Gramercy Opera is set to produce “A Gramercy Opera Christmas” on Dec. 13 and 14, 2019 at the Montauk Club in Brooklyn, New York. First up will be “Story of an Hour, which tells the story of a fatal train accident during the 1800s that has consequences on two young women. The work is based on a short story by {…}
Javier Camarena is set to received La Medala Bellas Artes 2019 at the Palacio Bella Artes. The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura announced that the Mexican tenor will receive the prestigious award on Dec. 4, 2019. Camarena is currently in Madrid where he made Madrid history during a performance of “L’ELisir d’Amore” when he gave an encore. The {…}
Washington National Opera has announced its eighth season of its acclaimed American Opera Initiative. This year, the initiative will present three world premieres on Jan. 10, 2020, in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. This season the three one-act operas featured will be by composer-librettist teams Michael Lanci and Kim Davies, Carlos Simon and Sandra Seaton, and Liliya Ugay and Sokunthary Svay. {…}
The Works & Process, the Performing Arts Series at the Guggenheim has announced its Spring 2020 Season. For this article we will only focus on the operatic works and process sessions. The season will open with Opening Night Cabaret with Anthony Roth Costanzo. The session will focus on Costanzo’s career before he was an opera singer. For one night only, {…}
General Director of the Wiener Staatsoper Dominique Meyer has spoken up about the #MeToo movement. Meyer, who will be taking the post of General Director at the Teatro alla Scala and will end his term in Vienna in March, criticized American institutions on how they dealt with Plácido Domingo. He told the AP, “I do not admire really what is {…}
“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 looks at Martin Scorsese {…}
Swedish soprano Nina Maria Stemme has been broadly regarded as one of the greatest living dramatic sopranos. What’s fascinating when you look at her career trajectory is seeing that the repertory for which she is best known seemed like a far cry during those early stage. She made her onstage debut in the mezzo-soprano role of Cherubino in Mozart’s opera {…}
The London Handel Festival has announced its 2020 programming. The festival opens with “Susanna,” performed at the Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre. Isabelle Kettle directs with Patrick Milne conducting. Masabene Cecilia Rangwanasha takes on the title role with Patrick Terry, Yaritz Véliz, April Koyejo-Audiger, Michael Mofidian, Andrés Presno, and Blaise Malaba. Performance Dates: March 5-14, 2020 The company will then {…}
(Credit: Royal Opera House) Jonathan Miller has died at the age of 85. The British director grew up in St John’s Wood, London and was educated at St Paul’s School and St John’s College, Cambridge. He went on to study natural sciences and medicine and later went on to qualify as a medical doctor in 1959. In 1962, he went {…}
Opera San José is set to present Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” in a classic rendition of the work. The production by Brad Dalton will be conducted by Joseph Marcheso, Opera San José’s Music Director and Principal Conductor. The cast is set to include Kerriann Otaño as Leonora, Mackenzie Gotcher and Alexander Boyer sharing the title role of Manrico, SeungHyeon Baek and {…}
Hui He is set to return to the title role of Puccini’s “Turandot” for her Chinese role debut in Puccini’s opera. The Chinese soprano will return to the Shanghai Grand Theatre in occasion of the 21st Anniversary of the theatre where she made her operatic debut in 1998 with “Aida.” Hui He will be joined by Maestro Xu Zhong in {…}