The Tri-Cities Opera has launched its first national vocal competition. TCO NEXT: A Virtual Vocal Competition will encourage emerging professional singers by promoting new voices and new music. Singers will compete for cash prizes with a grand prize of $3,000 and a contract for a future role with the Tri-Cities Opera. The audition process will feature an audio-only first round {…}
Exploring the virtual possibilities of performance, the Umculo Opera Incubator has released two music videos which blend operatic arias with computer-generated environments and effects, titled “Arcadia,” and “Inferno.” Directed by Kobie van Rensburg, these videos come as part of South Africa’s National Arts Festival, with this year’s iteration being entirely virtual due to the ongoing closure of theaters. Both videos {…}
Following 100 sold-out shows, On Site Opera has decided to further extend its run of “To My Distant Love.” The show will now run until August 23, 2020. This 20-minute song cycle is unique in that it is performed live and over the phone for a single person at a time. The cycle draws six songs from Beethoven centered on {…}
The little OPERA theatre of ny (LOTNY) is set to present “Mozart & Friends,” a livestream pop-up concert on July 9, 2020, at 7:30 pm from St. John’s in the Village. The concert will spotlight several arias from little OPERA’s postponed production of Mozart’s “The Shepherd King” in a newly commissioned singing translation from Mark Herman and Ronnie Apter, based upon the libretto by Pietro Metastasio. {…}
On July 5, 2020, New Camerata Opera performed a virtual concert in support of Black Lives Matter. The organization has now released the video online with the aim of providing direct support to communities affected by ongoing racial injustice through KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CAMP. “The shocking brutality and racism of the US justice system has come to light yet again. {…}
The Waterperry Opera Festival has announced a mini-festival featuring two concerts. In a press release, the U.K. festival said, “It has been a long and difficult road, but we are glad to be able to welcome back both artists and audiences to live performance at Waterperry this August (15th & 16th) with a new mini-festival program of outdoor opera.” The {…}
The Hampstead Garden Opera has announced the first opera production in London post-COVID. The company will present an open-air, socially-distanced production of Gustav Holst’s “Sāvitri” complying with government regulations. The one-act opera will take place in the gardens of Lauderdale House, Highgate, with two performances per evening on August 13, 15, 20, and 22. The production will be staged by {…}
Soprano Jessica Fishenfeld is set to launch a new art song video “Mother to Song” on July 4, 2020. The video, which was conceived and sung by baritone Matthew Gamble, was directed and edited by Fishenfeld. The art song was composed by Scott Joiner and includes a poem by Langston Hughes of the same title. Also on the video are {…}
(Image Source: Official Website) Amici Opera is set to present Verdi’s “Otello” this July. The Philadelphia-based company recently reopened its doors in June for a performance of “La Forza del Destino.” “Otello” will be presented on Saturday, July 12 at 3 p.m. with an ensuing performance set to follow on Sunday, July 18 at 4 p.m., both at Redeemer UMC {…}
Sarasota Opera recently launched “Opera Mobile,” a unique opera experience in which the company’s artists hit the road to bring opera to the people. Among the singers involved in the test run on June 30, 2020 were baritone Alexander Boyd and soprano Hanna Brammer with Jesse Martins at the piano. The duo performed selections from “Faust,” “La Rondine,” “La Wally,” {…}
Several performance artists have put their joint efforts together to create a new opera company entitled “Strange Trace.” The organization is located in the Boston and New England area and will focus on the creation and presentation of new works of music theater in a number of unique venues. The company will inaugurate with “See You Today, a series of {…}
