“Black Diva of the Thirties: The Life of Ruby Elzy,” by David E. Weaver is available from the University Press of Mississippi ...

From the title role in "Carmen," one of the most coveted mezzo roles, to Dorabella in "Cosi fan tutte," a traditional soprano ...

In anticipation of these productions, OperaWire had a chance to speak with one of the young artists, Thea Lashbrook on her ...

Americas Society is teaming up with La Mama Experimental Theatre Club in New York City to present "Euridice, una sombra." ...

Danish soprano Laura Helene Hansen trained at the Royal Academy of Music, Copenhagen, and the Opera Academy of the Royal ...

If Pierre Boulez’s “Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna” is music built in air and echo, then Maurice Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloé” is the sound of breath and blood. On this evening at the Elbphilharmonie, ...

A new production of Wagner’s “Parsifal” is always a big deal, given the imaginative and actual scale of the work and the special aura that surrounds it – a triumph of Bayreuth marketing, truly, to try ...

Jörg Widmann has been announced as the Artistic Director of the Lucerne Festival Academy in 2026. Widmann will succeed Wolfgang Rihm, who passed away last year. In a statement, Widmann stated, “To ...

For a third straight year, the Teatro Real de Madrid brought its talents to the stage of Carnegie Hall to tremendous success.

Violetta Urmana had not sung at the Metropolitan Opera since 2017.

(Photo: Michael Poehn) “Il Trovatore” is one of Verdi’s most celebrated operas, forming part of his “popular trilogy” alongside “La Traviata” and “Rigoletto,” all composed in the mid-19th century.