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Rolando Villazón Awarded the Rheingau Music Prize for 2026
23+ min ago (486+ words) FRANCISCO SALAZAR, (Publisher) has worked as a journalist for over 10 years with such companies as Latin Post, and freelanced for Remezcla. He has also published for El Diario and La Opinion. He is a media producer and a classically trained…...
Oreste Cosimo, Sebastian Catana, Susanne Burgess & Lauren Snouffer Lead Pittsburgh Opera's 2026-27 Season
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (184+ words) The Pittsburgh Opera has announced its 202627 season, celebrating the company's 88th anniversary. The season opens with Verdi's "Rigoletto" with Sebastian Catana, Daniel O'Hearn, Susanne Burgess, Maire Therese Carmack, and Peter Volpe. Antony Walker conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 10, 16, 18, 2026 Gluck's "Orpheus & Eurydice" will…...
Bravo! Vail Music Festival Names New Artistic Director
6+ hour, 37+ min ago (173+ words) The Bravo! Vail Music Festival has named composer Chris Rogerson as its next Artistic Director. Rogerson, who becomes the fourth Artistic Director in the festival's history, assumes the Artistic Director Designate role immediately, transitioning to the full title on September…...
National Theatre in Prague 2026 Review: Parsifal
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (827+ words) Lois Silverstein, Ph.D., has been writing for OperaWire for several years. A long-standing and devoted opera fan, she performed as a Super for many years as well. Further, she writes and publishes long and short fiction and poetry, and performed…...
Brenda Rae & Spencer Britten Lead Boston Lyric Opera's 'La Fille du Regiment"
13+ hour, 50+ min ago (438+ words) The Boston Lyric Opera is set to present a new production of Gaetano Donizetti's "La Fille du Regiment." The new production will be directed by John de los Santos with new English dialogue by OBIE Award-winning Boston playwright Kirsten Greenidge....
Jennifer Johnson Cano & Reginald Mobley Star in La Jolla Music Society Celebrates 40th SummerFest
15+ hour, 38+ min ago (84+ words) The La Jolla Music Society announced its 2026 SummerFest season. Here's a look at the classical voice performances. The opening night concert features countertenor Reginald Mobley performing songs by Morley and von Bingen. Performance Date: July 31, 2026 Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater" is up…...
Daegu Opera House & National Centre for the Performing Arts to Present Korea-China Co-Production of 'Rigoletto"
18+ hour, 56+ min ago (625+ words) The Daegu Opera House will present Verdi's "Rigoletto" on April 24 and 25, 2026 marking Asia's first joint Korea-China opera co-production. The project, planned in commemoration of the Korea-China Year of Cultural Exchange, was developed in collaboration with China's National Centre for the…...
Les Arts Florissants Reveals Laureates of the 13th Edition of Le Jardin des Voix
18+ hour, 58+ min ago (427+ words) Les Arts Florissants and its co-music directors, William Christie and Paul Agnew, have announced the six laureates of the 13th edition of Le Jardin des Voix who will participate in a new production of Cimarosa's "Il matrimonio segreto" in the summer…...
Alkemie to Premiere Queer Chamber Opera 'Eleanor"
18+ hour, 55+ min ago (536+ words) Alkemie will premiere "Eleanor," a new queer chamber opera by ensemble core-member Niccolo Seligmann, at the New Stage Performance Space on the Upper West Side on April 24 and 25. The semi-staged work centers on Eleanor Rykener, a gender-nonconforming person arrested in…...
One Ounce Opera Announces 8th Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
22+ hour, 1+ min ago (182+ words) One Ounce Opera has announced the program for its 8th Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera. The festival, which will run July 17 " 25, 2026 at dadaLab in Austin, Texas, features three micro-operas performed together on a single program. The evening opens with "Having Guests…...