Grammy and Emmy Award-winning baritone Reginald Smith, Jr. met with OperaWire to discuss his exciting 2025-26 season.

Last week, President Donald J. Trump threatened to shut down the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for good by gutting its funding under the new budget proposal. In response, and not for the first ...

After months of lobbying, the Metropolitan Opera has received $5 million in one-time operating support from the State of New York. According to a press release by AGMA members who work at the ...

Theater Bonn has announced a cast change for its production of “Tosca’ on May 11, 2025. The company said that tenor Jonathan Tetelman will take over the role of Mario Cavaradossi in “Tosca,” replacing ...

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has announced its winter season of classical music. One of the performances will feature violinist Ray Chen alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra while ...

One of the highlights, if not the highlight, of La Monnaie’s 2024–25 season must be its world premiere of Monteverdi’s new opera “I Grotteschi,” a mammoth work, lasting almost seven hours, not ...

Stephen Frears‘ 2016 film, “Florence Foster Jenkins,” was a instantaneous, worldwide success among critics and the public alike. It was one of the most popular biopic projects in recent Hollywood ...

The Brooklyn Art Song Society has announced that its National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant has been terminated. The company sent out a letter signed by Artistic Director Michael Brofman stating, ...

Opera Vlaanderen has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the operas and vocal performances. Alejo Pérez conducts Wagner’s “Parsifal” in a production by Susanne Kennedy. Benjamin Bruns, ...

The Royal Opera House has announced a new cast change for its production of “Faust.” The company announced Erwin Schrott has pulled out of performances on May 23, 25, 28, and 30, 2025, and will be ...

Florida Grand Opera has named Pablo Mielgo as its new Music Director. Mielgo, who has worked with such conducting legends as Sir Colin Davis, Daniel Barenboim, James Conlon, and Claudio Abbado, will ...

Opera Vlaanderen has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the operas and vocal performances. Alejo Pérez conducts Wagner’s “Parsifal” in a production by Susanne Kennedy. Benjamin Bruns, ...