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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Erin (Snow Mephit Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social Silly, strident, queer, neurosomething, opera, etc. Settler in Mi'kma'ki. You know me from that thing.
Maureen Batt @maureenbattsoprano.bsky.social Singer specializing in new music, award-winning recording artist, co-artistic director, producer, educator, neurodivergent, Covid safety advocate.
Gender-affirming voice work
Grant writing consultation
Embodied voice work solo/group
Maureenbatt.com 🇨🇦
Essential Opera @essentialopera.bsky.social Indie opera run by maureenbattsoprano@bsky.social & erinsopran@bsky.social
Our debut album “Some of my Stories: The Operas of Monica Pearce” is out now on Leaf Music!
https://leaf-music.lnk.to/lm279
Micaela Baranello @micaelab.bsky.social musicologist (associate prof, Temple U), Philadelphia’s 36th leading SEPTA Route 2 busfluencer. wrote a book about operetta. she/her.
Kailee Pedersen @kaileepedersen.bsky.social THE MINIMALIST (St. Martin's '26)
PASTORALE (Burnside Review '25)
SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS (St. Martin’s + Titan '24)
writer/opera singer/swe | 🏳️🌈🇨🇳 adoptee | she/her
rep: Paul Lucas @ Regal Hoffmann
kaileepedersen.com
Lauren Bryant-Monk @starvingsoubrette.bsky.social Consistently Exceptional. Opera Singer, Game Dev and Co-Curator of the ENnie Award winning #TTRPGSafetyToolkit (She/Her)
www.starvingsoubrette.com
musicOMH @musicomh.com Music/its makers, reviewed, interviewed, featured, mulled over and served up since last century. | Also on Zucksites, &c., but meh.
Editor: @yeoldemother | Deputy Editor: @stevenpj
https://www.musicomh.com
maximinalist @maximinalist.bsky.social She/Her - Theatre Reviewer, Playwright, Librettist, Screenwriter. Wit on
SlashFilm, Polygon, JoySauce, & NYTheatreGuide. Won’t sha up about film, animation, theater, #StarWars. Voting member of Outer Critics Circle.
Is this the afterlife?
Camille Bacon-Smith @camille2000.bsky.social I write about the arts in Philadelphia for BroadStreetReview.com. Also write contemporary fantasy under my own name and epic fantasy as Curt Benjamin. Phillies Forever. Photo is a close-up of flowers growing at the side of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 
Yingman Tang @yingmantang.bsky.social 
Lewis Coenen-Rowe @lewiscr.bsky.social Writes music, especially opera: https://www.lewiscoenen-rowe.com/.
Campaigns on climate change: https://fossilfreeparliament.uk/
Works on sustainability in the arts at Creative Carbon Scotland: https://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/
Queer he/him
bitch-king of angmar (her) @wetropolitan.bsky.social 🗽soprano/kitchen witch/kvetch artist
www.zenopera.com
@bcferrys @bcferrys.bsky.social The most interesting marine transportation system parody account in the world.
Philip Glass @philipglass.bsky.social 
Paul Selar @operachaser.bsky.social Call Melbourne home. Call the world damn exciting. Reviewing opera for Australian Arts Review and Limelight Arts.
Assignment Understander @90sslowjamz.bsky.social Certified Menefreghismo™️ Practitioner and card-carrying Communist
adamflowerstenor.com
Classical Surrey @classicalsurrey.bsky.social Passionate about the arts. Spreading the word about classical and choral concerts throughout Surrey. Let us know about your concert and we'll give you a mention.
Annie Vesper @annievesper.bsky.social Creative founder and storyteller. Shaping the future of a decentralized inter-nut. 🚀
Seattle
allmylinks.com/annievesper
Maarten Ornstein @maartenornstein.bsky.social A life in music. Clarinetist and composer. Has a camera. Amsterdam. maartenornstein.com
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social Musicology and history (intellectual, political, etc.). Writing a book on the complete Mozart operas in eighteenth-century historical context. Views, for better or worse, my own. He/him/his https://boulezian.blogspot.com/
Theatre Wilde & Vogel @wildexvogel.bsky.social Figuren - Musik - Theater
at.tension Festival : 3.9.-6.9. ANIMAL
Leipzig : 11.9.-13.9. : TOCCATA
Hamburg : 15.10.-16.10. TOCCATA
https://figurentheater-wildevogel.de
KSyer @ksyer.bsky.social Canadian 🇨🇦. Love classical music, opera, be bop and hard bop jazz, art history, old school prog, European and Canadian history, travel, hiking, politics left leaning. No DMs
Amanda Watson @amndw2.bsky.social Librarian, literature geek, knitter, opera fan, book history person. Writing a book about commonplace books and poetry readers. Opinions here are my own. She/her/hers. Queer and furious. 🏳️🌈
Joel Fan Music @joelfanmusic.bsky.social Billboard-Charting Virtuoso Solo Pianist & Recording Artist,
Musician In Concerts around the World
Artistic Director, http://CTW.nyc & Open Source Music Festival
http://Youtube.com/JoelFanPiano joelfanmusic.com
Mathieu Duplay 🌈 @mathieuduplay.bsky.social Music for a while. He/him/his. Reposts are not endorsements. TERFs need not apply. I am Albert Gregor.
