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Houston Grand Opera Names New Chief Philanthropy Officer

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(Photo credit: Claire McAdams) Houston Grand Opera has announced the appointment of Darcy Douglas as its new Chief Philanthropy Officer. Douglas recently served as Vice President of Advancement and Alumni Engagement at South Texas College of Law Houston since 2021. Under her leadership, the department underwent a complete transformation, resulting in a 51 percent increase in philanthropic revenue during her {…}
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Scarlett Jones Wins Top Prize at Houston Grand Opera’s 2026 Concert of Arias

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(Photo Credit: Michael Bishop) Houston Grand Opera has announced the winners of the Concert of Arias at the 38th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers. British soprano Scarlett Jones took home first place and the $25,000 prize. Currently pursuing her Master of Music at The Juilliard School as a Kovner Fellow, Jones recently performed Gertrude in Humperdinck’s “Hansel and {…}
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Houston Grand Opera Names Finalists for 2026 ‘Concert of Arias’

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Houston Grand Opera (HGO) has announced the seven finalists for the “Concert of Arias,” the final round of the 38th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers. The event is set to take place Feb. 6, 2026, at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston. The finalists are sopranos Scarlett Jones, Viktoriia Shamanska, Arpi Sinanyan, and Kayla Rae Stein; mezzo-soprano Lauren {…}
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Sondra Radvanovsky, Rihab Chaieb, Patti LuPone, Joshua Guerrero, Juliana Grigoryan, Angela Meade & Lawrence Brownlee Lead LA Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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LA Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the MainStage and LA Opera Off productions. Mainstage Rihab Chaieb, Joshua Guerrero, Kathleen O’Mara, and Liam James Karai lead a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen“ by Thaddeus Strassberger. Domingo Hindoyan conducts.  Performance Dates: Oct. 17-Nov. 7, 2026 Lina González-Granados conducts Bernstein’s “Candide“ with Duke Kim, Deanna Breiwick, and Patti LuPone. Francesca Zambello {…}
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Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Erin Morley, Ying Fang & Joshua Hopkins Lead Tanglewood’s 2026 Season

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The Tanglewood Festival has announced its 2026 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The  Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons lead a Mozart and Mahler program with soloists pianist Emanuel Ax and soprano Erin Morley. Performance Date: July 11, 2026 Les Arts Florissants and William Christie will perform Charpentier’s “Les Arts florissants and La Descente d’Orphée aux {…}
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Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: The Magic Flute

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(Photo Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) Every year, the Met Opera ushers in the holidays with its abridged, English-language production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” delighting children and adults alike. This season was no exception. If anything, the 90-minute performance offered a welcome reprieve from a world that seems to have lost its bearings—and, oddly, slid back toward the {…}
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Metropolitan Opera to Present Holiday Presentation of ‘The Magic Flute’

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera’s annual holiday presentation of Julie Taymor’s English-language adaptation of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” returns for 15 performances. The opera will be performed between Dec. 11 and Jan. 3, and will be conducted by Steven White, and Erin Yashima. The work will star Rainelle Krause, Zhengyi Bai, Aigul Khismatullina, Erin Morley, Joshua {…}
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Rafael Payare Extends Contract with San Diego Symphony

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Rafael Payare has extended his contract with the San Diego Symphony until 2028-29. The Venezuelan conductor has been leading the orchestra since 2019 and has elevated the Symphony’s expressive range and strengthened its connection with audiences. Throughout his tenure, he has led the opening of two landmark venues—the acclaimed Rady Shell at Jacobs Park on the San Diego Bay and the {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Australia 2025 Review: The Marriage of Figaro

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(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) This winter season at Sydney Opera House has seen Opera Australia once again revive Sir David McVicar’s 2015 production of Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro,” restaged by Andy Morton previously, as recently as 2022. OperaWire has pertinently noted the repeat of “tried and true” in Opera Australia’s 2025 season in a recent review of “Rusalka” (itself not {…}

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