BroadwayWorld

OPERA America Awards $220,000 in Grants to Eight Companies to Develop New American Operas

OPERA America has awarded $220,000 in grants to eight opera companies for the development of new American operas, aiming to ...
BroadwayWorld

Light Opera Of New Jersey Appoints Susan Speidel As Inaugural Youth In Arts Director

Light Opera of New Jersey (LONJ) has announced the appointment of Susan Speidel as the company's first Youth in Arts Director ...
New York Classical Review

Superb singing makes up for the charm deficit of Met’s gritty, Southwest “Carmen”

All the more impressive, as he is simultaneously singing Giorgio in the Met’s new production of I Puritani, including The Met ...
New York Classical Review

Perez blossoms in return of Met’s “Butterfly”

Conductor Marco Armiliato, who should perhaps be christened Signor Butterfly after leading countless performances of the ...
ClickOrlando

Lisette Oropesa shines in Met's 'I Puritani' and earns praise from Peter Gelb

A 42-year-old soprano who grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Oropesa is starring with tenor Lawrence Brownlee in the Met’s ...
OperaWire

Teatro alla Scala 2025-26 Review: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District’

Composed between 1930 and 1932, when the young Dmitri Shostakovich had not yet turned thirty, “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” represents one of the boldest and most radical moments in the ...
The New York Times

Influencers Get Their Night at the Opera as the Met Courts New Fans

Performances in N.Y.C. The Metropolitan Opera has invited 70 influencers to help convince a younger, online audience that opera isn’t scary or even unaffordable. The Metropolitan Opera has invited 70 ...
Interlochen Public Radio

Metropolitan Opera: 'The Magic Flute' — Holiday Presentation

On Saturday, December 20 at 1 p.m., hear the Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of "The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A treasured holiday tradition, Mozart’s heartwarming fairy tale takes the ...
WQXR

Mozart's The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...
The New York Times

The Met’s ‘Magic Flute’ Courts Young Hearts (With a ‘6-7’ to Boot)

Performances in N.Y.C. Julie Taymor’s abridged production of Mozart’s opera has been trimmed down to 90 minutes as the Metropolitan Opera bids to recruit a new generation. Credit... Supported by By ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Review: Revived ‘Phantom of the Opera’ exemplifies excess at its most entertaining

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Daily Hampshire Gazette

A tipsy take on tradition: Opera On Tap brings a ‘Drunk History’-style twist to Handel’s masterpiece at the Iron Horse

Forget the hushed silence of the concert hall and the formality of the balcony seat. This Sunday, Dec. 21, a live performance inspired by the Comedy Central show “Drunk History” will bring a ...