David Wolfe

Featuring high-voltage drama and a sensuous score, all set against the backdrop of real-life locations in Rome, Palm Beach Opera opens its highly-anticipated 2024 Season with Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca,” 100 years after that great composer’s death in November 1924.

After reviewing over 1,000 applicants from across the country and abroad, Palm Beach Opera has announced the international roster of 14 resident artists who will train with the company for the next five months. Throughout their 2024 Season residency, the artists appear on the PBO mainstage in supporting roles, perform in local concerts, train with esteemed guest faculty, and more. 

While there’s always a great deal of talk about where the next generation of operagoers is coming from, there’s much less hand-wringing about the sources of the new generation of singers. After hearing the Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition’s Grand Finals Concert at the Met on Sunday afternoon, we could plainly hear that the future of the Met roster is alive and well and waiting to take center stage.

The Met presents the winners of the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition: tenor Anthony León, mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis, soprano Teresa Perrotta, mezzo-soprano Sarah Saturnino, bass-baritone Christian Simmons, and soprano Meredith Wohlgemuth.

Following this week’s semifinal competition, ten singers have advanced to the final round of the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. The finalists will compete on the Met stage on Sunday, April 23, at 3PM ET, hosted by Latonia Moore, the 2000 Grand Finals–winning soprano and star of the Met’s new production of Terence Blanchard’s Champion.

The 20 opera singers who have won regional auditions across the United States, Canada, and Mexico will compete in the semifinal round of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition on Monday, April 17, beginning at 10AM ET.

Kyle Cease is a keynote speaker, transforming audiences through his unique blend of comedy and transformation, who has racked up millions of views on both Youtube and Facebook with his inspirational teachings. Following his 2 day seminar in Los Angeles, Kyle has brought his event, EVOLVING OUT LOUD to New York City at the New World Stages. While preparing for his show, Broadway World had the opportunity to talk to Kyle about his ideals and taking his event to brand new audiences.

Due to overwhelming ticket sales, executive producer Eva Price is overjoyed to add an additional performance of KYLE CEASE: EVOLVING OUT LOUD on Saturday, February 20 at 8pm, at Off-Broadway's intimate New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). KYLE CEASE: EVOLVING OUT LOUD is an interactive one man show blending comedy and transformation. The New York City leg of the international tour follows the sold-out two-night engagement in Glendale, California's 1,400 seat Alex Theater, and will go on to play Seattle, Chicago, Austin, Edmonton, Amsterdam, Geneva, Brisbane and Toronto.

The international tour of KYLE CEASE: EVOLVING OUT LOUD will play Off-Broadway's New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) from Sunday, February 14, through Wednesday, February 17, for three performances only.  KYLE CEASE: EVOLVING OUT LOUD is an interactive one-man show blending comedy and transformation which will play cities around the world including Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Austin, Edmonton, London, Amsterdam, Geneva, and Brisbane.

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Jackie Onassis sued him. Marlon Brando broke his jaw. To the people he pursued, legendary paparazzo Ron Galella was a bandit stealing their images, yet he created some of the most iconic celebrity images of the modern era.