Central City Opera has announced that its annual “L’Esprit de Noël Holiday Home Tour” will take place on Nov. 17 and 18, 2023. The showcase, which is organized by Central City Opera Guild volunteers, marks the first time that the tour will take place in Park Hill in its 47-year history. Attendees and participants will head to five residencies and {…}
(Photo: Zach Mendez) The Music Academy’s Marilyn Horne Song Competition has announced that baritone Navasard Hakobyan and pianist Brian Cho are its 2023 winners. The two will receive $5,000 in cash and will also work on a commissioned work by composer Joel Thompson. They will then present the premieres of these works in recital during the 2024 summer festival. Hakobyan {…}
Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera (HALO) is set to premiere “Rigoletto.” The production, set to take place at Charleston’s Festival Hall, will star Paul LaRosa in the title role. He is joined by Ashley Fabian as Gilda and Christopher Bozeka as the Duke. Other cast members include Robert Pomakov, Lucy Evans, Katie Small, Kenneth Stavert, Samuel Stevenson, and Chris {…}
The National Hispanic Cultural Center in New Mexico will present “The Paños Prophecy” on Oct. 28, 2023. The opera, by Nathan Felix, portrays the story of Francisco, a man in the New Mexico State Prison on the night of his release following 20 years in prison. The work explores his struggles to readjust to life in society and his relationship {…}
New Camerata Opera will present “Flesh & Stone” this November. The triple-bill of song cycles by Matthew Recio, Britten, and Heggie will be directed by John de los Santos with musical direction by Jason Wirth. Barbara Porto and Kristin Renee Young will present Recio’s “Statues in London” while Chris Carr and Victor Khodadad will sing Britten’s “Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo.” {…}
The Gerda Lissner Foundation has announced the winners of its 2023 Lieder / Song Vocal Competition. The first prize went to mezzo-soprano Maire Therese Carmack, who takes home $7,000. In second place was soprano Gemma Nha; she will receive a $5,000 cash prize. Mezzo-soprano Anna Kelly rounded out the top three and will get a $3,000 cash prize. Other grant {…}
Lili Elbe’s story is an important one, especially for the Transgender community. Born in 1882, Elbe became a noted painter (known as Einar Wegener) and married Gerda Gottlieb in 1904. By the 1920s, Elbe was presenting herself as a woman and took on the name of Lili and stopped painting. In 1930, she went to Germany for gender-affirmation surgery, changed {…}
The Boston Lyric Opera is set to present a city-centric take on Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” The interpretation will bring the familiar story of a mistreated young woman and a handsome prince into the hearts of two familiar Boston neighborhoods. Boston resident Dawn M. Simmons will make her opera debut directing a cast that includes Cecelia Hall, Levy Sekgapane, Dana Varga, {…}
Credit: Master Chorale of South Florida The Master Chorale of South Florida will host its season-opening concert on Oct. 27, at 8:00 PM at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale and on Oct. 29, 2023, at 4:00 PM at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Boca Raton. Brett Karlin will serve as director and conductor. The program will {…}
(Credit: Fabrizio Sansoni) The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced that Damiano Michieletto will program the Caracalla Festival 2025, the year of the jubilee. The idea for the project was conceived in the last months with Michiletto who has worked with the opera house on productions of “Rigoletto” and “Giulio Cesare in Egitto.” In a statement, Superintendent Francesco Giambrone said, {…}
The Festival Verdi is set to conclude with the Gala dell’Accademia Verdiana on Oct. 16, 2023. The concert will be held at the Teatro Regio di Parma and will be free of charge. Tickets will be available at the Teatro Regio di Parma or online. The concert will be dedicated to the memory of Learco Tiberti and will showcase 12 {…}
