Menu

79 search results for…

Reviews, Stage Reviews

National Sawdust 2024 Review: Emruz Festival’s ‘Whispers of the Flesh’

https://operawire.com/national-sawdust-2024-review-emruz-festivals-whispers-of-the-flesh/

(Photo credit: Kaveh Kowsari) National Sawdust presented Emruz Festival’s “Whispers of the Flesh” on Friday, April 26th, 2024, directed by Shadi Ghaheri and assistant director/stage manager Lilia Houshmand, as part of a three performance series of works written by Iranian women residing within Iran. “Whispers of the Flesh” brings to light the works of women facing their own bodies and {…}
Business, News

National Sawdust Names 7 New Board Members

https://operawire.com/national-sawdust-names-7-new-board-members/

The National Sawdust has announced seven new board members. The new board members include finance, technology, and advertising professional Kathie Choi; lawyer, corporate executive, and writer Chinwe Esimai; attorney Peter Faber; communications professional Alexandra Fenwick-Moore; performing arts producer Charles Letourneau; machine learning research engineer Xiao Ma; and philanthropy professional and community activist Teresa Toro. “In our first 10 years, we {…}
Special Features

National Sawdust & The Met Opera Present ‘Opera Evolved: Genre Fluidity’

https://operawire.com/national-sawdust-the-met-opera-present-opera-evolved-genre-fluidity/

(Photo: Jill Steinberg) National Sawdust and The Met Opera presented “Opera Evolved: Genre Fluidity” on Thursday, February 22nd, 2024. This was the second installment of this three-part series that, according to the program, celebrates artistic convergence by investigating the intersection of innovation and tradition at National Sawdust. The evening included composer and co-founder of National Sawdust, Paola Prestini, and theater {…}
News

Metropolitan Opera & National Sawdust to Present ‘Opera Evolved: Genre Fluidity’

https://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-national-sawdust-to-present-opera-evolved-genre-fluidity/

The Metropolitan Opera is joining forces with National Sawdust to co-present a concert centered on excerpts from Paola Prestini’s upcoming opera “Sensorium Ex.” The event, which is part of the “Opera Evolved” series, features such artists as J’Nai Bridges, Hailey McAvoy, stage director Lileana Blain-Cruz, and Brenda Shaughnessy (librettist of “Sensorium Ex”), as they alternate between performance and discussion. Prestini {…}
News

Sparks & Wiry Cries and National Sawdust Present Eighth Annual ‘songSLAM’

https://operawire.com/sparks-wiry-cries-and-national-sawdust-present-eighth-annual-songslam/

Co-Founders and Directors Martha Guth and Erika Switzer, together with National Sawdust present the eighth annual “songSLAM.” The “songSLAM” is fashioned after traditional poetry slams and storytelling events like “The Moth.” Teams present world premieres of art song and compete for audience-awarded cash prizes totaling up to $2,000 and a performance of the 2023 songSLAM Commission Prize Winner. This year’s {…}
News

National Sawdust Announces 2024 Winter/Spring Lineup

https://operawire.com/national-sawdust-announces-2024-winter-spring-lineup/

National Sawdust has released the details of its 2024 Winter/Spring programming. First up is “How does it feel to look at nothing” by composers and performers yuniya edi kwon and Holland Andrews. Performance Date: January 12, 2024 Mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski and pianist Erika Switzer perform the world premiere of songSLAM commission prize-winner “Anger in Open Mouths: Three Sweet Songs” by {…}
News

National Sawdust and the Metropolitan Opera’s New Series ‘Opera Evolved’

https://operawire.com/national-sawdust-and-the-metropolitan-operas-new-series-opera-evolved/

Photo credit: Zenith Richards, Paola Kudacki, Met Opera “Opera Evolved” is National Sawdust and the Metropolitan Opera’s new programming partnership. Throughout the 2023-24 season, National Sawdust will showcase conversations with composers and artists that focus on the contemporary operas featured at the Met this season. They will highlight and explore the ways opera is evolving today and discuss the inner-workings {…}
IndieOpera

New Latin Wave & National Sawdust to Present Natasha Tiniacos & Sokio’s ‘Paraíso’

https://operawire.com/new-latin-wave-national-sawdust-to-present-natash-tiniacos-sokios-paraiso/

(Photo by Catalina Kulczar) New Latin Wave and National Sawdust in New York City will present “Paraíso” on June 16, 2023. The experimental chamber opera tells the story of a mother and her child from Puebla, Mexico, who cross the U.S./Mexico border to join her husband in New York City. The opera is written by Venezuelan poet, scholar, and educator {…}
Business, News

National Sawdust Announces New Managing Director

https://operawire.com/national-sawdust-announces-new-managing-director/

National Sawdust has named Ana De Archuleta as its new Managing Director. In her new role, De Archuleta will work closely co-founder, composer, and artistic director Paola Prestini. She takes over for Managing Director Brian Berkopec. “National Sawdust is one of the most impactful multidisciplinary arts organizations of the 21st century and an indispensable incubator of new music and sound {…}

Links

Social

Contact

Opera is thriving. And OperaWire came about as a desire to take in as much of it and allow the passionate fan base access to everything this wondrous art form has to offer on a daily basis.

© Copyright 2024 OperaWire
Site by Lenny's Studio