8+ hour, 33+ min ago   (261+ words) FRANCISCO SALAZAR, (Publisher) has worked as a journalist for more than a decade with multiple publications. He is a media producer and a classically trained cellist. With OperaWire he has lectured at Bard College and been featured on Fred Plotkin,…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (223+ words) Sarasota Opera is set to open its 68th season with Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” The opera will run between Oct. 30 and Nov. 14 and will showcase a production that marks the first-ever mainstage collaboration between Sarasota Opera, Sarasota Youth Opera, and Sarasota…...

21+ hour, 25+ min ago   (239+ words) State Opera South Australia will close its Golden Jubilee mainstage season with a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen,” this October at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Adelaide. Directed by Australian director Laura Hansford and conducted by Artistic Director Dane Lam, the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (248+ words) Elisabeth Teige has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. The Norwegian soprano is a regular fixture on the world’s greatest stages, including the Bayreuth Festival where she performed Senta in Dmitri Tcherniakov’s production of “Der fliegende…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (122+ words) Odyssey Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Release Date: Oct. 10, 2026 The company will then release the premiere recording of the three-act opera “Frederick Douglass (1991) by Ulysses Kay” on BMOP/sound. The recording includes Kenneth Kellogg as Frederick Douglass, Melody Moore as…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (115+ words) San Francisco Opera is set to preset Massent’s “Manon.’ The opera will open on Oct. 15 and will be conducted by Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim. Vincent Boussard’s 2017 production will be revived. Soprano Amina Edris will sing the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (256+ words) Patrick Lange has been named Opera North’s next Music Director in summer 2028, succeeding Garry Walker. Over the years Lange has conducted at many leading opera houses worldwide, including the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (507+ words) Soprano Cassandra Wright has won the 2026 Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award, taking home the competition’s top prize on the eve of Dame Joan Sutherland’s 100th anniversary. Wright, 32, from Cairns, Queensland, received the $40,000 first prize, the $5,300 Best Mozart Aria…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (176+ words) The Austrian Music Prize has announced its 2026 winners. As previously announced, the Special “Life time achievement” award was given to KS Anja Silja, while the Grand Prix of the jury was awarded to Markus Hinterhäuser. The Special award “International” was…...