Opera Based on Kurt Cobain Premieres at the LA Philharmonic
By Sara Schabas on February 12, 2024
Composer Oliver Leith’s opera “Last Days” based on a Gus Van Sant film premiered at the Los Angeles Philharmonic last week.
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By Sara Schabas on February 12, 2024
Composer Oliver Leith’s opera “Last Days” based on a Gus Van Sant film premiered at the Los Angeles Philharmonic last week.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on February 5, 2024
Massage therapist and former jazz musician Brian Festa launches an in-house wellness program at the San Diego Opera.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 29, 2024
As the Metropolitan Opera navigates one of its most challenging periods in over a century, the company's recent financial decisions signify ongoing challenges.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on January 29, 2024
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adds “The practice of opera singing in Italy” to its representative list.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on December 18, 2023
Catapult Opera in New York City will stage Nadia Boulanger’s La ville morte.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on December 11, 2023
Guest artists at the Bayerische Staatsoper will wait two months to be paid following a disruptive public sector strike in Munich.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on December 4, 2023
Climate protesters from the group Extinction Rebellion interrupted the Metropolitan Opera’s opening performance of Tannhaüser on November 30.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on November 27, 2023
After more than 200 years, music by Italian composer Antonio Salieri, once thought lost, has been rediscovered.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on October 30, 2023
Cambridge University has cancelled performances of Handel’s Saul due to its similarities to the situation in the Middle East.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on October 23, 2023
Last week, a study in the Equality, Diversion and Inclusion journal highlighted major gender imbalances in the US opera sector.
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