Pittsburgh Opera is set to present Missy Mazzoli’s “Proving Up,” an opera that explores the elusiveness of the American Dream through a family of 1870s Nebraskan homesteaders. The performance will mark the first-ever in Pittsburgh and the work will be performed at The Bitz Opera Factory. James Lesniak will conduct the production by Haley Stamats. The cast will include Fran {…}
Juilliard Opera is set to present Missy Mazzoli’s “Proving Up” on Feb. 15, 2023. The opera, which was written by Royce Vavrek, will be conducted by Steven Osgood and directed by Mary Birnbaum. The work will feature singers from the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts and members the Juilliard Orchestra. There will be additional performances on {…}
Opera Steamboat has announced its 2023 season. The company revealed that it will present performances of Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” and Missy Mazzoli’s “Proving Up” between August 5 and 13, 2023. The mainstage productions will take place at the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp. The organization also revealed that it would be shifting direction and will start to pay participants {…}
Anthony Freud, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s general director, president & CEO, has announced that the company’s production of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s chamber opera “Proving Up,” planned for January 22-30, 2022 at the Goodman’s Owen Theatre, has been postponed. Freud noted in a press statement, “This difficult decision is based on our current understanding of the ever-changing public health {…}
Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek have released a new music video for their opera “Proving Up.” The video features John Moore singing the prologue to the opera and was shot by the creative team late this summer at a historic sod house on location in Nebraska and South Dakota. “Proving Up” tells the story of a pioneer family’s failed plight to {…}
Pentatone has announced that it will be releasing the debut recording of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s “Proving Up.” The release, which is set for August 21, 2020, will feature the original cast recording from Opera Omaha. Those cast members include Michael Slatter, John Moore, Talise Trevigne, Abigail Nims, Cree Carrico, and Andrew Harris. The opera was co-commissioned by the {…}
(Credit: Frances Marshall) “Opera in the Times 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. Missy Mazzoli is one of the great opera composers of {…}
Is there a better way to spend an opera festival in Nebraska than to see an opera set in Nebraska? My weekend at the inaugural ONE Festival presented by Opera Omaha was highlighted by seeing the brand-new “Proving Up” by the dynamic duo of Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek on two occasions. The opera is based on the short {…}
The Miller Theatre at Columbia University will be premiering a major opera in 2018. The opera in question is “Proving Up,” which will get its New York Premiere at the Miller Theatre. The work, with a libretto by Royce Vavrek and music by Missy Mazzoli, will appear in September 2018 using Opera Omaha’s production. “Proving Up” will be featured as {…}
