3000 Hz Opera Lab Launches Inaugural Season

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(Photo credit: Elijah Ross) The new Chicago-based chamber opera company 3000 Hz Opera Lab is set to launch its first season in 2027. For its first production, Benjamin Britten’s “Curlew River,” Will Liverman takes on the role of Ferryman, with Michael Sumuel as Abbot, Theo Hoffman as Traveler, and Adrian Kramer as Madwoman. Marcus Shields directs and Dame Jane Glover {…}

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Opera Steamboat & Piknik Theatre to Present Opera Cowgirls Concert

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Opera Steamboat, in partnership with Piknik Theatre, will present the Opera Cowgirls in concert at the newly completed Branham Strawberry Park Amphitheater in Steamboat Springs, Colorado on July 3, 2026. The performance marks one of the first public events at the new outdoor venue, which Piknik Theatre recently brought to completion. The Opera Cowgirls are an alt-country ensemble founded by {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego

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(Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) On May 14, the Metropolitan Opera showcased the New York premiere of “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego” by Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz. The opera, which had its world premiere in 2022 at the San Diego Opera, has been a staple at many U.S. company’s over the past years including LA, {…}

Special Features

Opera is a Place: Understanding Why Younger Audiences Come to the Opera House

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(Photo Credit: Octavio Alonso Maya Castro) Visiting the Palacio de Bellas Artes made me fall in love with opera again. The open plaza welcomed groups of young people walking, laughing, and congregating. The bronze-tiled dome gleamed like a radiant sunset, hugging the luminous marble archway. Stepping inside, the grand foyer projected an entirely different regal stature. Whereas the exterior of {…}

News

Opera Industry Reacts to Timothée Chalamet’s Comments that ‘No One Cares’ About Opera

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(Credit: A24) The opera industry is responding to Timothée Chalamet’s remarks that said “no one cares” about opera or ballet. Major houses like the Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, LA Opera, and Wiener Staatsoper have taken to social media posting varying messages. The Met showed a video of the many artisans in the industry with the caption “All Respect to opera {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Brittany Renee Reflects on ‘Porgy and Bess’ and the Changing Landscape of Opera

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(Photo: Daniel W) Soprano Brittany Renee is a Grammy Award-winner who has built up an impressive international career, performing at the Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro Regio di Torino, Semperoper Dresden, and Teatro Petruzelli, among others. The soprano is set to {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Theater for the New City 2026 Review: Leonard Lehrman’s ‘SIMA’ and ‘E.G.: A Musical Portrait of Emma Goldman’

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(Photo: Jonathan Slaff) Theater for the New City (TNC) presented two chamber operas by Leonard Lehrman, “SIMA” and “E.G.: A Musical Portrait of Emma Goldman,” on January 22 and 23, 2026, respectively, with each performed on alternating nights between January 8 and 25. This reviewer chose to watch the two operas back-to-back to better understand Lehrman’s range, as I had {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

A Rescue Mission – General Director Maria Todaro on Rebuilding Florida Grand Opera

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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 {…}

Business, News

Cameron Arens Named Opera & Casting Director at Theater Basel

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Cameron Arens has been named Opera and Casting Director at Theater Basel. Arens will begin his tenure during the 2026-7 season. he will succeed Jean Denes, who will be moving to the Grand Théâtre de Genève following six years with the company. In his new positions Arens will work with the administrative management of the opera department, casting, and in {…}

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