As part of its World Opera Day Celebration, the Teatro Real de Madrid is offering 100 free tickets to people under 30 for its performance of “Orlando” on Oct. 25 and 26. The offer was available starting at 10 a.m. local time. The company also noted that it would also be offering reduced price tickets for all performances of the {…}
Opera Praktikos has released a film of its first-ever opera production. Earlier this year, the company presented outdoor performances of Händel’s “Orlando” at Campos Garden in Manhattan and the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. The production was originally set to take place on May 27 and 28, but inclement weather forced the opening night to take place on May 28 with an {…}
(Credit: Anna Cillan) Following the halt on live performances due to COVID-19, opera houses and companies alike were forced to reform how they brought music to their traditionally in-person audiences. Via digital means, like prerecorded content, subscription-based videos, and online events, the traditional venues of opera were radically altered. But as lockdowns start to end, and restrictions begin to be {…}
Fifteen years ago, I had just enrolled in my second year at university studying economics. I was working at the small gallery of contemporary art and enjoyed daily communication with living artists, interpretations, ideation, and everything my 18-year-old brain could give to the visual arts. And for five long years, I was absolutely sure that I was doing a great {…}
Haymarket Opera Company has announced that the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the company with its first NEA grant for their upcoming production of Handel’s “Orlando.” The filmed production stars Bejun Mehta, Kim Jones, Emily Fons, Erica Schuller, and Dave Goverston. It follows on the success of the organization’s filmed versions of “Acis and Galatea” in 2020 and {…}
Haymarket Opera Company has announced its annual Early Opera Cabaret fundraiser, which will take place on May 13, 2021. The showcase will feature sopranos Kimberly Jones and Erica Schuller alongside bass-baritone David Govertsen as they perform music by Händel, including selections from “Orlando.” “As a Handelian myself, it has been such a joy to work on an all-Handel season for {…}
(Credit: Andreas Weiss) Bass-baritone Florian Boesch will give a recital at the Teatro de la Zarzuela on Jan. 25, 2021. Boesch will perform Franz Schubert’s song cycle “Winterreise,” op. 89, D 911 alongside pianist Justus Zeyen. The presentation of “Winterreise” marks Boesch’s second performance at Teatro de la Zarzuela this season. For his first concert in the lied cycle on {…}
(credit: Andrej Stoycher) John Chest has replaced Luca Pisaroni on Il Pomo d’Oro’s tour of Handel’s “Orlando.” The tour, which opens on Jan. 9, will be performed in Verona, Paris, Essen, and Madrid and will also star Max Emanuel Cencic in the title role, Kathryn Lewek as Angelica, Francesca Ascioti as Medoro, and Nuria Rial as Dorinda. The tour is {…}
(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper) On Dec. 8, 2019 the Wiener Staatsoper will present the world premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s opera “Orlando.” The work, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, was commissioned by Wiener Staatsoper Director Dominique Meyer in 2014 and will mark the first time the company collaborates with a female composer. Written by Franco-American author and playwright Catherine Filloux {…}
(Credit:(c) Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Poehn) On Dec. 8, 2019 the Wiener Staatsoper will make history performing “Orlando.” The work was composed by Olga Neuwirth, the first woman to be commissioned to compose an opera for the theater in over 150 years. Based on Virginia Woolf’s novel of the same name, the work will feature an international cast including celebrated {…}
(Credit: Cory Weaver / San Francisco) San Francisco Opera’s “Orlando” was not like its poem of origin by Ariosto, “furioso” or “impassionato.” Rather, it was thoughtful performance, set during the London Blitz in WW II, where it brought together images of the disasters of war along with its chilling human side effects and provoked questioning and rethinking human values. Originally {…}