Bare Opera will be presenting “The Presence of Odradek” on May 10, 2020 at 7 p.m. EDT. The experimental opera, composed by David Rosenmeyer and directed by Malena Dayen, will be streamed online via Bare Opera’s official website. The work utilizes text by Kafka in conjunction with poems by Avot Yeshurun to explore how art is able to able to {…}
Heartbeat Opera will be presenting “Lady M” this May as part of its work-in-progress series of virtual soirées on Zoom. The work, which is an online fantasia for Verdi’s “Macbeth,” will present the work through the perspective of Lady Macbeth. The work was conceived, adapted, and directed by Ethan Heard with musical arrangements by Daniel Schlosberg. The opera will feature {…}
(Credit: Leslie Hassler) Tenor Brian Cheney has announced his fourth weekly concert on StageIt, which will center on the music by Verdi and Puccini. The performance, which kicks off on Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 7 p.m. EDT, will feature arias from the two famed composers. Among the selections he will perform are “La donna è mobile” from “Rigoletto,” “Celeste {…}
The American Opera Projects has added “The Echo Drift” to its streaming programming AOPTV: Opera Comes Home. The production, which premiered in 2018 at the PROTOTYPE Festival at Baruch Performing Arts Center, will be available for free at www.aopopera.org. The 80-minute chamber opera by composer Mikael Karlsson and librettists Elle Kunnos de Voss and Kathryn Walat received rave reviews when it {…}
Australian-based companies Carriageworks and Sydney Chamber Opera will present the online world premiere of “Breaking Glass” on Saturday, April 26, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. local time. “Breaking Glass” is a compilation of four operas by Australian female composers Peggy Polias, Josephine Macken, Georgia Scott and Bree van Reyk. Polias is the composer of “Commute,” Macken created “The Tent;” Plath created “Her Dark {…}
The IN Series will continue its online streaming series with a production of “Here Be Sirens” by Kate Soper. The work explores Homer’s Odyssey through three singers, including Noelle McMurtry, Julie Boswroth, and Camille Crossot. The program hails from March 7 and 8, 2020 and featured stage direction by Brian J. Shaw, set design by Johnathan Dahm Roberston, lighting design {…}
Opera Maine has announced that it will be postponing its 2020 season until 2021. As a result, the company will reschedule its productions of “The Flying Dutchman,” and Philip Glass’ “The Fall of the House of Usher” for July 2021. The production of the early Wagner masterpiece is aimed at celebrating the state’s bicentennial and will be set in 19th {…}
Three Boston-based organizations are joining forces with WCRB Classical Radio Boston to put together Festival 1750, a 10-day broadcast music festival. The showcase, which kicks off on April 20, 2020, features Boston Baroque, the Handel and Haydn Society, and Boston Early Music Festival. “As WCRB continues to explore ways to keep our audience and Boston’s vibrant music community connected, we {…}
On Site Opera has announced the appointment of four new members to the Board of Directors. The new members include John Baumgardner, Frank Martinez, Sam Roberts II and Daisy Wademan Dowling. Baumgardner is a former partner and Of Counsel to Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Martinez is a trained opera singer who made a career in law, specializing in employment law; he {…}
Several opera stars from Belgium and the UK have joined forces to send an online message of optimism and hope in honor of the heroes of the Belgian Resistance. Over 150 musicians recorded themselves in their living rooms singing the finale of the opera “PUSH,” the choral number “Ma Vie n’est que Miracles.” Among those performing in the clip are {…}
Heartbeat Opera, based in New York, has created a virtual performance video of the grand finale to Bernstein’s famed “Candide.” And now, the company is sharing the video online. It features over 30 artists, all connected via Zoom. They include Banlingyu Ban, Stanley Bahorek, Sishel Claverie, Sara Couden, Thomas Cannon, Kevin Corte, Tynan Davis, Taylor-Alexis Dupont, Kelly Griffin, Kristin Gornstein, {…}
