On Sept. 6, 2024, the Rose Opera will perform a recital at Leighton House. The concert will be an evening of Ukrainian vocal music and include the country’s rich classical and folk traditions. The evening will also conclude with a hymn of love for the homeland. According to Rose Opera the Ukrainian folk tradition has a back catalogue of about {…}
(Image Courtesy of Vashon Opera) Vashon Opera is set to present Verdi’s “Otello” on Sept. 20 and 22, 2024. The production, which will take place at the Vashon Center for the Arts, will star Errin Brooks in the title role alongside Jennifer Krikawa as Desdemona and Chad Armstrong as Iago. Other cast members include Brendan Tuohy, Soon Cho, Zachary Lenox, {…}
The Kaufman Music Center Ann Goodman Recital Hall will present a “Children Music Fundraising Recital” on Sept. 20, 2024. The event will feature Felix Jarrar alongside Anush Avetisyan and Matthew Cossack as the explore works by Dvorak, Ives, Bernstein, and two pieces by Jarrar. The recital aims to raise $5,000 for the nonprofit organization Kaufman Music Center’s children’s education center. {…}
The Music Troupe is set to present “The Parting” and “Buster’s Trip,” a double bill of operas in miniature. The double bill of works adapted from texts by Federico García Lorca will be showcased on Sept. 21, 2024 at The Cockpit in London. “The Parting” explores the story of a man leaving his wife and kids to go on a {…}
(Image courtesy of Swedish Opera på Skäret) Swedish Opera på Skäret is set to present “Turandot” in the summer of 2025. Hot off its production of “Norma” in 2024, the company revealed that it will be setting its sights on the Puccini classic, which will be mounted in the “large timber warehouse by the shores of Lake Ljusnaren.” The organization {…}
Chicago Fringe Opera will kick off its new season with a production of “Hindsight.” Presented in collaboration with /kor/ productions, the work explores the Leopold and Loeb murder in Chicago. Audiences will be able to check out the work on Nov. 1 – 9 at Chicago Dramatists. The opera is composed by Felix Jarrar and features a libretto by Bea {…}
Tri-Cities Opera is set to kick off its new season with a production of “The Magic Flute.” The Binghamton-based company will showcase the opera as part of the LUMA Arts Projection Festival on Sept. 6 and 8, 2024. The Mozart opera will be conducted by David Bloom and features a production directed by Stefanos Koroneos. The opera has been adapted {…}
ChamberQUEER and Luna Composition Lab are set to introduce the first volume of works from “The Nebula Project” on Nov. 4, 2024. For each presentation as part of “The Nebula Project,” a minimum of two Luna Lab alums will be commissioned to create new work for ChamberQUEER performers. This inaugural event, titled “Little Gems” will feature a ChamberQUEER-curated ensemble of {…}
(Image Courtesy of Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival) Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival, founded by composer Victoria Bond, has announced two special concerts this fall. First up is “Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe and Jackson Pollock: A Celebration in Music,” set for Sept. 17 in partnership with The Village Trip. The event will feature soprano Amy Burton alongside the {…}
(Image Courtesy of SAS Performing Arts Company) SAS Performing Arts Company and Studios, Inc. will present a unique double bill on Sept. 29, 2024 at Christ and St. Stephen’s Church in New York City. The showcase in question features Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti” with “A Century of Puccini: In Homage of the Centennial of the Death of Giacomo Puccini.” The {…}
Composer Paul Scherer and librettist Germaine Shames’ “In Venice” is set to premiere in New York on Sept. 21 and 22, 2024. The opera, which is based on Edith Wharton‘s short stories “The Muse’s Tragedy” and “The Touchstone,” is a 90-minute two-act chamber piece about a poet’s biographer and the poet’s muse as they spend time together in Venice. The {…}