Jan 1, 2025 · The curtain rose on Egyptian tombs. In the center, a rope came down and with it an archeologist. As he reached the bottom to get off the rope, he fell to the ground, the sound of his body crashing over the delicate violins that opened the prelude to Verdi’s Aida.”

Nov 15, 2024 · Long Beach Opera has announced that its 2025 programming will center on the work of Pauline Oliveros. Oliveros (1932-2016) is a famed American composer known for her work in experimental and electronic music.

This season’s premiere of Met Opera’s “Tosca” features Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak, in the titular role, marking her 100th Met performance.Her Met debut was in 2004 as Olympia in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” and her performances leading up to this season have all been unforgettable, especially Kurzak as Tosca.

Nov 12, 2024 · In a recent interview with director Damiano Michieletto at the Venice production of “The Tales of Hoffmann,” he said: “At its heart it is a journey into fantasy. It is opera fantastique, after all!” One definition of the French word fantastique is: a term for a literary and cinematic genre and mode that is characterized by the intrusion of supernatural elements into the realistic ...

4 days ago · Jan 30, 2025 Kristine Opolais, Bryn Terfel, Federica Lombardi & Karen Slack Lead Tanglewood Festival’s 2025 Season (Credit: Boston Symphony Orchestra) The Tanglewood Festival has announced the 2025 season.

Dec 23, 2024 · It is time to wrap up the year and look back at our favorite moments and performers. After releasing our favorite performances of 2024 and showcasing our rising stars of the year, it’s time for OperaWire’s annual tradition of naming our top 11 singers of the year, performers that we thought stood out.Performers who had major breaks, headlined major productions or simply had some of the ...

Dec 30, 2024 · Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s “The Listeners” is one of the most anticipated operatic events of the 2024-25 Season. The work will tell the story of a schoolteacher, Claire, who is driven nearly mad by an unending, low-frequency hum that she hears.

On Oct. 1, 2023, Patricia Burda Janečková died of breast cancer. She was 25. An official statement on Facebook said, “The opera and musical singer lost her courageous fight with an aggressive disease.

Dec 23, 2024 · Glyndebourne has announced the full program for its Autumn 2025 Season. The first mainstage operas is a revival of Floris Visser’s Festival 2022 production of Puccini’s “La bohème, conducted by Adam Hickox.. Additionally, Bertie Baigent conducts a revival of Peter Hall’s 1981 Festival production of Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Dec 28, 2024 · By Jennifer Pyron. MANAGING EDITOR & WRITER. Jennifer Pyron is Managing Editor & Writer for OperaWire. Her work covers a wide range of opera performances and festivals in NYC and Europe. She’s been with OperaWire since 2017 and is based in Brooklyn, NY.