Against the Grain Theatre is set to showcase “Figaro’s Wedding” this December at the Enoch Turner School House in Toronto. The production, which will run for 12 performances, is staged as a real wedding with audience members as guests. A string quartet will accompany a special arrangement of the Mozart work with Alexandra Smither in her company debut as Susanna. {…}
Heartbeat Opera is set to showcase a radical interpretation of Weber’s “Der Freischütz” that will play on the American cultural unconscious. The showcase, set for Dec. 4-15, 2019 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, is set to be company’s longest run ever, and will star Derrell Acon, Summer Hassan, Ian Koziara, Daniel Klein, Katherine Whyte, Casey Candebat, and Nicole Haslett. {…}
(Credit: Fay Fox) The Opera Buffs have announced Rossini’s comic opera, “La Cenerentola,” as their 2019 Opera in Concert. Performed on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at The Colburn School’s Zipper Hall, the cast for the Rossini classic will include Katherine Beck as Cinderella, Randall Bills as Prince Ramiro, Efrain Solis as Dandini, and Jose Luis Maldonado as Don Magnifico, with {…}
The New York-based Regina Opera will open its 50th anniversary with Bizet’s “Carmen.” The company will showcase a fully-staged conducted by Gregory Ortega and staged by Linda Lehr. Performances are scheduled to take place at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help school auditorium on Nov. 23 through Dec. 1, 2019. The cast will include Lara Tillotson and Caroline Tye in {…}
Eighty-nine year old Holocaust survivor Harry Bialor’s new opera “The Uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto” will soon have its world premiere in Brooklyn. Bialor hid in an underground potato cellar with his sister and two other children from 1941 – 1943, coming out only at night to steal food and livestock. He lost his parents and three siblings. Act one {…}
“Missing” is set to go on tour in November 2019. The work, created by BC’s foremost Indigenous playwright and filmmaker Marie Clements features music by Juno award-winning composer Brian Current. The opera will be presented on Nov. 1 and 2, 2019 at Pacific Opera’s Baumann Centre in Victoria, followed by performances on Nov. 8 and 9 in Regina and Nov. {…}
The Stetson Opera Theatre is set to open its season with Handel’s “Giulio Ceesare in Egitto” on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 at the Athens Theatre in Deland, Florida. The production will be directed by Russell Franks with Anthony Hose at the podium. The opera will feature Alesandra Collins in the title role with Melissa Feurich and Lauren Prestifilippo alternating as {…}
The Victorian Opera is set to present Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” in a new concert-stage version in Melbourne. Victorian Opera’s Artistic Director Richard Mills is set to conduct the Orchestra Victoria with director Elizabeth Hill-Cooper helming the production. The production will star Argentine-Australian baritone Jose Carbo in the title role, Brenton Spiteri as Count Almaviva, and mezzo-soprano Chiara Amaru {…}
The Pacific Opera Project closes its 2019 season with five performances of Puccini’s “La Bohème AKA ‘The Hipsters’” at The Highland Park Ebell Club. The production brings Puccini’s classic tale to present day Los Angeles and takes place in a loft apartment during a particularly cold SoCal winter. LA’s housing crisis comes to life on stage as the artist, poet, philosopher, {…}
The New York University’s Chamber Opera will showcase a unique double bill on Oct. 25-27 at the Provincetown Playhouse. The unique production will showcase a double bill of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Old Maid and the Thief” alongside Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s “Mahagonny-Songspiel.” The performance will feature members of NYU Steinhardt’s Classical Voice Program, including Justin Baptista, Carolyn Boulay, {…}
Opera On Tap has announced its fall slate for New York City performances. Everything will kick off with the OOT GALAween, which aims to celebrate Halloween. The event, which will take place at The Old Stone House, with Joanie Brittingham, David Gordon, Eric McKeever, and Krista Wozniak performing. Christopher Berg will accompany at the piano. Famed soprano Sylvia McNair will {…}
