(Theater, Chicago) Danny Newman’s subscription model still dominates the Chicago theater scene, but things may slowly be changing. ...more...
Art News
Talks Break Down Between N.Y. City Opera and Unions
December 1, 2011
(Opera, New York) Talks intended to break the impasse between New York City Opera and its performers’ unions broke down early Thursday, rekindling speculation that the dispute might ultimately result in a strike. ...more...
CIM Opera Theater finds the poetry and giddiness in Massenet’s Cinderella opera
November 10, 2011
(Opera, Cleveland) The Cleveland Institute of Music’s Opera Theater stages Massenet’s Cendrillon at Kulas Hall tonight through Saturday. ...more...
City Opera Unions Offer to Work for Free
November 10, 2011
(Opera, New York) The lengthy and hostile New York City Opera contract negotiations took a new twist this week, as choristers and orchestra members offered to play the 2011-12 season for free in exchange for the retention of health benefits and power over venue choices. ...more...
Grand opera returns to Baltimore
November 8, 2011
(Opera, Baltimore)Marking the return of grand opera to Baltimore following two fallow years, the new Lyric Opera Baltimore opened their inaugural season last Friday with Verdi’s La Traviata. ...more...
Calling La voix humaine: Opera San José
November 7, 2011
(Opera, San Jose) Opera San Jose will stage Poulenc’s odd 1959 one-act opera La voix humaine beginning Nov. 12 at the California Theatre. ...more...
Art organizations seek strategies for survival
November 7, 2011
(Arts, National) Robert Lynch, president of the Americans for the Arts advocacy group, lays out the reasons why public funding for the arts is, in fact, beneficial. ...more...
New Orleans Opera scouts top talent for 2011-2012 season
October 11, 2011
The Times-Picayune’s Chris Waddington details the New Orleans Opera’s hunt for local talent for the upcoming season. ...more...
Opera Recalls A Hero’s Life, Love and Song
September 5, 2011
Heart of a Soldier, a new opera about 9/11 hero and victim Rick Rescorla, debuts this Saturday evening at the San Francisco Opera ...more...
