Spooky Goose Opera has announced that it will present a fully-remote Concert series that will span three days. The concert, which will be led by General Director Bruce Fowler, will feature several colleagues including artists who have performed with the Houston Grand Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Arizona Opera, Minnesota Opera, LA Opera, The Metropolitan Opera, and Teatro {…}
Pacific Opera Project is joining a number of other opera companies in bringing opera to the public online. On March 19, 2020, the company loaded up its production of “La Traviata” on its official YouTube channel. Afterward, it put up its production of “The Barber of Seville” before loading up “Le Nozze di Figaro” on March 20. The aim is {…}
(Image Source: Against the Grain Theatre Official Website) As with many other companies around the world, Against the Grain Theatre is excited to share video performances from the past. In this case, the company is showcasing its famed production of “La Bohème” via CBC Arts. The showcase was toured throughout Canada back in the fall between Sept. 27 through Nov. {…}
On Oct. 23 and 25, Resonance Works will open its 2020-2021 season with “I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams” at the New Hazlett Theater on Pittsburgh’s North Side. The work will be a collaboration between composer Jorge Sosa and creator and librettist Cerise Lim Jacobs and will champion the struggles of immigrants and the often overlooked complexities of {…}
(Credit: James Matthews Daniel) Beth Morrison Projects is committed to presenting video performances of past productions directly on its official website as part of an “Opera of the Week” program. The company announced that it would kick off the streaming service with “Dog Days,” a post-apocalyptic opera by Royce Vavrek and David T. Little. “The themes of Dog Days – isolation, {…}
(Credit: Matthew Perrin) Bampton Classical Opera has unveiled the cast for its upcoming production of Gluck’s “Paris and Helen” this summer. The production, which opens at The Grange Garden in Oxfordshire on July 17 and 18, will be directed by Jeremy Gray with Karin Hendrickson conducting the Orchestra of Bampton Classical Opera. Audiences will hear Samantha Louis-Jean as Paris and {…}
Victorian Opera has announced the cast for its upcoming production of “The Who’s Tommy.” The company revealed that the role of Pete Townshend will be played by Mat Verevis with other cast members in leading roles including Amy Lehpamer, Chris Ryan, Paul Capsis, Kanen Breen, and Vincent Hooper. The ensemble cast is comprised of Sheridan Anderson, Jared Bryan, Monique Dawes, Mark Doggett, Darcey Eagle, Courtney {…}
(Image provided by NYFOS) The New York Festival of Song and its Emerging Artists will present “The Art of Pleasure” via live stream on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 3 p.m. The performance will feature soprano Elaine Daiber, mezzo-soprano Siena Licht Miller, tenor Terrence Chin-Loy, baritone Thomas West, and pianist Shawn Chang. Steven Blier, the Artsitic Director of New York {…}
Opera on the James in Lynchburg, Virginia announced on March 14 that it would join most other companies around the world in shutting down its upcoming performances to the public to help with containing the spread of COVID-19. However, the company did note that it planned to live stream a concert of excerpts from “The Barber of Seville” as well {…}
(Credit: Jessi Franko Designs LLC) The Princeton Festival has won the title of New Jersey’s “Favorite Opera Company.” The award was voted on as part of the 2020 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Award poll. This comes on the heels of the company’s beloved production of “Nixon in China” in 2019 and ahead of its upcoming production of “La Traviata,” which is {…}
Pacific Opera Victoria and Vancouver Opera will team up to present “The Flight of the Hummingbird” on March 18-22, 2020 at the Baumann Centre in Victoria. The opera, which was co-commissioned and co-produced by the two companies, is intended for younger audiences and tells the story of how a number of animals of the forest come together to save their {…}