The Mad Scene is set to present Verdi’s “Macbeth” starting on April 23, 2022. The production by the Singapore-based company will star Steve Ang in the title role alongside Tatiana Konovalova as Lady Macbeth, Jonathan Charles Tay as Macduff, and pianist Francesca Lee. Hawk Liu directs the famed opera. Ang is also the company’s Artistic Director and has taken on {…}
The Opera Next Door is set to present Bach’s “St. John’s Passion” on April 9 and 15, 2022. The showcase, which will take place at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Brooklyn, New York, will feature an outdoor performance on the 9th (weather permitting), followed by another indoors on the 15th. The famed piece will be semi-staged by director A. {…}
Penn State College of Arts and Architecture is set to present “Unprecedented: Original Compositions written by and for women” on April 9, 2022. The showcase will be headlined by soprano Dr. Rachel Copland who will deliver numerous world premieres by composer Sarah Hutchings. Among the pieces set to be presented are “Cobalt, Jade Amethyst” with poetry by Poet Sarah Williams. {…}
Opera Ithaca is set to present Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” on April 8 and 10, 2022. The opera will star Jake Stamatis, Nayoung Ban, Donata Cucinotta, John Allen Nelson, and Kara Cornell. Andy Anderson conducts while Ben Robinson directs. “The relationship between the Almavivas, vibrant and effervescent in ‘The Barber of Seville,’ has decayed; they have become too absorbed {…}
On April 22, 2022, Northeastern Illinois University and Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater will host the Cardinal Bartolucci Foundation Choir from Rome, for a program of sacred music, Spanish dance, and Italian opera arias. The performance will mark the first done by the choir in Chicago, and comes in tribute to Dame Libby Komaiko, the late founder of EE. Dancers {…}
On May 24, 2022, Tapestry Opera, in collaboration with Toronto’s OCAD University, will present the world premiere of “R.U.R. A Torrent of Light.” This operatic experience, by composer Nicole Lizee and writer Nicolas Billon, is based on Czch playwright Karel Capek’s 1920s, science fiction play “Rossum’s Universal Robots,” which first introduced the word and concept of “robots” to the world. {…}
New York OperaFest has announced its 2022 edition which will kick off on April 15 and runs for two months and will be headlined by numerous companies. Kicking things off, the New York Opera Alliance will present its customary opening ceremony and awards concert. Jimmy Van Bramer and Mark Campbell will be the special honorees for the 2022 edition. Performance {…}
The Mesopotamian Opera Company, Inc., is set to present a production “The Tree” this May. The opera, which features words and music by Peter Wing Healey, is inspired by the works of journalist Jane Jacobs. This opera unites addressed such themes as New Urbanism and Extinction Rebellion. The plot follows the spirit of a hundred-year-old oak tree, who falls in {…}
(Credit: Vache Baroque Festival) U.K.-based Vache Baroque Festival has announced its 2022 slate which kicks off in late August. The showcase will be headlined by a production of Charpentier’s “La descente d’Orphée aux enfers.” The opera will star Samuel Boden, Henry Waddington, Lauren Lodge-Campbell, Naho Koizumi, Katie-Louise Dobson, Lila Chrisp, Alexander Chance, lars Fischer, and Jamie Woolard. Jonathan Darboune conducts {…}
Mercury Opera is teaming up with St. Malachy’s – The Actor’s Chapel to present “Freedom,” a concert for Ukraine on April 11, 2022. The showcase, which will take place at St. Malachy’s – The Actor’s Chapel in New York City, will feature such artists as Stefan Szkafarowsky, Glenn Seven Allen, Kate Fruchterman, Stacy Dove, Jennifer Glière, Boris Derow, and Marion Vernette Moore, {…}
On May 1, 2022, the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia will celebrate their 200th anniversary with a concert featuring the world premiere of four new works. Selected from a pool of over 50 prominent, American composers through The Society’s Edwin G. McCollin Fund competition, four winners were commissioned and will work with partnering ensembles to present their works. The winning {…}