The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts has announced the 2025 National Finalists in opera, art song, and oratorio for the Friedrich and Virginia Schorr Memorial ...

Tulsa Opera partners in presenting the 70th annual Metropolitan Opera National Laffont Competition for the Tulsa District on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. The competition takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

As we wrap up 2025, here is a look back at some of the most-read articles of the year. We will focus mainly on longer-form pieces like reviews and interviews for this article.

The Oleg Danovski National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Constanța, Romania will present Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The new production opens on Jan. 31, 2026, at 6:30 p.m and features a new staging ...

Arizona Opera Chorus member Juan Cristobal Flores was shot during a robbery in Tucson at a Goodwill donation center. According to news reports, Flores was working at the donation center and was one of ...

Opera Carolina announced that Stefano Vignati, the company’s Music Director and Principal Conductor, has been selected to conduct performances of “Turandot” as part of the global Puccini Centennial ...

Austrian Soprano Monika Riedler has died. Riedler studied voice at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and attended Master classes with Marianne Schech, James King, Helmut Rilling ...

Opera has no shortage of drama or tension. But pyrotechnics, explosions, intense fights and aerobatics are chiefly the domain ...

It’s that time of the year. The end of the year. As with every year, 2025 was full of a lot of opera revelations in productions, concerts and competitions. So in recognitions of those breakouts, ...

McFarland has released “Voices of Opera, 1950s–1970s,” a new 190-page volume by writer and tenor Tony Villecco. The book offers interviews with 22 opera singers whose careers began in the late 1940s ...

Then comes the “Holiday Slay Ride” at Hard Rock Live. The holiday concert includes such hits as “Underneath the Tree” and a festive version of “Holding Out For A Hero.” Kicking off 2026 comes “ABBA: ...

In 2024, the New York City Opera named Constantine Orbelian the Executive Director of the company while still continuing as the Music Director. The company has gone through a series of challenges ...