The Metropolitan Opera has announced the summer encores its Live in HD series. The company will first present the 2015 performances of Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” on July 22, directed by Susan Stroman and starring renowned soprano Renée Fleming. The cast also includes Nathan Gunn and Kelli O’Hara. Andrew Davis conducts. The second will be a 2025 transmission of the Met’s {…}
Festival Napa Festival has announced its 2026 season. “Opera Scenes” will feature Manetti Shrem Opera Fellows conducted by Ryan McAdams. Performance Date: July 8, 2026 Novack Concert for Kids will feature theYoung People’s Chorus of New York City Performance Date: July 9, 2026 Uytengsu Family Opening Night will feature from Beethoven to Getty to Dylan. Time for Three and the Young {…}
(Photo: Glodow Nead press) Festival Napa Valley celebrates its 20th anniversary July 4–19, 2026, featuring the world premiere of composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer’s new opera, “The Judgement of Paris.” This opera is commissioned by the festival and includes conductor Kent Nagano and director Jean-Romain Vesperini, alongside a stellar cast including soprano Danielle De Niese, baritone Quinn Kelsey, {…}
(Credit: Metropolitan Opera / Ken Howard) Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” is set to return to the Metropolitan Opera for 15 performances. The Anthony Minghella production will open on Jan. 9 and run through March 28 with different casts. The January performances will feature Ailyn Pérez as Cio-Cio-San, tenor SeokJong Baek as Pinkerton, Hyona Kim as Suzuki and baritone Andrzej Filończyk as {…}
(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles) Festival Napa Valley has announced its 2026 summer season, which runs from July 4–19, 2026. The season opens with Festival Live! Concerts, a series of daily performances showcasing Festival artists in rotating programs presented in partnership with the Frost School of Music’s Blackburn Music Academy at CIA at Copia. Performance Dates: July 4–18, 2026 Festival Napa {…}
Festival Napa Valley has announced the commissioning and world premiere of “The Judgment of Paris,” a new one-act opera by acclaimed composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer. The work will debut on July 18, 2026, on the Festival Napa Valley Stage at Charles Krug Winery, as part of Festival Napa Valley’s landmark 20th Anniversary Season. It will mark the {…}
The Canadian Opera Company is set to present Verdi’s “Rigoletto” at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The opera be performed seven times at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on Jan. 24, 28, Feb. 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14, 2026. COC Music Director Johannes Debus will conduct the production by Christopher Alden. Baritone Quinn {…}
(Credit: Tristram Kenton) It’s a lot of smoke and mirrors. No, really. Director Stefan Herheim employs a combination of both smoke and mirrors on a seemingly ever-revolving, ever-evolving stage setting of grandiose balconies, monumental set pieces, and athletic ballerinas, whose inclusion is frequent enough to make the casual observer question whether this is an opera or a ballet. In fact, {…}
Vocal Arts DC has announced its 2025-26 season, “35 Years of Song.” Soprano Erin Morley and tenor Lawrence Brownlee perform a recital titled “Golden Age” with pianist Gerald Martin Moore. Performance Date: September 28, 2025 The world premiere of a new song cycle by composer Jasmine Barnes is presented by mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and pianist Myra Huang. Performance Date: November {…}
LA Opera is set to present Verdi’s “Rigoletto” from May 31 through June 21, 2025. The opera will be presented in a production by Tomer Zvulun and conducted by James Conlon. In a statement, Christopher Koelsch said, “One of the groundbreaking trio of masterpieces from Verdi’s ‘middle period’ (along with ‘La Traviata’ and ‘Il Trovatore’), Rigoletto is an exceptionally powerful tragedy. {…}
The Royal Danish Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Daniele Squeo and Lukas Beikircher conduct Puccini’s “Tosca” with Francesca Tiburzi and Marigona Qerkezi sharing the title role. Matteo Lippi, Carlos Cardoso, Johan Reuter, and Daniel Luis de Vicente also star. Kasper Holten directs. Performance Dates: August 31, 2025-Jan. 24 2026 Evan Rogister conducts George Benjamin’s “Written on Skin” in a stage production by Katie Mitchell. Daniel {…}