(Image Source: Aleba Co) PRISM Quartet will be presenting “Mending Wall” in both Pennsylvania and New York City this March. The organization, which will be celebrating its 35th anniversary in both states, will showcase the world premiere at the Bryn Mawr College Performing Arts Series in Pennsylvania on March 21 and 22 before heading to Roulette in Brooklyn for the {…}
The San Diego Opera is set to resume its 2019-20 season with a new production of Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” The famed opera, which will open on Feb. 8, 2020 at the San Diego Civic Tehatre, will feature Blythe Gaissert as Hansel, with soprano Sara Gartland as Gretel. Other cast members include Malcolm MacKenzie as the Father with tenor Joel {…}
The Opéra de Montréal is set to present the Canadian premiere of George Benjamin’s “Written on Skin” starting on Jan. 25, 2020. The opera, which will run for a total of four performances, will star Magali Simard-Galdès, Daniel Okulitch, Luigi Schifano, Florence Bourget, and Jean-Michel Richet. It will be conducted by Nicole Paiement with Alain Gauthier conducting the production. In {…}
(Source: Columbia Artist Management) The San Diego Opera has added “Bel Canto Trio” to its 2019-20 season. The one-night-only event set for March 4, 2020 at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center will feature an evening of song with Joshua Guerrero, Hailey Clark, and Nicholas Brownlee. The concert will honor the original “Bel Canto Trio” which was formed in 1947 {…}
New York Women in Film & Television will be presenting “Traffic Opera” on Jan. 28, 2020 at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City. The short film produced by Cool Ath Filmth in Reading, Pennsylvania with two crews shooting at the same time in the same intersection between 6th and Court Streets. The work showcases an opera that takes {…}
Now two weeks into 2020, we are starting to see a greater number of opera companies open up their doors and return to business. This week’s five recommendations feature major repertory staples sprinkled in with two rarities – one from the baroque era that comments on today’s Superhero obsessed culture with another more modern composition that looks backward to a {…}
Elizabeth Caballero is set to jump into the Jan. 10 performance of “La Bohème” at the Staatsoper Stuttgart. The soprano announced via social media stating “Bohème strikes yet again. Jumping in tomorrow night Staatsoper Stuttgaart as Mimi in ‘La Bohème.’ Gonna be a whirlwind of a day.” She will sing the role of Mimì on short notice, alongside a cast {…}
On Jan. 19, 2020, soprano Linda Watson will be honored with the title of Kammersängerin at the Wiener Staatsoper. The soprano will be performing in a production of “Lohengrin” as Ortrud on that evening. Watson, was originally brought to Vienna as mezzo-soprano by Leonard Bernstein to sing in his opera “A Quiet Place.” From there she would become an ensemble {…}
Portland Opera continues the 2019/2020 season with the premiere of a new production entitled An American Quartett: Four One-Act Operas. The evening will feature works by four American composers: Gian Carlo Menotti, Samuel Barber, Douglas Moore and Lee Hoiby. Four One-Act operas that will be presented are “The Telephone” by Gian Carlo Menotti, “A Hand of Bridge” by Samuel Barber, {…}
OPERA America has selected 15 participants for its 2020 Leadership Intensive Program. These leaders, which hail from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Latin America, were selected from a pool of 44 candidates. The participants selected by OPERA America include are Derrell Acon, director of engagement and equity, Long Beach Opera; Joe Barnes, company manager, the Metropolitan Opera; Robert Boldin, artistic {…}
“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment Max Minghella’s “Teen Spirit.” {…}