Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Youth Opera is taking steps to reduce its carbon footprint for its showcase scheduled for May 27 and 28. The event will feature 80 talented young singers who will bring “The Pied Piper of Hamelin & The Crab That Played With The Sea” to life on stage. Designers Céleste Langrée and Costume Supervisor Bea Viña embraced {…}
(Credit: Johan Persson) The WNO Youth Opera Groups have joined forces for a unique performance of “I Shall Not Live in Vain” by Ruth Morris Gray that was released online on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. The ensemble featured 80 singers between the ages of six through 18, all performing remotely from across South Wales, North Wales, and Birmingham. Per Suzie {…}
Initial casting for Washington National Opera’s 2019 WNO Gala has been announced. The event will take place on Saturday, May 18, 2019, and will celebrate local entrepreneur John J. Pohanka “for his outstanding contributions to the organization” over nearly 30 years on the Board of Trustees, according to the press release. Evan Rogister will lead “the WNO Orchestra and an {…}
Growing opera has become one of the essential missions of major opera companies. Fostering new talent, whether it be singers or composers, is now an active part of most opera companies’ structures. That is no different for the Washington National Opera and its American Opera Initiative. The program was initiated in 2012 with the goal to “stimulate, enrich, and ensure {…}