In “Erwartung,” Arnold Schoenberg’s compact and eerie Expressionist opera from 1909, an unnamed woman finds herself in a dark forest. She’s searching for her lover, who may or may not be dead, and may ...

A group of female opera directors is rethinking women’s representation in the male-dominated art form. Since June, Merola Opera Program’s Summer Festival has presented an all-female directed program, ...

OPERA America has revealed the eight recipients of the 2025 Discovery Grants from its Opera Grants for Women Composers program. Grants totaling $100,000 will support the development of new opera and ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Two new works, “The Listeners” and “Grounded,” echo the age-old spectacle of female disintegration and show the tension of fitting ...

Opera Lafayette will present New Woman, a bold reimagining of the Classical era through music, fashion, and the female voice. Fresh from her Metropolitan Opera debut, soprano Lauren Snouffer will ...

Ask someone to visualize an orchestra conductor, and the image will probably be male. Female music directors remain as rare with top orchestras and opera companies as female CEOs at major corporations ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Fall Preview Malcolm X at the Met. Jaap van Zweden’s farewell to the New York Philharmonic. Premieres by Kate Soper and Ted Hearne. It’s shaping up to ...

Solange Knowles curates a special night honoring Black women’s contributions to innovation in opera and classical music. The evening focuses on the work of renowned late composer and educator Julia ...

Months before Houston Grand Opera’s world premiere of “Intelligence" on Oct. 20, a rehearsal is underway deep in the fourth-floor maze of the Wortham Theater Center. Director and choreographer Jawole ...

Lesser-known Black female heroes are taking center stage in an opera aptly called “She Who Dared.” "She Who Dared" spotlights the women who challenged segregation in Montgomery, using classical music ...