Opera North has announced that will be postponing all productions which were due to tour in the Autumn 2020 and Winter 2021 season. Instead, the company will be devising and curating an assortment of digital events, as well as live musical performances in accordance with health regulations in the U.K. Among the first of these events will be what is {…}
The life story of a notable instrumentalist in the opera world has been documented by a rising musician who learned from her. Trudy Kane served as Principal Flutist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1976 to 2008, then taught at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, where she is Associate Professor Emeritus. One of her students was Emily {…}
OperaVision has announced its July schedule featuring several classics from the standard repertoire. The month opens with a 2015 New Zealand Opera production of Puccini’s “Tosca” starring Simon O’Neill in his first major role in his home, Orla Boylan as Tosca, and Phillip Rhodes as Scarpia. Streaming Date: July 3, 2020 The second stream will be the 2020 Nederlandse Reisopera {…}
Five years ago, tenor Michael Fabiano embarked on a business venture to create an app designed to help artists find work. According to Fabiano, he worked on the technology with several engineers for 40-50 hours a week throughout 2014-15, all while balancing a career as one of the world’s burgeoning opera stars. The app never came to fruition. “Because I {…}
This week three unique albums are set to hit streaming platforms including a historical compilation and a film album. Here is a look. Cinema Paradiso Katherine Jenkins releases her latest album featuring unforgettable songs from some of the world’s best-loved movie moments including “Moon River’” from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Pinocchio’s” “When You Wish Upon A Star,” and “Tonight” from “West {…}
Sarasota Opera recently launched “Opera Mobile,” a unique opera experience in which the company’s artists hit the road to bring opera to the people. Among the singers involved in the test run on June 30, 2020 were baritone Alexander Boyd and soprano Hanna Brammer with Jesse Martins at the piano. The duo performed selections from “Faust,” “La Rondine,” “La Wally,” {…}
Long Beach Opera has been approved for $50,000 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Securities (CARES) Act Funding. The funding was approved by the National Endowment for the Arts with the intention of providing support to the organization so it can cover personnel and facility costs. “We are pleased for this endorsement from the NEA as we continue our work {…}
The Garsington Opera has announced its 2021 season, which will celebrate the company’s 10th Anniversary at Wormsley. The English festival will open its 2021 Season with R. Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” conducted by Jordan de Souza and directed by Bruno Ravella. The season will continue with a revival of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” conducted by Douglas Boyd and a new production of Rossini’s {…}
Florida Grand Opera has announced that its Sunday Matinee for this week will be Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” This performance, recorded from the company’s 2017-18 season, stars Anna Christy in the title role, with Joshua Guerrero as Edgardo, Trevor Scheunemann as Enrico, and Chaz’men Williams-Ali as Arturo, with Alexander Polianichko conducting. Christy has garnered great acclaim for her interpretation of {…}
Several performance artists have put their joint efforts together to create a new opera company entitled “Strange Trace.” The organization is located in the Boston and New England area and will focus on the creation and presentation of new works of music theater in a number of unique venues. The company will inaugurate with “See You Today, a series of {…}
(Credit: Theo Gosselin/Andrea Torres Balaguer, persimmon, 2018) FRA Cinema has announced the 2020-21 cinema season for the Opéra de Paris. The season will include previously recorded performances and live performances. The season begins with Massenet’s “Manon” starring Pretty Yende and Benjamin Bernheim. The production, which was the final production of the 2019-20 season at the Opéra de Paris also stars {…}