UK-based Cumbria Opera Group is set to present its first-ever Festival of Opera. The festival, which will take place between Sept. 4-11, will open with a performance by Roderick Williams on July 4. The performance will take place in Penrith. Next up will be a double bill of Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti” and Barber’s “A Hand of Bridge” scheduled for {…}
(Credits: © McQueen / Deutsche Oper am Rhein official website / © Jean-Baptiste Millot / Jiyang Chen) Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg, France has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is the full slate. Operas Hans Abrahamsen’s “The Snow Queen” will spotlight Lauren Snouffer, Rachael Wilson, Helena Rasker, David Leigh, Michael Smallwood, Owen Willetts, Floriane Derthe, and Moritz Kallenberg. Robert {…}
Pacific Opera Project has announced its next installment of revolutionary, pandemic-safe productions with Leonard Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti.” The work will be performed live outdoors at the Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles. The four, socially-distanced performances will be held on April 24 and 25, 2021 and audiences will be able to picnic and enjoy a bottle of wine in {…}
(Image Source: Opera North Facebook Page) Opera North has just announced its 2020-21 Season, featuring seven operas. Performance venues include the Leeds Grand Theatre, Theatre Royal Newcastle, The Lowry, and the Theatre Royal Nottingham for the first six operas. “Parsifal” will be performed at the Leeds Town Hall, Bridgewater Hall Manchester, Royal Concert Hall Nottingham, Sage Gateshead, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, {…}
The Royal College of Music will open a double bill production of Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti” and Berkeley’s “A Dinner Engagement.” Performances commence on June 26 and run for three additional shows through July 1, 2019. Both operas provide windows into troubled marriages despite decidedly differing time periods that they are set in. The works will be directed by Stephen {…}
Born on August 25, 1918, Leonard Bernstein would be 100 years old were he still alive. The famed conductor / composer left an indelible mark on the history of music. Today, we commemorate his 100 years with this little quiz that tests your knowledge of his extraordinary career.
OperaVision will showcase Leonard Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti” live from Opera North on August 25, 2018 starting at 7 p.m. local time. The opera, the composer’s first opera, will commemorate his 100th birthday celebration. It is set to star Quirijn de Lang, Wallis Giunta, Fflur Wyn, Joseph Shovelton, Nicolas Butterfield, and Charlie Southby. The work will be conducted by Tobias {…}
Leonard Bernstein celebrates his 99th birthday on this day August 25, and his influence in the world of music is just as strong today as it was throughout his incredible life. One of the great conductors of all time, he was also a gifted composer that created a number of memorable works of art, including his famed “Candide.” And while {…}