Opera Forward Festival (OFF) will mark its tenth anniversary with performances running March 6-15, 2026 in Amsterdam. Since launching in 2016, OFF has served as a platform for contemporary opera ...

Despite what Timothée Chalamet may think, the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Richard Wagner’s epic Tristan und Isolde is generating a lot of buzz this season. That’s thanks in no small part to ...

Urgent, compelling and extravagant: the Opera Forward Festival (OFF) is a defiant exploration of uncharted territory. With ground-breaking music theatre productions, distinctive performances and ...

In the wake of the pandemic and other changes, arts organizations are struggling. Opera, one of the most expensive of all art forms, is especially feeling the pinch and looking for new ways to move ...

Anthony Freud is sitting in the very last row on the highest balcony of the Lyric Opera House. It’s a far cry from the seat traditionally reserved for the general director right in front of the stage.