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Q & A: Chicago Opera Theater Music Director Lidiya Yankovskaya on Future Goals, Conducting and the Future of Opera

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Lidiya Yankovskaya, the new Music Director of Chicago Opera Theater (COT) is a musical unifier and explorer.  Her goals for the future at COT include presenting a variety of underrepresented repertoire, supporting and promoting the best of new operatic works being created in our current “golden age of American opera,” and bolstering COT’s current education and community engagement initiatives. Yankovskaya {…}

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Heartbeat Opera Unveils Theme of 2017 Halloween Extravaganza

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Indie opera company Heartbeat Opera is kicking its fourth season off with its Annual Halloween Drag Extravaganza, this year’s titled “All The World’s A Drag: Shakespeare in love… with opera.” This original show, based upon the work of Shakespeare, will feature the immortal bard as he encounters the work of composers such as Verdi, Bernstein, and Purcell. Praised for its bold reinterpretations {…}

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Trinity Church Unveils 2024-25 Season

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Trinity Church has unveiled its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is the “Community Hymn Sing” featuring music by Margaret Bonds, Ralph Vaughan Williams,  Janet Yieh, Sterling Procter, Alcée Chriss, and others. The performance features the Trinity Choir and NOVUS Brass led by Alcée Chriss at the organ. Performance Date: Sept. 8, 2024 Anthony {…}

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Ensemble for These Times Announces 2024-25 Home Season

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For its 2024-25 home season, Ensemble for These Times presents “Women in Transit.” This article only includes vocal performances. Opening the 17th anniversary season is “In Motion.” The concert features world premieres by Ursula Kwong-Brown, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Mary Bianco, as well as works by Benjamin Britten, York Bowen, Lisa Bielawa, Vivian Fung, Sage Shurman, and Zhou Tian, with {…}

Special Features

Trekking Through American Opera (Part Two)

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(Photo Credits: Karen Almon/Metropolitan Opera) Throughout this new series, we will be looking at the history of American opera, beginning in the 2000s through to the present, through revisiting certain iconic works of the past two decades and OperaWire’s coverage of them throughout the 21st century. In part one, we looked at the developments of the 2000s. In part two, {…}

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Here Is How Opera’s Biggest Stars Are Protesting Donald Trump’s Inauguration

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On Jan. 20 Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States with million of Americans protesting the controversial figure. The inauguration ceremony has stirred controversy as many musical figures have refused to perform while others have been forced to withdraw. There are also a number of concerts that will be performed at the same {…}