4 Operas Announced For Houston Grand Opera 2016-17 Winter Season

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The Houston Grand Opera has announced the second half of its 2016-17 season, which kicks off in January with the 30th anniversary of John Adams’ “Nixon in China.” The opera originally made its world premiere with Houston Grand back in 1987, though this new production is slated to play up the media and technology themes of modern-day. The opera, which {…}

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Best of 2016: 11 Singers Who Defied Possibilities and Created the Most Memorable Moments of 2016!

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Every year has a share of rising and breakout stars as well as opera singers who solidify or take their careers in new directions. Others make important debuts or create roles that audiences would have never expected and conquer. This is what makes a performer stick in an audience’s mind for the whole year. For this year OperaWire has put {…}

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HAUI Named Among Britten Pears Arts Residency Artists for 2026–27

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(Photo credit: Michael Cooper) Multidisciplinary artist and co-creator of “Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White,” HAUI™ has been named one of the 2026–27 Residency Artists for the Britten Pears Arts program. HAUI™ will develop new work alongside director Peter Hinton-Davis O.C. at the historic Snape Maltings and The Red House. The duo joins a select cohort of international {…}

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Merola Opera Program & San Francisco Opera Center Present 2026 Schwabacher Recital Series

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(Photo credit: Matthew Washburn) The Schwabacher Recital Series presented by Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center returns with a series of three recitals. The series opens on April 1 with three of the 2024 Merola alumni and second-year San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows, soprano Mary Hoskins, baritone Olivier Zerouali, and pianist Ji Youn Lee. The evening’s program, curated {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Il Trovatore

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) You’ve heard the cliché that Caruso famously said about doing a production of “Il Trovatore…” You know it. I won’t repeat it. The spirit of the idea stands, but the reality is that it takes far more than just sticking four superstars on stage and letting magic happen. It doesn’t always work that way. {…}

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Santa Fe Opera Announces the Members of the 2024 Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians

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(Photo credit: Kristin Hullihan) Santa Fe Opera has released the names of the 82 members of its 2024 Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians. Each season, Santa Fe Opera’s technical apprentices perform essential backstage functions within one of eight distinct crews: Audio/Visual, Costumes, Electrics, Production/Music Services, Properties, Scenic Art, Stage Operations and Wigs and Makeup. The crews carry out daily changeovers {…}

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LA Phil Presents U.S. Premiere ‘Last Days’

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(Photo credit: Alastair Muir) The Los Angeles Philharmonic will present the U.S. Premiere of “Last Days,” Oliver Leith and Matt Copson’s opera based on Gus van Sant’s 2005 film of the same name. The opera, which premiered at the Royal Opera House in 2022, follows a fictional account based on the death of Kurt Cobain. Agathe Rousselle plays Blake, who {…}

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New Study Finds Gender Inequality & Non-Standard Work in US Opera Production

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(Photo credit: Adrien Coquet) Dr. Caitlin Vincent (University of Melbourne) and Dr. Amanda Coles (Deakin University) have published their findings on the gender inequality and the impacts of non-standard work in the US opera industry. The team tracked women’s representation as conductors, directors, and designers at the 11 largest opera companies in the United States – the Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe {…}

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George Shirley & Nicole Heaston Feature in Houston Grand Opera’s Fourth Giving Voice Concert

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On February 24, 2023, Houston Grand Opera will present their fourth annual Giving Voice concert, in partnership with Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, the Houston Ebony Opera Guild, Prairie View A&M University, and Texas Southern University. The performance will feature acclaimed tenor and series creator Lawrence Brownlee, joined by tenor George Shirley, and soprano Nicole Heaston; as well as HGO Studio {…}

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4 Operas Announced For Houston Grand Opera 2016-17 Winter Season

Best of 2016: 11 Singers Who Defied Possibilities and Created the Most Memorable Moments of 2016!

HAUI Named Among Britten Pears Arts Residency Artists for 2026–27

Merola Opera Program & San Francisco Opera Center Present 2026 Schwabacher Recital Series

Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Il Trovatore

Santa Fe Opera Announces the Members of the 2024 Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians

LA Phil Presents U.S. Premiere ‘Last Days’

New Study Finds Gender Inequality & Non-Standard Work in US Opera Production

George Shirley & Nicole Heaston Feature in Houston Grand Opera’s Fourth Giving Voice Concert