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Long Beach Opera’s 2025 Season to Spotlight the Work of Pauline Oliveros

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(Photo by Claire Harvie) Long Beach Opera has announced that its 2025 programming will center on the work of Pauline Oliveros. Oliveros (1932-2016) is a famed American composer known for her work in experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center and explored the concepts of “deep listening” and “sonic awareness” in {…}
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National Sawdust 2024 Review: Silent Light

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(Photo credit: Jill Steinberg at National Sawdust) National Sawdust’s 10th Anniversary opening season kicked off with Artistic Director/Co-Founder & composer Paola Prestini and librettist Royce Vavrek‘s foley chamber opera world premiere “Silent Light,” featuring director & scenic designer Thaddeus Strassberger and conductor Christopher Rountree. The cast includes powerhouse soprano Brittany Renee as Esther, bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch as Johan, soprano Julia {…}
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Trinity Church Unveils 2024-25 Season

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Trinity Church has unveiled its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is the “Community Hymn Sing” featuring music by Margaret Bonds, Ralph Vaughan Williams,  Janet Yieh, Sterling Procter, Alcée Chriss, and others. The performance features the Trinity Choir and NOVUS Brass led by Alcée Chriss at the organ. Performance Date: Sept. 8, 2024 Anthony {…}
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National Sawdust to World Premiere Paola Prestini & Royce Vavrek’s ‘Silent Light’

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National Sawdust is set to present the world premiere of “Silent Light” this September. The opera by Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek is an adaptation of Carlos Reygada’s film of the same name. Per the official summary, “The opera follows a pious husband and father whose strongly held spiritual obligation to his wife, their family, and community is put to {…}
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Long Beach Opera Announces Woman-Centered 2024 Season

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Long Beach Opera has announced its 2024 season, which will center on women composers and librettists with two world premieres, and an opera film, among other offerings. First up is Alyssa Weinberg and J. Mae Barizo’s “Isola.” George R. Miller directs and Lucy Tucker Yates conducts. Ariadne Greif stars. The work “engages questions and sensations of identity, multiplicities of self, {…}
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Long Beach Opera Names New President of Board of Directors

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Long Beach Opera has named Marjorie Beale as its President of the Board of Directors. She started her tenure on June 28, 2023. She will take over for Dr. Robert N. Braun who held the position since 2016. Beale joined the board of directors in December 2021 and also previously served from 1997-2003. Per an official press statement, “Beale’s track {…}
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Long Beach Opera to World Premiere Kate Soper’s ‘The Romance of the Rose’

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Long Beach Opera is set to present the world premiere of “The Romance of the Rose” on Feb. 18, 2023. The new work by Kate Soper will run for a total of three performances, ending its run on Feb. 25, 2023. Audiences can check it out at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro. Per an official press statement, the {…}
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Long Beach Opera to Present Cinema-Theater Production of ‘Giustino’

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Long Beach Opera is set to present Händel’s “Giustino” starting on May 21, 2022. The penultimate production in the company’s 2021-22 season will be directed by James Darrah and will be conducted by Christopher Rountree. The cast will star Anna Schubert, Orson Van Gay, Luke Elmer, Dante Mireles, Marlaina Owens, Sharon Chohi Kim, Amanda Lynn Bottoms, and Douglas Williams. For this {…}

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