NEW YORK — Despite encouraging box office figures for the season’s first half, the financially strapped Metropolitan Opera scaled back its 2026-27 schedule with its fewest productions in…
Read more Met Opera’s 2026-27 season has 17 productions, its fewest in at least 60 yearsNEW YORK — Pene Pati was cautioned as a 20-year-old not to pursue a singing career, an unusual occupation for a Samoan who grew up in New Zealand…
Read more Pene Pati rises from doubted Samoan singer to one of Opera’s most-watched new starsRegional venues, such as Olney Theatre and Signature Theatre, report surging ticket sales, increased donations and growing interest from performers seeking alternatives to the Kennedy Center. This page…
Read more Regional theaters see boost amid Kennedy Center changes – WTOP NewsLisette Oropesa as Elvira and Christian Van Horn as Giorgio. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera What do we want from historical romance? Should it reflect its time…
Read more The Met’s ‘I Puritani’ and the Tension Between Historical Realism and Operatic FantasyThe Prototype Festival brings together new works that reflect Beth Morrison Productions’s long-standing commitment to innovation in opera and music theater. © Douglas Mason After Beth Morrison earned…
Read more Beth Morrison On Reshaping the Boundaries of Contemporary OperaEvan LeRoy Johnson, Julie Roset, Ben Brady and Ricardo José Rivera as Count Elemer, Fiakermilli, Count Lamoral and Count Dominick. Photo: Marty Sohl/Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera’s production…
Read more Opera Traditionalists Will Adore the Met’s Opulent 1980s ‘Arabella’It was the talk of the world, an epic love story now being given magnificent musical treatment It was the talk of the world, an epic love story now…
Read more A New And Musical Telling Of A Fiery Love StoryThe Metropolitan Opera’s season opener brought Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer-winning novel to the stage with an ambitious new adaptation exploring art, politics and survival. Photo: Evan Zimmerman In September,…
Read more Bartlett Sher On Theater as a Catalyst for ChangeThis weekend, we celebrate Día de Muertos, welcome a new month, and acknowledge that tomorrow is National Knock Knock Joke Day. So, get your best one ready to…
Read more Best Bets: Día de Muertos, Korean Films, and David Sedaris – Houston PressIt’s National Slap Your Coworker Day, but, since we don’t condone violence, let’s make it Invite Your Coworker on a Fun Outing Day instead. And, if you need…
Read more Best Bets: Hocus Pocus Pops, The Minutes and More – Houston PressMichael Sumuel was a high school freshman competing in the all-state auditions when his voice broke. “I was auditioning as a Tenor II. There was some descending line…
Read more Porgy and Bess Returns to HGO After 50 Years – Houston PressNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet’s “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about…
Read more Rolando Villazón directs opera at the world’s top houses while still singingBrowser maker Opera launched its AI-centric browser Neon Tuesday, with the ability to create apps through AI prompts and create repeatable prompts through a feature it calls cards.…
Read more Opera launches its AI-centric Neon browser | TechCrunchNEW YORK — Miles Mykkanen grew up wanting to sing and dance on Broadway, but he was turned down by the musical theater programs he applied to for…
Read more Met season opens with new opera based on Michael Chabon novel starring tenor Miles MykkanenPHILADELPHIA — Anthony Roth Costanzo, the man who brought $11 opera tickets to Philadelphia, hopes to keep surprising audiences during the company’s new season. “It is very much…
Read more Anthony Roth Costanzo, who introduced $11 tickets, brings opera with a difference to PhiladelphiaJeff Goldblum is many things: The star of some of the highest-grossing films of all time. An accidental sex symbol… Kendall Morgan Source link
Read more Jeff Goldblum to Bring an Effervescent Evening of Jazz to the Winspear This WeekDeborah Colker’s production has a deft and beautiful visual poetry, pouring moving bodies and striking vignettes into the spaces around the libretto. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera…
Read more True Events Become History and History Becomes Art in the Met’s ‘Ainadamar’PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Missy Mazzoli received an Opera Philadelphia composing commission around the time Donald Trump first was running for president, inspiring her to settle on a sect…
Read more Missy Mazzoli’s ‘The Listeners’ portraying life in a cult gets U.S. premiere at Opera PhiladelphiaIt was a love story which kept tongues wagging and the media in a frenzy – now it is being made into an opera. The tempestuous love affair…
Read more This Epic Love Story Is Being Set To MusicIt was a love story which kept tongues wagging and the media in a frenzy – now it is being made into an opera. The tempestuous love affair…
Read more This Epic Love Story Is Being Set To Music
