Alessandro Corbelli

Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2024-25 season, featuring a spectacular, new, season-opening production of Il trovatore; the return of charming, family-friendly Cinderella, classic tragedy La bohème, and blockbuster musical West Side Story; Houstonians’ first-ever chance to see award-winning opera Breaking the Waves; and a lushly beautiful new production of Tannhäuser.

Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2024-25 season, which includes a concert presentation of the Broadway masterpiece, West Side Story, led by Broadway's Shereen Pimentel and tenor Brenton Ryan.

Rule #1: Don't wake Don Magnifico! In this video, watch a scene from Rossini's CINDERELLA at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Watch Tenor Jack Swanson sing 'Si Ritrovarla io Giuro', the iconic aria from Rossini's CINDERELLA in the video here!

Rossini's CENERENTOLA — or, CINDERELLA — has been an audience favorite for more than 200 years. From its perfectly balanced structure to the fun and fizzy melodies, Maestra Yi-Chen Lin shares why this beloved opera has stood the test of time. Watch the interview here!

Watch as in this joyful Act Two aria, the kind-hearted Angelina (mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya in her U.S. operatic debut) chooses love and forgiveness over sadness and revenge. Rossini's CINDERELLA is onstage at Lyric, now through February 10. 

Rossini's popular retelling of the beloved Cinderella story, on stage at Lyric Opera of Chicago from January 21 to February 10, 2024, adds a few fabulous operatic twists to the traditional fairy tale.

Meet the cast of The Lyric Opera of Chicago's CINDERELLA — onstage January 21 through February 10 starring Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Jack Swanson, Alessandro Corbelli, Joshua Hopkins, Nicholas Newton, Teresa Castillo, and Sophia Maekawa in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's iconic production. 

Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Rossini’s timeless romantic comedy Cinderella, transporting audiences to a world of enchantment from January 21 to February 10, 2024.

In this video interview from the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the renowned tenor Lawrence Brownlee discusses his character's growth and how he prepares for the nine astonishing high C's in 'A mes amis.'

Lyric Opera of Chicago will bring this production of Donizetti’s The Daughter of the Regiment — bel canto opera’s equivalent of vintage champagne — to the city for the first time. Audiences are invited to Lyric for all of the military might and operatic delight, for seven performances through November 25. Check out a teaser trailer for the production here!

Get a first look at the highly anticipated production of DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Discover photos of the show and meet the talented cast members bringing this beloved opera to life.

Donizetti's beloved comic opera The Daughter of the Regiment marches onto the Lyric Opera of Chicago stage for the first time in 50 years, November 4-25, 2023. Also known by its French-language title La fille du régiment, this mashup of slapstick and romance stars two of the biggest names in all of opera: Lisette Oropesa in her Lyric debut and returning favorite Lawrence Brownlee.

Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced the company’s 2023/24 Season, which takes audiences on a global tour of opera featuring a richly curated slate of musical events in six different languages.

NNTT Stream's lineup for winter will include opera 'La Cenerentola,' Rossini's fascinating Cinderella story.

LA Opera's production of the fairy tale classic Cinderella comes to life in a brand new way.

Just in time for the holidays, LA Opera presents Gioachino Rossini's fairytale romance Cinderella (La Cenerentola) from November 20 through December 12 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. This delightfully entertaining spin on the ultimate rags-to-riches tale finds our spunky heroine (no damsel in distress here) seizing the opportunity to nab the most eligible bachelor in the land and outwit her social-climbing family in the process.

Lyric Opera of Chicago has recorded Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci on film. Last week, the company announced that registration was open for audiences to secure free links to screen the new Pagliacci made at the Lyric Opera House. Audiences can now secure a free, on-demand viewing of this verismo production. More information about the production and reservations are available at lyricopera.org/pagliacci. 

This week (July 19-25) in live streaming: First Date airs on Stellar, Next on Stage: Dance Edition Season 2 continues with the Top 15, Laura Bell Bundy teaches a master class, and so much more!

With Opening Night approaching and the return of live opera on the horizon, the Met has announced the end of its Nightly Met Opera Streams, the extremely popular series of encore Live in HD presentations and classic telecasts streamed on its website during the Covid-19 closure.