Kristen MacKinnon, Meghan Lindsay & Christian Sanders Lead Pacific Opera Victoria’s 2025-26 Season

The Pacific Opera Victoria has announced its 2025-26 season featuring three operas. Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” is set to star Kirsten MacKinnon, Isaiah Bell, Mars Young, Jake Apricity Hetherington, Catherine Daniel, and Jonelle Sills. Giuseppe Pietraroia conducts the production by Michael Shamata. Performance Dates: Oct. 22-28, 2025 Meghan Lindsay, Yongzhao Yu, and Brett Polegato star in Puccini’s “Tosca.” Giuseppe Pietraroia conducts the production by Brenna Corner. Performance Dates: Feb. {…}

Apr 29, 2021

John Holiday, Zachary Nelson, Zoie Reams, Alexander Elliott Birch Headline Des Moines Metro Opera’s 2021 Summer Festival

The Des Moines Metro Opera has announced its 2021 summer festival which will run between July 2 and 25. The company announced that its new season was developed in conjunction with the Medical Advisory Panel and that all 225 company members completed a COVID-19 vaccination series prior to their arrival for the festival. Additionally, all audience members will be required {…}

May 15, 2020

Ailyn Pérez, Matthew Polenzani Among 100 Singers Join Forces for Campbell & Moravec’s ‘Light Shall Lift Us’

Over 100 singers came together for a video performance of “Light Shall Lift Us,” a work by librettist Mark Campbell and composer Paul Moravec. The duo, which has worked together on “The Shining” proposed the idea to Marc Scorca of Opera America, who embraced the idea and helped put together the 107 artists who would eventually record their individual parts {…}

Feb 19, 2020

Corinne Winters, Andrew Stenson & Aaron Crouch Highlight Minnesota Opera’s 2020-21 Season

The Minnesota Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five productions with a number of important rising stars. The season opens with Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio” starring Claudia Boyle as Konstanze, Andrew Stenson as Belmonte, and Kenneth Kellogg as Osmin. Omer Ben Seadia directs James Robinson’s original production. Performance Dates: Sept. 26- Oct. 4, 2020 Corinne Winters andJohn Moore star in {…}

Jun 5, 2019

Frederica Von Stade, Catherine Cook Star in Opera Parallèle’s 2019-20 Srason

Opera Parallèle has announced its 2019-20 season. It all kicks off with “Bill and Flicka: Generous Spirits,” a performance featuring legendary artists William Burden and Frederica Von Stade. They will also perform alongside Christabel Nunoo with Keisuke Nakagoshi at the piano. Performance Date: Sept. 19, 2020 A “Because of You” annual benefit gala will be held at the San Francisco {…}