Earlier this year, Boston Lyric Opera and MASARY Studios teamed up to reimagine operatic supertitles. The project aims to integrate elements of scenic design with supertitles. Rather than treating translated text as a utility displayed apart from the stage, MASARY Studios designed animated typography styled and paced to match the emotions of the singing. The subtitles were tested on a {…}
The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is set to open its 50th Anniversary Season with Rossini’s final opera, “William Tell.” The opera will be presented in a new staging co-directed and co-designed by Vita Tzykun and David Adam Moore, and conducted by BLO Music Director David Angus. The work will be presented between Sept. 25 and Oct. 4 at the Emerson {…}
(Photo: Curtis Brown) Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) and Boston Conservatory at Berklee have announced an expanded fifth season of their free “Opera Innovators Series.” The program broadens the participation to include students and young artists from New England Conservatory, Boston University, Longy School of Music, and Boston Singers’ Resource alongside BLO’s Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artists and Boston Conservatory {…}
Boston Lyric Opera has announced the 16th annual roster of its Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artists Initiative. The 2025-26 cohort includes returning artists Alexandra Dietrich, a stage director from Freeport, Maine; mezzo-soprano Mary Kray of Boston; and bass-baritone Zizhao Wang of Qingdao, China. New members are soprano Claire Burreson (Seattle), conductor Clancy Ellis (Boston), mezzo-soprano Juliette Kaoudji (Boston), baritone {…}
(Photo: Nile Hawver/Nile Scott Studios) On the surface, this production of “Das Lied von der Erde” as a drama is an interesting idea. Mahler wrote no operas, but “The Song of the Earth” is the closest one gets. Schoenberg’s arrangement is also a hidden gem that fits the inauguration of Boston Lyric Opera’s new music hall perfectly (a small but {…}
The Boston Lyric Opera is set to present a new production of Gaetano Donizetti’s “La Fille du Regiment.” The new production will be directed by John de los Santos with new English dialogue by OBIE Award-winning Boston playwright Kirsten Greenidge. The opera will be conducted by Kelly Kuo and will star Brenda Rae, Spencer Britten, Kenneth Kellogg, Sandra Piques Eddy, {…}
Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is set to present a new staging of “Song of the Earth” (Das Lied von der Erde). The work will be presented between March 20 and 29 and will be directed by acclaimed theater artist and BLO Artistic Associate Anne Bogart, who penned an original script that creates a narrative through line. The production will feature {…}
The Boston Lyric Opera has announced its 2026-27 season celebrating its 50th anniversary. The company will present Gioachino Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” in a production by Vita Tzykun and David Adam Moore. David Angus conducts that includes George Gagnidze, Konu Kim, Anya Matanovič, Nina Yoshida Nelsen, Brianna J. Robinson, Morgan Mastrangelo, and James Demler. Performance Dates: Sep. 25-Oct. 4, 2026 The Boston Lyric Opera will celebrate its {…}
The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is set to join forces with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Music Director Andris Nelsons to present a concert performance of Samuel Barber’s “Vanessa.” The performance will take place Jan. 8 & 10, 2026 at Symphony Hall with a cast that includes Jennifer Holloway in the title role of Vanessa, Samantha Hankey as Erika, {…}
(Photo credit: Courtesy BLO) The Boston Lyric Opera recently broke ground on the renovation of its new Opera + Community Studios located at Midway Artist Studios in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood. The new arts space will be a 16,000-square-foot place where artists and community members from the neighborhood and across the city will create, connect, and collaborate. In a statement, {…}
(Credit: Rosie Hardy) The Boston Lyric Opera has announced a cast change for its Opera Gala on Nov. 12, 2025. The company said that American dramatic soprano Lise Lindström will step into a starring role in Boston Lyric Opera’s Opera Gala 2025 performance, “The Ride of the Valkyries,” replacing Christine Goerke, who withdrew due to personal circumstances. The evening will combine {…}
