Evelyn Herlitzius, as Kundry, and Klaus Florian Vogt, as the title character, sings an excerpt from Act II, sing an excerpt from Act II in the final dress rehearsal. Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Production: François Girard. 2017-18 season. Continue reading ‘Parsifal’ dress rehearsal at the Met

Plácido Domingo’s Operalia 2017: Final Round The World Opera Competition – Live from the Astana Opera, Astana, Kazakhstan Don’t miss the final round of the competition: bit.ly/PlacidoDomingoOperalia2017 This year, the final round of Plácido Domingo’s competition Operalia presented by Rolex … Continue reading Trailer: Plácido Domingo’s Operalia 2017

For the first time in thirty years London’s Royal Opera House in Covent Garden is putting on Verdi’s Otello. The destructive nature of sexual jealousy in Shakespeare’s play Othello has long been recognised as ideal for the emotional drama of … Continue reading Once again Otello the opera is a whitewash

An opera exploring the frisson of the radical politics and aesthetics behind the emergence of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians would be trenchant at any time. Launched by visionary pianist/composer Muhal Richard Abrams in the spring of … Continue reading Trombonist, composer, installation artist, and computer music pioneer George Lewis presents ‘Afterword, an opera’

Philip Gossett, a retired music scholar and professor of music at the University of Chicago who was considered one of the world’s foremost experts on 19th-century Italian opera, died Monday at his home in the Hyde Park neighborhood. He was … Continue reading Philip Gossett is dead

Lou Harrison, the beloved California composer, would have turned 100 this spring, and arguably the most important centenary event will come Tuesday at Walt Disney Concert Hall with a sold-out staged production of his long-evolving opera “Young Caesar.” “Young Caesar” … Continue reading Lou Harrison’s groundbreaking 1971 opera ‘Young Caesar’ staged in Los Angeles

Read more about the event here. Continue reading Teaser: Oper für alle 2017 by Opernhaus Zürich

Composer and conductor Thomas Adès and librettist and director Tom Cairns discuss their new opera “The Exterminating Angel,” which opens at the Met on October 26, 2017. Interviews: London trailer: Continue reading Thomas Adès and Tom Cairns on The Exterminating Angel

Everyone already knows about “The Beguiled,” which premiered to acclaim at Cannes and opens in select theaters June 23 via Focus Features, but her upcoming performance film “La Traviata” is flying a bit more under the radar. Hopefully that changes … Continue reading ‘La Traviata’ Trailer: Sofia Coppola Heads to the Opera

… Continue reading Big opera news from Copenhagen on Friday!