https://operawire.com/festival-opera-unveils-2024-season/
Walnut Creek’s Festival Opera has announced its 2024 season. There will be two editions of “Opera in the Park.” Both feature Lila Khazoum, Courtney Miller, Taylor Thompson, and Liam Daley. They are joined by pianist Chun Mei Wilson and host Zachary Gordin. Performance Dates: June 20, 2024 at Orinda Community Park & June 23 at Civic Park The mainstage production {…}
https://operawire.com/pocket-opera-2024-review-the-cunning-little-vixen/
(Photo credit: Pocket Opera) More than earning its cult following, San Francisco Bay’s Pocket Opera continues to enchant music-lovers of all ages and varying attention spans. Armed with the mission embraced by its founder Donald Pippin, the Pocket Opera breathes life into rare, under-appreciated, and flat out delightful operas. Sculpting them within a chamber setting—the final performance of Leoš Janáček’s {…}
https://operawire.com/manchester-music-festival-announces-50th-anniversary-festival-lineup/
The Manchester Music Festival has released the details of its 50th anniversary season. Artistic Director Philip Setzer, founder and violinist of the Emerson String Quartet directs the festival at the Southern Vermont Arts Center’s (SVAC) Arkell Pavilion. This article only contains information on vocal performances. Contralto Sara Couden performs works by Brahms, Robert and Clara Schumann, and Strauss. She is {…}
https://operawire.com/heartbeat-opera-to-present-the-golden-cock-a-drag-adaptation-of-the-golden-cockerel/
Heartbeat Opera will present “The Golden Cock” at Roulette in Brooklyn on Nov. 9 at 7:30 PM and Nov. 10 at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM. Heartbeat Opera’s adaptation of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” takes the original story and transforms it into a drag show with costumes by celebrated New York designer David Quinn. The drag extravaganza is Heartbeat’s most {…}
https://operawire.com/heartbeat-opera-unveils-2023-24-season/
Heartbeat Opera has unveiled its 2023-24 season, the 10th in the company’s history. First up is “The Golden Cock.” The opera is a riff on Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel.” The work was created by Nico Krell and Jacob Ashworth with arrangements by Daniel Schlosberg. The opera stars Ariana Wehr, Sara Couden, Daniel Moody, Elliott Paige, and John Taylor Ward. Performance {…}
https://operawire.com/ars-minerva-to-present-historic-performances-of-olimpia-vendicata/
(Credit: Valentina Sadiul) Ars Minerva is set to present “Olimpia Vendicata” on Oct. 20-22, 2023. The performances will be the modern world premiere of the 1682 opera by Domenico Freschi. It will star Leslie Katter in the title role, Nina Jones, Deborah Rosengaus, Aura Veruni, Sara Couden, Sidney Ragland, and Nicolas Garcia. Céline Ricci will direct while Matthew Dirst will {…}
https://operawire.com/west-edge-opera-announces-2023-summer-opera-festival/
West Edge Opera has announced its 2023 Summer Opera Festival. NJ Agwuna, who led a production of “The Magic Flute” at the Glimmerglass Festival, will direct “The Coronation of Poppea.” Adam Pearl will conduct the opera and a cast starring Shawnette Sulker and Daniel Moody as the lovers Poppea and Nerone. Other cast members include Sara Couden, Michael Skarke, and {…}
https://operawire.com/seattle-symphony-announces-holiday-slate-of-performances/
The Seattle Symphony has announced its lineup of holiday concerts at Benaroya Hall. This year marks the first time since 2019 that the symphony will perform its full suite of programs in person. Among the events is the tradition of Handel’s “Messiah” featuring soprano Nicole Cabell, contralto Sara Couden, tenor Steven Soph, bass Damien Geter, and the Seattle Symphony Chorale {…}
https://operawire.com/cyrille-dubois-benjamin-appl-eleonora-buratto-lead-new-cd-dvd-releases/
As part of this week’s CD / DVD releases, audiences will get to hear rarely performed works, a Rossini album, a documentary, a streamed opera, and a solo album by one of the great tenors of his generation. George Walker The fifth audio release on The Cleveland Orchestra’s own label showcased Music Director Franz Welser-Möst performing music by American composer {…}
