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Opera For Everyone – 10 Days at the Vail Opera Camp (National Youth Opera Academy)

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(Credit: Matt Donnelly) At the beginning of August, around 50 students went to Vail, Colorado to participate in the Vail Opera Camp. The camp, which is a 10-day experience, brought students from ages 10 to 18 from all over the country to hone in on their craft of singing as well as learning about the art of opera from the {…}

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Sarasota Opera Announces 2023-24 Season

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Sarasota Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. The season opens with “The Music of Giacomo Puccini,” a concert featuring famed arias by one of opera’s most renowned composers. The showcase will feature soloists from the Sarasota Opera alongside the Sarasota Orchestra and conductor Victor DeRenzi. Performance Dates: Nov. 10 & 12, 2023 Next up is Benjamin Britten’s “The Little Sweep.” {…}

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Opera Philadelphia Offers Free Stream of ‘Composing the Future’

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Opera Philadelphia is now streaming “Composing the Future,” a documentary that takes a deep dive into the organization’s Composer-in-Residence Program. The documentary brings together eight composers who participated in the program since its inception in 2011; these composers include Lembit Beecher, Courtney Bryan, David Hertzberg, David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Andrew Norman, Rene Orth, and Tyshawn Sorey. Over the course of 90 minutes, these composers speak about their {…}

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On Site Opera to Showcase ‘Il Tabarro’ at South Street Seaport Museum

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On Site Opera is set to present “Il Tabarro” between May 14 – 17, 2023. The company will showcase the opera at the historic lightship Ambrose at the South Street Seaport, making the second time the organization partners with the Seaport Museum. “Il Tabarro” will be conducted by Geoffrey McDonald and will feature guest director Laine Rettmer. The cast will {…}

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Opera Philadelphia to Celebrate Eight Composers With Special Concert

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Opera Philadelphia is set to celebrate a decade of new opera with a special concert on March 18, 2023. The showcase will bring together eight resident composers and spotlight their music. Among the composers who will be celebrated are  Lembit Beecher, Courtney Bryan, David Hertzberg, David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Andrew Norman, Rene Orth, and Tyshawn Sorey. The performance will feature such artists as Lawrence Brownlee, who will {…}

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Curtis Institute of Music Announces First-Ever Young Alumni Fund Grant Winners

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The Curtis Institute of Music has announced its first-ever Young Alumni Fund grantees. The fund will provide recent graduates of Curtis with financial awards to remove barriers to their success as emerging performers and advance their personal artistic visions. Among other notable proposals, these awards will support community and non-profit organizations founded by alumni, production of new commercial film and {…}

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Opera Philadelphia to Premiere ‘The Marriage of Figaro’

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On Oct. 22, 2021, Opera Philadelphia will premiere its 2017 production of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” on the company’s Opera Philadelphia Channel. The production will be available for rent as well as unlimited viewing with an annual Channel Pass and features conductor Corrado Rovaris and a cast that includes John Chest and soprano Layla Claire as the Count and Countess Almaviva, {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Ana María Martínez & Jennifer Higdon Highlight Opera Philadelphia’ 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Ryan Donnell) Opera Philadelphia has announced its 2020-21 season with the theme Fortune & Might. O20 Festival  Jennifer Higdon and Jerre Dye’s “Woman with Eyes Closed” makes its world premiere opening the Opera Philadelphia’s festival. German director Christian Räth helms the production which is set to star Meredith Arwady, Kevin Ray, Fleur Barron, and Wei Wu Performance Dates: Sept. {…}