Heartbeat Opera will present the west coast premiere of “Breathing Free” on Feb. 10 and 13. The film cycle will be presented as a 45-minute visual album featuring bass-baritone Derrell Acon, tenor Curtis Bannister, soprano Kelly Griffin, dancers Randy Castillo, Tamrin Goldberg, Brian HallowDreamz Henry, and a number of instrumentalists. The videos will also feature the voices of over 100 incarcerated singers {…}
Bryan Cheney and Cathy Venable will kick off a three-part concert series starting this Thursday, January 21, 2021. The duo will perform the famed “24 Italian Art Songs and Arias anthology,” a volume of songs that any aspiring singer will take on at some point in his or her career. “My mentor and dear friend, Jerry Hadley, always told me {…}
On December 31, 2020, Heresy Films released a new short film directed by Eric Fraad, titled “Love’s Fever.” The film is inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s “Decameron,” a collection of novellas completed in 1353 and set in Italy during the height of the Black Death, and draws upon its message of artistic connection amidst times of isolation. Early music singer Caitriona {…}
(Credit: David Perez / Sebastien Galtier) Dutch company Opera Zuid is set to present a production of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” starting on May 23, 2021. The famed bel canto opera will be presented in a modern production by Marcos Darbyshire and new arrangement by Pedro Beriso; this new arrangement is for five soloists and 12 musicians. “L’Elisir d‘Amore” will star {…}
Gulfshore Opera is set to present Puccini’s “La Bohème” at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Center in Naples, Florida on Jan. 24, 2021. The production, which will be directed by Josh Shaw and conducted by Greg Ritchey, is inspired by the impressionist art movement of France in the late 1800s. Designs for the four main Bohemians in the opera {…}
Long time collaborators pianist/composer Felix Jarrar and lyricist/librettist Bea Goodwin have announced “Looking: a Jarrar/Goodwin Benefit for Artist Relief Tree” The event, scheduled for Thursday, January 21 at 7:00 p.m. EST features tenor Josh Kaneklides and soprano Caroline Spaeth. The performance will stream on Jarrar’s YouTube Channel and is free to watch. Donations are encouraged with 25 percent of the {…}
Soprano Gilda Lyons will team up with Eleonor Sandresky for “Wolf Moon,” an online concert set to take place on Jan. 28, 2021. The concert, which is the fifth installment of the Lunar Landscape concert series, will feature several pieces for piano and soprano including “Someone Comes” by Eleonor Sandresky and “Hydroxychhloroquine” by Gilda Lyons. Additionally, the showcase will feature {…}
Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble has announced that it will be postponing several upcoming recitals due to ongoing concerns over COVID-19. The recitals in question include a previously schedule showcase with soprano Luisamaria Hernández and another headlined by Flavia Darcie, both accompanied by Chris Fecteau. Hernández’s recital featured music by Granados, Turina, Antonio de la Cruz, de Falla, Eduardo Toldrá, Villa Lobos, {…}
Running from January 21 – 24, Chants Libres will offer audiences an inside-look into the creation process in the company’s short film “Prelude to the opera.” Filmed in Monument-National, this film follows the company as it puts together its upcoming opera “L’orangeraie,” which was postponed to October of 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic. The cast features actor Sebastien Ricard; {…}
The Regina Opera has released its 50th Anniversary gala. The concert, which was recorded in November 2020 in New York features favorite opera selections and Italian songs. Among the repertoire performed is “O sole mio,” “Core n’grato,” “Dew Fairy’s aria” from “Hansel and Gretel,” “Deh vieni non tardar” from ” The Marriage of Figaro” and “Voi lo sapete, o mamma” {…}
The Central City Opera has named five prestigious community leaders in 2021 to officer positions on the Board of Directors. The new board members will include Gregg Kvistad, Provost Emeritus and Professor at the University of Denver, and Anne McGonagle, a prolific Colorado philanthropist involved with numerous organizations, who will take on the roles of co-chairs of the 30-person board. {…}