American Opera Projects, the Brooklyn-based company "known for bringing cutting-edge vocal productions to the masses" (New York Magazine), presents the world premiere professional production of Lee Hoiby's This Is The Rill Speaking on April 26 (Purchase) and April 28 (Symphony Space).

Opera Carolina, the largest professional opera company in the Carolinas, has selected Corder Philips as its creative agency for its 2008/2009 operatic season. In the agreement, Corder Philips will update current promotional materials for the new season's five operas.

The Dallas Opera Guild will present the 20th annual "Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition," a showcase for talented young opera singers who either come from Texas or got here "as fast as they could" on Saturday, April 19, 2008 in Gooch Auditorium on the campus of UT Southwestern Medical Center, located at 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard (at Butler).

The Metropolitan Opera's 2008-09 season will pay tribute to the company's extraordinary history on the occasion of its 125th anniversary, while also emphasizing the Met's renewed commitment to advancing the art form.

As part of a year-long partnership with the Northwest School of the Arts, the Charlotte Symphony Department of Outreach, Education and Community Partnership has commissioned Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, an American composer who lives in Switzerland, to create a work specifically for students in the NWSA Recital Seminar Class. The students will perform the piece, Questions Answers and Echoes (sometimes), on April 16 in a school concert.

Been young? Been in love? That's all you need to appreciate Opera Cleveland's production of Puccini's La bohème, showing April 18, 20 and 26. Performed at the State Theatre in Playhouse Square, the opera delves into the lives of young bohemians, in and out of love in 19th century Paris.

The ‘man with the golden flute’, Sir James Galway is coming to Dublin to give a special concert with the Ulster Orchestra in the National Concert Hall. With his wife, Lady Jeanne Galway, Sir James will be playing music by Mozart and a range of showpieces and appealing melodies.

Opera Colorado celebrates 25 years of grand opera in Denver with a special concert opera of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, featuring James Morris, the world's premiere Wagnerian bass. The Flying Dutchman is a limited engagement with only two performances, April 18 & 20, 2008.

Sibling rivalry has never been so funny. Named Best Australian Act at the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Lawrence Leung Learns to Breakdance is one man's hip-shattering quest for coolness. Sleeping in a bunk bed until the age of 24, it's fair to say Lawrence Leung has never been cool.

For the first time in its 10-year history Welsh National Youth Opera is holding auditions to recruit a number of dynamic and talented young instrumentalists aged 16-25. The band will perform alongside WNYO company members in the World Premiere of The Calling of Maisy Day, in the Weston Studio at Wales Millennium Centre in July 2008.

Some people would say that schools nowadays are less education and more test preparation. At the elementary level, state-required end-of-grade tests lurk like an ominous storm cloud that gathers strength throughout the year. Yet we are lucky to live in an area where many educators still believe kids learn in a variety of ways.

Boston Lyric Opera is pleased to announce its 2008-2009 Season which features Jacques Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann November 7-18, 2008, Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka March 20–31, 2009, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni April 24-May 5, 2009.