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(Credit: Jiyang Chen) The San Francisco Opera is set to open a new production of Gluck's "Orpheus and Eurydice" on November 15,…

From the Harding Chorus to the Metropolitan Opera: Marion native Dylan Davis will join the chorus of Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" in January.Born and raised in Marion, Davis now travels the country performing with various opera companies. He…

Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša will succeed Antonio Pappano at the end of the 2023/24 season (Photo credit: Ian Ehm) The royal opera recently appointed Czech conductor Jakub Hrůsa as the new musical director. Hrůša is set to take over…

Two elementary school students tapped their ears and winced as the musicians started…

Listen to "Buick City 1am" October 25 is World Opera Day, so we're listening to the soap opera podcast opera "Buick City 1AM", a murder mystery. The songs and script for the podcast were…

Angelina Jolie will play the role of a legendary opera singer Maria Callas in a new biopic of spencerit is Pablo Larain. Married will tell the triumphant and tragic story of the soprano during her last isolated years in Paris in the 1970s.…

LA Opera is launching a bold Ambassador Program to forge deep, authentic and lasting relationships with diverse communities and the key thought leaders who influence them. Ambassadors will serve as a bridge between LA Opera and the…

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The culmination of decades of community goals came to fruition in a series of celebrations welcoming the opening of the new Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) museum building in Costa Mesa. The highlight of the many events included…

The Ohio University Opera Program presents its first performance of the year, "From page to step", Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m. The show will be free at the Scripps Amphitheater…

Unpacked is a bi-annual series of all kinds of bites from independent, diverse and multidisciplinary creators presented by the Sydney Opera House. The program from October to November is a selection of contemporary Australian works…

Industry News Full cast for Choice: a rock operaWith MiG Ayesa Composed, written and directed by John…

Mexican soap opera star Pablo Lyle was found guilty on Tuesday of the 2019 death of a man he fatally punched in the head during a road rage attack. Lyle, 35, was convicted of manslaughter by a six-person jury in…

John and Thady Gosden's Nashwa will attempt to score a hat-trick in Group 1 of the Prix de l'Opéra Longines at ParisLongchamp on Sunday.The filly, who is owned and bred by Imad Al Sagar's Blue Diamond Stud, finished third at the Oaks when…

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ANime's 14th-century rock opera Maverick Masaaki Yuasa takes the most traditional start possible with a few at Noh declaim. But things quickly get crazy: Hendrix-style lute shredding behind the head, ghost samurai breakdancing, giant whale…

Best Sites to Watch The 3 Penny Opera - Last Updated Sep 25, 2022 Read on to see all the sites where you can watch The 3 Penny Opera online right now. You can also see The 3 Penny Opera cast, crew, plot and release date on…

EDWARDSVILLE — The vision, direction and presentation gave Opera Edwardsville (OE) every advantage in educating the community about the arts, and it landed a most enthusiastic audience.Not only has the non-profit OE been recognized in 2020…

Plus, get a sneak peek at what's to come! With so much going on in the daytime world, it's easy to miss a story or two, including some of the most important happening on screen. Luckily, we've got you covered with our guide to…

baroque composer Claudio Monteverdi and librettist Alessandro Stringio1607 opera The Orfeo may not be the oldest opera in the Western classical…

Mid Wales Opera is set to present a chamber arrangement of Montsalvatge's 'El Gato Con Botas' as part of its autumn tour. The…

Samsung is celebrating the fourth anniversary of its iconic experience center, the Samsung Opera House, which has become a hub of technology, art and culture since it opened in 2018.…

HAfter canceling Thursday's performance of Don Giovanni as a mark of respect after the Queen's death, the Royal Opera continued the following night with its revival - the fourth - of David McVicar's 2008 production of Strauss' Salome,…

Richard Thompson Photo by Zoran Orlic WATERVILLE – A solo acoustic concert by Richard Thompson is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Friday, September 16 at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. Opening act will be Jason Spooner. Since…

The Opera Awards Foundation announces its latest scholarship recipients today. Established by Harry Hyman in 2012 to help budding young artists reach their professional potential, the Opera Prize Foundation celebrates its 10th anniversary…

Amy Walsh, who stars in the long-running British soap opera Emmerdaleis committed to EastEnders starring Toby-Alexander Smith. Walsh, 34, announced the news on August 23 with photos from a family vacation in Ibiza. The…

Yurkevych will begin immediately, with her first performances in the role taking place in early September. A the Prague State OperaUkrainian conductor Andriy Yurkevych will replace the outgoing German conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens…

Plane Groovy and Rocking Horse Music announce the 2022 release of Rocking Horse Music Club's new rock opera/concept album, Circus Of Wire Dolls. The album will be released on double CD on September 16, followed by double…

The Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles Spectacles has unveiled its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on vocal performance. The vocal part of the season begins with a performance of…

