Operawire met up with one of its stars, the young Russian soprano Anastasiya Taratorkina, who was performing the role of ...

Olga Kulchynska is currently starring in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “ Le Nozze di Figaro .” The soprano made her ...

Richard Loving, a white man, and his wife Mildred Loving, a woman of color were convicted of violating the Racial Integrity ...

Conductor Holly Hyun Choehe has been named the recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. Awarded annually to a promising American conductor who is 36-years-old or younger, the award carries a ...

Chiara Muti has joined Arabella Arts for General Management. Muti is a theater director who made her opera debut in 2012, directing Hindemith’s “Sancta Susanna,” conducted by Riccardo Muti, at the ...

The Tiroler Festspiel Erl Easter “Parsifal” was not, as some might have thought, Jonas Kaufmann’s “swan song,” either as Artistic Director or as Parsifal. Instead, the new production directed by ...

The American Academy in Rome has named the laureates for its residencies. Among those accepted for musical composition, Lembit Beecher was awarded the Samuel Barber Rome Prize for his “A Book of ...

The Fondazione Haydn in Bolzano and Trento has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the opera and vocal performances. FRANCISCO SALAZAR, (Publisher) has worked as a journalist for over 10 ...

Conductor Kent Nagano has been appointed as the new Principal Artistic Partner of the Parma-based Filarmonica Toscanini. Nagano will step into the role for the 2025-26 season, with the initial ...

The Kathleen Ferrier Competition has announced the 2025 recipients. The first prize went to the mezzo Lily Mo Browne and the second to the tenor Philippe Durrant. Browne is a Young Artist of the ...

The Tearo Real de Madrid and Gran Teatre Del Liceu have been affected by the power outages in Spain. The Teatro Real announced that due to the widespread power outage, the dress rehearsal for “The ...

Let us speak directly of the opera at hand, recently brought to the stage of Teatro alla Scala: “L’opera seria,” with the music of Florian Leopold Gassmann to a libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi, ...