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Napa Valley Register: Festival Napa Valley and Cameo Cinema partner for 'Music Makes the Movie' series
Napa Valley Register: Festival Napa Valley and Cameo Cinema partner for 'Music Makes the Movie' series

This winter, Festival Napa Valley and the Cameo Cinema have teamed up to organize three film and live performance events. Fans of both genres can attend the upcoming Music Makes the Movie events on Jan. 25 and Feb. 9. 

Opera Wire: Renée Fleming, Danielle De Niese, Quinn Kelsey, Nicholas Phan Headline Festival Napa Valley 2026
Opera Wire: Renée Fleming, Danielle De Niese, Quinn Kelsey, Nicholas Phan Headline Festival Napa Valley 2026

Festival Napa Valley has announced its 2026 summer season, which runs from July 4–19, 2026. The season opens with Festival Live! Concerts, a series of daily performances showcasing Festival artists in rotating programs presented in partnership with the Frost School of Music’s Blackburn Music Academy at CIA at Copia.

Associated Press: Jake Heggie's new opera 'The Judgment of Paris' will mix mythology and an infamous wine competition
Associated Press: Jake Heggie's new opera 'The Judgment of Paris' will mix mythology and an infamous wine competition

In what figures to be a score for refined palettes, the famous 1976 wine tasting in which California selections stunningly triumphed over older French vineyards will be portrayed in the opera “The Judgment of Paris” by composer Jake Heggie. A rare comedy by Heggie, known best for turning Sister Helen Prejean’s “Dead Man Walking” and Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” into operas, will premiere on July 18 in a production the California’s Festival Napa Valley announced Wednesday.