Ryan Oldham’s “Dome & Giovanni” makes its world premiere in White Snake Projects’ second annual “Opera Through the Looking Glass” series. “Domme & Giovanni” is a contemporary retelling of Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni.” Liz Abram-Oldham and Cerise Lim Jacobs teamed together as co-librettists to write a modern adaptation that centers on the strengths of the female roles by flipping the {…}
Finalists in the SAS Performing Arts Company’s 2023 Vocal Competition have been announced. The fourth annual competition will see sopranos Anna Aistova, Lynnesha Crump, Carami Hilaire, Shelen Hughes, Clara Luz Iranzo, and Cong Conc Wang, mezzo-sopranos Annie Chester, Shanley Horvitz, Melina Jaharis, Anna Kelly, and JoAnna Vladyka, tenors Charles Calotta and Minghao Liu, and baritone Seung Chan Hong. The collaborative {…}
White Snake Projects (WSP) has announced its 2023-24 season, featuring life-size puppets, holiday celebrations, recent works from composers worldwide performed by local artists, a community jam, and a satirical reimagining of “Don Giovanni.” WSP will present composer Jorge Sosa and creator/librettist Cerise Lim Jacobs’ “Monkey: A Kung Fu Puppet Parable. This family-friendly opera blends Bunraku puppetry, CGI, and live performances. {…}
Photo: Heather Bobeck The New York Opera Alliance (NYOA) kicked off the seventh annual New York OperaFest with an evening of awards and previews by 11 of the 20 companies participating in the 2022 Festival. The opera organizations will present 30 events across the city from April 15 to June 15, 2022. Between sets of music and video presentations, NYOA {…}
On Site Opera has announced that it would return to live performances this fall with “What Lies Beneath.” The showcase, which will take place between August 28- Sept. 2 at the ship Wavertree, is a vignette featuring music by such composers as Anthony Davis, Juliana Hall, Damien Geter, Benjamin Britten, E.M. Forester, John Ireland, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Performers include {…}
On May 20, 2018, Regina Opera Company concluded its first run of Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless “Aida.” While it is a work that is by no means underperformed around the world, this production comes as a loving tribute to the late Marie Cantoni, who founded the company back in 1970 with Nicholas Tierno. The experience the company has gained since then {…}