UK festival announces Wayne McGregor as director of dance

The Grange Festival in Northington, Hampshire, has announced it is to partner Studio Wayne McGregor to become the UK’s first country house opera festival to … Read more

10th anniversary concert for Luciano Pavarotti

Fondazione Luciano Pavarotti and Friends & Partners, with support from Universal Music Group (UMG), have announced a special tribute concert dedicated to the celebrated late … Read more

PROTOTYPE: taking on the opera world

With its fifth anniversary in 2017 PROTOTYPE has reached a significant milestone, and yet it still feels like a youthful start-up taking on the opera … Read more

History is made as Plácido Domingo opens Dubai’s most anticipated building for 2016

Dubai finally lifted itself from shoppers’ paradise and playground to the rich and famous to become a city boasting an iconic opera house on 31 … Read more

Classic FM and Opera North team up

UK radio station Classic FM has formed a new partnership with acclaimed ballet company Opera North. Opera North is a South Bank-award winning company based in Leeds, while … Read more

Wallander – the opera

Kurt Wallander’s latest challenge isn’t solving a crime: it’s singing on stage. A new opera titled W: The Truth Beyond starring the fictitious Swedish sleuth … Read more

Stockholm Royal Opera offers weddings with Pride

Lots of performing arts companies are involved with LGBT activities, but few go as far as Sweden’s Stockholm Royal Opera, who are opening up their … Read more

Yannick Nézet-Séguin named as Metropolitan Opera’s new music director

The 41-year-old conductor will become only the third music director in the history of the Met The Metropolitan Opera announced Yannick Nézet-Séguin as the company’s … Read more

International Opera Awards announced

The International Opera Awards were presented in a ceremony at London’s Savoy Theatre last night. Hosted by BBC Radio 3’s Petroc Trelawny, the night included … Read more

Romania’s Culture Minister resigns following opera fall out

Romanian Culture Minister Vlad Alexandrescu has resigned, following trouble at Bucharest National Opera, which has seen four interim general managers pass through its doors, and … Read more

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