Opera News

YOUNG singers from the region were among more than 80 hopefuls to try out for a prestigious role alongside opera superstar Bryn Terfel.

Nicola Cassells, from Ayr, will perform at the Gaiety Theatre on Friday night as part of a Variety Showcase to help raise funds for the historic seaside theatre's refurbishment.

Michigan Opera Theatre president Wayne Brown, left, and artistic director David DiChiera are both excited about the new partnership.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts announced Tuesday the first set of performances for its 2014 Summer Season.

Cooper Grodin and Julia Udine star in the national tour of 'The Phantom of the Opera', playing the Ohio Theatre March 5-16 Cooper Grodin and Julia Udine star in the national tour of 'The Phantom of the Opera', playing the Ohio Theatre March 5-16 It's a show that has everything, which makes it no wonder that it's run on Broadway for over two ... (more)

Some how you know when the stars moon and sun are in alignment when the final curtain goes down at the end of a Verdi Opera; you don't want it to end, even after three hours.

Suzan Hansen and Robin Buck will star in the Long Beach Opera's "The Death of Klinghoffer."

If it's mid-March, then it must be time to start filling out those brackets - but before you agonize over whether the Badgers can finally make a run to the Final Four, you'd better start out with a little opera.

Entertainment Editor Gordon Barr chats to Lee Brennan of 911 ahead of the group's gig at the Mil Volvo Tyne Theatre later this month Among them is the long-awaited and critically acclaimed new production of Puccini's opera of the American West, The Girl of the Golden West.

When she was single, it was simply a matter of packing her bags, but now things are different.

Gurnee native Amanda Majeski plays a scheming would-be empress in Lyric Opera of Chicago's "La Clemenza di Tito."

The Salt Lake Tribune) Chorus member Mandi Barrus performs during staging rehearsal for the Utah Opera's upcoming production of Turandot .

Christoph Von Dohnanyi Returns and Paul Lewis Makes Debut With BRAHM'S PIANO CONCERTO NO.

Members of the company of long-running West End mega musical mega-hit THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA wowed viewers with a spectacular recreation of the showstopping "Masquerade" production number on the season finale of hit UK reality competition series DANCING ON ICE and a clip of the performance is now available to view.

Gerard Mortier, a Belgian opera director whose nonconformist style often grated the tradition-bound elite and who became a fiercely avant-garde impresario, has died.

Berkeley Heights, NJ - On the weekend of March 28th, Berkeley Light Opera Company will present the seldom performed and much loved rock opera Chess the Musical .

Pieces being played include Vivaldi's Concerto di Parigi in G Minor, Bach's Concert for Violin and Orchestra in A Minor and Mozart's Divertimento F. The event is being staged by Chatteris Music Society on Friday March 21 at 7.30pm in The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Chatteris.

The new album by Canadian-Armenian opera singer, prominent soprano, winner of a number of contests Isabel Bayrakdarian titled "Troubadour and the Nightingale" has been nominated for the Juno Awards for Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance.

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Torture, murder and suicide - you can find it all in Puccini's opera Tosca, which was first enjoyed by audiences in January 1900.