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Season Announcement

Opera Mississippi Unveils 2025-26 Season

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Opera Mississippi has announced its 2025-26 season, marking its 80th anniversary. The theme of the new season will be “An American Tapestry: A Season of Sound and Spirit.” The season opens with “American Canvas: An Evening of Art Songs” featuring tenor John Christopher Adams and pianist Tyler Kemp. The evening will also feature the formal introduction of the company’s new {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Antony & Cleopatra

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(Photo Credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera) Antony and Cleopatra. The two icons have long been mythologized throughout history, their story captured in theater, cinema, and even the opera. In fact, the story of the lovers is forever linked to the Metropolitan Opera and its new house. And unfortunately, it isn’t always a heroic story. To this day, we hear {…}

IndieOpera

Chicago Fringe Opera & The Opera Cowgirls to Present ‘Operapalooza’

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Chicago Fringe Opera joins forces with The Opera Cowgirls to present “Operapalooza” Music Festival. Set for May 10, 2025, at The Color Club in Chicago, the festival will also feature The Rosina Project and The Tapestry, showcasing a wide-ranging crossover between opera and pop music. In sum, there will be four opera-fusion acts. The Opera Cowgirls’ performance is being described {…}

IndieOpera, Season Announcement

New York Opera Alliance Presents ‘Opera Fest 2025’

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The New York Opera Alliance (NYOA) has announced that “Opera Fest 2025” will take place May 1 – June 30. “Opera Fest” will feature over two dozen performances by NYOA member companies across all five boroughs. This year, the festival aims to highlight the cultural tapestry of NYC with performances in traditional theatres, public libraries, museums, and outdoor spaces. The {…}

News

Royal Swedish Opera to Present ‘Eatnama váibmu’

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(Photo credit: Sarah Cooper) The Royal Swedish Opera is set to present the new opera by Britta Byström and Rawdna Carita Eira, “Eatnama váibmu.” The story of “Eatnama váibmu” (“The Heart of the Earth”) is based on the Sámi creation story with its current theme of good and evil, and interaction with nature. The cast features Katarina Leoson, Jan Jakub {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

American Modern Opera Company & The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine 2024 Review: El Niño – Nativity Reconsidered

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Composer John Adams’ and librettist Peter Sellars’ opera, “El Niño,” debuted at Metropolitan Opera earlier this year, making this their fourth work to be produced at the Met, including “Doctor Atomic” (2008), “Nixon in China” (2011), and “The Death of Klinghoffer” (2014). OperaWire reviewed the production in addition to attending and documenting Guggenheim Museum’s “Works & Process” presentation by the {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Ballet & Opera 2024-25 Review: Tosca

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(Photo © [2024] Clive Barda) Puccini’s “Tosca” is, in effect, a historical 18th Century fable as seen through 19th Century eyes; still resonating here in the  21st Century purely because its story of love over politics – played out by Tosca, an opera singer; her lover the heroic painter Cavaradossi; and the thoroughly unpleasant dictator Baron Scarpia – combine to {…}