Reviews

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (415+ words) Izmir State Opera and Ballet (IZDOB), based in the Aegean port city of Izmir in western Türkiye, returns “W. A. Mozart Requiem” to the stage for the 2026-2027 season. The production, which premiered on April 22, 2026, retells Mozart’s “Requiem” through contemporary dance. Behind…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (257+ words) Prior to creating OperaWire, DAVID SALAZAR, (Editor-in-Chief) worked as a reporter for Latin Post where he interviewed major opera stars, Oscar nominees, Golden Globe winners and film industry giants. David holds a Masters in Media Management from Fordham University. During…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (624+ words) A Barnsley ballerina who became only the third British female to graduate from the elite Bolshoi Ballet Academy is bringing a show to her home town. Tala Lee-Turton is the creative producer of PIA, a performance which contrasts a woman's…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (210+ words) WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) Edgar Allan Poe-Pourri brings together five of Poe’s best-known works: “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” and “The Raven,” adapted for the stage and…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (493+ words) WGRUV's 'Angels In Africa' to be presented at Mandela Bay Opera House in November In a historic milestone for South African dance, WGRUV Dance Company is set to stage the premiere of modern dance pioneer Martha Graham’s landmark 1948 masterwork, Diversion…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (808+ words) Ashnikko’s Smoochies Tour at Metro City Tuesday, September 29, 2026 There are concerts you attend for the music, concerts you attend for the spectacle, and then there are concerts where you spend the first ten minutes looking around the room thinking, ‘Oh,…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (127+ words) Lieselot De Wilde and Illuminans Tenebras bring Hildegard von Bingen’s music into dialogue with Ottoman and Sufi traditions. This week’s Moto Rec is O splendidissima gemma, performed by soprano Lieselot De Wilde and Illuminans Tenebras, from their album Divan-e Shohud…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (570+ words) The sacred spear that caused Amfortas’s endless wound is also the only thing that can heal it. It was stolen by the villainous Klingsor, who used his unwilling slave Kundry (the same deliverer of the balm) to seduce the King....

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (378+ words) The Journal of Music in Ireland Nōs - world premiere of dance triple-bill from Luail Lazarus, a work by award-winning Belfast choreographer Oona Doherty, is set to be revived and performed alongside works from internationally acclaimed choreographers Akram Khan and Liz…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (768+ words) — When working on a production like KURIOS, which sprang from an artistic vision other than your own and has been on stage for over a decade, how do you preserve that core essence while allowing the show to evolve and…...