Karen Slack, Kevin Burdette, Jill Gardner, & Richard Ollarsaba Headline Piedmont Opera’s 2025-26 Season

Piedmont Opera announces its 49th season. Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” opens the season. Benjamin Werley, Cadie J. Bryan, and Jonathan Bryan are among the cast. Chas Rader-Shieber directs. Joseph Mechavich conducts the Winston-Salem Symphony. Performance Dates: November 8, 9, & 11, 2025 A festive in-home Holiday Concert features soprano Jill Gardner and pianist Joseph Mechavich. Performance Date: December 5, 2025 Bass-baritone Richard {…}

Feb 25, 2025

Leah Crocetto, Lauren Snouffer & Joshua Blue Lead Austin Opera’s 2025-26 Season

Austin Opera has announced its 2025-2026 Season celebrating its 40th birthday as well as the 10th anniversary of Annie Burridge’s tenure as General Director & CEO. The season opens with “Celebrate Opera! A Spectacular Birthday Concert” which will celebrate Austin Opera’s 40 years. Timothy Myers leads the Austin Opera Orchestra & Chorus and a cast of guest vocalists in famous arias {…}

Oct 28, 2024

Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents Special Events for ‘Blue’ Premiere

(Photo credit: Clärchen & Matthias Baus/Dutch National Opera) Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s “Blue” makes its Lyric Opera of Chicago premiere from Nov. 16 to Dec. 1. The company has announced special events to take place in conjunction with the opera. Lyric Unlimited, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Learning and Civic Engagement department, invites the public into spaces of reflection, healing, {…}

Mar 14, 2024

Sondra Radvanovsky Leads Canadian Opera Company’s ‘Medea’

Canadian Opera Company is set to present the company premiere of Cherubini’s “Medea.” The opera will be presented in Sir David McVicar’s acclaimed production which was presented at the Metropolitan Opera. The opera will star Sondra Radvanovsky, Matthew Polenzani, and Janai Brugger, who all made their role debuts at the Met in 2022. Of those performances, OperaWire said “Sondra Radvanovsky {…}

Mar 1, 2023

Vanessa Becerra, Cecilia Duarte & Andrew Stenson Lead Minnesota Opera’s 2023-24 Season

The Minnesota Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring four productions. David Radamés Toro directs “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” with a cast that includes Octavio Moreno, Cecilia Duarte, Vanessa Alonzo, Efraín Solís, Zulimar López-Hernández, Efraín Corralejo, and Daniel Montenegro. Performance Dates: Nov. 4–12, 2023 Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” is set to star Vanessa Becerra, Andrew Stenson, Joseph Lattanzi and Stefano de Peppo. Daniel Ellis directs. Performance Dates: Jan. 27–Feb. 4, {…}

Jan 27, 2023

Nicole Heaston, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Jamez McCorkle Headline Spoleto Festival USA 2023

Spoleto Festival USA has announced its 2023 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic performances. The company will present “Vanessa” at the Charleston Gaillard Center. The Barber opera will star Nicole Heaston, Zoie Reams, Edward Graves, Rosalind Plowright, and Malcolm MacKenzie. The opera is conducted by Timothy Myers and directed by Rodula {…}

Aug 15, 2022

John Holiday and Vivica Genaux to Headline US Premiere of Riccardo Broschi’s Idaspe

Pittsburgh’s experimental Quantum Theatre, in collaboration with Chatham Baroque, will stage the US premiere of Riccardo Broschi’s “Idaspe” at Pittsburgh’s Byham Theater from Oct. 7-15, 2022. Headlining the show is countertenor John Holiday in the title role and mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux as Dario. The all-star cast includes Grammy Award-winning Karim Sulayman (Artaserse), Pascale Beaudin (Berenice), Zoie Reams (Mandane), Shannon Delijani {…}

Jun 9, 2021

Leah Hawkins, Denyce Graves, Lidiya Yankovskaya Headline Minnesota Opera’s 2021-22 Season

The Minnesota Opera has announced its 2021 season which will include both live opera and digital offerings, as well as a major directorial debut of an iconic artist. The season kicks off with “Opera in the Outfield” as the company presents operatic favorites at CHS Field. David Radamés Toro directs with Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducting. Performance Date: Sept. 24, 2021 The {…}

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 {…}

Mar 20, 2021

New York Choral Society Announces Short Film ‘Mother to Son’ as the Fourth Installment of ‘Our Voices’

The New York Choral Society announced the fourth installment of its season, “Our Voices” with the premiere of Undine Smith Moore’s six-minute short film, “Mother to Son.” The work is based on Black poet, Langston Hughes’ poem. The Society set the premiere for release on April 6 on both the company’s website and YouTube channel. “Mother to Son” reflects upon {…}

Mar 6, 2021

Nicole Heaston, Jeanine De Bique, Zoie Reams Headline Houston Grand Opera’s Spring 2021 Slate

The Houston Grand Opera has announced that it will present an in-person live event. “My Favorite Things: Songs from The Sound of Music” will take place at the University of Houston’s TDECU Stadium on May 8, 2021 and will be headlined by soprano Jeanine De Bique and Michael Mayes, as well as the cast of the company’s originally programmed production {…}