UK Critics' Circle Music @ccmusicuk.bsky.social The Music Section of the UK Critics' Circle criticscircle.org.uk
Kevin John Edusei @kevinjohnedusei.bsky.social Conductor
Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social Associate professor of musicology at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. Former saxophone player, always philosophy reader, currently popular music fan (and more). 
David McMullin @mcmullin.bsky.social Composer of music in search of a spirit of wonder. Exploring here for creative community and conversation. (I'll get my news and outrage elsewhere.)
https://david-mcmullin.com
musicians.today/@mcmullin
🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Zoë Keating @zoekeating.com Cellist, Composer, Charismatic Musical Microfauna in Vermont
music.zoekeating.com
she/her
San Francisco Opera @sfopera.bsky.social Thrilling audiences in San Francisco and around the world since 1923. SFOpera.com
New Wave Opera @newwaveopera.bsky.social 🌊 Music by living voices from around the world, performed by voices living in the Pacific Northwest.
🎶 linktr.ee/newwaveopera
@hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social 
The New Harmony Project @newharmonyproject.bsky.social The New Harmony Project is a national arts organization whose mission is to nurture writers in the development of scripts and new works that interrogate the complexity of hope. We care for writers so they can change the world!
River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social A ragtag team of creatives celebrating amazing CanLit. Join the party, pals!
Est. 2010.
Serial Experiments Abigail @popeguilty.bsky.social "The human animal is a beautiful and terrible creature, capable of limitless compassion and unfathomable cruelty."
I'm a huge problem to a sane world
she/her
@pinkyblee.bsky.social @pinkyblee.bsky.social Vegan, writer... chasing the Northern Lights.
Peter Van Hulle @petervanhulle.bsky.social UK based tenor in opera and concert
Management https://markkendallartists.com/
Goran Jurić @goranjuricbass.bsky.social Croatian opera singer - bass @staatsoper-stgt.bsky.social, phonetician & prof. di lingua e letteratura italiana.
Lisette Oropesa @lisetteoropesa.com Opera soprano 🎶 - vegan 🍎- runner 🏃- yogi 🙏
Canadian Arts Coalition canadienne des arts @artscoalitionca.bsky.social Working to strengthen Canadian arts & culture through policies, investment, sustainable practices, & public appreciation.
Renforcer les arts et la culture au Canada par des politiques, des investissements, des pratiques durables et l'appréciation du public
OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio Founded in 2000, OperaLab by Gilles Denizot has carefully developed a modern generation of vocal artists, in Europe and India.
And then, the fat lady sang.
Kyiv Symphony Orchestra | DE @kyivsymphony-de.bsky.social Das Kyiv Symphony Orchestra wurde 1979 gegründet. Mit informeller Sicht auf die klassische Musik spielt es die Meisterwerke der führenden Komponisten aus der Ukraine und der Welt. Seit Mitte 2022 ist es im Exil in Deutschland.
kyivsymphony.com/en
Opera Innovation @operainnovation.bsky.social Where #opera meets tech, brand, culture & global innovation. 🌐 Visit operainnovation.com ✨ #businessofopera #opera2point0 #operainnovation
feinstruktur @feinstruktur.bsky.social Experimental sound artist, composer & musician working mostly digitally.
Curator of sounds & music.
Love exploring weird & strange sound realms & environments.
Classical Music was my first love.
https://feinstruktur.bandcamp.com
Bachtrack @bachtrack.com Welcome to the world’s largest site for classical music, opera and dance: events, articles & reviews. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. https://bachtrack.com/ 
Seattle Opera @seattleopera.bsky.social Bringing the Seattle community together through opera since 1963.
seattleopera.org
Music & Opera @musicopera.bsky.social Agence Internationale spécialiste de musique classique depuis plus de 25 ans.
/International agency specialising in classical music for over 25 years.
