Christopher Job & Glenn Seven Allen To Appear On Bravo With Andy Cohen

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Christopher Job and Glenn Seven Allen are set to join Andy Cohen on Bravo on June 20, 2018. The New York City Opera announced via social media that the two singers will be showcased on “What Happens Live,” mixing drinks with Cohen for celebrities Tinsley Mortimer and Zoey Deutch. The talk show, which features celebrities is one of the most {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

From West To East & Back – Bass Christopher Job on His Historic Roots in LA, Singing At the Met Opera

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Christopher Job has seen it all. The bass-baritone has worked with many of the world’s greatest artists, all while building up a unique career singing smaller roles at the Metropolitan Opera while performing bigger ones with other companies. The California native recently had an opportunity to perform with the LA Philharmonic on its 100th-anniversary concert. It was a major homecoming {…}

Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: How ‘Mefistofele’ Scene Contextualizes Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy As Faustian Myth

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“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment is Christopher Nolan’s “Batman {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Un Ballo in Maschera

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is in the midst of reviving “Un Ballo in Maschera” for the first time since 2015. Considered one of Verdi’s masterpieces, the work has some of the greatest arias and ensembles the composer ever wrote. For this revival, the Met brought a solid cast in an unfortunate production that should have {…}

News

DCINY To Showcase Major Premieres at Carnegie Hall this November

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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) has unveiled its upcoming fall slate. The organization is set to kick things off with the world premiere of Ola Gjeilo’s “Twilight Mass.” The work will be paired with Vivaldi’s “Gloria” for treble voices. DCINY Artistic Director Jonathan Griffith conducts the Gjeilo while Nancy Menk conducts the Vivaldi. Soloists include Diana McVey and Emily {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Dead Man Walking

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(Credit: Karen Almond) The Metropolitan Opera re-opened its doors on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, with a new production of “Dead Man Walking” by Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally. The production kicks off a major initiative for the company. Last year, the Met announced that due to the success of contemporary works, including “The Hours,” it would invest more potently on {…}

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Tribeca New Music Presents the World Premiere of ‘Returning; The Ordeal of Olive Oatman’

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Composer Edmund Cionek and librettist Maryanne Bertollo’s “Returning; The Ordeal of Olive Oatman,” makes its world premiere with Tribeca New Music at the National Opera Center on Oct. 2. “Returning; The Ordeal of Olive Oatman,” is based on the true story of a Mormon girl taken captive by Native Americans, in the Southwestern USA in 1851. The opera depicts the {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: La Traviata

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There are few performers as magnetic as Ermonela Jaho. From the moment the Albanian soprano takes the stage, she is so entranced in the world she’s living in and the character she is bringing to life, that you can’t keep your eyes away. This was the case last season when she proved the standout amidst Zeffirelli’s gargantuan “Turandot” production and {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: Tosca

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(Credit: KarenAlmond/Metropolitan Opera) A “shabby little shocker.” That’s how musicologist Joseph Kerman described Puccini’s “Tosca.” Shabby? No. A little shocker? No. It’s a big shocker. Perhaps we’ve become inured to how dark and violent “Tosca” is with scenes of rape, murder, torture, and suicide. There was no mistaking the grittiness of Puccini’s fast-paced thriller at the Metropolitan Opera. The October {…}

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Christopher Job & Glenn Seven Allen To Appear On Bravo With Andy Cohen

From West To East & Back – Bass Christopher Job on His Historic Roots in LA, Singing At the Met Opera

Opera Meets Film: How ‘Mefistofele’ Scene Contextualizes Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy As Faustian Myth

Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Un Ballo in Maschera

DCINY To Showcase Major Premieres at Carnegie Hall this November

Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Dead Man Walking

Tribeca New Music Presents the World Premiere of ‘Returning; The Ordeal of Olive Oatman’

Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: La Traviata

Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: Tosca