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Met Opera Opens Season With Kavalier & Clay, a New Bates–Scheer Opera

Early reviews praise the production’s cinematic staging, accessible electro‑symphonic score, strong cast.

Lourdes Ambriz, Mexican Soprano and Belle’s Spanish Singing Voice, Dies

Royal Opera House Under Pressure to Drop Anna Netrebko From Tosca

European Opera Houses Clash Over Dress Standards After La Scala Bars Casual Wear

Salzburg Festival Debuts Apocalyptic Staging of Eötvös’s Drei Schwestern

Royal Ballet and Opera Cancels Tel Aviv Tosca Run and Launches Neutrality Review

France and Watermill Center Plan Tributes to Experimental Theatre Pioneer Bob Wilson

Robert Wilson, Architect of Avant-Garde Theater, Dies at 83

Bob Wilson, Avant-Garde Director, Dies at 83 in New York

Liceu’s Òh!pera Premieres Three Sold-Out Micro-Operas at Festival Grec

House Appropriations Committee Approves Melania Trump Opera House Renaming

Emiliano Under Anticorruption Probe After Self-Appointment to Petruzzelli Steering Council

Strauss’s Banned ‘Die Schweigsame Frau’ Returns to Staatsoper Berlin

Royal Opera House Probes Daniel Perry for Palestine Flag Display

Breth’s Slow-Motion Debut of Fauré’s Pénélope Sells Late Tickets and Divides Audiences

Bayreuther Festspiele Appoint Matthias Rädel as General Manager

Oliver Mears Transforms Handel’s Semele Into a Brooding 1960s Hotel Drama

Glyndebourne’s Figaro Embraces Tradition While Critics Split on Conductor’s Tempo

150th Munich Opera Festival Opens With ECB President's Unity Plea

Odeon of Herod Atticus to Close for Three-Year Restoration