🔴 #billetterie, #opera, #concert, #recital, #ballet, #danse, #festival & #voyage
www.music-opera.com
Portland Opera @portlandopera.bsky.social 
Yannick Van B @snobinart.bsky.social Opera critic for French magazine www.forumopera.com
#Opera #TeamOpera
Instagram : @snobinart
Christian Hoskins @aquilanebula.bsky.social Public transport specialist, reviewer for Gramophone, occasional traveller & photographer.
Haden Plouffe, composer/pianist/rambler @haydnpuff.bsky.social she/her
Pls commission me I write pretty music
Composer, pianist, musicologist, doing pre-production on a game called Beyonder Chronicles: Shadow of the Hero
music:
https://www.youtube.com/@hadenplouffe3976
random writing:
https://buttondown.com/HaydnPuff
Judd Greenstein @juddgreenstein.bsky.social I make music and help others make the music they want to make. Composer, co-AD of New Amsterdam Records. Western MA based. He/him. Pic drawn by my now-11yo. None of us are free until all of us are free.
Dr. Melissa Dunphy @mormolyke.com Composer, citizen archaeologist, ethnically ambiguous Australian-American.
Griffin Candey @griffincandey.bsky.social composer—Michigan boy—sentient cloud of cartoon noises—Assistant Professor of Composition and Theory at Tennessee Tech
Clive Paget @clivepaget.bsky.social Writer on classical music, opera, theatre, anything really. Guardian, Musical America and Limelight reviewer. Proud Border Terrier owner (sorry, co-parent)
Mark Valencia 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @markvalencia.bsky.social Critic for Opera, Bachtrack and Musical America. Essex man, Francophile, grandfather, passionately pro-EU.
Reducing my presence here. It's been a disappointment.
@yaptracker.bsky.social @yaptracker.bsky.social 
Grey Rose Grant @grey-rose.bsky.social Theatre-maker, folk-musician, composer, marketing girlie by day, writer, a little witchy. Great Lakes Region. they/them.
Mark Pullinger @larkingrumple.bsky.social Music critic, editor, programme note writer. Happy to be ambushed by cake. Best when caffeinated.
https://canzonetta.substack.com/
@sestoinfedele.bsky.social @sestoinfedele.bsky.social Slugging through a PhD and yelling about opera, one day at a time. Resident La clemenza di Tito enthusiast.
ARTE @artefr.bsky.social Des repères clairs et de la culture pour tous !
John Gilks @operaramblings.bsky.social Semi-retired arts writer (operaramblings.blog). Cat parent. Can get obsessed about rugby, opera and stuff.
Margaret Atwood @margaretatwood.bsky.social Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca
and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
Shannon Higgins @murphyhiggins.bsky.social Audio journalist. Producer at CBC News podcast Front Burner.
Frankie Dailey @frankiedailey.com Pop Culture + Data + Creative/Audience Development for Artists & Arts Leaders
New Works Director, National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)
🐕Dad to Rotini🍝
https://linktr.ee/frankiedailey
Rob Weinert-Kendt @robkendt.bsky.social Editor of American Theatre magazine, musical omnivore. trainmyear.blogspot.com
aisling murphy @aislingmurph.bsky.social "ash-ling" | theatre reporter + critic @ the globe and mail | aislingmurphy@globeandmail.com
Canadian Theatre @canadiantheatre.bsky.social In support of all things relating to Canada's vibrant theatre/performing arts scene
John Fitz Rogers @johnfitzrogers.bsky.social Composer | Professor of Composition, University of South Carolina School of Music | Fan of science | Defender of the Oxford comma | All views my own | https://www.johnfitzrogers.com
Canadian Opera Company @canadianopera.bsky.social The COC is the largest producer of opera in Canada ✨
Chris Walton ❌👑 @philocrites.bsky.social Preoccupied with music, culture, religion, and liberal democracy. Practicing composition in Greater Boston.
@owen-schaefer.bsky.social @owen-schaefer.bsky.social 
Jeff Harrington @parnasse.com Composer
Classical Revolution Cincinnati @cincirev.bsky.social Bringing classical music to life for diverse public audiences at accessible venues across Cincinnati such as coffee shops, bars, and restaurants.
👁️saac 👁️o @eyesack.bsky.social they/them | composer | accordionist | electronicsist | professor | parent | autist
Soup Can Theatre / Christmas Carol TO @soupcantheatre.bsky.social Reinterpreting classic theatre + creating new work inspired by the past. #ChristmasCarolTO returns to @campbellhouseto Dec 2025!
https://linktr.ee/soupcantheatre
Anne for peace in 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇪 🇬🇱 🇱🇧 @anneroperirl.bsky.social Documentary maker, writer, producer, director, trainer. Equality matters. Ireland/USA.
Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social aka Deny Fear
📷 David Soyer’s photo of “Motif provençal”, Alsatian textile from 1825
Profile pic:
Dean in Banff National Park, 1986
"And when you look along the way we've come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling."
- Bruce Chatwin
Laura Camacho Tango Project @athenstangoproject.bsky.social Tango ensemble led by Argentine bassist and composer Laura Camacho. Currently pursuing a PhD in Ethnomusicology at the Butler School of Music at UT Austin, TX.
Bandcamp:
https://lauracamachotangoproject.bandcamp.com/album/todo-tiempo-pasado
Austin Glatthorn @glatthorn.bsky.social Musicologist & cultural historian, Royal Northern College of Music | Fellow, Royal Historical Society | Author, ‘Music Theatre and the Holy Roman Empire’ (CUP) | Current project: 'The Cambridge History of German Opera to the Early Nineteenth Century'
Ryoka (Rhea) Hagiwara @rhagiwr.bsky.social Musician supported by Creative Scotland | Transcultural studies/musicology researcher at Universität Heidelberg | Music writer for The Skinny etc.
https://linktr.ee/ryokahagiwara
Dr Daniele Shlomit Sofer they/them @shlomitsofer.com Professes music theory & tech, head of Musical Arts Learning Lab at UDayton 🏳️⚧️🎾🎛️🎻🎹
SEX SOUNDS (open access): https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262045193/sex-sounds/
Executive Director
@lgbtqmusicstudygroup.com
Jimmy Brown @intouchwithreality.bsky.social Proud liberal who fights for human rights 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ and social change. Individuals with similar values continue to stand strong against injustice. Multilingual, multicultural, soccer and horror movie enthusiast.
Georgetown Hoyas!
Residing in New England.
Steven Forth @stevenforth.bsky.social Resident of Vancouver, writer, translator, explorer and connector of ideas.
Sean Dixon @seandixon.bsky.social New novel, PROTECTOR, coming in Feb.
https://linktr.ee/SeanMorleyDixon
Richard-Nathan @richard-nathan.bsky.social Playwright, retired Entertainment Lawyer (used to work for Fox and then for NBC Universal), William Shakespeare fanatic, fan of 1940s pop culture. I write and self-publish Shakespeare parodies, horror sketches, and science fiction-sketches. 
Donald A. Sansom @donaldasansom.bsky.social Science fiction writer from Canada living in Europe. Author of the novel Slide-Backers. Short fiction has appeared in Starfarer's Cafe, The Accidental Time Travelers Collective III, and Tickled by Thunder. 🚀 |🪐📚 🚀 Sci-fi |🪐📚 #Author #fiction #WeirdFiction
Keith Kothman @keithkothman.bsky.social composer, educator, technologist, sometime administrator
prof of composition, music theory, and multimedia arts tech at western michigan university
formerly a lot of places, but most recently montana state university
Corey Cunningham @cunningcoreyham.bsky.social Musician (composer/saxophonist/guitarist). Distortion pedal collector, weird art enthusiast, devoted cat dad. He/him
Ann Moss @annmossvox.bsky.social Recording Artist | Chamber Musician | Champion of Living Composers | #Heldensoubrette | newest: NOW I AM | she/her
linktr.ee/annmossvox
Classical Explorer @classicalexplorer.bsky.social We post reviews of Classical releases, news and concerts Wednesday-Sunday
Alex Chisholm @amcchisholm.bsky.social Director
Dramaturg
Frazzled
Bradford Opera Festival @bradfordoperafest.bsky.social Opera. But a bit more Bradford.
BOF 2025 10th - 16th November
https://bradfordoperafestival.com
Michelle Hogan @michellehogan.bsky.social 🇨🇦Not buying or selling but hope to help Seniors where I can. 🚫No DMs.🚫
Professional Retiree, Musician, 33rd Degree Cat Herder, one Mensa candidate that knows better.🇨🇦
@Marquinhooficial @marquinhooficial.bsky.social Adoro plantas🌳
E não gosto de perder tempo com conversa Fiada!!
Jovem objetivo e sacana 👾
Scirocco Drama @sciroccodrama.bsky.social Scirocco Drama is an imprint of J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing, an independent publisher based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. We publish books that educate, entertain, and inspire!
Find us at: www.jgshillingford.com