryan became the first Black conductor to win in the Best Opera Recording category. The {…}

Business, News

OPERA America Releases 2025 Annual Field Report

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OPERA America’s Annual Field Report for 2025 has been published. The data in the report is drawn from the fiscal year 2024 data submitted by OPERA America’s Professional Company Members in the annual Professional Opera Survey administered by SMU Data Arts. The report is designed to provide leaders in the field with a comprehensive overview of the financial health and {…}

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Anthony Roth Costanzo, Kangmin Justin Kim, & Donald Lawrence to be Part of American Songbook 2026

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(Photo credit: Matthew Placek) The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announced the return of the American Songbook series with a new season curated by producer, creative director, and Lincoln Center Artist-in-Residence Clint Ramos. “Echoes of an Inheritance” brings legendary performers and musical pieces of the past into conversation with the bold voices of today, exploring the American music canon {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

San Francisco Opera 2025-26 Review: The Monkey King

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The beloved Chinese hero, Monkey, landed in San Francisco Friday night, complete with an entourage of dancers, singers, acrobats, and antics that came from an ancient story revisited, along with video-games and comics, among others. In the Lobby, before the performance, a group of young drummers from Grant High School, Sacramento and dancers from the Chinese American International School with {…}

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Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Jamie Barton, Will Liverman & Gustavo Dudamel Among Grammy Nominees

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The Grammy nominations have been announced. Here are the vocal performances nominated: The Best Opera Recording nominees are Heggie’s “Intelligence” (Kwamé Ryan, Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer), Huang Ruo’s “An American Soldier” (Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Hannah Cho, Alex DeSocio, Nina Yoshida Nelsen & Brian Vu; Adam Abeshouse, Silas Brown & Doron Schachter, producers), Kouyoumdjian’s “Adoration” {…}