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Pittsburgh Opera Announces La bohème as Starter of 2025/26 Season

Feb. 27th, 2025 - Pittsburgh Opera announces 2025/26 season, which will begin with Puccini's La bohème - starring Daniel O'Hearn as Rodolfo, Vuvu Mpofu as Mimì, Zachary Nelson as Marcello, and Kevin Glavin as Benoit/Alcindoro. Read more about Pittsburgh Opera's 2025/26 via Operawire here.

Daniel Makes a Triple Debut: In Europe, with Deutsche Oper Berlin, & as Matteo in Arabella

Feb. 13th, 2025 - Per Deutsche Oper Berlin: Libretto #6 Magazine (March 2025 issue), “New on our stage: Daniel O’Hearn from Chicago makes his debut in three ways: In Europe, at Deutsche Oper Berlin, and as Matteo in Richard Strauss’ Arabella.” Read the full issue here.

Bizet's Carmen to be Performed at Wolf Trap Opera's Filene Center in Summer 2025

Feb. 11th, 2025 - Wolf Trap Opera has announced that Bizet's Carmen will be performed at the Filene Center in the summer of 2025. The production will star Daniel O'Hearn as the romantic villain Don José alongside Elissa Pfaender as Carmen. José Luis Gómez directs and John de los Santos conducts. Read more about Wolf Trap Opera's 2025 season here.

Sullivan Foundation Announces 2024 Winners

Oct. 21st, 2024 - The William Matheus Sullivan Foundation has announced their 2024 winners. The eight winners of $10,000 Sullivan Awards and role preparation assistance are sopranos Meryl Dominguez, Brittany Olivia Logan, and Lauren Margison; mezzo-soprano Aubrey Odle; countertenor Chuanyuan Liu; tenor Daniel O’Hearn; and bass-baritones Joseph Parrish and Christian Simmons. Read more about the 2024 Sullivan Foundation Awards here.

O'Hearn Signs with Muse Artists International

August 14th, 2024 - Daniel O'Hearn signs with Jayme Burzette at Muse Artists International, and announces his 2024-25 season. The lyric tenor will make his role and house debut this coming season at Deutsche Oper Berlin singing Matteo in Arabella with Sir Donald Runnicles on the podium as well as returning to the The Metropolitan Opera to sing Ruiz in Il Trovatore and The Master of Ceremonies in The Queen of Spades. He also joins the Lyric Opera of Chicago roster to cover Javier Camarena as the Duke in Rigoletto. Read more at the Muse Artists International website here.

Belvedere Competition Announces 2024 Winners

June 9th, 2024 - American tenor Daniel O'Hearn won the 2nd place prize at The 42nd Internation Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition Finals Concerts at the Dzintari Concert Hall in Jūrmala, Latvia. 1st place went to Korean baritone Jungrae Noah Kim, and 3rd place went to Canadian tenor Matthew Cairns. Read more on Belvedere's website here.

O'Hearn and Popova to star in Roméo et Juliette

May 15th, 2024 - Daniel O'Hearn sings Roméo in Vashon Opera's production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette opposite Ksenia Popova as Juliette. This will also be Allison Pohl's first production as the company's new artistic director. Read more from The Beachcomber here.

Gounod's Roméo et Juliette Comes to Vashon Island

May 13th, 2024 - Take a look behind the scenes with King County TV as the singers and costume designer prepare for Vashon Opera's production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette.