Sydney Mancasola, Ryan Speedo-Green, Roberto Kalb Headline Promethean Artists’ Live Programming

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Promethean Artists has announced its programming for the week of June 8, 2020. It all kicks off with Roberto Kalb, Resident Conductor and Head of Music at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, taking questions from audience members on a variety of topics. Streaming Date: June 8, 2020, at 12 p.m. EDT Chase Schaap continues his weekly “Fitness for Singers” series, {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Il Trovatore

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) You’ve heard the cliché that Caruso famously said about doing a production of “Il Trovatore…” You know it. I won’t repeat it. The spirit of the idea stands, but the reality is that it takes far more than just sticking four superstars on stage and letting magic happen. It doesn’t always work that way. {…}

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Marin Alsop Set For International Tour of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

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(Credit: Grant Leighton) Conductor Marin Alsop is set to launch a year-long cycle of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony around the world as part of her celebration of the 250th anniversary of the famed composer’s birth. She opens her international tour with a performance of the Ninth Symphony at Sao Paolo on Dec. 12-15, 2019, with a new Brazilian-Portugese adaptation. This series {…}

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New Mexico Bestows Santa Fe Opera With Major Honor

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On March 11, 2025, the State of New Mexico declared the day “Santa Fe Opera Day.” The company took to social media and said, “It has just been proclaimed that March 11, 2025 be officially declared “Santa Fe Opera Day” in recognition of the company’s global stature, economic contributions, and deep local impact. Thank you to the NM State Senate {…}

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The Centre for the Less Good Idea Johannesburg Announces Los Angeles Residency

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The Centre for the Less Good Idea, Johannesburg headed by Co-Founders William Kentridge and Bronwyn Lace have announced a Los Angeles Residency from Feb. 1 to 8. The Wallis, CAP UCLA, and The Broad have joined together to present three facets of the work of The Centre for the Less Good Idea. Events will include “A Defense of the Less {…}

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The Wallis to Present ‘At War With Ourselves – 400 Years of You’

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The Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, often referred to as simply The Wallis, is set to present “At War With Ourselves – 400 Years of You” on Feb. 15, 2025. The showcase, which kicks off at 7:30 p.m. local time, will feature the Kronos Quartet and choral ensemble Tonality. The work features music by Michael Abels with text and {…}

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George and Nora London Foundation for Singers Announces Its 53rd Annual Competition & Recital by Megan Moore

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The 2024-25 season of the George and Nora London Foundation for Singers will present the 53rd edition of the foundation’s annual competition. The final round of the competition, which is open to the public, takes place on Feb. 21, 2025, at the Morgan Library and Museum. Approximately a dozen singers compete for five George London Awards of $12,000 each. Those {…}

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Santa Fe Opera Announces the Members of the 2024 Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians

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(Photo credit: Kristin Hullihan) Santa Fe Opera has released the names of the 82 members of its 2024 Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians. Each season, Santa Fe Opera’s technical apprentices perform essential backstage functions within one of eight distinct crews: Audio/Visual, Costumes, Electrics, Production/Music Services, Properties, Scenic Art, Stage Operations and Wigs and Makeup. The crews carry out daily changeovers {…}

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LA Phil Presents U.S. Premiere ‘Last Days’

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(Photo credit: Alastair Muir) The Los Angeles Philharmonic will present the U.S. Premiere of “Last Days,” Oliver Leith and Matt Copson’s opera based on Gus van Sant’s 2005 film of the same name. The opera, which premiered at the Royal Opera House in 2022, follows a fictional account based on the death of Kurt Cobain. Agathe Rousselle plays Blake, who {…}

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Sydney Mancasola, Ryan Speedo-Green, Roberto Kalb Headline Promethean Artists’ Live Programming

Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Il Trovatore

Marin Alsop Set For International Tour of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

New Mexico Bestows Santa Fe Opera With Major Honor

The Centre for the Less Good Idea Johannesburg Announces Los Angeles Residency

The Wallis to Present ‘At War With Ourselves – 400 Years of You’

George and Nora London Foundation for Singers Announces Its 53rd Annual Competition & Recital by Megan Moore

Santa Fe Opera Announces the Members of the 2024 Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians

LA Phil Presents U.S. Premiere ‘Last Days’