(Source: fauna.una.edu.ar) The Universidad Nacional de las Artes in Buenos Aires is set to present Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Medium” at the Sala Muiño on Dec. 14, 2019 as part of its Fauna Festival 2019. The performance will be conducted by Nicolás Ravelli Barreiro with Johanna Chiefo directing. Mezzo-soprano Laura Benitez Silenzi is set to star as Baba with soprano {…}
(Source: PrototypeFestival.org) MasterVoices is set to perform Jeremy Schonfeld’s rock-opera “Iron & Coal” on Jan. 10 and 11 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay University in New York. The performances will represent the New York premiere for the work. The rock-opera, which relates the Holocaust experience endured by Schonfeld’s family, features tenor Daniel Rowan alongside, Rinde Eckert, {…}
Cerise Jacobs and Julian Wahner’s opera “REV. 23” is set to make its New York premiere at the Prototype Festival. “REV. 23,” which had its world premiere in Boston in 2017, adds a satirical twist to an imagined extra chapter in the biblical Book of Revelation. The new production will be conducted by Daniela Candillari and will star soprano Colleen {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has announced that Enzo Pizzimento will be the new Chairman of the Board. Pizzimenti is the president of the Bel Canto International Club and is also on the board of the Directors of the Italian Language Foundation. He is also the president of Italian Center for Commercial Affairs. “We are looking to many years of great music making,” {…}
The Long Beach Opera is set to present the world premiere of its re-imagination of Purcell’s “King Arthur.” The opera, which will be directed and adapted by Andreas Mitisek, is set to appear o Jan. 12, 18, and 19 at the Beverly O’Neill Theatre in Long Beach, California. Culture Clash and Musica Angelica will perform alongside Bass-baritone Cedric Berry, soprano {…}
California-based Pocket Opera has announced its 2020 season which will feature five operas throughout the year, including a unique double bill. The season opens with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Anders Froehlich in the title role. Chris Filipowicz, Kevin Gino, Mitchell Jones, Sara LeMesh, Jaime Korkos, and Rabihah Dunn will take on the other major roles in the opera. César Cañon {…}
The Eurasia Festival is set to present “Music of the Season” on Dec. 19, 2019 at 7 p.m. at the Eurasia Cultural Center. The performance is set to feature soprano Clara Lisle, mezzo-soprano Alvard Mayilyan, bass-baritone Rocky Sellers, flautist, DeShaun Gordon-King, and pianists Aza Sydykov and Jonathan Levin. Lisle has performed with such companies as On Site Opera, Amalfi Coast {…}
The Brooklyn Art Song Society is set to present its third concert in the “Home” series. The concert, which is set for Jan. 3, 2020 at the Brooklyn Historical Society in Brooklyn, NY, will feature music of Polish composers Chopin and Szymanowski. Sopranos Laura Strickling and Amy Owens will be featured on the program alongside pianists Michael Brofman, Spencer Myer, {…}
On Site Opera is set to present Menotti’s perennial one-act opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen between Dec. 4-8, 2019. Following a successful run in 2018, the production will be presented in partnership with Breaking Ground, New York’s largest provider of permanent supportive housing for homeless and will be conducted by OSO Music Director Geoffrey {…}
Resonance Works is set to perform Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” on Dec. 20 and 22, 2019. The new, fully-staged production at the New Hazlett Theater on Pittsburgh’s North Side will include festive and virtuosic music by Jessie Montgomery, Jennifer Higdon, Cécile Chaminade, and Nancy Galbraith. The cast will include mezzo-soprano Olga Perez Flora as Amahl’s Mother, Emmanuel Tsao as {…}
Gramercy Opera is set to produce “A Gramercy Opera Christmas” on Dec. 13 and 14, 2019 at the Montauk Club in Brooklyn, New York. First up will be “Story of an Hour, which tells the story of a fatal train accident during the 1800s that has consequences on two young women. The work is based on a short story by {…}