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Metropolitan Opera Announces ‘Breaking The Waves’ At BAM in 2020

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(Credit: Marylene Mey) The Metropolitan Opera and Brooklyn Academy of Music have announced a collaboration to present Missy Mazzoli’s “Breaking the Waves.” The opera will be performed starting on June 23- 30, 2020 with Sydney Mancasola as Bess McNeill, Wallis Giunta as Dodo, and Duncan Rock as Jan. The Metropolitan Opera announced that Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct the opera with {…}
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Eve Gigliotti Set to Preview ‘Untitled (Inspired by Film Stills)’ With National Sawdust

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Mezzo-soprano Eve Gigliotti is set to appear in a reading of “Untitled (Inspired by Film Stills)” on Jan. 17, 2020 with the National Sawdust Projects. The reading, which will be presented with FERUS Festival, is a series of four operatic monodramas that explore the stages of transformation and identity in a woman’s life. The performance will feature music by Ellen {…}
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Beth Morrison Projects & Trinity Church Wall Street Partner For 5 New Operas In 3 Years At PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL

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The Beth Morrison Projects and Trinity Church Wall Street are teaming up together with the PROTOTYPE Festival to announce a multiple year partnership that will feature five world premieres of operas over the next three seasons.  In 2021, the organizations will showcase Du Yun and Michael McQuilken’s “In Our Daughter’s Eyes,” starring Nathan Gunn.  In 2022, audiences will check out {…}
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Opera America Announces Major Grants To Support Operas by Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera Lyric Opera of Chicago & Others

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Opera America has announced that it has awarded $220,000 to develop new American operas with seven different companies. The recipients of the grants include The American Opera Project and Seagle Music Colony, Beth Morrison Projects, Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Diego Opera, and The Dallas Opera. The American Opera Project and Seagle Music Colony are working together {…}
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Q & A: Bass Zachary James on Auditioning for Philip Glass, ‘Akhnaten’ At the Met & Laying an Egg in ‘The Love for Three Oranges’

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(Credit: Matt Madison-Clark) Be careful around Zachary James. In his role as the cook in Prokofiev’s madcap “Love for Three Oranges” with Opera Philadelphia, he wielded a lethal ladle. If you were a fan of ESPN’s show, “Great Outdoor Games” you may have seen him handling an ax as a lumberjack, promoting the show in a television commercial. The New {…}
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The American Opera Projects Announces Fellows & Resident Ensemble Of Singers For 10th Annual Composers & The Voices

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The American Opera Project has announced its selection of eight composers and librettists to receive fellowships for its 10th cycle of the Composers & the Voice training program. This year, the the composers who have received fellowships include Alaina Ferris, Matt Frey, Michael Lanci, Mary Prescott, Jessica Rudman, Tony Solitro, and the librettists are Amanda Hollander and Jonathan Turner. The {…}
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Sondra Radvanovsky, Joseph Calleja, Catalina Cuervo Headline Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend In North America

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It’s time for another weekend of opera, with a wide range of impressive offerings coming from around the continent. This week’s selections include a number of repertory staples as well as some unique modern operas by living composers. Frida – Atlanta Opera, Georgia The Atlanta Opera closes out its production of “Frida” with two performances on Friday and Sunday. The {…}
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MCANA Announces Winner of Third Annual Award for Best New Opera

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The Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA) has bestowed its Third Annual Award for Best New Opera to composer Ellen Reid and librettist Roxie Perkins for “p r i s m.” Reid and Perkins will be honored at a July 26 Award Ceremony at Tanglewood during MCANA’s Annual Meeting. The MCANA Award for Best New Opera is the only {…}
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Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (3/22-24)

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In our selections for this weekend’s top picks, we examine a few classic masterpieces with some solid casting as well as some new operas that are gaining some traction across the continent. Here is a look at our selections, in alphabetical order by company. La Bohème – Dallas Opera On Saturday evening, audiences will get a chance to check out {…}

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