Local music organizations welcome Grammy award singer George Shirley, 88, for a week of opera events
Too few know Grammy winner George Shirley, who broke American and European opera barriers. However, that will change, at least…
Opera announces $1.3M gift to for creation of operas celebrating Black stories
Cincinnati Opera announced the company has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which provides…
Opera singer to open FCC game with National Anthem
Angela Powell Walker, Artistic Director at The School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati will sing The National Anthem…
Cincinnati native named first chief diversity officer at Metropolitan Opera
Photo by Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera (Facebook Photo) Contributed Marcia Sells — a native of Cincinnati and a former…
Opera’s 100th anniversary celebrated in series of encore performances
Contributed by Cincinnati Opera Though Cincinnati Opera performances have been cancelled this summer, a special partnership with 90.9 WGUC will…
‘Cincinnati Opera at 100’ to premiere on CET July 3
By Katie Syroney Cincinnati Opera Cincinnati Opera and CET have announced plans for “Cincinnati Opera at 100,” an hour-long televised…
Cincinnati Opera presents OPERA IN THE PARK
A free concert in Washington Park Sunday, June 9 7:30 p.m. Musical highlights from The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen,…
Cincinnati Opera Seeks African American SUPERS for Porgy & Bess
CINCINNATI—Cincinnati Opera will hold an open casting call for supernumerary roles for the company’s 2019 Summer Festival. Supernumerary or “super”…