Minnesota Opera has announced that it will extend Principal Conductor Christopher Franklin’s contract for an additional three seasons. Franklin will remain through the 2028-2029 season. In a statement ...

Piedmont Opera has announced that Joseph Mechavich will join the company as its Interim Artistic Director, effective immediately. Mechavich, a renowned conductor with a distinguished career in opera, ...

Opera Philadelphia has announced its 2025-26 season. First up is the 50th anniversary gala “Vox Ex Machina.” It will feature a unique use of technology described as a singer’s aria becoming “a ...

The Curtis Opera Theatre’s 2024–25 Centennial Series will conclude with Bernstein’s “Candide.” The work will be performed on April 11 and 13, 2025, at the Forrest Theatre. The work will be directed by ...

Opera Santa Barbara has announced its 2025-26 season. First up is “Cavalleria Rusticana,” starring Sarah Saturnino, Xavier Prado, and Todd Thomas. Artistic and General Director Kostis Protopapas ...

In anticipation of his season, OperaWire spoke with the tenor about the Teatro alla Scala and his West Australian Opera debut ...

(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) The Opera Australia production of Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” that opened at the Sydney Opera House on March 13 was the second time in a year that Erin Helyard conducted ...

The Florentine Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Kate Johnson, Grace Ryan, Zach Taylor, and William Dopp lead “Scalia/Ginsberg.” Bob Mollicone conducts. Richard Ollarsaba, Brittany Renee, ...

Although the Sicilian composer Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725) is famed for his prolific output of operas–he claimed to have written well over 100–which were significant in laying the foundations for ...

The Royal Opera House has announced its cinema season for the 2025-26 season. Here are the opera offerings: The cinema season opens with Puccini’s “Tosca” starring Anna Netrebko, Freddie de Tommaso, ...

Nadine Sierra is hinting at new roles that she is hoping to perform. The soprano opened up with Platea Magazine about a particular Puccini role that she is inclined to take on. She said, “What I’m ...