SoBe Arts, in collaboration with the Colony Theatre in Miami, has started work on “Tesla” a Multidisciplinary opera about the life, innovations, and explorations of Nikola Tesla. Ideally, by September, the production will be recorded, videotaped, and edited for worldwide distribution. To finish this project, they have started a Kickstarter campaign page titled “TESLA, a Multidisciplinary Opera.” So far they have {…}
Mission statement: “We want to find those people out there that have never heard an opera, never sat inside of a concert hall, are intimidated by the mere mention of classical music and think it’s only for the rich white people, and we want to sing for them and blow their minds.” Well, consider mission accomplished. Opera On Tap NYC {…}
San Francisco Opera has announced that Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott and American bass Erik Anstine will sing the role of Leporello in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Both artists will make their first appearances with the San Francisco Opera as they will be stepping in for previously scheduled bass Marco Vinco, who has withdrawn from the production for health reasons. Schrott is {…}
Palm Beach Opera just announced their 2018 mainstage opera season. Every performance will be held at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. The first production of the mainstage season, Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca,” will run from Jan. 26 through the 28th, 2018. Soprano Keri Alkema will play the lead role. Her previous works range from roles in {…}
Buzzing in conversation, an increasingly larger group of people sat around the circular West Side Community Gardens, their proximity one another as close as it was to the numerous flower beds growing around them. A wind octet and string bass were perched on the Northern side of the central circle with conductor Geoffrey McDonald waiting patiently as more and more {…}
Christopher Allen has won the Solti Conducting award. Penny Van Horn, Board Chair of The Solti Foundation U.S. and Elizabeth Buccheri, Artistic and Awards Committee Chair, announced that the Foundation’s eighth grant would be awarded to Allen, the Resident Conductor for Cincinnati Opera. “We are most pleased to announce Christopher Allen will receive this year’s Solti Conducting Award,” stated Ms. {…}
Renee Fleming spoke out about her rumored retirement from the opera stage. During an interview with PBS Night Hour, the diva said she would not be leaving the stage and said the New York Times’ article was “a very exciting headline” but in reality, she was saying goodbye to the Marschallin and to the bulk of the repertoire that she had {…}
The Metropolitan Opera gala passed and while this would have been a great place to share the backstage pictures of the week, we did that in an earlier post. So what did the major stars do after the big gala event? Check it out. Leah Crocetto showed off pictures while on vacation in Mexico and she took a picture in {…}
The weekend has a number of operatic classics being offered even though many companies are in the midst of ballet season. Take a look as there is something for everyone. Austria The Vienna State Opera is in Ballet mode but will present Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” with Olga Bezsmertna, Christopher Maltman, Pavol Breslik and Mika Kares. Czech Republic The Prague National Opera {…}
This Sunday, Megan Elizabeth Cook will live-stream her capstone recital for her Certificate in Opera! The live-stream will start at 3:00 p.m. CST, and go until 4:30 p.m. The live-stream will be on Facebook and up for the public to watch. Streaming from the DePaul University Concert Hall in Chicago IL, the soprano will begin her repertoire list with Benjamin {…}
Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré were born on the same day three years apart. May 12, 1842, brought us the former and three years later, his impressionist counterpart was born. The two were prominent French composers of their time, though one is better known for his orchestral works and the other for his opera. Fauré did compose two operas and {…}
