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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, [...]
2011 Tony Nominations Announced
The 2012 Tony Awards Nominations Announcement was co-hosted this morning by Tony winning actress Kristin Chenoweth and Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor Jim Parsons. The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from the Beacon Theatre, on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 10, 2012. And the nominees are… Best Play Clybourne Park, Author: Bruce Norris [...]
Bard SummerScape 2012 Revives Two Neglected Operas of Belle Époque France
Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. – Reviving important but neglected operas is one of the ways the Bard SummerScape festival paints a faithfully-nuanced portrait of each past age, and this year’s exploration of “Saint-Saëns and His World” is no exception. To enrich its immersion in the music of Belle Époque France, with all its trademark opulence and emotional [...]
Thomas Hampson & Luca Pisaroni to Be Streamed Live from Heidelberger Frühling Opera Gala on April 29
On Sunday, April 29, Germany’s Heidelberger Frühling festival presents its first live video stream, offering a program of opera highlights from two world-class singers: baritone Thomas Hampson and bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni. Accompanied by the WDR Rundfunkorchester under Massimo Zanetti, they will perform to a sold-out audience; the concert marks the last night of the 16th [...]
Guerilla Opera presents a New Dark Comedy
BOSTON, MA – Guerilla Opera closes their season with a new dark comedy, Bovinus Rex, music & libretto by Rudolf Rojahn, directed by Copeland Woodruff, scenic design by Julia Noulin-Mérat, featuring the debuts of Kimberly Soby (soprano), Amy Advocat (bass-clarinet) and Ethan Wood (violin), and returning artists Aliana de la Guardia (soprano), Patrick Massey (tenor), [...]
OPERA ROCKS: A SLEW OF ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS FOR KIDDOS
Denver, Colo. – The Central City Opera Guild announces “Opera Rocks,” a series of fun and interactive events to engage children and introduce them to the art of opera: Young Hands On Opera and Art On Sunday, May 6, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., the Central City Opera Guild will present Young Hands on Opera [...]
Rising Stars Win Top Prizes in 2012 Lotte Lenya Competition
Matthew Grills, tenor, of Rochester, N.Y, won the $15,000 First Prize in the finals of the 2012 Lotte Lenya Competition, held on April 21, 2012, at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. In a close contest, Justin Hopkins, bass-baritone of Philadelphia, and Jacob Keith Watson, tenor of Wynne, Ark., tied for Second Prizes of [...]
Madison Opera Announces 2012- 2013 Season
Madison, Wis. – Madison Opera announced the company’s seductive 52nd season, which will feature two company premieres, a popular classic, and the annual summer concert, Opera in the Park. The season features a lush production of Verdi’s A Masked Ball (Un Ballo in Maschera); the company’s first Handel opera, the hauntingly beautiful Acis and Galatea; [...]
AMERICAN OPERA PROJECTS PRESENTS “FIRST GLIMPSE” OF EMERGING COMPOSERS AND LIBRETTISTS
NEW YORK, NY, April 19, 2012- On Sunday, May 20 and Monday, May 21, 2012 at 8pm AMERICAN OPERA PROJECTS (AOP) will present COMPOSERS & THE VOICE: FIRST GLIMPSE 2012, the first public presentation of compositions developed during this season’s Composers & the Voice program. Audiences will hear songs written by five emerging composers – [...]
