(Credit: Shawn Blair / Shanan Balian) The Online Music Guild and 360 ° of Opera are joining forces to bring an ongoing series of #StayHome Online concerts. This partnership provides musicians with a platform and built-in network so they can make the most out of their performances, stream them for a worldwide audience, as well as monetize their concerts. Upcoming {…}
Spooky Goose Opera is set to present a Zoom performance of “The Magic Flute.” The opera production will star tenor Michael Celentano as Tamino with Alex Adams-Leytes as Papageno. Ariel Andrew and Ryan Colbert will rotate the role of Pamina with Angela Scorese and Katie Beckvold alternating as the Queen of the Night. Shelley Bruton, Bridget Ann Johnston, and Alessandra {…}
Little Opera at Grace in San Francisco, California will kick off a virtual opera after-school program starting on Sept. 21, 2020. The program will provide children grades K-8 with the opportunity to write, composer, act, sing, design, and perform their own three-act mini-operas. Each act will be composed over the course of the year with Act one set to be {…}
Fletcher Artist Management Entertainment has launched a new subscription channel “FAME.” For $15.99 a month, users will get a chance to experience a wide range of unique offerings throughout the platform. Offerings include “Friday Night Mics,” “Five Minutes of FAME,” “Van Sessions,” “Sacred Legacy,” and “Conduct Yourself Accordingly.” “We have always loved the way our clients naturally embrace the FAM {…}
Several opera stars around the country will perform “Register Democrats and Save the World!” during an upcoming “A Night at the Opera” performance on Saturday, August 29 at 6 p.m. PST. Performers on this concert include sopranos Maggie Finnegan and Kala Maxym; mezzo-soprano Lisa Chavez; tenor Rodell Rosel and Orson van Gay II; baritone Jorell Williams, and bass Reid Bruton. {…}
(Credit: Esmeralda Martin) The Teatro Español has announced that it will present the European premiere of Campbell, Reed, and Kaminsky’s “As One” on September 24, 2020 in a co-production with the Teatro Arriaga. The opera will spotlight mezzo-soprano Inés Olabarria-Smith and baritone Enrique Sánchez-Ramos. The Bauhaus String Quartet will accompany the two singers. Carlos Calvo Tapia will conduct the production {…}
(Credit: Tete a Tete Festival Official Website) Tête à Tête Opera Festival has unveiled some unique operas that it will be presenting in the coming weeks. First up will “Last Party on Earth,” which will showcase a post-apocalyptic work where two survivors make their way through what’s left of the world until they come across a Queen of Cans in {…}
West Edge Opera has unveiled “Aperture,” a new online platform to create new opera and music. The program will provide new opportunities for composer/librettist teams with each group receiving commissions of $60,000 and a life performance of the new work when it is safe to gather once again. Those who subscribe to Aperture will receive two weekly emails updating them {…}
The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts and Classical Movements will be joining forces to present a unique concert as part of the “Songs of Hope & Harmony” series on August 29, 2020. The showcase will feature soprano Alexandria Crichlow and baritone V. Savoy McIlwain alongside pianist Dr. Lester Green. Pamela Simonson will narrate the concert performance.The event {…}
“The Wonderland Series” will make its digital premiere on Sept 16 and 26 as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival. The experimental multimedia opera by Anna Heflin was inspired by Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” and will feature violinist Shannon Reilly performing and acting as she “weaves between every imaginable multimedia form.” “Shannon is one of the most hardworking people {…}
Cincinnati Song Initiative has announced its 2020-21 season which will feature all-digital performances. The season will feature mainstage projects including “A World of Song,” “Winter Song Festival,” and “Let it Be New.” A World of Song The main slate will kick off with “For the Dream Unfinished” starring Jasmine Habersham, Nicole Heaston, Nicholas Newton, Blair Salter, and Rolando Salazar. The {…}