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Dallas Opera Announces Major New Commission
CELEBRATED BRITISH COMPOSER JOBY TALBOT AND ACCLAIMED LIBRETTIST GENE SCHEER TEAM FOR THE FIRST TIME TO CREATE A MOVING ONE-ACT, TDO WORLD PREMIERE—BASED ON A TRUE STORY! ~~~~ EVEREST TAKING DALLAS BY STORM IN FEBRUARY 2015 ~~~~ New Commission Announced This Evening at the Dallas Opera’s Latest “Composing Conversation,” Focused on the Work of Joby [...]
Brooklyn Philharmonic to Close Season with Free Concert
BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC Alan Pierson, Artistic Director ends its 2011-12 relaunch season with the orchestral culmination of the Brooklyn Phil’s 3-part Bed-Stuy Series: YASIIN BEY (MOS DEF), LENA HORNE, AND THE BED-STUY TRADITION Saturday, June 9, 8:00PM Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton Street Free Featuring: Alan Pierson, conductor & artistic director Yasiin Bey (Mos [...]
San Antonio Opera files for bankruptcy
by David Hendricks (via The San Antonio Express) – The applause has died for the San Antonio Opera, which this week filed its expected liquidation bankruptcy filing. The move came several months after the organization canceled its last two performances for the current season. The 16-year-old opera listed assets of just $1,500 in office equipment and [...]
Wassup fatties?
Check out this article making the rounds from Jennifer Rivera on the Huffington Post: Shouldn’t You Be Fatter? (And Other Opera Singer Myths) If I’m in a good mood, I’m one of those people who chats with strangers. Shop clerks, waiters, baristas, shoe salesmen, you name it — if I’m feeling friendly, I’ll start a [...]
Luca Pisaroni Reprises his Figaro then Plays Title Role of Rossini Rarity Maometto II
Luca Pisaroni has already had a banner year, including his universally praised debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Argante in Handel’s Rinaldo (“terrific,” according to the Huffington Post) and a recital of Schubert and Liszt at Lincoln Center (which the New York Times lauded for his “keen dramatic instincts”). The Italian bass-baritone’s spring and [...]
Husband and Wife Stephen Costello and Ailyn Pérez Headline La Bohème at L.A. Opera
When Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello came together to sing Puccini’s ill-fated lovers in Cincinnati Opera’s La bohème, it was a match made in opera heaven. The Enquirer called Pérez’s Mimì “radiant” and Costello’s Rodolfo “wonderfully sung,” and praised the “warmth of tone and effortless high notes” of their duet; likewise, Music in Cincinnati reported: [...]
Ravinia Festival Presents the American Premiere of Kurt Weill’s Zaubernacht
Chicago, IL – On July 19, one of the highlights of James Conlon’s 2012 season at Ravinia will be the American premiere of Kurt Weill’s first completed stage work, Magical Night. The pantomime will be staged by T. Daniel Productions (TDP) and is based on a scenario by Russian writer Wladimir Boritsch. The opera received [...]
OPERA SOPRANO LAUREN FLANIGAN SINGS FIFTY-FOUR SONG MARATHON
NEW YORK, NY – On Friday, May 18, legendary American opera soprano Lauren Flanigan, known for creating memorable contemporary opera roles, stars in “Lauren Flanigan’s 4th Annual 50th Birthday Bash,” presented by American Opera Projects and Music and Mentoring House. The evening is a marathon concert of fifty-four (54) rarely-heard songs performed by Flanigan and [...]
Angela Meade Makes Debuts at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Three Major U.S. Music Festivals
When the Metropolitan Opera’s 2012 Beverly Sills Artist Angela Meade starred in the company’s recent production of Ernani, she gave “a true star-making Met performance” (WQXR) that “showed what this uncommonly gifted rising artist is capable of” (Anthony Tommasini, New York Times). In May the soprano tackles another Verdi heroine, making her Deutsche Oper Berlin [...]
Peter Mark Named Director Emeritus of Lyric Opera Virginia
This past Friday Virginia Opera named its former Artistic Director, Peter Mark, Artistic Director Emeritus of the company. Mr. Mark served as Artistic Director, Music Director and Principal Conductor of Virginia Opera from 1975 until November 2010. He also served as the company’s first General Director from 1975 until 2000. Lyric Opera Virginia’s General Director, [...]
