Heartbeat Opera will present “The Golden Cock” at Roulette in Brooklyn on Nov. 9 at 7:30 PM and Nov. 10 at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM. Heartbeat Opera’s adaptation of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” takes the original story and transforms it into a drag show with costumes by celebrated New York designer David Quinn. The drag extravaganza is Heartbeat’s most {…}
La Monnaie / De Munt is set to present a recital featuring soprano Olga Peretyatko alongside pianist Matthia Samuil on May 15, 2023. The duo will present “Slavic Songs,” a recital featuring music by Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Dvorak, and Rachmaninoff. The concert will also feature music by two Ukrainian composers – Mykhaylo Zherbin and Heorhiy Mayboroda. The soprano will also {…}
Soprano Viktoria Slobodina will join forces with pianist Yu Chen for a recital on June 19, 2021. The showcase, which will be streamed directly on the Online Music Guild, will feature music by Puccini, Verdi, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Tchaikovsky. Slobodina hails from Saint Petersburg and studied in Vienna. She received a special prize at the Vienna New Year’s Concert International {…}
“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a film section or a film in its entirety and highlight the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features Charles {…}
(Image Provided by Russian Opera Workshop) The Curtis Institute of Music will be streaming a Russian Works Recital this Friday, April 3, 2020 on its official YouTube and Facebook page. The showcase kicks off at 8 p.m. EDT. It featured soprano Emily Damasco, baritone Patrick Wilhelm, soprano Lindsey Reynolds, soprano Olivia Smith, baritone Charles Buttigieg, soprano Merissa Beddows, tenor Martin {…}
Composers Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Modest Mussorgsky are actually more inseparable than one might imagine. Both were arguably the most enduring members of The Five. Rimsky-Korsakov famously completed many of his friend’s unfinished works. And the two had birthdays within days of one another. So in celebrating these two historic Russian composers, here is a quiz that pits them against one {…}
(Photo: Niabari Dugbor) On June 24, 2019, the Eurasia Festival began its second year with an Opening Night Gala at the Kaufman Music Center. What ensued was a highly compelling tour through some of the musical and cultural heirlooms of the Eurasian region. Introducing the festival and the artists to come was Eurasia Festival president Aza Sydykov. “We have had {…}
The Independent Opera Company is set to showcase Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Snow Maiden” on July 5, 6, 12, and 13 at the St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Los Angeles, California. The opera will star Erica Lazerow as the title heroine for the second and third performances, with Brooke Iva Lohman opening and closing the run. Alexis Wesley as the Spring Beauty {…}
The Bel Cantanti Opera is set to showcase performances of “The Tsar’s Bride” on May 18 and 19, 2019. This production will make just the third time that the work is produced in the United States and it will feature a cast that includes Asmik Arutiuniants, Rob McGinness, Viktoriya Koreneva, John Scherch, Michael Butler, Peter Bourough, Alyssa Cox, Marie Herrington, {…}
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is one of the most influential Russian composers of the 19th century. Born on March 18, 1844, he started composition at age 10 but preferred literature over music. During his school years he started to take piano lessons and slowly cultivated his music talents throughout those formative years. When he arrived in St. Petersburg in 1865, he met {…}
Audience members enjoyed a rare performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Snow Maiden,” in English, over the weekend. Translated by Alasdair Middleton for Opera North’s 2017 production, this opera was said to possibly be Rimsky-Korsakov’s best contemporary opera. In addition to its popularity in Russia, this specific opera contains remarkably poignant folklike melodies that gave life to the overall culture and complex {…}