Verismo is delighted to welcome exuberant young Finnish-American tenor Miles Mykanen to the roster ahead of his title role debut on opening night of the Metropolitan Opera’s 25/26 season.

Music of Remembrance presents its annual free community concert Art From Ashes on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Jake Heggie and Margaret Atwood address gender-based violence in performances by The Philadelphia Orchestra and baritone Joshua Hopkins, under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, at Marian Anderson Hall and Carnegie Hall.

Fort Worth Symphony presents the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s Earth 2.0, a monodrama about the Earth’s relationship with humanity. With lyrics by Anita Amirrezvani, the piece was written for countertenor, orchestra, and dancers.

Jamie Barton makes a dual role and house debut as Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress at Opéra National de Paris. She joins Ben Bliss, Golda Schultz, Clive Bayley, and Iain Patterson under the baton of Susanna Mälkki.

Eun Sun Kim makes her highly-anticipated Royal Opera House debut leading Jonathan Kent’s stunning production of Tosca. In anticipation of her debut, she was profiled in the Financial Times.

Musical America announces the 64th annual Artist of the Year awards, naming Jake Heggie Composer of the Year. The organization recognizes artists who have advanced the art form beyond expectation and have brought new perspectives to the performing arts.

Music Director Eun Sun Kim continues her Verdi-Wagner initiative at San Francisco Opera with her first Tristan und Isolde. The nearly five-hour epic starred Simon O'Neill, Anja Kampe, Wolfgang Koch, Annika Schlicht, and Kwangchul Youn.

San Francisco Opera releases Eun Sun Kim: A Journey into Lohengrin, a documentary on the company’s music director and what it takes to produce an opera, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the cast, crew, and orchestra.

OPERA America announces the induction of composer and mentor Jake Heggie into the Opera Hall of Fame, which recognizes the achievements of outstanding living American artists, administrators, and advocates who have strengthened the art form and the field.

San Francisco Opera announces that music director Eun Sun Kim will extend her contract through the 2030-31 season, including plans to lead new productions of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen and Verdi’s Parsifal.

Seattle Opera presents the world premiere of Jubilee, a new opera by visionary writer and director Tazewell Thompson about the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

Wolf Trap Opera presents a cinematic new production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Silent Night, the first opera by composer Kevin Puts, directed by Ryan and Tonya McKinny.

Des Moines Metro Opera presents the world premiere of American Apollo, a new opera by Damien Geter and Lila Palmer that explores the relationship of society painter John Singer Sargent and Black model Thomas Eugene McKeller.

Lidiya Yankovskaya leads Puccini’s Il Trittico in her debut at Opera Australia. Under her baton, three Australian directors come together to present the premiere of this bold new production.

Conductor Eun Sun Kim is featured on the cover of Arte Magazine following her recent performances with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.

Music of Remembrance celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a three-city world premiere tour of Before It All Goes Dark, a new opera by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer based on reporting by legendary Chicago journalist Howard Reich in the Chicago Tribune.

Librettist Lila Palmer, newly appointed General and Artistic Director of New Orleans Opera, has been named one of New Orleans Magazine’s Top Female Achievers making change for good. She speaks with the magazine about her broad creative background, her family’s move to NOLA, and her plans for the company.

Eun Sun Kim makes her highly anticipated Berlin Philharmonic debut following an epic string of orchestral engagements including debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra.

Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya is featured on the cover of Opera Now magazine following her highly acclaimed leadership of English National Opera’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and ahead of her departure as Music Director of Chicago Opera Theater.