Kaija Saariaho’s final opera, Innocence, gets a new production at the Metropolitan Opera, directed by Simon Stone. The cast is anchored by mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and Finnish ethno-pop singer Vilma Jää as a grieving mother and the daughter she lost in a school shooting. (April 6-29) https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/innocence/
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1 event, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Fort Worth Opera celebrates its 80th season with a production of Madama Butterfly, with the Fort Worth Symphony in the pit. (April 10-12) https://www.fwopera.org/madamabutterfly-2026 | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,The world premiere of safronia, with score and libretto by Chicago’s poet laureate, avery r. young, will be given by the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Triumph and tragedy converge in this universal yet personal story of the Great Migration, marrying folklore, poetry, and history, with music inspired by gospel, blues, funk, and soul. (April 17-18) […] Denyce Graves makes her directorial debut in Opera Carolina’s production of Menotti’s The Medium. Graves will also star in the production of this opera filled with psychological tension and supernatural intrigue. (April 17-19) https://operacarolina.org/ | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,The world premiere of Sleepers Awake, a new opera by Gregory Spears, will be presented by Philadelphia Opera. “In this opera, the chorus has the starring role.” Spears creates a dream-like rendering of the fairytale “Sleeping Beauty,” inspired by modernist writer Robert Walser. Corrado Rovaris conducts. (April 22-26) https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/2526-season/sleepers-awake/ | 0 events, | 1 event,On April 24-25, the Omaha Symphony will collaborate with Omaha Opera to present a semi-staged version of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, led by conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya and featuring baritone Ryan McKinny and soprano Michelle DeYoung. The program opens with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. https://www.omahasymphony.org/concerts/bluebeards-castle-2 | 1 event,Soprano Katie van Kooten will make her role debut as Ariadne in the Pacific Northwest Opera’s production of Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Alex Boyer sings Bacchus; Jonathan Khuner conducts a production by Mitchell Kahn. (April 25-May 3) https://pnopera.org/ | 0 events, |
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