(Image Source: Mario Diaz-Moresco Official Website / Jennifer Zetlan Official Website) When COVID-19 shutdown public gatherings, On Site Opera’s main purpose, which is to assemble productions in unique theatrical spaces, was suppressed. But the company, renowned for making a New York City park or a Wax Museum into an opera theater, would not be deterred and rethought the concept of {…}
(Credit: Tete a Tete Festival Official Website) The Tête à Tête Festival has declared a Manifesto regarding its 2020 festival. According to the statement, the company will go ahead with its festival whether it be by “act of imagination” or in a real physical space. In a publication on its official website, the company declares “We hope and aim to {…}
Beth Morrison Projects has announced “BMP: Limitless,” a new digital initiative. “BMP: Limitless” is comprised of five digital programs including “BMP: Opera of the Week,” “BMP: Producer Academy,” “pssst…(BMP: Speakeasies),” “BMP: Beyond the Music,” and “21c Lieberabend, op. World Wide (digital).” “BMP: Opera of the Week” was launched in mid-March. Every Thursday, the company streams a new opera for one {…}
(Credit: Leslie Hassler) Tenor Brian Cheney is set to present “The Beauty of Bel Canto” as part of his online series on Thursday, May 28, 2020 The concert will highlight the operatic and art song repertory of the great Bel Canto masters with an emphasis on Donizetti and Bellini. This is the eighth concert that Cheney has performed since the {…}
(Credit: Victor Xie) Voices of Silicon Valley will showcase an online concert on May 31, 2020 at 5 p.m. PST. The concert performance will feature “Cries of London” by Luciano Berio, “Pilgrim’s Hymn” by Stephen Paulus, and arrangements of Pentatonix songs. This is the latest showcase by the San Francisco area vocal ensemble, which recently put on a concert highlighting {…}
Composer and pianist Felix Jarrar will to present “Nurturing Nature During Quarantine: a social distancing salon” on May 31, 2020 at 5 p.m. EDT. The virtual recital will feature sopranos Marina Harris and Julia Taylor as well as mezzo-soprano Allison Gish performing alongside Jarrar. The performance will feature standard operatic and art song repertory as well as the premiere of {…}
Bare Opera is set to present three new performances of “Exercises on The Presence of Odradek” this Sunday, May 24. The three showcases will kick off at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. EDT with a red carpet segment hosted by 360 of Opera’s Eugenia Forteza on the 360 of Opera Instagram account prior to the final performance. The {…}
Opera de Poche is set to present a preview video of Emily Anderson and Eva Fein’s “The Rat Came Back” on Saturday, May 23, 2020. The opera tells the wild story of a cowboy, a shabby château, an American with more money than brains, a love triangle, and a rat that sings. Per Anderson, “it was inspired by the true {…}
The company behind the Amargosa Opera House has launched a Go Fund Me campaign to help preserve the company into the future. The Opera House, which is located at the Death Valley Junction, was run by Marta Becket from the 1960s until her death in 2017. But the company has struggled due to the COVID-19 crisis and with expenses of {…}
Heartbeat Opera has announced more dates for its ever-popular “Lady M” Zoom soirées. The showcase, which originally ran between May 11-18, will now be extended between May 27-June 6, 2020. Each 60-minute soirée includes a welcome toast, live performances by two cast members (on a rotating schedule), screenings of a new behind-the-scenes documentary and a music video of Lady M’s Sleepwalking {…}
The In Series has announced its next slew of online streaming options. First up is the company’s recent production of “Stormy Weather.” The opera is based on Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” but retold through the perspective of Sycorax, the mother of Caliban and mistress of Arial. The opera features music by Billie Holiday and poetic-prose written by Sybil Williams. Michelle Rogers {…}