The Latest Breaking News from WNO

The Washington National Opera has decided to end its arrangement with the Kennedy Center in the nation’s capital, though it says it is hoping for an “amicable transition.”

Stephen Schwartz has withdrawn from a Kennedy Center gala, citing opposition to its controversial renaming after Trump amid growing artist boycotts.

Melly Still’s new staging production brilliantly captures the tortured guilt, small-minded bitching and flash-points of volatility, with Nicky Spence a sympathetic Grimes

Participants in pain management programme said singing and breathing exercises eased their symptoms

The 2016 production – revived by Max Hoehn – emphasises the farcical rather than subversive aspects of Mozart’s opera. It took a while to settle down, with conductor Kerem Hasan setting a frenetic pace

Equity said the 30-strong chorus would not strike on November 15 as planned.

Even as they fight for survival, WNO give their all in Puccini at his most affecting – and funniest

Nestled deep in the Sussex countryside, Glyndebourne has been attracting opera fans for almost a century. This year, its flagship summer festival coincides with a celebration of the company’s 90th anniversary. This is no small feat, given the harsh economic climate and challenges UK opera companies face to keep the…

Welsh National Opera pull no emotional punches in this production of David McVicar’s staging of Puccini’s variously suspenseful, tragic and comic triptych