Anna Pirozzi, Anthony León, Saimir Pirgu, Christiane Karg & Gabriella Reyes lead The Dallas Opera’s 2026-27 Season

The Dallas Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Soraya Mafi, Anthony León, Alessandro Corbelli, and Mihai Damian open the season with Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” with Guillermo García Calvo conducting a production by Stephen Lawless. Performance Dates: Oct. 9-17, 2026 Mirjam Mesak, Zachary Nelson, Shannon Keegan, Andrew Harris, Lindsay Ammann, Brandon Cedel, and Kayla Nanto lead Janáček’s “The Cunning Little {…}

Feb 3, 2026

Sondra Radvanovsky, Rihab Chaieb, Patti LuPone, Joshua Guerrero, Juliana Grigoryan, Angela Meade & Lawrence Brownlee Lead LA Opera’s 2026-27 Season

LA Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the MainStage and LA Opera Off productions. Mainstage Rihab Chaieb, Joshua Guerrero, Kathleen O’Mara, and Liam James Karai lead a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen“ by Thaddeus Strassberger. Domingo Hindoyan conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-Nov. 7, 2026 Lina González-Granados conducts Bernstein’s “Candide“ with Duke Kim, Deanna Breiwick, and Patti LuPone. Francesca Zambello {…}

Dec 5, 2025

Best of 2025: OperaWire’s Top Ten Rising Stars 2025

It’s that time of the year. The end of the year. As with every year, 2025 was full of a lot of opera revelations in productions, concerts and competitions. So in recognitions of those breakouts, here’s a look at some of the young singers who are likely to make operatic waves in the very near future. Here are OperaWire’s 10 {…}

Oct 1, 2025

Cast Change: Metropolitan Opera Announces New Donna Anna

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for “Don Giovanni.” The company said that Kathleen O’Mara will sing the role of Donna Anna on Oct. 20 and 25, replacing Federica Lombardi. O’Mara took to social media to announce the news and said, “Surprise!!! I’m am so excited to share that I will be stepping in to sing Donna Anna {…}

Aug 29, 2025

Review: Queen Sonja Singing Competition 2025

(Photo: John-Halvdan Olsen-Halvorsen) There is always a buzz about a competition. It’s almost palpable. Especially one as prestigious as this year’s Queen Sonja Singing Competition, it being the 30th anniversary edition. As the audience streamed into the venerable Oslo Konserthus, the talk turned to the six singers that made it to the final concert. Every single one of these singers {…}

Aug 25, 2025

Kathleen O’Mara Wins Queen Sonja Singing Competition

The Queen Sonja Singing Competition has announced its 2025 winners. The first prize winner of 50,000 Euros was Kathleen O’Mara from the USA. Second prize of 10,000 Euros went to American mezzo-soprano Meridian Prall, while the third prize of 5,000 euros went to Polish bass Pawel Horodyski. The finalist Prizes of 1,500 euros went to Ukrainian baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi, Norwegian {…}

Jan 23, 2025

Vanessa Becerra, Joshua Blue & Darren Drone Headline the 2025 Berkshire Opera Festival

The Berkshire Opera Festival announces its 10th anniversary season. A free family concert kicks off the 2025 season. Performance Date: March 2, 2025 (Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center) The “Young Verdi in Love” recital features performances by soprano Kathleen O’Mara, tenor Lawrence Barasa, bass-baritone Alan Williams, and pianist Francesco Barfoed. Performance Date: April 27, 2025 (St. James Place in Great Barrington) {…}

Oct 9, 2024

Operalia Winner Kathleen O’Mara Joins Opus 3 for General Management

(Credit: Opus 3) Operalia winner Kathleen O’Mara has joined the roster of Opus 3 for general management. O’Mara is currently a member of LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program and is a 2024 recipient of the prestigious Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation. This season, O’Mara is set to make her Metropolitan Opera debut in the role of {…}

Sep 16, 2024

The Dallas Opera Announces Free Community Events in Fall 2024

The Dallas Opera has announced its fall 2024 lineup of free events. In addition to its free community events, The Dallas Opera is offering livestreams of mainstage performances as well as sessions of the Hart Institute for Women Conductors, and more on its YouTube channel. The annual People’s Choice concert features some of opera’s most recognizable tunes sung by soprano {…}

May 10, 2024

Richard Tucker Foundation Announces 2024 Career & Study Grant Recipients

The Richard Tucker Foundation has announced the Career and Study grant. The foundation noted that Anthony Léon, Luke Sutliff, and Elena Villalón have been selected recipients of the 2024 Richard Tucker Career Grant. Recipients receive unrestricted grants of $10,000 each. Sutliff and were previously awarded the 2022 Sara Tucker Study Grant. They join past Career Grant recipients Leah Hawkins, Aryeh Nussbaum {…}

May 6, 2024

San Diego Opera Announces 2024-25 Season

The San Diego Opera has announced its 2024-25 season which will see three mainstage operas at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Keturah Stickann directs Puccini’s “La bohème.” Lidiya Yankovskaya conducts and Kathleen O’Mara stars as Mimì. The cast also includes Tasha Hokuao Koontz, Joshua Blue, César Delgado, Latonia Moore, Leroy Davis, and Harold Wilson. Keturah Stickann directs. Performance Dates: Nov. 1-3, 2024 Marcy Stonikas takes on {…}

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