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Interviews
Q & A: Milica Ilić on her second opera, ‘XX Mono-Opera For Schizophrenic Voice and Tight Strings’
Hailing from Belgrade, Serbia, triple-threat (composer/pianist/coach) Milica Ilić (1985 -) sat down with me to discuss her newly premiered opera, XX Mono-Opera For Schizophrenic Voice and Tight Strings, a harrowing tale about alien females from the planet Mnemosyne-369 who have their lives upturned when they receive a mysterious signal from space. Set in the far distance future, the Y chromosome {…}
Q &A: Shulamit Ran, Arthur Fagen & Anne Slovin on Bringing ‘Anne Frank’ to Life in Indiana
On March 3, Indiana University is set to present the world premiere of “Anne Frank” by an all-Jewish team comprising composer Shulamit Ran, librettist Charles Kondek, and conductor Arthur Fagen. Fagen is a professor of music and chair of the Jacobs School of Music Department of Orchestral Conducting and the son of Holocaust survivors. His mother, Rena, was a prisoner in Auschwitz {…}
Q & A: Maria Todaro on Her New Productions of ‘The Anonymous Lover’ & Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Photo Credit: Tania Barricklo Multi-talented opera director, fight choreographer, composer, singer, and conductor Maria Todaro spoke with OperaWire about revising the recent productions of “The Anonymous Lover” and her ‘love affair’ with the composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. In 2022 Todaro staged “The Anonymous Lover” for Minnesota Opera. Paying homage to Bologne, she set the opera in 18th century {…}
Indie Opera
Regina Opera Announces Concert at Vesuvio Restaurant in Brooklyn
Regina Opera is set to present a free concert at the Vesuvio Restaurant in Brooklyn on Feb. 26, 2023. The showcase, which kicks off at noon, will be headlined by soprano Sian Palmer, mezzo-soprano Lara Tillotson, tenor Percy Martinez, and baritone Nigel Smith. The vocal quartet will be accompanied by flutist Richard Paratley and pianist Catherine Miller. The ensemble will {…}
Fresh Squeezed Opera Announces Bankroll Banquet & ‘The Artwork of the Future’
Fresh Squeezed Opera will present a Bankroll Banquet on Feb. 28, 2023 at The Ragtrader & Bo Peep Cocktail and Highball Store in New York City. The showcase will feature such artists as Victoria Benson, Jane Hoffman, Claire Myers McCormick, and Markus Kaitila with all proceeds going directly to supporting the musicians, composers, librettists, directors, designers, and artists that work {…}