Lianne Coble, Catherine MiEun Choi-Steckmeyer, & Ross Benoliel Star in the Preview of the New Opera ‘Blued Trees’

On August 26, 2023, the first preview of Julia Schwartz and Catherine Filloux’s new opera “Blued Trees” takes place at Brooklyn’s Soapbox Gallery. The “Blued Trees” opera is an extension of Ecoartist Aviva Rahmani’s “Blued Tree Symphony,” which premiered in 2015. Rahmani’s multi-disciplinary art installation is in placed in many North American forests with the goal of blocking fracked gas {…}

Nicole Haslett, Hannah Cho, Bernard Holcomb, Eliam Ramos, & Chrystal E. Williams Star in the World Premiere of ‘Song of the Nightingale’

Photo credit: Nicole Haslett Offical Website The world premiere of Lisa DeSpain and Melisa Tiennew’s opera “Song of the Nightingale” stars Nicole Haslett, Hannah Cho, Bernard Holcomb, Eliam Ramos, and Chrystal E. Williams. “Song of the Nightingale” is a modern adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Nightingale” as it explores themes of self-discovery and self-love. On Site Opera’s music director {…}

Lights on Theatre to Present ‘Illuminating Orpheus’

The Manchester U.K. opera/puppetry collective, Lights on Theatre, will present “Illuminating Orpheus” on Nov. 11, 2023, at the Anthony Burgess Foundation. “Light on Le Bestiaire” combines Louis Durey’s setting of Apollinare’s 30 Animal Poems with shadow puppetry, bringing the setting’s original woodcut illustrations to life. Six singers have dual roles as vocalists and puppeteers, using Spark Sanders Robinson’s laser-cut shadow {…}