Seattle-based Music of Remembrance is featured in the Chronicle of Philanthropy amid the worldwide release of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s Before It All Goes Dark, the 10th anniversary tour of Tom Cipullo and David Mason’s After Life, and challenging funding cuts from the NEA.

Ahead of leading Washington National Opera’s production of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya advocates for the arts in a Washington Post Op-Ed.

Bass-baritone Ryan McKinny makes a powerful role debut as the strong and sensitive Jan Nyman in Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s Breaking the Waves at Houston Grand Opera.

World-renowned conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya returns to the Capital Region to guest conduct the Albany Symphony – the orchestra whose concerts she regularly attended while growing up. She spoke with many outlets prior to her homecoming, including Albany Times-Union, CBS6, Classical WMHT, and Northeast Public Radio.

This March, Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick received its long-awaited Metropolitan Opera premiere in a star-studded production by Leonard Foglia. Jake spoke with outlets such as The New Yorker, Associated Press, The New York Times, and Spectrum News NY1 about his latest opera to be mounted at the Met.

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.