The New York City Opera has announced a series of events aimed at celebrating Pride month. On June 24, 2020, the company will present “Much to Be Done: A Live Stonewall Panel Discussion.” Starting at 8 p.m., audiences will hear from the cast and creative team behind the 2019 opera “Stonewall,” which was created by Mark Campbell and Iain Bell. {…}
PBS is set to present “Porgy and Bess” on July 17, 2020, as part of its Great Performances at the Met series. The telecast, which starts at 9 p.m., stars Eric Owens and Angel Blue in the title roles. Other cast members include Alfred Walker as Crown, Frederick Ballentine as Sportin’ Life, Latonia Moore as Serena, Golda Schultz as Clara, {…}
The Houston Grand Opera has announced that it will cancel 33 of 47 performances throughout the 2020-21 season due to continued concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak. The company announced that productions of “Carmen,” “Cinderella, “Werther,” “The Snowy Day,” and “Parsifal” would no longer be taking place. Instead, the organization will only move forward with performances of “Breaking the Waves” in {…}
La Monnaie de Mont has announced that through generous donations it was able to collect 240,000 euros. The Belgium company said in a press statement that the donations were “an essential financial backing to bridge this period of crisis.” The statement continued, “Thanks to these donations, our future creative output will not come under pressure. We would like to express {…}
The Estonian National Opera’s director Aivar Mäe has been accused of sexual harassment by several women. Reporters, after speaking to a dozen current and former female employees at the National Opera, revealed in an article released by Eesti Ekspress that the director had made inappropriate or humiliating comments to several female colleagues and touched them inappropriately. According to the report, the {…}
It was a hot summer afternoon and the journalists gathered in the shadow of Lithuanian National Opera’s massive building. Here, LNOBT art-director Sesto Quatrini, general manager Jonas Sakalauskas, principal conductor Ričardas Šumila, and choreographer Martynas Rimeikis are preparing to reveal a new season’s program. Everything gets off to a great start. Nothing reminds us of the global crisis still raging {…}
The Teatro de la Zarzuela in Spain has announced its 2020-21 season featuring several productions, concerts, and recitals. Productions The season opens with a double entitled “Granada.” The first work in the double bill will be “La Tempranica” starring Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Ana Ibarra, Javier Franco, Rubén Amoretti, Gustavo Peña, Gerardo Bullón, and Miguel Sola. Meanwhile, Ainhoa Arteta and Virgnia {…}
Cincinnati Opera has announced a series of encore performances to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the company’s founding. From June 27 to July 25, the company will be presenting some of its most cherished productions online and on the air with 90.9 WGUC. The series will be opened by an hour-long program hosted by Evans Mirageas, the Harry T. Wilks {…}
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced the cancellation of all announced programmed performances and events through the end of 2020 due to ongoing effects of COVID-19. The company announced that the decision was made in accordance with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s current guidelines for re-opening. However, the Kennedy Center noted that its leadership, programming, and {…}
Pinchgut Opera has announced a new podcast series entitled “Baroque Banter.” The series dives into the world of baroque music, providing listeners with an opportunity to engage with early opera in a truly unique manner. “I think a lot of people are a little mystified when they approach early opera—it is just so different from the more familiar opera we know {…}
The M Institute for the Arts in Washington D.C. has launched the “New Era Voice Festival.” The Festival is a month-long series of six online workshops, four masterclasses, and three live streams focused on “Artistic Autonomy and Creative Courage for Singers in a New Era.” “This industry so often asks singers to be passive — from the dynamic in the {…}