Gulfshore Opera in Naples, Florida has announced its “Carmen Gala” scheduled for March 23, 2021. The annual gala concert, which will feature local artists, was originally scheduled for Feb. 28, 2021, and was set to feature Irish tenor Anthony Kearns. However, Kearns was unable to participate due to restrictions on international travel as a result of COVID-19. The company was {…}
On March 17, 2021, MassOpera will present the fourth set of concerts in its Social DistanSing series. The concert will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at various elderly and low-income housing facilities in the Boston area, including South Boston and Dorchester. The concert will feature sopranos Kristin Fahning and Marsé Alaundra, who will sing a variety of repertoire. MassOpera will go {…}
On April 9, 2021, Brooklyn Art Song Society will present the first program in its “New Voices Festival: Past/Present/Future,” featuring world premieres by composers Katherine Balch and Brad and Doug Balliett. First will be the Balliett Brothers, with a re-setting of Schubert’s “Schwanengesang” that draws upon their idiosyncratic styles of composition and performance. Katherine Balch’s “estrangement” will view Schumann’s “Dichterliebe” {…}
(Photo credit: Alisabeth Von Presley) For opera artists around the world, COVID-19 was a major blow. Not only did they lose the opportunity to work, but in most cases, they have often been the last to get the chance to make their return. While several industries around the world have opened and closed repeatedly with the differing waves of the {…}
Chicago Fringe Opera (CFO), known as Chicago’s “Alternative Opera Company,” has announced the Spring portion of its 2021 Season. The company will to present “A City of Works: Pilot Season,” which includes several works for one or two singers inspired by one of Chicago’s 50 unique venue. Audiences will have a chance to head to each location and with a {…}
On April 24, 2021, Opera in the Heights is set to present a pair of outdoor concerts at The White Oak Music Hall. Opera in the Heights Artistic Director Eiki Isomura will conduct several of the company’s rising artists for selections from Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” and Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The concerts come after the company reached out {…}
If you’re looking for a safe way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, join composer/pianist Felix Jarrar and soprano Samantha Nahra as they present “She’s So Lucky: A St. Patrick’s Day Liederabend.” The showcase begins at 8:00 P.M. EDT on March 17. Each song will be presented as a music video and paired with a gluten-free drink to celebrate the beauty {…}
Minneapolis-based Orpheus Music Project will premiere “SONGBREAK: Songs for our Wellbeing,” a virtual vocal concert, on Vimeo on March 21, 2021. The 90-minute concert will be presented in collaboration with Minnesota Community Care, which provides humanitarian-based healthcare to members of the Minneapolis community. The showcase will feature soprano Riley Cardona and bass Brian Haase alongside pianist Bryon Wilson as they {…}
The Canales Project (TCP), a nonprofit founded by internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Carla Canales and dedicated to giving voice to issues of identity and culture through song, announced the March 26 release date of Project’s debut compilation album, “Hear Our Song.” The recording features 45 songs, all composed by female-identifying composers, and is the culmination of a four-year initiative sparked by {…}
Wilmington Concert Opera will stream the company’s first complete virtual opera, Purcell’s “Dido & Aeneas,” on April 11 at 2:00 P.M. EDT, on Wilmington Concert Opera’s YouTube channel and includes a live chat with the cast. Based on an episode within Virgil’s epic poem, “The Aeneid” is Purcell’s sole opera and a central work of the Baroque canon regarded as {…}
Beth Morrison Projects has announced the first-round finalists in its second three-year cycle of BMP: Next Generation initiative, which seeks to shine a light on rising composers of opera and musical theatre. The finalists are Gabriel Fynsk, Elizabeth Gartman, Eli Greenhoe, Gabrielle Herbst, Jens Ibsen, Laura Jobin-Acosta, Maya Miro Johnson, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Timothy Peterson, and Huan Sun. These 10 were {…}