Here’s the setlist from Parkway Drive’s historic Sydney Opera House show

Parkway Drive just headlined the historic Sydney Opera House in their home country, with an orchestra and in full black tie. Captured for a “forthcoming feature film and live album HOME” – which we are already absolutely desperate to watch – the metal …

Storm Chaser Reed Timmer Coming to the Lexington Opera House

This Fall, extreme meteorologist Reed Timmer is going to take a break from storm chasing and turn his attention to a Fall Speaking Tour, which includes a stop in here in Kentucky. Yes! He's bringing his 2025 Dominate the Storm Tour to the Commonwealth. …

Santa Fe Opera & 95.5 KHFM Team Up to Broadcast 2025 Season

The Santa Fe Opera has announced that it will partner with 95.5 KHFM Classical Public Radio to present free Opening Nights radio broadcasts of the opera’s 2025 Season. The broadcasts will celebrate the opera’s ongoing commitment to bringing the works to …

Data for sale? Concerns rise over Opera and China's reach in Africa

Opera’s digital dominance in Africa masks deeper issues of power, ownership and surveillance. [Courtesy, iStockphoto] The rains are about to begin, but Consolata Achieng’ no longer worries about a leaking roof — a sharp contrast to last year’s wet season, …

Così fan tutte review – a co-production with Opera North at the Nevill Holt Festival

6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 June 2025 Breaking the fourth wall in an innovative and thoughtful production.  Approaches to staging Così fan tutte have changed over time. For a long period it was common to set the action in the modern day, as Jonathan Miller did for …

Pat Metheny At The Sydney Opera House

Pat Metheny Sydney Opera House Vivid LIVE Sydney, Australia June 1, 2025 Pat Metheny once again took the stage at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall for Vivid LIVE. However, unlike his previous performance in Sydney in 2020 at the State Theatre this show …

Metal lords Parkway Drive perform with an orchestra at Sydney Opera House

Reform’s soap opera won’t turn off voters

The last week has been a rare cheery one for the Left; not only did Elon Musk and Donald Trump fall out and part ways with all the vim and venom of two teenage sweethearts, but Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf also split briefly – at least until the Reform …

The Fairy Queen (Pinchgut Opera)

In Henry Purcell’s day, the late 17th century, The Fairy Queen was a set of delectable songs and airs inserted into adapted bits from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Made for a long night. Netia Jones’s production for Pinchgut Opera establishes …

Obituary: Odesa Opera Soloist Vladislav Gorai Killed in Volunteer Mission in Sumy Region

On June 8, 2025, tenor Vladislav Gorai, a soloist with the Odesa National Opera, died while engaged in a volunteer mission in the northern region of Sumy bordering Russia. The Odesa Opera, which was where Gorai performed, said, “Today, June 8, while …