The Staatsoper Berlin has announced a cast change for its production of “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.” The company said that Sandra Laagus will sing the role of Giuletta. In a statement the soprano took to ...

Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” has become a staple of the Christmas holiday ever since it premiered on TV in 1951. While it was the first opera specifically composed for ...

Festival Napa Valley has announced its 2026 summer season, which runs from July 4–19, 2026. The season opens with Festival Live! Concerts, a series of daily performances showcasing Festival artists in ...

On Friday Dec. 19, 2025, the name of President Donald J. trump has been added to the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. The new signage was installed just a day ...

The world premiere of “Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote” is scheduled for January 2026 in both the United States and Mexico. The new bilingual chamber opera by Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Anthony ...

Wanderer by name, wanderer by nature, Nils Wanderer is an internationally acclaimed German countertenor, actor and ...

At the event Gordon will read from his memoir, “Seeing Through: a Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera.” In his book, Gordon shares his journeys through youth, addictions, abuse, and the devastation of ...

Canada’s National Arts Centre’s Board of Trustees has announced that Annabelle Cloutier is its new President and Chief Executive Officer. She is the first Francophone woman in the history of the ...

Theater for the New City opens the 2026 season with two operas by Leonard Lehrman. “Sima” stars Kira Neary, Bennett Pologe, Perri Sussman, Samantha Long, and Hannah Grace Hollingsworth. Choristers ...

The Atlanta Opera Film Studio has released three new cinematic opera films adapted from the company’s acclaimed stage productions of Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Produced by The Atlanta Opera’s Carl W ...

Artistic Director Yuval Sharon is exiting the Detroit Opera. According to reports, both parties have mutually agreed to end his contract as Artistic Director at the end of the 2025-6 season, rather ...

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its production of “Madama Butterfly.” The company said that Ailyn Pérez and Toni Marie Palmertree will replace Elena Stikhina in March ...