Roulette has unveiled its fall 2023 season. Here is a breakdown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is a performance featuring Numimous, an ensemble by Joseph C. Phillips Jr. Audiences will get a chance to hear excerpts from Phillips Jr.’s opera “So Far Behind Now Because Then” as well as four world premiere compositions by Brandon, Branker, Goldberg, {…}
Unsettled Scores, Native Earth Performing Arts, The Toronto Consort, and Theatre Passe Muraille are teaming up to present “Canoe” on Sept. 12 – 16, 2023 at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre in Toronto. The opera tells the story of “two sisters from Northern Ontario, their ancestral tree, and an old, but familiar, visitor from the past. Through a minimalist aesthetic, this poignant {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) Brooklyn Botanical Garden has announced that composer Kamala Sankaram will be its 2023 Artist in Residence. The Garden has commissioned a new work by Sankaram, which will be showcased as part of the “Power of Trees” program, which centers on the ways trees serve as pillars for the world. As Artist in Residence, Sankaram will spend over {…}
Photo credit: Zan Wimberley “earth.voice.body” will be presented by Carriageworks from Sept. 28 – Oct. 7. The triple bill of new solo works by resident company Sydney Chamber Opera features a new Australian work, a radical interpretation of a 20th century classic, and a major work by a leading 21st century international composer. The program is reflects the major musical {…}
For 45 years, artist-run Roulette has supported the avant-garde artistic community by offering awards, commissions, residencies, and fellowships. This year, they awarded $135,000 to 11 experimental creators. The organization commissions works by artists in all stages of their careers. Roulette’s 2023-24 cohort of awarded artists comprises seven Commissioned Artists, five Resident Artists, and a Fellow. Roulette Resident, composer/performer Lucie Vítková, {…}
Wilton Music Hall is set to present the premiere of “FEAST” this September. The work stars mezzo-soprano Stephanie Wake-Edwards as Jess, who needs a promotion and engages in one more night of partying and feasting behind her partner’s back. Audiences will hear music by Purcell, Britten, Weill, and Wallen, as well as new music by Ben Comeau. Wake-Edwards is a {…}
Chicago-based Ouroboros Opera and The Valkyrie Ensemble will present the Chicago premiere of “La Femme Bohème.” The work reimagines the Puccini classic with an all-female and non-binary cast and will take place at the bookstore Women and Children First on August 25 and 26, 2023. The opera will star Angela Born, Alannah Spencher, Beck Buechel, Marnie Baylouny, Tracey Furling, Angela {…}
The New Song Project is set to present its inaugural concert on August 20, 2023. The performance will star Lucho Guedes, Cecilia Duarte, Dominic Delzompo, Kirill Kuzmin, Amanda Pascali, and Federico De Michelis. The New Song Project aims to support composers, writers, and performances by helping them create new songs. It was founded by De Michelis. “The New Song Project {…}
The Music Troupe has announced the presentation of three new chamber operas by founder Edward Lambert beginning in late-August 2023. The group will also present a dementia-friendly performance in collaboration with the Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory. Here’s the rundown of The Music Troupes’ scheduled performances. “The Last Siren,” by Lambert, with words by Norman Welch, relates the story {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}