Soprano Channa Malkin is set to make her Polish debut on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2022 at the Filharmonia Kameralna. The soprano will perform arias and romances from Rossini operas and zarzuelas. Malkin will perform alongside Spanish conductor Santiago J. Otero and violinist Daniel Garcia de Castro. “Zarzuela is one of my all time favorite genres because it combines sensuality, playfulness {…}
Pensacola Opera has announced its 2022 season, which will mark the company’s 39th anniversary. The season will kick off with a production of “The Magic Flute.” Audiences will hear David Blalock as Tamino with Bizou Chang as Pamina. As the Queen of the Night, Elisa Sunshine will star. Other cast members include Ron Dukes, Alyssa Dessoye, Robert Hartfield, Robert Mellon, {…}
The New York City Opera has postponed the opening of the upcoming world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.” The production, which is a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, will now open on Jan. 27 instead of its original Jan. 19. The opera was written by librettist Michael Korie and is based on Giorgio {…}
Delaware’s Wilmington Concert Opera (WCO) has announced its 2022 season, titled “Everything Old is New Again.” The season will feature both live and virtual performances, including a continuation of the company’s Virtual Recital Series, a new outside collaboration with Concert Operetta Theater of Philadelphia, and the world premiere of ‘Girondines.’ The Virtual Recital Series kicks things off in January with {…}
On Jan. 7, 2022, the Boston Guerrilla Opera premiered the animated film “Rumpelstiltskin,” which will be followed by the Jan. 14 release of the Navona Records album “Rumpelstiltskin.” “Rumpelstiltskin” features music by Marti Epstein, a libretto by Marti Epstein and Greg Smucker and animation and shadow puppet direction by Deniz Khateri; the work, which is sung in English, lasts 55 {…}
St. Petersburg Opera Company in Florida is set to return to make its 2022 mainstage debut with three performances of George Frideric Händel’s “Semele.” The opera will be presented on Feb. 4th, 6th, and 8th at the Palladium Theater. Artistic Director Mark Sforzini and Stage Director Karl W. Hesser have put a 1930s spin on Händel’s baroque masterpiece with an {…}
The New York Festival of Song has announced four digital programs as part of its NYFOS@Home Digital Series to kick off 2022. The series will kick off with “And… We’re Back.” The showcase will feature Paul Appleby, Amanda Lynn Bottoms, Rebecca Jo Loeb, Johnathan McCullough, and Maggie Reneé with guitarist Rupert Boyd, percussionist Leonardo Granados, and pianist and NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier as they take on a {…}
The St. Petersburg Opera Company in Florida has canceled its Jan. 8th Gallery Songs Program. The company noted it is “committed to health and safety and its artists, staff, and volunteers. Unfortunately, due to the rapid spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant in our community and considering our health concerns about large crowds with our performing (and unmasked) artists, {…}
Pensacola Opera has announced a major leadership realignment. In a statement Board Chairman Brian Baumgardner said, “Since 2015, Pensacola Opera has been in a constant state of a strategically planned transition, which now—seven years later—draws to a successful close. With our company’s 40th anniversary just around the corner, we plan an exciting future with a newly aligned team, which is {…}
The North/South Chamber Orchestra is set to kick off its 42nd season on Jan. 11 The virtual event will be live streamed from St. John’s in The Village and will be conducted by Max Lifchitz. The evening will highlight vocal and instrumental music by Robert Martin and will feature soprano Sandra Moon, harpist Susan Jolles, flutist Lisa Hansen, violinist Arthur {…}
(Credit: ATC) The American Traditions Collection has announced that it will hold its traditional national vocal competition during the week of Feb. 21-25, 2022. This year’s contestants, selected from audition tapes and a competitive application process, include Night At The Apollo Winner, Timothy Parrott, Andrea Ross, whose first album was produced by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Allison Blackwell who has {…}