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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 {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra 2025-26 Review: Tosca

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(Photo: Curtis Perry, Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra) Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra presented a semi-staged production of Puccini’s “Tosca,” in Salle Southam Hall, on Sept. 10, 2025 in celebration of this year’s season opening, marking the tenth season for Alexander Shelley as Music Director and Conductor. The evening was full of exciting musical moments by the orchestra and leading {…}
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Lise Davidsen, Jonas Kaufmann, Angel Blue, Aigul Akhmetshina & Bradley Cooper Lead Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its annual Summer HD Festival, which will return to Lincoln Center Plaza. The festival will run between August 22 and September 1. THE 2025 MET SUMMER HD FESTIVAL SCHEDULE The festival opens with “Maestro” starring Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan. The Academy Award–nominated biopic tells the story of the legendary American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein {…}
IndieOpera

Americas Society to Showcase Tango Adaptation of Gluck’s Most Renowned Opera

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Americas Society is teaming up with La Mama Experimental Theatre Club in New York City to present “Euridice, una sombra.” The U.S. premiere features Gluck’s iconic work presented through the lens of tango. The reimagined version is set in a Buenos Aires tango club in the early 20th century and is scored for tango quartet. The arias are reorchestrated while {…}
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Houston Grand Opera Announces New Partnership with London Symphony Orchestra to Release New Recordings

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(Credit: Katy Anderson) Houston Grand Opera has announced a new partnership with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), uniting the newly launched Houston Grand Opera label with pioneering label LSO Live. The partnership, which marks LSO Live’s first-ever collaboration with a U.S. opera company, represents an opportunity for HGO to share American operatic works with a broad international audience. In a {…}
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Victoria de los Ángeles Foundation & Juilliard School Join Forces to Celebrate & Promote Spanish & Catalan Song

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The Victoria de los Ángeles Foundation and The Juilliard School concluded the second edition of Victoria de los Ángeles Legacy on April 11, 2025. The event included a series of masterclasses dedicated to preserving and promoting the art of Catalan and Spanish song. The initiative, which arose in the framework of the commemoration of the centenary of Victoria de los {…}
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AVA Presents 90th Anniversary Celebration & Gala ‘BrAVA Philadelphia!’

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The Academy of Vocal Arts has announced its 90th Anniversary Celebration and Gala, “BrAVA Philadelphia!’ to take place March 21. The program features AVA alumni and faculty members who have become luminaries in the opera world, performing at prestigious opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, the Royal Opera House, and many more. Performers include AVA Board Members {…}
Special Features

Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Top Ten Rising Stars 2024

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(Credit: TACT/Askonas Holt/Intermusica/Natalia Jansen) It’s that time of the year. The end of the year. 2024 brought many debuts, many new productions, many competitions, many world premieres and many new young artists who are coming up in the world of opera.  And that it is reason alone to celebrate. As the year comes to an end, here’s a look at {…}
Special Features

Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb Takes Another Shot at Critics in NY Times Editorial on Making Opera New Again

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(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) “After 18 years running the Met, and a lifetime of experience in classical music and opera, it’s clear to me that the solution to sustaining opera is through artistic reinvention, both with new operas by living composers, and reimagined productions of classics that can resonate with audiences of today.” So writes Met Opera General {…}

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