Browsing all posts in October, 2011.
Website of the Week
by Melissa Wimbish If I lived in Denver, this would be number one on my list of necessities. I can’t tell you how many times I plan this week of cooking and singing and cooking and working and cooking and living…and then by the end of the week all that stuff happened minus the cooking. [...]
Metropolitan Opera Announces A Cast Change Advisory For Götterdämmerung
Jay Hunter Morris will sing the role of Siegfried in the new production premiere of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung on January 27, and in the performances on February 7 and 11. He replaces Gary Lehman, who has withdrawn due to the continued effects of a viral infection. Stephen Gould will sing the role of Siegfried as scheduled [...]
You’re Welcome!
by Christie Connolley For your viewing pleasure until we are back with fresh content on Monday morning, I present bass- baritone, Robert Gleadow. You’re welcome!
Audition Listings Update: October 28
by Christie Connolley Are you tired of paying fees to access audition notices? So are we! Every Friday morning, Operagasm presents a fresh update of audition listings. We would be happy to include your audition notice in a full story during the week and/or in the Friday listing, please submit your notice by emailing auditions@operagasm.com. [...]
Competition Listings Update: October 28
by Christie Connolley Are you tired of paying fees to access competition notices? So are we! Every Friday morning, Operagasm presents a fresh update of competition listings. We would be happy to include your competition notice in a full story during the week and/or in the Friday listing, please submit your notice by emailing competitions@operagasm.com. [...]
Musical Term of the Week
by Melissa Wimbish In honor of our Spooky! Scary! October, play some of that night time music… Nacht-musik – German term equivalent to the notturno, or nocturne which is a composition, usually a serenade, to be played at night in the open air. The name “nocturne” has been used by composers for piano and orchestral pieces that [...]
Metropolitan Opera Guild Salutes Marilyn Horne at 77th Annual Luncheon
On Monday, October 31, the Metropolitan Opera Guild pays tribute to the legendary American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, one of the greatest singers of our time, at the Guild’s 77th annual luncheon, a perennial highlight of the opera season. “Jackie! Celebrating Marilyn Horne” will feature tributes from her colleagues; live and prerecorded performances, including a musical [...]
The Turn of the Screw: Who’s haunting you?
by Carol Perry Operas can be many things: romantic, suspenseful, dramatic…lengthy; but not often does an opera set out to chill its audience with a subject matter best suited for flashlights and a campfire. I, as a performer and observer alike, have enjoyed and appreciated opera in all of its subcategories, but I longed for [...]
Two for One: Review of LCO’s Hoffman & Lucia
by Christie Connolley Sarah Bryan Miller of the Post-Dispatch is putting in overtime with her two for one review of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s productions of Tales of Hoffman AND Lucia di Lammermoor. Here is the Operagasm Review Rundown! Hmmm….. those divas must be tired: In a definite downward trend, both of the first two [...]
Iestyn Davies Releases New Solo Album and Makes Three Major US Debuts
British countertenor Iestyn Davies, named 2010’s Royal Philharmonic Young Artist of the Year, looks forward to a landmark season. October 11 saw the release of his most recent recording, Porpora Cantatas, a solo album on the Hyperion label that is already a sensation in Europe, and over the coming months Davies makes his mark in [...]
