As part of the New York Opera Fest in alliance with the New York Opera Alliance, Vertical Player Repertory Opera will debut “Phaedra” this Saturday, June 10, 2017. This fully staged production will start at 8:00 pm EDT at 334 South 5th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The plot of the opera revolves around Phaedra, the main character, stumbling under Aphrodite’s {…}
Another light weekend in North America’s Opera World with only a few companies putting on shows. Opera Theater of Saint Louis continues its run of Gordon’s “The Grapes of Wrath” on Friday. The next day the company puts on Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito.” The company closes out the weekend with “Madama Butterfly.” Portland Opera puts on its lone performance {…}
The time has come again for some of our recommendations for opera performances, from all around the globe. Austria The Vienna State Opera offers a range of operatic opportunities this weekend starting with Gaetano Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” starring Danielle de Niese and Speranza Scappucci in the podium. Saturday is Verdi’s “Rigoletto” led by Aida Garifullina, Roberto Frontali and Yosep Kang {…}
The Berkshire Opera Festival is hosting a dollar for dollar fundraising campaign. According to a press statement, BOF board member Barbara McCullough made a match gift challenge of $100,000 with a deadline of July 31, 2017. As a result, the company is launching a campaign where every dollar donated will be matched and hopes to raise the total of $100,000. {…}
For the past week the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, under the direction fo Vladimir Spivakov, has been touring the country performing works from Shostakovich, Bellini, Grieg, Mozart and many more. It has been a tour accompanied by Hibla Gerzmava and Danielle Atka. After successful concerts in Chicago, it was time for New York audiences to see what the hype was {…}
The hotly anticipated production entitled “Three Way” begins June 15th, until the 18th at BAM Fisher-Fishman Space in Brooklyn, NY. The new production from American Opera and Nashville Opera is inspired by the Tinder generation and focuses on the present and future of sex and love. This Opera will feature music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote. “Three {…}
Belgium’s Ivan Thirion has had a great career in two countries. Now he will show just how strong those nations’ ability to create a new star is when he appears at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2017. Short Bio The baritone was born in Belgium and studied at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels before shooting over to Switzerland {…}
In Collaboration with Francisco Salazar Inside the plainly named Broadway Theater, one of Broadway’s largest houses with 1,765 seats, a wall of wood scaffolding and wood poles obscures the stage in place of the would-be curtain. The screens of wooden slats bleed seamlessly into stairways patched with corrugated metal, extending beyond the proscenium. This apparent slum, which is lit with {…}
Alan Gilbert is saying goodbye to the New York Philharmonic as music director. It ends a tenure that brought significant new works and experimented with the standard repertoire alongside one of the finest orchestras in the world. But Gilbert has made sure to make opera a mainstay for the New York Philharmonic so it is no surprise that he ends his {…}
The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has announced its 2018 season, which will feature several surprises and some of the world’s greatest opera stars. The season is slated to run between May 19 and June 24 and will feature Susan Graham making a return to the company as well as the debut of legendary bass-baritone James Morris in Marc Blitzstein’s “Regina.” {…}
The Merola Opera Program has announced its 2017 season to commemorate its 60th anniversary, which will feature performances from some of the greatest artists in opera as well as a collaboration with the most recognized opera composer today. The season opens on June 11, 2017, with a benefit gala that will feature such Merola alums as Deborah Voigt, Julie Adams, {…}