Christopher Bozeka, Amanda Crider & Lindsay Ohse to Headline Opera Southwest’s ‘Le Comte Ory’

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Opera Southwest is set to present “Le Comte Ory” starting on Feb. 5, 2023. The production of the famed Rossini opera will run for a total of three performances with subsequent shows scheduled for Feb. 10 and 12, 2023 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center-Journal Theatre. The comedy will star tenor Christopher Bozeka, soprano Lindsay Ohse, Amanda Crider, Matthew Hanscom, {…}

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Opera Baltimore & OperaDelaware to Co-Present ‘La Traviata’

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On March 24, 2023, Opera Baltimore will present Verdi’s “La Traviata” at Towson University’s Stephens Hall. The work comes as a co-production between Opera Baltimore and OperaDelaware and part of an ongoing collaboration between the two companies. Soprano Lindsay Ohse stars as Violetta, with tenor Matthew Vickers as Alfredo, baritone Benjamin Taylor as Germont; the cast also includes Melanie Ashkar {…}

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Portland Opera To Present Rare Mozart Opera This July

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The Portland Opera will present “La Finta Giardiniera” starting on July 12, 2019. The run of the Mozart opera will last six performances, ending on July 27, 2019. The work will be conducted by George Manahan with soprano Lindsay Ohse as Sandrina. Mark A. Thomsen will appear as Podesta. Other cast members include Geoffrey Schellenberg, Helen Huang, Camille Sherman, Thomas {…}

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It’s All About Rossini at OperaDelaware’s 2017 Festival

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OperaDelaware will celebrate the 225th anniversary of Rossini’s birth by performing “Semiramide” and “La Cenerentola” as a part of the company’s 2017 festival. Starting on Saturday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. OperaDelaware presents Rossini’s final Italian opera, “Semiramide.” This rarely performed masterpiece will appear again on May 7 at 2:00 p.m. Maestro Anthony Barrese will conduct as Dean Anthony directs. {…}

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OrpheusPDX 2023 Review: Dark Sisters

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(Written by: James Bash) OrpheusPDX, a new company founded by Christopher Mattaliano in Portland, Oregon, concluded its second season with a brilliant and thought-provoking production of Nico Muhly’s “Dark Sisters,” at Lincoln Hall on August 24. “Dark Sisters” explores and exposes relationships in a polygamous sect and reveals the courage of one sister-wife to leave it. With Stephen Karam’s libretto {…}

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Sarasota Opera Announces Casting for Winter & Spring 2021 Festivals

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Sarasota Opera has announced casting for its 2021 festival. “L’Inganno Felice” will feature soprano Hanna Brammer as Isabella and bass-baritone Alexander Charles Boyd as Tarabotto. Tenor Christopher Bozeka will make his company debut as Bertrando with bass Joshua DeVane as Ormondo. Joseph Beutel rounds out the cast, which will be conducted by Victor DeRenzi and directed by Martha Collins. “La {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: Akhnaten

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Philip Glass has a solid trajectory at the Metropolitan Opera. Though few of his operas have had major representation at the hallowed house, their scant performances have tended to be major successes, often flanked by fantastically conceived productions that manage to get the utmost of his meditative masterworks. “Satyagraha” remains one of the great achievements in the Peter Gelb era, {…}

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