Light Opera of NJ has announced that it will present “The Barber of Seville” this February. First up is a performance at Union County PAC in Rahway on Feb. 17, 2024. On the following day, the production heads to Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge. Jason Tramm conducts a cast that stars Carlos Alberto López, Mayela López, Fabían Robles, Carlos Conde {…}
Pennsylvania’s East Passyunk Opera Project (ePOP) is set to present “Love Notes 3: Notes to Self” on Jan. 13, 2024. The showcase will take place at Society Hill Dance Academy and is presented in partnership with Top Dog Cocktails. “Love Notes 3” is a sequel to “Love Notes,” which was presented virtually during the pandemic and “Love Notes 2.0: Sour {…}
The Boston and Glasgow-based Enigma Chamber Opera is set to present Benjamin Britten’s “The Burning Fiery Furnace.” The Boston performances are set to take place on Feb. 16 and 17, 2023. The opera is based on an Old Testament biblical story, “Furnace,” which tells of three Israelites exiled to Babylon who are upheld as intellectuals by ruler Nebuchadnezzar, but undermined {…}
The Zürcher Kammeroper is set to ring in the New Year with the Gaetano Donizetti’s “Olivo e Pasquale.” The opera premiered in 1827 at the Teatro Valle in Rome. and features a libretto from Jacopo Ferretti, who also wrote the text for Gioachino Rossini’s “La Cenerentola.” “Olivo e Pasquale” is characterized by lively, cheeky humor and music. The cast will {…}
PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now has announced the addition of three new digital offerings to the 2024 festival lineup. The festival will showcase three new digital streaming options including composer Shodekeh Talifero’s “Vodalities: Paradigms of Consciousness for the Human Voice,” a three movement piece, created to show the different modalities of the vocal arts. Catapult Opera’s commissioned digital work, “Swann,” by {…}
Bronx Opera will present a double bill of “Il Signor Bruschino” and “Gianni Schicchi” this February. The double bill opens on Feb. 3, 2024 and runs for four performances through Feb. 11, 2024. The two operas star Michael Niemann, Erik Werner, Nicholas Skotzko, Justin Ramm-Damron, Nicholas LaGesse, Bryan McClary, Matthew Youngblood, James Danner, James Mancuso, Henry Horstmann, Brian Alvarado, Hart {…}
Soprano Francesca Federico and baritone Lucas Bouk are set to give a recital in NYC on Dec. 22. The duo offers and evening of intimate art song featuring works such as Debussy’s “Les Cinq Poèmes de Charles Baudelaire,” Brahms’ “Zigeunerlieder,” Vaughn William’s “Songs of Travel” and songs by Rebecca Clarke, Amy Beech, and Tosti. They are accompanied by pianists Dan {…}
On Site Opera has announced its production of “The Immersive Coffee Cantata Experience—a reimagining of Bach’s Coffee Cantata.” Bach’s short comic opera, “Coffee Cantata” (“Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht,” BWV 211) is set in the Zimmerman’s coffee house in Leipzig, Germany. It tells the story of Lieschen, sung by soprano Christine Lyons, (cover, Teryn Kuzma) a spirited young woman who adores {…}
(Photo credit: Liz Linder) Blue Heron, the Gramophone-award winning vocal ensemble, presents “Renaissance Portraits” at the First Church in Cambridge, Congregational on Jan 20. “Renaissance Portraits” consists of musical portraits of personalities portrayed in music from Italian sources by Johannes Ciconia, Guillaume Du Fay, Gilles Binchois, Antoine Busnoys, Heinrich Isaac, and other composers. The program was originally conceived as a {…}
Detroit’s Opera MODO has appointed Katrina Fasulo as its Executive Director. She will assume her new role in January 2024. Fasulo, who has a background as a singer and studied at the University of Michigan School of Music, has worked in administration with such companies as Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony, Opera Saratoga, Opera NexGen, and Loft Opera. “I am deeply {…}
Paradox Opera will present a new LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” The fully staged opera features a diverse cast of those within the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and the BIPOC community. Eleven year old Raleigh Boy’s Choir member, Phillip Towns takes on the title role. He is joined by Christopher Fotis, Governor Harris, Gwendolyn {…}