Praised by Opera News as a conductor who “squeezes every drop of excitement and pathos from the score,” Steven White is one of North America’s premiere conductors of both operatic and symphonic repertoire. Having made his acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut in 2010 conducting performances of Verdi’s La Traviata he will return to the MET to conduct further performances April 21 and 28.

The UK's Birmingham Opera’s world-premiere production of Jonathan Dove and Alasdair Middleton's Life is a Dream has been called an enthralling and surreal parade. American baritone ERIC GREENE leads the cast with menacing brilliance as Segismund. March 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, and 31.

Conductor Douglas Kinney Frost has just been named Music Director of Opera On the James in Virginia. Currently he is at Los Angeles Opera working on a production of Albert Herring as Associate Conductor to James Conlon whom he also worked with in Los Angeles Opera’s 2011 production of The Turn of the Screw. Maestro Frost is also Music Director at Syracuse Opera where in January he led the New York State Carmina Burana Sing-a-long, and will conduct Madama Butterfly in April.

"JANINAH BURNETT...added nuance and flair to her vocalism" "CAITLIN LYNCH gave an exceptionally classy performance in the role of the Countess which lseemed to spread a glow through the house." "Romanian baritone MARIAN POP arresting stage presence and aristocratic flair made his Count Almaviva quite memorable." "KIRSTEN GUNLOGSON handled the musical and theatrical demands of Cherubino deftly." "STEPHEN MORSCHECK, as Dr. Bartolo, got a good deal of color from his soft-grained bass-baritone in the vendetta aria." "There was nicely characterized work from JULIUS AHN (Don Basilio and Don Curzio) and MICHAEL VENTURA (Antonio)."

Rapidly expanding her reign as Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte throughout Europe. Currently performing it at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, future performance of the role include debuts with Oper Leipzig this spring, at English National Opera fall of 2012, at Opera de Toulon in the spring of 2013, and at the Bregenzer Festspiele in the summer of 2013.

SanDiego.com wrote, “As Greenhorn, the character through whom much of the story is interpreted, tenor Jonathan Boyd moved gracefully from abject naiveté to a kind of spiritual enlightenment just as his vocal sonority became richer and gained focus as the opera progressed.” Up next: Candide at the Portland Opera, Sam in Susannah with Florentine Opera, Mozart’s Solemn Vespers at Carnegie Hall, Don Ottavio with Opera Colorado and Portland Opera, Faust with Austin Lyric Opera, and his debut with Scottish National Opera as Werther.