Opera Philadelphia has announced Week four of its Digital Festival O. The company will feature the broadcast premiere of the 2018 chamber opera “Sky on Swings,” premiering on Friday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. on YouTube and operaphila.org. The opera will be available to stream on-demand through Monday, August 31. The work is composed by Lembit Beecher with a libretto {…}
Jonathan Palant, the director and founder of the Dallas Street Choir and the Credo Community Choir, has launched “Artistry Today,” an online education platform for artists. Every week, Palant, who is also Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Texas at Dallas, is launching a 30-minute Facebook Live event modeled on James Lipton’s iconic “Inside the {…}
(Credit: Frances Marshall) “Opera in the Time of COVID” is an interview series in collaboration with photographer Frances Marshall of Marshall Light Studio. We talk to notable figures from around the opera world to get their perspective on how they feel these challenging times may change opera’s present and future. The Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, the Opéra de Paris, the {…}
(Credit: Fay Fox) Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ “Awakenings” on April 5, 2020. The opera is set to have its world premiere at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis on June 7, 2020. Before the first performance, the Guggenheim will present a special moderated discussion with creators Aryeh Lev Stollman and Tobia {…}
The Tulsa Opera has announced its 2020-21 season with three main stage productions. Here is a look at what the company will showcase. Verdi’s “Rigoletto” opens the season with a cast that includes Sarah Coburn in the role of Gilda and Allegra De Vita as Maddalena. Tomer Zvulun’s production, which was originally commissioned for Boston Lyric Opera, Atlanta Opera, and {…}
Opera Parallèle has announced its 2019-20 season. It all kicks off with “Bill and Flicka: Generous Spirits,” a performance featuring legendary artists William Burden and Frederica Von Stade. They will also perform alongside Christabel Nunoo with Keisuke Nakagoshi at the piano. Performance Date: Sept. 19, 2020 A “Because of You” annual benefit gala will be held at the San Francisco {…}
The San Francisco Opera will work together with the City of San Francisco, French Consulate, and Grace Cathedral to put on a concert in support of the Notre-Dame de Paris on April 29, 2019. The event will feature international superstar Frederica Von Stade, who will perform music by Poulenc, accompanied by pianist Kseniia Polstiankina Barrad. The remainder of the program {…}
Four singers have recently joined the voice faculty at San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM). Baritone Matthew Worth has been appointed to SFCM’s voice faculty, and is set to lead a full studio. According to the press release, both SFCM President David H. Stull and Voice Department Chair César Ulloa are thrilled to welcome Worth to the team. “His artistic {…}
Even though 2018 is coming to an end, there is a lot of opera to look forward to in 2019. There will be even more stars, world premieres, new productions, and rarely performed works that will be showcased throughout the world. In celebration of the new year, let’s take a look at the operas OperaWire believes are not be missed {…}
Opera Philadelphia’s second annual season-opening festival is set to launch on Sept. 20, 2018 with the world premiere of “Sky on Swings.” The work, which world premieres on the eve of World Alzheimer’s Day, explores Alzheimer’s disease from the creative team behind O17’s “I Have No Stories to Tell You.” The new chamber opera finds fleeting beauty in memory loss, {…}
Everyone knows her as “Flicka.” It’s a fun nickname that embodies exactly what makes Frederica Von Stade such a well-liked figure in the opera world. A consummate professional with a smashing personality, Von Stade, who was born on June 1, 1945, grew up in New Jersey and attended the Mannes College of Music. In 1970, she made her Metropolitan Opera {…}