Martin Luther Clark Joins Sempre Artists

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Sempre Artists has announced that Martin Luther Clark has joined for General Management. Clark recently created the role of CJ in the world premiere of “The Factotum” at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. This season he returns to the Lyric’s stage for “Proximity,” the company’s production of three one-act operas, and returns to the Tulsa Opera. He also sings at {…}

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Opernhaus Zürich 2024-25 Review: Agrippina

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(Foto: Monika Rittershaus / Courtesy of Opernhaus Zürich) George Frideric Händel composed “Agrippina” during his Italian tour, a work that marked a pivotal moment in his career. It solidified his grasp of Italian opera, represented his first genuine operatic triumph, and remains the earliest of his operas for which the complete score has survived intact. The libretto, written by Cardinal {…}

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Opernhaus Zürich 2024-25 Review: Un ballo in maschera

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(Photo by : Herwig Prammer) In 1857, when the Teatro San Carlo in Naples commissioned a new opera from Giuseppe Verdi, he selected a libretto by Antonio Somma, inspired by the real-life assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden. The king was shot in 1792 by political opponents during a masked ball at the Stockholm Opera. Somma added a romantic {…}

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Opera North 2021 -22 Review: Alcina

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(Photo: James Glossop) In the early 1730s the newly established The Opera of the Nobility succeeded in displacing Handel from London’s King’s Theatre, causing him to relocate to the recently built Covent Garden, a theatre furnished with the latest stage machinery, a chorus and dance company. The composer’s response to his new circumstances was to compose a run of successful {…}

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(UPDATED) Corinne Costell, Naomi Brigell, Karlos Piñero-Mercado, & Ryan Alexander Perform in Ear Taxi Festival 2025

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The Ear Taxi Festival’s “The Composer’s Voice,” has announced that it will return to Chicago in fall 2025. This article only features classical voice events. The chamber vocal ensemble, Bella Voce opens the 2025 Festival with the oratorio, “Lost Objects.” The work by Bang on a Can combines choir, electronics, and modern themes. Hannah De Priest, Ryan Belongie, and Luke {…}

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Wild Arts Announces 2025 Summer Tour Starring Galina Averina, Timothy Nelson, & Xavier Hetherington

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Wild Arts releases details of its 2025 summer tour. “Eugene Onegin” features Galina Averina, Timothy Nelson, Xavier Hetherington, Emily Hodkinson, Hannah Sandison, Rozanna Madylus, Sion Goronwy, Robert Burt, Alex Pratley, and Laura Mekhail. The performance is sung in English. Dominic Dromgoole directs. Orlando Jopling conducts the Wild Arts Ensemble. Performance Dates: June 17, 19, & 21 (Essex Summer Opera Festival), {…}

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Welsh National Youth Opera to Present ‘Panig! Attack!! The Seligman Youth Opera Performance’

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Welsh National Youth Opera will present “Panig! Attack!! The Seligman Youth Opera Performance” on April 26, 2025. The new opera, in English and Welsh, features music by WNO Youth Opera Music Director Dan Perkin with a libretto by Bethan Marlow and explores the story of two different gangs with different perspectives of the world. “Bethan has done a great job {…}

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Opera Naples to Present ‘The Mikado’

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Opera Naples is set to present “The Mikado.” The work is a witty and whimsical tale of love, politics, and absurdity set in ancient Japan and will be presented on March 7 and 9 at the Cambria Park Softball Field. The cast will include Nathan Schafer, Matthew Cossack, Scott Hetz Clark, Jeffrey Goldberg, Louis Dall’Ava, Hannah Cho, Cornelia Lotito, D’Ariel Barnard, and Bridget Scott. The production will be directed {…}

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Knoxville Opera to Honor Robert Lyall in Gala Concert

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Knoxville Opera is set to present “Opera’s Greatest Hits: A Tribute to Robert Lyall”on Sept. 22, 2024. The event will be conducted by Francis Graffo and will feature such vocalists as Michael Chioldi, Hannah Ludwig, Murrella Parton, John Pickle, Scott Purcell, Renée Tatum, David Weigel, Cody Boling, Jacqueline Brecheen, Joel Brown, Lauren Boozer, Staley Clark, Tori Franklin, and John Overholt {…}

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Martin Luther Clark Joins Sempre Artists

Opernhaus Zürich 2024-25 Review: Agrippina

Opernhaus Zürich 2024-25 Review: Un ballo in maschera

Opera North 2021 -22 Review: Alcina

(UPDATED) ​​Corinne Costell, Naomi Brigell, Karlos Piñero-Mercado, & Ryan Alexander Perform in Ear Taxi Festival 2025

Wild Arts Announces 2025 Summer Tour Starring Galina Averina, Timothy Nelson, & Xavier Hetherington

Welsh National Youth Opera to Present ‘Panig! Attack!! The Seligman Youth Opera Performance’

Opera Naples to Present ‘The Mikado’

Knoxville Opera to Honor Robert Lyall in Gala Concert

(UPDATED) Corinne Costell, Naomi Brigell, Karlos Piñero-Mercado, & Ryan Alexander Perform in Ear Taxi Festival 2025