The Charlottesville Opera has announced the casts and operas for its 2023 season. The season will include Frank Loesser’s “Guys and Dolls” and Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca,” two works never performed by the company. “We are excited to present these classic productions for our audience here in Charlottesville. Both shows exemplify what we all love about musical storytelling, great characters, and {…}
Charlottesville Opera has announced Soprano Sharin Apostolou as CO’s first Ader Artist-in-Residence. Apostolou has performed with the Charlottesville Opera in leading roles for the past five seasons and is well known for her Baroque and early music interpretations. She is also an advocate of the Bel Canto repertoire. She has performed with the New York City Opera, Portland Opera, Baltimore Concert {…}
The Charlottesville Opera has announced that Christina Deaton DeMarea will become the new General Director. DeMare has worked as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of the Chicago Children’s Choir, during which she worked to set new standards of excellence, expanded programs, increased revenue generation, and helped the organization’s financial sustainability. She also worked with the University of Chicago’s {…}
The Charlottesville Opera has announced its 43rd season, which will include two productions. The season will open with a concert entitled “Love Stories,” which will feature young artists and an orchestra. The concert will take place at the Grisham Hall. Performance Dates: July 3, 2020 The season will showcase Charlottesville Opera’s 43rd annual gala, which will celebrate the romance of {…}
The festival season keeps on rolling along with a number of performances across the states. At the Glimmerglass Festival you can get your helping of bel canto with “The Siege of Calais” or modern opera with “Scalia Ginsburg” on Friday. You can enjoy a musical in the form of “Oklahoma” or Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” on Saturday with an offering {…}
It will be another busy opera weekend as we enter the home stretch of the summer season. But this one is special because it will feature the first fully staged production of an opera by a beloved Czech Composer. Dvorak’s “Dimitrij” will make its first staged production in the US as part of the Bard Summerscape with performances on Friday {…}
The summer festival season continues with a few companies putting on new and exciting productions. Portland Opera showcases its new production of “Così fan tutte” on Friday, while Wolf Trap Opera unveils its own “Tosca.” Pittsburgh Opera Festival debuts its own “Xerxes” production that same night. Charlottesville Opera continues its production of “Rigoletto,” as does Central City Opera with “Carmen,” {…}
The summer continues its torrid pace with a number of major companies showcasing production premieres. The Glimmerglass Festival kicks off its 2017 season on Friday with “Porgy and Bess,” which stars Musa Ngqungwana. The same goes for the Pittsburgh Festival Opera, which debuts that same night with “Sweeney Todd,” which also plays on Sunday. Meanwhile, Des Moines Metro Opera showcases {…}
Ash Lawn Opera will become Charlottesville Opera in 2017. Charlottesville, Virginia’s premier opera company for the past 40 years decided to change its name after significant growth. The company, which began in 1978 as a summer festival for local singers presenting opera in the boxwood garden of Ash Lawn-Highland has became an integral part of the Charlottesville downtown scene. After years of performing {…}