Toronto City Opera is set to present Verdi’s “Nabucco” on Nov. 13 at the historic St. Andrew’s Church in downtown Toronto. The opera will be sung in original Italian and conducted by Jennifer Tung in the company of musical director Ivan Jovanovic as pianist. Suzanne Yeo will be the assistant director. Michael Robert-Broder will take on the role Nabucco and {…}
On Oct. 14, 2021, mezzo-soprano Krysty Swann and pianist Michael Fennelly performed at a special Sing for Hope (SFH) pop-up concert in Little Island in New York. In attendance were Founder’s Circle Members, as well as The International Foundation for Arts and Culture’s (IFAC) International Executive Director Midori Miyazaki, former Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott, and The Handa Foundation’s {…}
Aardklop Aubade, in collaboration with Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool and North West University School of Music, is set to present “Delicious Diva’s, a Concert of Operatic Gems” on Nov. 7, 2021. The concert, which will take place at the “Affies” school hall in South Africa, will feature sopranos Khayakazi Madlala and Yolisa Ngwexana, accompanied by pianist Jana Mathee. The showcase will {…}
Red Curtain Addict is set to present “Death by Aria” on Oct. 28, 2021. The showcase, which will take place at The Green Room in San Francisco, California, will star sopranos Esther Tonea and Elisa Sunshine, mezzo-Soprano Simone McIntosh, tenor Christopher Ogelsby, baritone Simon Barrad, bass Kirk Eichelberger, and pianist Ronny Michael Greenberg as they take on music from a {…}
On October 22, 2021, Times Square will host a performance of “Vexations in Time.” This interdisciplinary performance piece is draws from Erik Satie’s “Vexations,” and is co-produced by local classical musicians Sydney Anderson, Slavina Zhelezova, and Heather Jones. This re-imagining comes as a reflection on the re-opening of New York City amid the ongoing pandemic, with the piece to be {…}
Connecticut Lyric Opera has announced that it will present Francesca Caccini’s “La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’aisola d’Alcina” on Nov. 5 and 7. The opera will be conducted by Adrian Sylveen and will star Rebecca Batista de Almeida as Alcina, Madison Marie McIntosh as Melissa, Daniel Kamalic as Ruggero, Maria Margiolakou as First Lady, Heather O’Connor as Second Lady, Allison Waggener {…}
Opera couple soprano Elizaveta Ulakhovich and baritone Perry Sook will release another episode in their six-part video series “United Arts Studies.” The fifth episode will be released on Oct. 28, 2021, on Youtube and will continue on a monthly basis until complete. The link to their Youtube page can be found here. Originating during the pandemic, “United Arts Studies” pairs {…}
The Pleiades Project will present a staged reading of “A Women’s Suffrage Splendiferous Extravaganza! (AWSSE!)” on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, 2021, at The Lab at Alchemical Studios. “AWSSE!” is a music-theater work inspired by the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment, enfranchising women in the United States. Adaptations of suffrage propaganda, popular music from the Library of Congress Archive: {…}
New Jersey-based Half-Light Productions is set to present “Zombie Opera” on Oct. 31, 2021. The Halloween film and theater production will star Phillip Bullock, Molly Dunn, Raúl Guitiérrez, Kofi Hayford, Rachelle Pike, and Jaime Webb as they take on music from “La Traviata,” “La Bohème,” “Carmen,” and “Rigoletto,” among others. The performance will be directed by Catriona Rubenis-Stevens and produced by {…}
Independent Opera Company is set to kick off its 2021-22 season with a performance of a double bill featuring “Mozart and Salieri” and “Kaschey the Immortal.” The showcase, which will take place on Oct. 22 and 23 at the Brentwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, California, will star Daniel Brennan as Mozart and Joseph Dhanens as Salieri. In the role {…}
Helios Opera is set to premiere “Service Provider” this November. The opera film, which will premiere on Nov. 5 and will feature a followup presentation on Nov. 7, was created by Christopher Weiss and John de los Santos. Audiences can check out the film via Vimeo. The work was directed by Adrienne Boris and featured Julien Rohel and Theodora Cottarel {…}