Tomer Zvulun & Sherrill Milnes Among Recipients of Georgia’s Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities

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Tomer Zvulun and Sherrill Milnes are among the recipients of the 14th annual Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities, presented by Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp. The awards, which honor individuals and organizations making significant contributions to the state’s cultural life, are presented in partnership with the Georgia Council for the Arts and Georgia {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Atlanta Opera Artistic & General Manager Tomer Zvulun on the Courage & Imagination of Making Opera into a Circus

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The Atlanta Opera (TAO) website greets visitors with an invitation: “JOIN US AT THE BIG TENT!” Cool. The company’s staging its 2021 productions in an enormous tent. But wait a minute; is that a circus tent? Yes, it is, and unlike the Met’s new-ish production of “Così fan tutte” in which the circus entered the opera house, The Atlanta Opera’s {…}

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Q & A: General Director Tomer Zvulun On The Atlanta Opera’s 2018-19 Season

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The Atlanta Opera is on the upswing and becoming one of the most exciting opera companies in America. This is best evidenced by the company’s upcoming 2018-19 season which will feature an assortment of modern and classic works. The opera’s growth and expansiveness could be directly attributed to the man in charge, Tomer Zvulun, whose reforms to the company since {…}

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Double Duty – Tomer Zvulun On Directing & Managing At Atlanta Opera

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Being a general and artistic director for any opera company is quite a massive challenge. Especially a growing one like the Atlanta Opera. Now imagine giving yourself another massive job on top of such, say director of three productions for your upcoming season. Most people would balk at the proposition, but not Tomer Zvulun who is not only running the {…}

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Q & A: Director Tomer Zvulun on ‘Dinner At Eight’s’ Comedic Drama & Contemporary Importance

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Back in 1933, with the Great Depression in full swing, famed Hollywood director George Cukor released a small film called “Dinner at Eight.” Starring Lionel and John Barrymore, Marie Dressler and Jean Harlow among others, the film established the cataclysmic world event in a very intimate setting. The film became a cult classic in ensuing decades and a new version {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

The Atlanta Opera 2025-26 Review: Turandot

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(Credit: Raftermen photography) Trigger warning: discussions of sexual assault. The Atlanta Opera (TAO) has given us a new way to stage one of the 21st century’s most performed operas, Puccini’s “Turandot.” Premiering on 25 April 2026, the 100th anniversary of the work’s original premiere, the edits were light. The only significant changes were an excision of most of Franco Alfano’s {…}

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Atlanta Opera Awards $10,000 Prize & Commission to ‘The Sickness’

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Composer Gillian Rae Perry and librettist David Davila have won the fifth annual 96-Hour Opera Project at The Atlanta Opera’s NOW Festival. The duo will now take home the $10,000 Antinori Foundation Grand Prize and a commission to write their chamber opera, “The Sickness” for the company. Their winning work is set during Georgia’s Gold Rush on Cherokee land and {…}

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Atlanta Opera Announces Ring Festival 2029

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The Atlanta Opera has announced its milestone Ring Festival 2029, presenting two complete cycles of Richard Wagner’s epic tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in June 2029. The festival marks a triumphant new chapter in a journey that started in 2023 when The Atlanta Opera began presenting each of the four Ring operas over {…}

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Lise Lindstrom & Stefan Vinke Lead Atlanta Opera’s ‘Götterdämmerung’

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The Atlanta Opera is set to present Richard Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung.” The production by Tomer Zvulun will be presented between May 30 and June 7, 2026, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. This production will mark the first complete staging of the Ring cycle in the Southeast and represents one of the most ambitious artistic undertakings in the company’s history. Conducted {…}

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Tomer Zvulun & Sherrill Milnes Among Recipients of Georgia’s Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities

Q & A: Atlanta Opera Artistic & General Manager Tomer Zvulun on the Courage & Imagination of Making Opera into a Circus

Q & A: General Director Tomer Zvulun On The Atlanta Opera’s 2018-19 Season

Double Duty – Tomer Zvulun On Directing & Managing At Atlanta Opera

Q & A: Director Tomer Zvulun on ‘Dinner At Eight’s’ Comedic Drama & Contemporary Importance

The Atlanta Opera 2025-26 Review: Turandot

Atlanta Opera Awards $10,000 Prize & Commission to ‘The Sickness’

Atlanta Opera Announces Ring Festival 2029

Lise Lindstrom & Stefan Vinke Lead Atlanta Opera’s ‘Götterdämmerung’