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Western Piedmont Symphony (WPS), the professional orchestra of the western foothills of North Carolina, will present MASTERWORKS: CARMINA BURANA featuring works by Orff and Brahms next month. Find out more here!

Latham-Koenig was the first British-born conductor to become artistic director of a Russian opera company

World-renowned British conductor Jan Latham-Koenig has been charged with child sexual offences, London's Metropolitan Police said on Friday.

In 2023 the Russian world of dance went largely inward, focusing on Russian traditions of dance, supporting regional initiatives, and organizing festivals.

The Atlanta Opera has announced that five creative teams have been selected to participate in the second annual 96-Hour Opera Project, a composition competition and showcase that pairs composers and librettists to write ten-minute operas. Bringing their completed works to Atlanta, the teams will workshop and rehearse their productions over four days from June 9–12, with travel, housing, singers, pianists and rehearsal space provided.

WXXI Classical Presents: Intimate Apparel Set in turn of the century New York, Intimate Apparel: A New Opera tells the story of Esther (Kearstin Piper Brown), a lonely, single African American woman who makes her living sewing corsets and ladies’ undergarments. Seeking love and romance, Esther’s warm affection with an Orthodox Jewish fabric seller is socially taboo, but she embarks on a letter-writing relationship with a mysterious suitor laboring on the Panama Canal, eventually real...

A crowd favorite, La Traviata was the first opera shown here a century ago, when productions were held at Eden Cinema, and the fourth after the grand 1985 opening of the Israeli Opera.

Hungry trickster characters dominate two John Duffy Institute for New Opera short pieces presented by the Virginia Arts Festival on June 3 and 5 at Attucks Theatre. One piece, “Bre’r Rabbit (from Tales from the Briar Patch)" was too good and too short, the other "Companionship" needed to end more quickly. 33 in. Handout art. Laws/Watson

Drew & Dane Productions has announced that EI8HT: An Original Musical with book, music and lyrics by Charli Eglinton, will have a presentation on Friday 17th June at The Other Palace Theatre in London. 

Cabaret and Life of Pi were the two big winners at the 2022 Olivier Awards, each receiving several awards.