Cincinnati Opera Kicks Off the Black Opera Project with World Premiere of Kevin Day & Tifara Brown’s ‘Lalovavi’

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Cincinnati Opera is set to present the world premiere of Kevin Day and Tifara Brown’s “Lalovavi,” an Afrofuturist adventure that opens the company’s three-opera Black Opera Project. “Lalovavi” (lah-low-VAH-vee) takes audiences 400 years into the future to a post-apocalyptic city built on the remains of what was once Atlanta. There, a daughter of a tyrannical ruler uncovers a hidden truth, {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Mark Delavan, Lise Lindstrom, Nicole Heaston, J’Nai Bridges & Matthew Polenzani Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. Audiences will get to hear a new Ring Cycle by a major American orchestra, a new recording from the National Symphony Orchestra and some world premieres. Der Ring des Nibelungen The Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Fabio Luisi release a live recording of {…}

News

The Cleveland Orchestra Adds Additional Performances to Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival

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The Cleveland Orchestra has announced additional programming for its 2026 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival. David Butt Philip and Adrienne Danrich join Festival Curator Terence Blanchard for “Opera Now: Tradition, Innovation, and the Road Ahead,” a forum at The City Club of Cleveland on the future of the art form. André Gremillet moderates. Performance Date: May {…}

News

PEAK Performances to Workshop ‘Robeson’

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PEAK Performances at Montclair State University will present a workshop of “Robeson” on Sept. 9, 2025. Headlining the performance will be Justin Hopkins, Raven McMillon, Joseph Parrish, Lucy Evans, Logan Wagner, Wendy Hill, Adrienne Danrich, William Ferguson, and Michael Kelly. Ninety minutes of opera will be shared starting at 4:30 p.m. at the Alexander Kasser Theater. The opera by Scott {…}

News, Season Announcement

Kathryn Lewek, J’Nai Bridges, Matthew White, Ryan McKinny & Heidi Middendorf Lead Cincinnati Opera’s 2026 Season

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The Cincinnati Opera has announced its 2026 season. Strauss’ “Salome” will star Kathryn Lewek, Alfred Walker, Chad Shelton, Michelle DeYoung, and Zach Borichevsky. José María Condemi directs the production, with Robert Spano conducting. Performance Dates: June 18 & 20, 2026 Kevin Day’s and Tifara Brown’s “Lalovavi” will be directed by Kimille Howard and conducted by Kevin Miller. Brittany Olivia Logan, {…}

News

‘La Reine-garçon’ Wins Big at 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Awards

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The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts has announced the recipients of the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards. In the opera division, “Le Reine-garçon” took home the Outstanding Production Award. Kirsten MacKinnon, who starred in “La Reine-garçon,” won the Outstanding Performance by an Individual. The production was presented by Canadian Opera Company in co-production with Opéra de Montréal. Outstanding {…}

News

TAPA Announces 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations

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The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced all nominations for the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by the Romano D’Andrea Foundation. This year there were 225 nominations across 43 gender-inclusive award categories within seven divisions reflecting the remarkable artistry of the 2024-25 season. This year’s nominations encompass 81 shows from 59 registered companies. The Awards will {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Interview: Ricky Ian Gordon Opens Every Door in His Latest Opera, ‘This House’

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In March 2020, as the lights dim on his Metropolitan Opera/Lincoln Center Theater commissioned opera, “Intimate Apparel,” and rise on what will be a lengthy global pandemic, Ricky Ian Gordon reaches for his phone. His first call is to James Robinson, his friend, and the artistic director of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) at the time (he is {…}

News

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis to World Premiere ‘This House’

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This summer, “This House,” a new opera by Ricky Ian Gordon, Lynn Nottage, and Ruby Aiyo Gerber, will make its world premiere. The opera will be showcased at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as part of the company’s landmark 50th season and will be performed at the Loretto-Hilton Center on May 31 and June 5, 11, 13, 21, and {…}

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Cincinnati Opera Kicks Off the Black Opera Project with World Premiere of Kevin Day & Tifara Brown’s ‘Lalovavi’

Mark Delavan, Lise Lindstrom, Nicole Heaston, J’Nai Bridges & Matthew Polenzani Lead New CD/DVD Releases

The Cleveland Orchestra Adds Additional Performances to Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival

PEAK Performances to Workshop ‘Robeson’

Kathryn Lewek, J’Nai Bridges, Matthew White, Ryan McKinny & Heidi Middendorf Lead Cincinnati Opera’s 2026 Season

‘La Reine-garçon’ Wins Big at 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Awards

TAPA Announces 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations

Interview: Ricky Ian Gordon Opens Every Door in His Latest Opera, ‘This House’

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis to World Premiere ‘This House’