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 ...

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 ...

Operawire met up with one of its stars, the young Russian soprano Anastasiya Taratorkina, who was performing the role of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On May 10, Verdi’s Requiem will be presented at the Herkulessaal in München, with the Blutenburg Kammerphilharmonie conducted by Manuel Hartinger. The performance will feature mezzo-soprano Julia ...

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 ...

Sonja Kostich will step down as President and Executive Director of Baryshnikov Arts on July 31, 2025. She will remain in her position until then. Kostich will now head to the Houston Ballet to take ...

Opera Verace Foundation has announced that mezzo-soprano Alma Neuhaus is the first-ever recipient of its annual Young Artist Career Development Grant. She takes home $10,000 in recognition of her ...

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, ...