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Catapult Opera & In Series to Showcase Stradella’s ‘San Giovanni Battista’

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Catapult Opera will present the American stage premiere of Stradella’s “San Giovanni Battista,” in co-production with Washington D.C.’s In Series. The showcase, set for June 11 – 13, 2025 at The Space at Irondale in Brooklyn, NY, will be conducted by Neal Goren and directed by Timothy Nelson. The wok explores the story of Salome and John the Baptist, which {…}

IndieOpera, Streaming

Catapult Opera Releases Short Opera Film ‘Telekinetik’

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“Telekinetik,” a genre-bending short musical film from composer-performer Khary Laurent and commissioned by Catapult Opera, was released on YouTube on March 7, 2024. The “hip-hopera” is a surreal, moody 10-minute tale of an aspiring vigilante being tormented by a shaman. To tell the story of civilian justice and the violence it leaves in its wake, classically trained Khary Laurent switches {…}

News

Catapult Opera Gives American Premiere of Nadia Boulanger’s Only Opera, ‘La ville morte’

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(Photo credit: ©Sophie von Hellermann) Catapult Opera is set to give the American premiere of Nadia Boulanger’s opera “La Ville Morte.” With a libretto by Gabriele d’Annunzio from his play of the same name, “La Ville Morte” is a tale of “suppressed lust and taboo turned lethal, the prisons of other people’s objectifying desires, and the liberatory potential of creativity.” {…}

News

Catapult Opera Explores Covid-19 Connections in New Opera & Short Film Entitled ‘When All I Knew Changed’ by Celisse

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Catapult Opera has announced a newly commissioned opera and short film from multidisciplinary artist Celisse. Titled, “When All I Knew Changed,” this work is the first of several that Catapult will produce and distribute for free. It explores the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic through the eyes of three women, who, despite very different experiences, highlight the theme of interconnectedness. {…}

IndieOpera

Lester Lynch, Krysty Swann, Adam Tendler Headline Catapult Opera’s ‘The Glitch’

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Catapult Opera has announced the streaming of “The Glitch,” the first of a series of micro video-opera commissions. “The Glitch” is a new work by composer Nico Muhly and librettist Greg Pierce that stars Krysty Swann, Lester Lynch, and Adam Tendler. The video-opera is directed by Marcus Shields. “I am extremely proud of The Glitch. It proves that one does {…}

IndieOpera

‘The Silent Twins’ Wins Top Prize at Catapult Opera’s Accelerate Competition

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Catapult Opera has announced the winners of its Accelerate Competiton. The Competition was a team-based event intended to inspire innovation and creativity in the realm of socially distanced operatic performance. Teams were given four selection to choose from and had three weeks to put together a video that met categories of music excellence, dramatic integrity, and creativity. The first prize {…}

IndieOpera

Catapult Opera Launches New Initiatives to Re-Imagine Opera for Future

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Catapult Opera has announced several initiatives to alter the face of opera in the United States. In a press release unveiling its mission, the organization offered up four new programs that it intends to implement to re-imagine opera. “We believe that the American opera industry, as we have known it, is no longer sustainable,” say the opening lines of Catapult {…}

Special Features

Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers of the Year

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It is time to wrap up the year and look back at our favorite moments and performers. After releasing our favorite performances of 2024 and showcasing our rising stars of the year, it’s time for OperaWire’s annual tradition of naming our top 11 singers of the year, performers that we thought stood out. Performers who had major breaks, headlined major productions or simply had {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Adriana Kučerová on Her Role as the Vixen and the Political Problems Facing Opera in Slovakia

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(Photo: Lukáš Kimlička) Having recently reviewed a marvelous production of “The Cunning Little Vixen” by the Slovak National Theatre Opera in Bratislava, OperaWire decided to take the opportunity to interview the vixen, played by soprano Adriana Kučerová. One of the stars of the Slovak National Theatre Opera, Kučerová has an established international reputation and has performed widely in leading opera {…}