(Photo credit: Lerner Productions, LLC) Whether or not it’s been spurred by COVID, more and more companies seem to be making post-streams or online streams of their productions available. This one, of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” comes from Houston’s Opera in the Heights, a regional company that seeks to provide a platform for emerging artists and affordable and accessible productions for {…}
On April 24, 2021, Opera in the Heights is set to present a pair of outdoor concerts at The White Oak Music Hall. Opera in the Heights Artistic Director Eiki Isomura will conduct several of the company’s rising artists for selections from Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” and Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The concerts come after the company reached out {…}
(Credit: Frances Marshall) In 1353, a few years after the Black Death raged in Florence, Giovanni Boccaccio finished “The Decameron,” 100 stories told by seven women and three men holed up in a countryside villa as they awaited the passing of the plague. It’s a classic of literature, many times bawdy, sometimes tragic, and extremely apropos considering our present-day pandemic. {…}
Opera in the Heights has canceled the fall portion of its 2020-21 season. The company announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it would no longer hold its 25th-anniversary all-star concert or its production of “Il Trovatore.” “After careful consideration of guidance from public health experts, as well as surveys of our patrons, singers, orchestra, and advisers, Opera in the {…}
Pacific Opera Project has announced that on July 15, 2020, it will be presenting a watch party for its production of “Madama Butterfly.” The party, which kicks off at 5 p.m. PST, will feature interviews with Artistic Director Josh Shaw and Opera in the Heights Artistic Director Eiki Isomura as they relate the first-ever interpretation of this famed opera that {…}
Opera in the Heights has announced its 2020-21 season. The Houston, Texas based company will present three productions of classic operas. The season opens with Verdi’s masterpiece “Il Trovatore“ featuring some of the composers most famous arias and the iconic Anvil Chorus. Performance Dates: Oct. 10-18, 2020 Donizetti’s masterpiece “Lucia di Lammermoor” is the second opera of the season. The opera {…}
(Credit: www.osberphotos.com) Over the past 20 years, Opera in the Heights has provided opportunities for emerging artists, including singers and composers, to showcase their work. Many of their artists have gone on to prominent careers in some of the most established regional theaters in the U.S. This week, the company is set to world three operas with many emerging singers {…}
Opera in the Heights is set to present the world premiere of “Yeltsin in Texas” this February in Houston, Texas. The first performance is set for Feb. 22, 2020 with a subsequent showcase set for March 1, 2020. The opera, which will open the company’s New Works Festival, is a comedic opera by Evan Mack and Josh Maguire that showcases {…}
As we move closer and closer toward the end of 2019, the amount of operas on offer also diminish. Of course, there is one opera that makes it on this list every weekend from here on out. You know the drill. Enjoy! Der Rosenkavalier – Metropolitan Opera Camila Nylund, Magdalena Kožená, and Golda Schultz will star in the Robert Carsen {…}
Opera in the Heights (OH) is set to present “Madama Butterfly” in a co-production with Pacific Opera Project. The opera translates its original Italian libretto into Japanese and English and will feature Japanese-American singers in the Japanese roles. OH Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Eiki Isomura, who conducts all performances, has adapted the libretto for the Japanese-speaking characters, and Pacific {…}
Two of opera’s biggest companies kickstart their 2018-19 seasons with some tour-de-force showcases. The 2018-19 season is truly underway and these “five” choices for this weekend are can’t miss opportunities. “The Magic Flute” – Kentucky Opera On Friday and Sunday, the Kentucky Opera showcases Mozart’s mystical work that is always a delight for all ages. Joseph Mechavich leads a cast {…}