Performer: Opera Philadelphia

A new opera by Gregory Spears subverts the Sleeping Beauty trope, with middling results.

Opera Philadelphia commissions ten composers to tell the story of an ordinary woman's idiosyncratic march from cradle to tomb.

Conceived by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Sarah Ruhl, this high-handed pasticcio sets the climate crisis to a soundtrack of Vivaldi.

The intrepid company brings Damiano Michieletto’s well-traveled production of a Rossini rarity to the US for the first time. 

The new opera by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek draws on cult mindsets and conspiracy theories but smartly avoids sensationalism. 

Arab-American tenor Karim Sulayman devises a thoughtful pastiche that centers the perspective omitted from Early Modern depictions of the Middle East in music.

Opera Europa counts 220 opera companies and festivals amongst its members. Its Director discusses how the opera world is – or isn't – changing.

The US festival scene is as varied as its landscape. We give a quick sampler of festivals to tempt you in 2019.