Opera in the Park is a free outdoor concert dedicated to celebrating community and the arts at the San Francisco Opera. Music Director Eun Sun Kim leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra in a delightful afternoon of arias, duets and more,…

Melancholy Girls They: Catrine Kirkman as Lady Jane, Meriel Cunningham as Lady Angela and Jennie Jacobs as Lady Sapphire “Twenty lovesick maidens us,” languishing in stained-glass attitudes for the carnal poet Reginald…

In very, very good news for seahorses, Sydney Harbor and Sydneysiders, for the first time in history, scientists have discovered an endangered species of seahorse living quietly beneath the Opera House. In 2019, the Opera House installed a…

Who comes and who goes casts of Love glory and beauty (BB), days of our lives (DAYS), general hospital (GH), and The young and the restless (year)? Casting of television soap operas for the week of August 22, 2022 Here is a…

Betty Brown Casey, a quiet but influential force in Washington philanthropy who inherited a fortune from her husband, survived a mysterious car bombing and later donated tens of millions of dollars to hospitals, schools and civic groups,…

The 2022 Ashkenaz Festival will present the North American premiere of Henekh Kon's BAS SHEVE based on the controversial biblical story of David and Bathsheba - This is the first Yiddish opera to be presented in Canada. The concert-style…

Another world was one of the most successful and longest-running soap operas of all time before its end in the late 90s. The daytime soap ran from 1964 to 1999, spanning three decades and winning numerous Daytime Emmy…

In the short time since George Floyd was murdered in 2020 and the Black Lives Matter movement gained wider support, education about what racism looks like has – in some quarters – made gradual progress. There have been several public…

Register to our Arts and Culture newsletterShengzhi Ren, Margo Arsane, Monica McGhee and Dan Shelvey in Scottish Opera's Opera Highlights. Credit Craig FullerBeginning in September and marking its 60th anniversary, the tour is part of the…

The San Francisco Opera presents the world premiere of John Adams'Antony and Cleopatra on Saturday September 10, with performances until October 5. From Nixon's composer in China, this new work is an international co-commission and…

Musician, bandleader and composer Ken Whelan describes his experience working on Out of the Ordinary/As nGnáthINO's new virtual reality community opera, is coming to the Kilkenny Arts Festival this month. Like so many musicians, all the…

Colombian soprano singer Betty Garces performs during a rehearsal at a theater in Bogota on July 28, 2022. — Photo AFP…

SOULFLY will release their twelfth album, "Totem"August 5 through Nuclear explosion. The sequel to 2018 "Ritual" was recorded at Platinum Underground in Mesa, Arizona by John Aquiline and Arthur Rize with the help of John Powers. Produced…

Mezzo Soprano, Rosel Labone Mezzo-soprano Rosel Labone has performed opera, oratorio and concert repertoire in venues across Australasia with Opera Australia, New Zealand Opera, the Song Company, the Consort of Melbourne and the Kronos…

Based on the Broadway musical that continues to resonate with audiences, Woodland Opera House's 'Godspell JR' boasts a timeless story of friendship, loyalty and love. The show follows a group of disciples as they help Jesus Christ tell…

NEW YORK -- The current lead actress of Broadway's "Phantom of the Opera" makes history in this role.After two and a half years and hundreds of auditions, 25-year-old Emilie Kouatchou made her Broadway debut and made history as the…

By Personal | on July 28, 2022 WEEKLY FLORIDA SPECIAL "Ariadne auf Naxos" will premiere on August 3 in HD at the Naples Opera. ANDREA KREMPER / COURTESY OF NAPLES OPERA Opera Naples…

We learned this morning the sad news that the legendary British actor David Warneran Emmy Award-winning comedian, has died aged 80 from cancer-related illnesses. "Warner died Sunday at Denville Hall, a care home for those in…

After a four-year hiatus, the Lexus Song Quest returns to Wellington's Michael Fowler Center with five aspiring opera singers battling for the title.But only one could pull off the win and that was New Zealand-born Tongan Filipe Manu. He…

Norman Lebrecht July 22, 2022 Just inside, from the organization of the roof of the lyrical activity in the USA: To the Opera Community, We apologize. The language used last weekend by participants on one of our…

Thor: Love and Thunder is currently playing in theaters and the film features the return of Tessa Thompson as King Valkyrie. The character has been busy running things on New Asgard since we last saw her in Avengers:…

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicPolice drummer Stewart Copeland has collaborated on a new rock opera with The pretenders' Chrissie Hyde and others called The seed of witches which will have its world premiere on July 22 at the Tones Teatro Natura…

Jericho Rock-Archer / StuffKatherine Winitana and Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono are the 2022 Lexus Song Quest semi-finalists.Katherine Winitana admits it was a crush on a boy, not a love of classical music, that got her interested in opera.…

Chelsea issue 'soap opera' warning as Thomas Tuchel makes Cristiano Ronaldo transfer decision Thomas Tuchel has been warned not to sign Cristiano Ronaldo as the Manchester United striker intends to leave the club this summer. The…

