The very first time mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe ever sang in an opera, she was a 17-year-old college freshman at Potsdam State University in New York. The opera was Giacomo Puccini’s “Gianni ...
Watch Angel Blue speak with mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina about her portrayal of the title role of Bizet’s Carmen below! In her highly anticipated Met debut, Director Carrie Cracknell reinvigorates ...
Did you know that, in 1961, years before the passing of the Civil Rights Act, President John F. Kennedy appointed a Black woman from Madison, North Carolina to the National Music Committee? Many ...
The Metropolitan Opera has revealed its 2026–27 season, featuring five new and 12 repertory productions, a special ...
In February 2026, the opera returns to select movie theaters in a special encore presentation.
This weekend, San Diego Opera presented its 10th production of Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” and on opening night Friday, it played to a nearly full house at the 3,000-seat San Diego ...
On the evening of Jan. 11 at the JW Marriott Essex House on Central Park South, with holiday decorations still adorning the lobby, we gathered for a concert and dinner sponsored by Opera Index. Opera ...
A revival of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” this summer at Glyndebourne, an English opera festival, features three countertenors with three different sounds. By David Belcher It’s a good time to be a ...
The Houston Grand Opera is bringing something very special to Houston, the world premiere of a new opera, ‘Intelligence.” The production is based on a little-known true story of two unlikely pro-union ...
Arkansas opera company builds its entire season on the Black experience, with casts, composers, acts
Every performance this season by the Opera in the Rock company in Little Rock, Arkansas, will feature either a Black composer, a Black cast, a Black featured cast — or all of the above. Arkansas ...
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