Photo credit: Raftermen “Toi toi toi, y’all,” intones the attractive, Southern-inflected t-shirt at The Atlanta Opera’s pop-up gift shop. An apt tagline for a company having outgrown regional status, still honoring its roots in this de facto capital of the American South. Like Atlanta—now the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the United States, having recently edged past Philadelphia and {…}
The Atlanta Opera is set to present “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” in a new production by General and Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun starting on April 30, 2022. This Mason Bates and Mark Campbell work will star baritone John Moore, mezzo-soprano Sarah Larsen, tenor Bille Bruley, soprano Elizabeth Sutphen, and bass Adam Lau. Michael Christie conducts. “Steve Jobs completely transformed {…}
The Atlanta Opera, which staged productions in a circus tent during the pandemic, will continue serving up opera in unexpected spaces with “The Come as Your Are” Festival to be held June 2-19, 2022, at the Historic Rail Park at Pullman Yard. Built upon the company’s successful Discoveries Series, the Festival will feature two productions: the musical “Cabaret,” and the {…}
The Atlanta Opera (TAO), hailed by the industry as being at the forefront of opera’s response to the pandemic with its innovative “Big Tent” series, announced the December 15 launch of Atlanta Opera Spotlight Media. The digital subscription service will provide access to monthly streaming bundles that combine concerts, special recordings, and behind-the-scenes footage with original opera productions captured live {…}
The Atlanta Opera (TAO) website greets visitors with an invitation: “JOIN US AT THE BIG TENT!” Cool. The company’s staging its 2021 productions in an enormous tent. But wait a minute; is that a circus tent? Yes, it is, and unlike the Met’s new-ish production of “Così fan tutte” in which the circus entered the opera house, The Atlanta Opera’s {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced that it has extended its contract with The Atlanta Opera Orchestra through the end of the 2023-24 season. The existing contract expired this past July. “The orchestra has been a critical partner in the growth of the company from 12 performances in 2013 to 32 performances in 2019,” shares Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General and {…}
(Credit: Duane Tinkey / Des Moines Metro Opera) The Atlanta Opera has announced that its Veterans Program will provide free tickets to over 2,800 veterans and active military. The company is also set to host an event on the eve of Veterans day prior to a performance of “La Cenerentola.” The event, which will also include a reception to celebrate {…}
Astor Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer never intended for “Maria de Buenos Aires” to be your typical night at the theater. Known for their own countercultural artistry, they went so far as to label the work a “tango operita” and created a work filled with surrealist imagery and full of musical invention. Written in “Lunfardo,” or the language of tango, the {…}
The Atlanta Opera continues its mission to bring opera to the next generation, announcing that it will team with The Atlanta BeltLine Partnership (ABP) to bring a series of free opera performances to four elementary schools along the Atlanta Beltline. The performances will be of “The Barber of Seville” and will be funded by a Collaborative Innovation Grant given to {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced the young singers that will be a part of its 2018-19 Studio Artists while also announcing that Rolando Salazar will be the company’s Chorus Master. Per a press release, the Atlanta Opera Studio, which will enter its third year, features one returning artist and five new artists. The new artists include soprano Anna Koźlakiewicz, mezzo {…}
Jake Heggie is one of the prominent opera composers of the modern era and any new work of his is of most utmost importance to the opera world. And in just a month or so, his latest creation, “Out of Darkness: Two Remain” will make its world premiere as part of The Atlanta Opera’s Discovery series. The opera, which is {…}