It’s the holiday season and Handel’s “Messiah” cropping up everywhere you look in New York City. But the New York City Master Chorale is set to take a new approach to the famed oratorio. Per a press release, the holiday favorite will feature new solo movements by Emily Lau for its presentation on Dec. 8, 2018 at 8 p.m. at the {…}
Loveland Opera Theatre is set to present “Così fan tutte – A School for Lovers” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The production will be presented at the Rialto Theater in downtown Loveland with a concept based on seven impressionistic paintings. The landscape of each picture will be projected onto a screen, serving as the backdrop. Complete with hand-made, period-specific costumes, the {…}
Bare Opera has announced that it will be showcasing a holiday concert on Dec. 14, 2018. The performance, which will take place at The New Work Project in Brooklyn at 7 p.m., will feature performances from a wide range of artists, including tenor SungWook Kim, mezzo-soprano Inbar Goldmann, mezzo-soprano Kirsten Scott, and pianist Laetitia Ruccolo. These are all major players {…}
The Amore Opera has announced its 2018-19 season celebrating its 10th anniversary. This year the company will perform six productions that include opera classics, neglected gems of the repertoire, appealing children’s fare, and ever-popular Gilbert & Sullivan. Here is a look at what the season has to offer. Productions The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème” in a production co-directed {…}
In late September, I noted that New Camerata Opera was making waves as one of the most exciting “indie” opera companies in New York. The founders of the company put together an enjoyable season-opening gala which was followed up by a successful outreach performance at an art gallery. To clinch an exciting fall season, the New Camerata Opera put together {…}
The Skylark Opera Theatre has announced its 2019 season featuring two very different works. Here is a glance at what to expect. Productions The first production of the season will be Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte” directed by directed by Bob Neu and will be set in the present day. The work will be presented throughout the Historic Mound Theater. “‘Così {…}
The creators of the opera “Far Travelers” have released a video recording of the initial performance of the work back in May 2018. The 50-minute concert version of the opera features the likes of Kirsten Chambers, Joanie Brittingham, Michelle Jennings, Bray Wilkins, Eric Lindsey, and Raymon Geis. The work was the brainchild of composer and librettist Jeffrey Leiser, who worked {…}
José Luis González Moya’s “El Rey Nació” will make its U.S. Premiere on Dec. 8 and 9 at St. Brigid-Saint Emeric Church. The work is being billed as the first opera composed specifically about the birth of Jesus Christ and it will be presented in association with PuntaClassic and Asociación de Nuestra Señora de Luján. The work will be produced {…}
Hannah McDermott and Katherin Pitt have been selected as two Dramaturg Apprentices who will join the Composer-Librettist Development Program at the American Lyric Theater. McDermott recently received a Master of Philosophy from the University of Oxford; she also has a Bachelor of Music from The Juilliard School and has also performed in a number of operas throughout her student days. {…}
On Wednesday, November 21, 2018, award-winning composer Felix Jarrar will be bringing a wide selection of his works for a concert at New York City’s Cornelia Street Café. Titled “Felix Jarrar & Friends,” the concert will feature two arias from Jarrar’s upcoming comic opera, “Mother Goose.” Singing these arias will be soprano Eugenia Forteza and mezzo-soprano Inbal Milliger; Forteza and Milliger {…}
North/South Consonance, Inc, in collaboration with Pan American Musical Art Research, Inc., will present an evening featuring vocalists Conchi Moyano and Anna Tonna accompanied by pianist Max Lifchitz. The recital will showcase art songs inspired by the poetry of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and Saint Teresa de Jesus with music by Spanish composers Igor Escudero, Federic Mompou, Joaquin {…}