‘Rose, Tree (Rosenbaum and Li)’ Wins The Atlanta Opera’s 2025 96-Hour Opera Festival Competition

The Atlanta Opera has named Dina Pruzhansky and Hai-Ting Chinn the winners of the 96-Hour Opera Festival competition. The winning piece was the duo’s “Rose, Tree (Rosenbaum and Li),” an opera scene set in 1967 that explores the dissolution of cultural boundaries between a Jewish Holocaust survivor and an American-born Chinese woman as they support their respective children’s interracial relationship. {…}

The Atlanta Opera Announces Finalists for 96-Hour Opera Festival

The Atlanta Opera has announced the finalists for its 96-Hour Opera Festival this June 16 – 22, 2025. This year’s teams include Rebecca Gray and Rachel Gray; Gillian Rae Perry and Mo Holmes; Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei and Ashlee Haze; Dina Pruzhansky and Hai-Ting Chinn; and Iván Enrique Rodríguez and Laura Barati. Contestants will get 96 hours to create and present a new 10-minute opera. They will compete for a $10,000 {…}

The Atlanta Opera 2024-25 Review: Macbeth

(Photo: Raftermen Photography) The Atlanta Opera (TAO) thrives and even expands while many classical music organizations contract. Their spring mainstage offerings began this month with Verdi’s “Macbeth. ” But not before the announcement of their 2025-26 season, including what few companies can afford to do—“Götterdämmerung,” completing an entire “Ring” cycle. Their season also includes Philip Glass’ “La Belle et la {…}

The National Opera Association Announces Collaborations For its 70th National Conference

The National Opera Association (NOA) has announced that at its 70th National Conference it will join forces with the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and other Savannah Arts Organizations. NOA+NATS 2025 Conference offerings include artistic discussions with NOA’s president Isaí Jess Muñoz and NATS’ president Alexis Davis Hall along with industry {…}