12 search results for…

News, Season Announcement

Jennifer Zetlan, Sarah Coit, Dane Suarez, & Jonathan Bryan Star in OperaDelaware’s 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/jennifer-zetlan-sarah-coit-dane-suarez-jonathan-bryan-star-in-operadelawares-2026-27-season/

(Photo credits: Cook, Morstein, Oldham) OperaDelaware announces its 2026-27 season. Mainstage Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” is presented in a co-production with Opera Baltimore. Jonathan Bryan performs the titular role of Don Giovanni with Katerina Burton as Donna Anna, Hayden Smith as Don Ottavio, Sarah Coit as Donna Elvira, Dylan Gregg as Leporello, Gerard Moon as Masetto, and Robin Steitz as Zerlina. {…}

News

OperaDelaware to Present ‘OperaDEathmatch’

https://operawire.com/operadelaware-to-present-operadeathmatch/

OperaDelaware will present “OperaDEathmatch,” a first-of-its-kind fusion of opera and boxing, at OperaDelaware Studios on Friday, Nov. 21, and Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. The event, which is produced in collaboration with Delaware boxing champion and community leader Dave Tiberi, transforms OperaDelaware Studios into a boxing ring where vocal performers face off in an audience-driven competition, featuring OperaDelaware Company Artists Toni {…}

Behind the Scenes

Creating a New Model – OperaDelaware’s Company Artists Program Heads to Second Year

https://operawire.com/creating-a-new-model-operadelawares-company-artists-program-heads-to-second-year/

(Photo: OperaDelaware) OperaDelaware, founded in 1945 and the 11th oldest company in the US, was set to celebrate its 75th season in 2020, right as the COVID pandemic began. The artists were about to arrive in Wilmington to begin rehearsals. As the company—and the rest of the art world—realized how the pandemic would impact their work, administrators and board members {…}

News

OperaDelaware Announces Studio Series & World Premiere of ‘Fearless’ For Spring 2025

https://operawire.com/operadelaware-announces-studio-series-world-premiere-of-fearless-for-spring-2025/

OperaDelaware has unveiled its upcoming slate for Spring 2025. First up are several Studio Series recitals. The first is “Bring Him Home,” featuring tenor Dane Suarez in his debut recital with the company. The tenor will perform works by Verdi, Tosti, Rachmaninoff, Puccinni, Barber, and other contemporary composers. Performance Date: March 30, 2025 Then comes “Heart + Seoul,” a recital featuring {…}

IndieOpera

OperaDelaware to Present ‘La Bohème’ with Toni Marie Palmertree

https://operawire.com/operadelaware-to-present-la-boheme-with-toni-marie-palmertree/

OperaDelaware is set to kick off its 2024-25 season with a production of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The showcase, which opens on Oct. 25 and 27, 2024 will feature Toni Marie Palmertree as Mimì and Edward Graves as Rodolfo. Emily Margevich will take on the role of Musetta, while Daniel Rich will interpret Marcello. Other cast members include Christian Simmons as Colline {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

The Atlanta Opera 2025 Review: Semele

https://operawire.com/the-atlanta-opera-2025-review-semele/

(Photo credit Raftermen Photography) The Atlanta Opera (TAO) closed their 2024-25 mainstage season with Georg Frideric Handel’s 1744 semi-oratorio, or quasi-opera, “Semele.” General Director Tomer Zvulun structured the season around art’s transnational commonplace, the Hero’s Journey. But interestingly, all four works selected also play with genre and they address the nearly unanswerable question, ‘what is opera, anyway?’ They began with {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Australia 2025 Review: Rusalka

https://operawire.com/opera-australia-2025-review-rusalka/

(© Carlita Sari) Of Antonín Dvořák’s ten operas, “Rusalka,” written around the dawn of the twentieth century and only a few years before the composer’s death, became his most successful. That this highly romantic fairytale (or should one say, water nymph tale?) should be the most courageous of Opera Australia’s (OA) offerings for the second half of this year, tells {…}

News

Jonathan Tetelman, Aigul Akhmetshina, Aušrine Stundyte, David Butt Philip & Sondra Radvanovsky lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2024-25 Season

https://operawire.com/jonathan-tetelman-aigul-akhmetshina-ausrine-stundyte-david-butt-philip-sondra-radvanovsky-lead-deutsche-oper-berlins-2024-25-season/

The Deustche Oper Berlin has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Respighi’s “La Fiamma” will be directed by Christof Loy and conducted by Carlo Rizzi. The cast will include Aušrine Stundyte, Georgy Vasiliev, Vladislav Sulimsky, Martina Serafin, Sua Jo, Cristina Toledo, Martina Baroni, Karis Tucker, Caren Van Oijen, Doris Soffel, and Patrick Guetti. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 18, 2024 Enrique Mazzola {…}