On Friday, July 8, Sidney Outlaw takes on one of the greatest operatic roles for a bass-baritone in Opera Saratoga's production of Rossini's “Barber of Seville” at Proctors. "He's one of my favorite opera characters and also one of the…

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - The geography of tours of the main dancer of the Astana Opera, the honored worker of Kazakhstan Bakhtiyar Adamzhan is expanding every year. It is only this summer that her…

June 25, soprano opera Angela Brown received the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) for his impactful career and personal commitment to diversity of role models,…

Julia Hales has watched every episode of Home and Away since it first aired in 1988, but noticed that the long-running cast never featured anyone with Down syndrome.The achievement inspired her to co-write a play, You Know We Belong…

Christian Elser was horrified when he first heard the story of George Stinney Jr.the youngest person to be legally executed in the United States in the 20th century.In a notoriously unfair trial in 1944, the 14-year-old African-American boy…

Opera Naples, one of Naples' leading performing arts organizations, has announced that tickets are on sale for HD Opera Naples, a summer film series of classic European operas. Performances will take place on the first and third Wednesdays…

Victory Brinker thinks everyone has a talent. His happens to be unforgettable! Adopted as a toddler, the child from Latrobe, Pa. constantly used her voice from the moment she could speak. Mum Christina Brinker claims she noticed her…

Colorado's first-ever Historic Opera Tour, which connects five mountain opera houses, launched Thursday and…

At the Grange Park Opera, the great Simon Keenlyside (picture below) repeatedly threatened to overwhelm David Alden's new production: a dominance rubbed off by his silent, watchful presence at the edges of the stage, even when he had no…

The American history of opera dates back to the 18th century, and throughout its history, black musicians have shaped an art form that tells a story through music and song. “The past has completely colored and shaped who…

(Photo: Zane Gan) San Francisco Opera has released "In Song: Meigui Zhang," the latest installment in its Webby Award-winning "In…

Placeholder while loading article actionsStuart Isacoff sprints through nearly two millennia of Western music in his latest book, "Musical Revolutions: How the Sounds of the Western World Have Changed.” It's always a challenge to bring…

Houston, Texas, June 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is proud to announce the appointment of rising star Joel Thompson as its first full-time composer-in-residence in its history. The company recruited Thompson…

Welcome to this episode of RhythmComics Crowdfunding Overview! We have five diverse Kickstarter projects, ranging from an all-female, non-binary anti-patriarchy anthology about purity to a children's picture book that combats the…

On July 25, 2022, Opera Orlando will launch its annual training initiative for young singers, titled "Summer Institute for the…

Neighbors have shared a final photo of their cast and crew after filming the final scene of the long-running Australian soap opera.The show's executive producer revealed tears were shed on the final day of filming, but feels his 37 years of…

Florian Siglescreen adaptation of The magic flute (Die Zauberflote in the German original) was acquired by Shout! Film Flute Studios. This means that Shout now owns theatrical rights as well as home entertainment rights for…

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BY ALAN SHERROD Eexplore different stylistic niches in opera was the purpose of Marble City Opera since its debut in 2013. Its productions during this period range from topical works (I can not breathe) to the classics in…

It's a hot summer for the Sopranos as Opera Orlando once again welcomes divas from seasons past. Opera Orlando in Concert: Summer Concert Series returns with three concerts of world-class operatic sopranos, up close and personal, in the…

The Teatro Regio di Parma has announced its 2022-23 season with five operas. Operas by Mozart "Don Giovanni" will be presented in the production of Mario Martone under the direction of Rafflele Di Florio. Corrado Ravaris…

An international cast of star singers will perform Puccini's famous opera La Bohème at Rhosygilwen on 8 and 9 July. Cardiff-based singer Sian Cameron leads the cast which includes well-known local baritone Gwyn…

The Manitoba Opera looks a bit grown up for his 50th birthday in the 2022-23 season.Opera fans will be in for a treat this fall when two new comedy productions and a special anniversary show take to the stage at Centennial Concert…

Friday, May 12, 2023, 7:30 p.m. https://www.sdopera.org/season/2022-2023-season/the-falling-the-rising 868 Fourth Avenue, San Diego, 92101 The fall and the rise centers on an unnamed female soldier who is…

The National Negro Opera House in Homewood will be getting a makeover. Officials held a dedication ceremony at the Apple Street site on Tuesday to mark the start of a multimillion-dollar restoration project at the historic site. Jonnet…

In March 2020, singer and performer Tanja Bage made a phone recording of herself for her children, then aged four and soon to be two. "I'm going to sound a little different," she told them. "You won't remember that."Poignantly, she added,…

At the 10th Bonn Opera Gala, famous soloists like Simone Kermes and Giorgos Kanaris sang world-famous arias accompanied by the Beethoven Orchestra and conducted by Jacques Lacombe. The event benefits the German AIDS Foundation and…