56+ min ago  (356+ words) The Op'ra de Monte-Carlo has announced its 2026-27 season. Jonathan Tetelman and James Vaughan open the season with a recital. Performance Date: Nov. 7, 2026 Michael Sumuel and Brittany Olivia Logan lead the Gerswhin's "Porgy and Bess" with Bongani Kubheka, Leah Hawkins, Brandie…...

57+ min ago  (176+ words) The Festspielhaus Baden Baden has announced its 2027 East festival. Joana Mallwitz conducts a new production of Beethoven's "Fidelio" with Krzysztof Warlikowski directing. The cast includes Vera-Lotte Boecker, Sean Panikkar, Manuel Winckhler, Johannes Martin Kr'nzle, Franz-Josef Selig, and Chelsea Zurfl'h. Performance…...

53+ min ago  (304+ words) The Edmonton Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Anna Theodosakis directs a new production of Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Sivigilia" with Gordon Gerrard conducting. The production will star'John Tessier, Tessa Fackelmann,'Korin Thomas-Smith, Joel Balzun, and Vartan Gabriellian. Performance Dates: Nov....

54+ min ago  (576+ words) The Staatsoper Hannover has announced the appointment of Francesco Angelico as its new General Music Director. The conductor, born in Caltagirone, Sicily, is a regular guest at major opera houses and with prestigious orchestras worldwide, including the Bavarian State Opera…...

54+ min ago  (383+ 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…...

39+ min ago  (675+ 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…...

4+ hour, 37+ 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…...

6+ hour, 53+ 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…...

7+ hour, 18+ 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…...

14+ hour, 6+ 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....