Tenor David Beucher and soprano Magda Beucher have released their second music video in a series inspired to give hope to opera lovers. The couple, who was left out of work due to the pandemic, released a music video to “Libiamo” from Verdi’s “La Traviata” and stated, “we want to give hope and sun for the new year 2021!” It {…}
Running from March 9 to 23, 2021, the Orchestre Classique de Montreal will present an online fundraising concert of Armenian music, titled “From Yerevan to Montreal.” Led by Maestro Boris Brott, the concert will feature Armenian-Canadian soprano Aline Kutan. The program is comprised of works from Armenian composers Armen Tigranian and Kevork Andonian, as well as two works by composer {…}
The Brooklyn Art Song Society will conclude its Schubert Festival with “Schwanengesang” on Saturday, March 13, 2021. The concert will feature tenor Dominic Armstrong and Joel Harder, soprano Kristina Bachrach, and baritone Michael Kelly accompanied by clarinetist Narek Arutyunian and pianists Michael Brofman and Joel Harder. The first half of the concert will feature Kelly and Brofman taking on “Widerschien,” {…}
Lone Tree Arts Center and Central City Opera are set to present a concert of opera and classical art song favorites entitled “Arts in the Afternoon: Opera Favorites with Central City Opera.” The concert will star CCO Touring Artists soprano Christie Conover, bass-baritone Eric J. McConnell, and pianist Jeremy Reger and will be live-streamed on Feb. 24, 2021, at 1:30 {…}
The American Lyric Theater has announced a free Opera Writers Symposium scheduled between Feb. 27- April 24, 2021. The course aims to offer artists an opportunity to check out the American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program. The Symposium is open to all artists in all genres of music and literature. Artists with no previous experience in opera are encouraged {…}
Later this year, On Site Opera will take audiences on an immersive, musical tour through parts of New York City with “The Road We Came.” Set to run from May 1 through July 31, 2021, the guided tour will feature filmed musical performances and spoken narration that shed light on the history of its locations through Harlem, Midtown, and Lower {…}
FEDORA, The European Circle of Philanthropists of Ballet and Opera, announced its shortlist of projects selected for the 2021 FEDORA Prizes. The group chose 34 projects for the public voting phase, which began on Feb. 1 and runs through Feb. 26. The voting phase determines which projects move to the next level of the competition and follows the December 2020 {…}
Opera America has launched Opera Grants for Stage Directors and Conductors, an initiative for opera companies to hire women for key leadership roles while promoting gender parity across the artistic field. The grant, funded by the Marineau Family Foundation, will make a contribution of $ 10,000 to cover up to 50 percent of the fee of a female stage director or {…}
Opera Orlando will receive a $10k Grants for Arts Projects award to support the company’s world premiere production of “The Secret River.” Composed by Stella Sung and with a libretto by Mark Campbell, this new work is the first to be commissioned by a female composer, and is meant to build a foundation for Opera Orlando creating future works. Based {…}
Librettist and producer Cerise Jacobs, together with her company, White Snake Projects, have created a virtual opera called “Death By Life,” in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The work, which is set to premiere digitally on May 20, 2021, explores systemic racism and the mass imprisonment of blacks. The opera features music by five Black composers including Jacinth {…}
Regina Opera Company has released its recording of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera on its official website. The free stream features a performance from Nov. 30, 2014 with a cast starring Michael Morrow as Riccardo, Alexis Cregger as Amelia, Andrew Cummings as Renato, Mizuho Takeshita as Oscar, Lara Michole Tillotson as Ulrica, Antoine Hodge as Samuel, Jonathan Dauermann as Tom, {…}