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11/27/2025

Performances with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra might be over, but there are plenty of great thoughts on Handel's Messiah from the master, conductor Nicholas McGegan, as this Messiah season gets started.

The visiting Baroque music expert will conduct the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra through the iconic piece from Nov. 21-23.

11/24/2025

As we enter "Messiah" season, hear conductor Nicholas McGegan's take on the traditional (technically) Easter classic. McGegan leads the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in Handel's Messiah this weekend, with a final performance tonight.

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WPR's "Drivetime Classics" host Jason Heilman interviewed conductor Nicholas McGegan on his interpretation of "Handel's Messiah" by George Frideric Handel. M...

11/20/2025

11/19/2025

11/11/2025

Featuring our very own Hadleigh Adams as the Beast. 🥀

The work blends live performance with Jean Cocteau’s 1946 film version of ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ :: Catholic philosopher G.K.Chesterton once wrote, “There is the great lesson of Beauty and the Beast that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.” Such a sentiment could apply equally to ...

11/05/2025

Seasoned filmmaker Tal Skloot unveils a film about McGegan’s life in music, extensively featuring Bay Area ensembles.

10/25/2025

Congratulations to countertenor Nicholas Burns for his second-place finish in the National Capital Opera Competition last week! The Competition is a showcase for Canadian singers embarking on a performance career.

Karoline Podolak won the 2025 National Capital Opera Competition which took place on the 18th October at the Rideau Park United Church in Ottawa, ON.

10/18/2025

What a fantastic review for Douglas Ray Williams as Papageno in Opera Atelier's production of Mozart's The Magic Flute!

🎭 "The other outstanding characterization was delivered by bass-baritone Douglas Williams as Papageno. At first, his rich, dark tone pricked up my ears given the role is usually entrusted to lighter, higher baritones. But he quickly showed how eminently suited he is to one of opera’s greatest comic creations, both vocally and dramatically. Papageno can sometimes outstay his welcome, but Williams ensured this didn’t happen with his witty asides and nimble physicality. What a versatile singer he is; he’ll return as the tortured Golaud in OA’s Pelléas et Mélisande this spring."

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10/15/2025

New Opera Lafayette artistic director Patrick Dupre Quigley will lead the ensemble in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas this weekend. Read more about his relationship with the piece, and his dreams for the future of Opera Lafayette below.

Patrick Quigley begins his tenure as music director of Opera Lafayette this week with Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Photo: Dario Acosta