Marjorie Owens Leads The Dallas Opera’s ‘Elektra’

https://operawire.com/marjorie-owens-leads-the-dallas-operas-elektra/

The 2023-24 season continues at The Dallas Opera with Strauss’ “Elektra.” The production, which is set to be performed between Feb. 9 and Feb. 17, 2024, will feature soprano Marjorie Owens in the iconic title role, soprano Angela Meade as Chrysothemis, baritone Alfred Walker as Orest, and mezzo-soprano Jill Grove as Klytämnestra. The Dallas Opera’s production from the Lyric Opera {…}

News

Audra McDonald & Suzanna Guzmán Named LA Opera Legacy Ambassadors

https://operawire.com/audra-mcdonald-suzanna-guzman-named-la-opera-legacy-ambassadors/

(Photo credit: The Valley Music Hall of Fame & Javier Armijo) LA Opera named soprano Audra McDonald and mezzo-soprano Suzanna Guzmán in the 2023-24 class of Legacy Ambassadors. Last season, LA Opera launched the Legacy Ambassador program, an initiative to forge deep, authentic and longstanding relationships with diverse communities and the key thought-leaders who influence them. The ambassadors chosen are {…}

News, Streaming

The Dallas Opera to Stream Season for Free During the Summer

https://operawire.com/the-dallas-opera-to-stream-season-for-free-during-the-summer/

This summer, The Dallas Opera will offer all 2022-2023 Season opera productions free on its digital streaming platform, thedallasopera.TV. The free streams will begin on May 1, 2023, with Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” and digital audiences will be able to watch performances on demand at no cost on any digital device including Smart TVs. The series will also include productions of “Così {…}

News

NEC Unveils Portrait of Pioneering Black Artist Mary Caldwell Dawson

https://operawire.com/nec-unveils-portrait-of-pioneering-black-artist-mary-caldwell-dawson/

Photo: Andrew Hurlbut New England Conservatory (NEC) unveiled a new portrait of Mary Cardwell Dawson by Iris Lee Marcus, which will be on permanent display at the conservatory’s Blumenthal Family Library. The painting recognizes her trailblazing career as a singer and her founding of the National Negro Opera Company (NNOC) in Pittsburgh in 1941. Dawson’s opera company provided Black artists {…}

News

Lise Davidsen, Erin Morley & George Shirley Announced as OPERA NEWS Awards

https://operawire.com/lise-davidsen-erin-morley-george-shirley-announced-as-opera-news-awards/

OPERA NEWS has announced the recipients of the eighteenth annual OPERA NEWS Awards. The magazine said that this year’s honorees are soprano Lise Davidsen, soprano Erin Morley, and tenor and educator George Shirley. They will be honored at a black-tie gala on Sunday, April 16, 2023 at the Plaza in New York City with musical tributes by Stephanie Blythe and {…}

News

92Y to Resume In-Person Events with Alyson Cambridge and Friends in Concert

https://operawire.com/92y-to-resume-in-person-events-with-alyson-cambridge-and-friends-in-concert/

For the first time since March 2020, the Kaufmann Concert Hall will open its doors for in-person events. Soprano Alyson Cambridge, along with members of the Glimmerglass Festival Young Artist Program, will take to the stage in front of a limited audience on May 3, 2021, at 7:00 P.M. EDT. The event, which is part of 92Y’s Almost Home: A Spring {…}

News, Streaming

Christine Goerke to Lead The Glimmerglass Virtual Gala on April 7

https://operawire.com/christine-goerke-to-lead-the-glimmerglass-virtual-gala-on-april-7/

(Credit: Arielle Doneson) The Glimmerglass Festival has announced that it will be presenting a special virtual gala on April 7, 2021. The gala will be presented in partnership with Broadway Unlocked and will be hosted by superstar soprano Christine Goerke. Audiences will get a chance to see performances by Glimmerglass artists and other special guests. Finally, there will also be {…}

151 search results for…

Marjorie Owens Leads The Dallas Opera’s ‘Elektra’

Audra McDonald & Suzanna Guzmán Named LA Opera Legacy Ambassadors

The Dallas Opera to Stream Season for Free During the Summer

NEC Unveils Portrait of Pioneering Black Artist Mary Caldwell Dawson

Lise Davidsen, Erin Morley & George Shirley Announced as OPERA NEWS Awards

92Y to Resume In-Person Events with Alyson Cambridge and Friends in Concert

Christine Goerke to Lead The Glimmerglass Virtual Gala on April 7