The Atlanta Opera and community partner The Temple will present “Identity & Conflict,” a concert and panel discussion leading up to Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The concert will be performed on May 1, 2024 and will feature a performance of “Another” Sunrise for soprano and chamber ensemble by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer. Esther Tonea will perform as the {…}
The Atlanta Opera is set to present Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The opera will be presented at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre between March 2 and March 10 with a live stream on March 8. The production will be directed by Bruno Baker and will be conducted by Louis Lohraseb. The cast will include Sir Iestyn Davies, {…}
The Atlanta Opera’s Board of Directors announced that the company will achieve “Budget One” status in 2024–25. By reaching the $15 million operational threshold designated by industry service agency Opera America, The Atlanta Opera joins the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera and the opera companies of Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Fe and Seattle {…}
(Photo credit: Raftermen/courtesy of The Atlanta Opera) Atlanta Opera gave a skillful East Coast premiere of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s “The Shining.” As most are familiar with the plot of Stephen King’s 1977 novel, “The Shining,” from the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film, I will not recount the storyline. However, it is important to mention the operatic version is based {…}
The Atlanta Opera is set to present a special one-night-only showing of the 1931 James Whale-directed classic film “Frankenstein” starring Boris Karloff and Colin Clive. The evening will be presented at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on Oct. 28, 2023. The film will be presented with a score by Michael Shapiro that will he will conduct performed live by {…}
The east coast premiere of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s “The Shining” serves as the season opener for both Atlanta Opera and Alliance Theatre. “The Shining” which is part of Atlanta Opera’s “Thriller Three” series will takr place at the Woodruff Arts Center Sept. 15 – Oct. 1. Brian Staufenbiel directs the new opera based on Stephen King’s 1977 bestselling novel {…}
Five composer and librettist teams have been selected to participate in Atlanta Opera’s second annual 96-Hour Opera Project. Composer Jorge Sosa and librettist Alejandra Martinez, Omar Najmi and Catherine Yu, Dave Ragland and Selda Sahin, Edward Shilts and Laura Barati, and Nathan Felix and Anita Gonzalez make up the creative teams. The composition competition and showcase is designed for BIPOC {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring six productions. All productions will be filmed for release on The Atlanta Opera’s Spotlight Media platform. The streaming platform is just one of the creative ways The Atlanta Opera rose to the occasion of the pandemic with innovations of lasting value and importance to future operations. It was, in part, these {…}
Photo Credit: Tania Barricklo Multi-talented opera director, fight choreographer, composer, singer, and conductor Maria Todaro spoke with OperaWire about revising the recent productions of “The Anonymous Lover” and her ‘love affair’ with the composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. In 2022 Todaro staged “The Anonymous Lover” for Minnesota Opera. Paying homage to Bologne, she set the opera in 18th century {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced the return of its composition competition, the 96-Hour Opera Project. The program is tailored specifically for composers and librettists from historically underrepresented communities. This year there will be six chosen teams will travel to Atlanta with completed 10-minute works based on a historical theme provided by story partner, Atlanta History Center. Once in Atlanta, the {…}
Credit: Raftermen / Mihaela Bodlovic for Theatre of Sound/KSU The Atlanta Opera staged a powerful production of Daisy Evans and Stephen Higgins’ interpretation of Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle,” bringing to light the heartbreaking truth of people living with dementia and their caregivers. In this new production, instead of a collector of wives, Duke Bluebeard is the loving husband of his one and {…}
