Spotlight Artists Management and Production is set to present “Opera Night in Manhattan” on Dec. 6, 2019 at the Gallery MC on west 52nd Street. The event will feature a number of major artists including tenor Kristian Benedikt, who is set to perform in “The Queen of Spades” at the Metropolitan Opera this month. Joining him will be soprano Zoya {…}
The Royal Opera House and the Birmingham City University’s Royal Birmingham Conservatoire have teamed up to launch Opera Nation, a free program intent on developing the next generation of opera singers between ages 14-18. The program is set to open with a series of free workshops in December with professional musicians and staff members from both organizations. Workshops are set {…}
(Credits: W. Hoesl) “A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.” J.R.R. Tolkien We all dream. About a better world, a better life, pure happiness. But a man who has suffered the loss cannot be carefree anymore, even in the illusional life. Forced to live in a world where his sweetest dreams always turn into his worst nightmares, {…}
Zachary James, the star of the Met Opera’s current production of “Akhnaten” is set to appear at The Slipper Room with a presentation of “Das Rhinestone,” a Wagnerian Burlesque Extravaganza on Dec. 23, 2019. The event, which will feature vaudeville, pastiche and a number of surprising operatic moments. Among the artists that will be joining James (who will play the {…}
(Credit: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera) The San Francisco Opera Guild is set to present “An Evening on the Stage” on Dec. 4, 2019. The event, which is set to honor philanthropists Carol and Dixon Doll, will allow 300 guests an opportunity to dine on the War Memorial Opera House’s stage surrounded by sets from “Hansel and Gretel.” Proceeds from the {…}
The Brooklyn Art Song Society is set to present its third concert in the “Home” series. The concert, which is set for Jan. 3, 2020 at the Brooklyn Historical Society in Brooklyn, NY, will feature music of Polish composers Chopin and Szymanowski. Sopranos Laura Strickling and Amy Owens will be featured on the program alongside pianists Michael Brofman, Spencer Myer, {…}
On Site Opera is set to present Menotti’s perennial one-act opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen between Dec. 4-8, 2019. Following a successful run in 2018, the production will be presented in partnership with Breaking Ground, New York’s largest provider of permanent supportive housing for homeless and will be conducted by OSO Music Director Geoffrey {…}
Resonance Works is set to perform Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” on Dec. 20 and 22, 2019. The new, fully-staged production at the New Hazlett Theater on Pittsburgh’s North Side will include festive and virtuosic music by Jessie Montgomery, Jennifer Higdon, Cécile Chaminade, and Nancy Galbraith. The cast will include mezzo-soprano Olga Perez Flora as Amahl’s Mother, Emmanuel Tsao as {…}
(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper) On Dec. 8, 2019 the Wiener Staatsoper will present the world premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s opera “Orlando.” The work, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, was commissioned by Wiener Staatsoper Director Dominique Meyer in 2014 and will mark the first time the company collaborates with a female composer. Written by Franco-American author and playwright Catherine Filloux {…}
Henry Timms, President and CEO of Lincoln Center, and Deborah Borda, President and CEO of the New York Philharmonic have unveiled a re-imagination of David Geffen Hall. The new project will transform the concert hall and all public spaces, enhancing the concert-going experience, fostering a sense of community, and creating bold and innovative ways to connect with the world outside. {…}
The Gold Medal Dinner by the National Institute of Social Sciences has announced that it will honor Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb at the Metropolitan Club on Dec. 5, 2019. The organization announced that General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera will be honored by soprano Angel Blue and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo who will be present at the event. {…}