Premiere Opera Foundation announced the virtual prize winners and honorees from its latest competition cycle. Ukrainian soprano Vlada Koieva received the Virtual First Prize and a $2,000 award.

Opera has no shortage of drama or tension. But pyrotechnics, explosions, intense fights and aerobatics are chiefly the domain ...

Austrian Soprano Monika Riedler has died. Riedler studied voice at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and attended Master classes with Marianne Schech, James King, Helmut Rilling ...

Arizona Opera has Juan Cristóbal Flores has died following a gun shooting at a Goodwill donation center. The opera company announced the news via social media and stated, “The Arizona Opera family is ...

As we wrap up 2025, here is a look back at some of the most-read articles of the year. We will focus mainly on longer-form pieces like reviews and interviews for this article.

The Adelaide Oval has confirmed that Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Verdi’s “Aida” will be performed during the 2027 Adelaide Festival. The opera, which will be brought the Arena di Verona, will be ...

The production by Otto Schenk will star Jonas Kaufmann as Eisenstein in his first stage performances of the role alongside Diana Damrau as Rosalinde. They will be joined by Jochen Schmeckenbecher as ...

Arizona Opera Chorus member Juan Cristobal Flores was shot during a robbery in Tucson at a Goodwill donation center. According to news reports, Flores was working at the donation center and was one of ...

Benjamin Bernheim will join the Berlin Philharmonic and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko for its annual New Year’s concert. The tenor will perform aria from Bizet’s “Carmen,” Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene ...

The Tiroler Festspiele Erl has announced a cast change for its performance of “La Sonnambula” on Dec. 28, 2025. The company said that Levy Sekgapane will sing the role of Elvino replacing Francesco ...

For years Dmitri Hvorostovsky was one of the leading interpreters of “Rigoletto” around the world. And while there are many baritones in the modern era that have successfully realized one of the most ...

Krzysztof Warlikowski directed the new production. The Polish director is famous for his renovation of the theatre language in Europe and his adaptations of the big tragedies of Shakespeare and Greek ...