Oregon’s Eugene Opera and Eugene-Springfield Youth Orchestras (ESYO) are teaming up once again to present “Opera is Instrumental,” a new initiative that offers young musicians an opportunity to perform alongside opera singers. The program this year will offer rehearsals of “Rigoletto” with such artists as Véronique Filloux and Bernard Holcomb. The company is set to present “Rigoletto” starting on Jan. {…}
North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) will present its annual “Amore Concert” on Feb. 11, 2025 at the Ristorante Lucia in the North End of Boston, MA. The showcase will feature a wide range of music, stretching from the baroque era to modern times. Headlining the night will be NEMPAC artistic director and soprano Justine Boonstra, who will {…}
Wisconsin’s Green Lake Festival of Music has announced its 2025 slate. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. The Children’s Chorus Camp will feature Program Director Magdalena Delgado of Uniting Voices Chicago. Program Dates: June 9 – 12, 2025 There will also be a series of Choral Programs led by John Hughes. The festival’s Choral Institute Festival Chorus {…}
“Labyrinth.” by Evan J Lawson and Daniel Szesiong Todd will receive and eight-show revival. This multi-genre opera allows the audience to explore the Greek Myth of Theseus, Ariadne, and the Minotaur through an immersive experience. “Labyrinth.” confronts themes of shame, isolation and redemption through opera, ballet, and piano music. Classic Melbourne said of its first run, “Labyrinth, is packed a {…}
FAWN Chamber Creative of Toronto and NUMUS of Kitchener-Waterloo will co-present the debut concert performance of “Cells of Wind,” a new chamber opera by Anna Höstman and Oana Avasilichioaei. Inspired by the real-life experiences of Romanian artist Lena Constante, “Cells of Wind” delves into the psychological and emotional toll of prolonged, forced isolation. The opera which is set in a {…}
(Photo credit: Azusa Oda & Dorothea Lange) Composer Daniel Kessner and playwright Lionelle Hamanaka’s “The Camp” will makes its world premiere at the JACCC Aratani Theatre in Los Angeles. “The Camp” tells the story of the Japanese American Shimono family who were forcibly removed from their suburban home in Southern California after Mas, a fisherman and head of the household, {…}
IN Series is set to present the first musical reading of Damien Geter and Jarrod Lee’s “Delta King’s Blues.” The reading, set for Jan. 26, 2025, at 4 p.m. at the MLK Library Auditorium in Washington D.C., will feature Curtis Bannister as Robert Johnson, Carl Dupont as the Devil, Melissa Wimbish as Virginia, Marvin Wayne Allen III as Willy, and {…}
(Photo credit: Molly Noori) Lyric Opera of Orange County has announced that Brooke deRosa and Diana Farrell’s new opera “The Yellow Wallpaper” is set to makes its world premiere at Carnegie Hall on Jan. 31. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story of the same name. The opera is set against the backdrop of the oppressive {…}
(Photo by Liz Kaye, Indiana University) Brooklyn’s Roulette will present “Lexia, an AI Opera in One Act. Taking place in AD 2225, the opera follows Lexia, who is in search of her son in a hostile United States where The Committee rules via an AI device called The Lung that builds data banks to write history’s collective memory. During her {…}
Madison Lyric Stage will present “We Live Only for the Music: Max Lorenz and the Third Reich” on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2025. The work is a one-man play with music written and performed by tenor Marc Deaton, which originally premiered in 2018 with Madison Lyric Stage. It chronicles the life of Lorenz, a major Wagnerian tenor in the {…}
American Opera Projects and Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center will present “State of the Jews” on Jan. 15, 2025. The opera about Theodor Herzl has a one-hour duration and will be followed by a discussion with composer Alex Weiser and librettist Ben Kaplan. It explores the last years of Herzl’s life and his advocacy for the establishment of a Jewish {…}