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Arizona Opera has announced its 2024 New Works Festival. The festival kicks off with a party at 5 p.m. on May 10 followed by a preview of the “Zorro” and “Intimate Apparel” and a screening of “The Copper Queen.” On May 11, there will be a panel on how opera gets from page to stage, followed by previews of “Zorro” {…}
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The Arizona Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Arizona Opera’s new “Beyond Downtown” program, the newest evolution of the company’s McDougall RED Series, which will bring operatic performances throughout Arizona, reaching beyond the walls of the theaters in which the company typically performs. Performance Dates: TBD Caitlin Gotimer, SeokJong Baek, Benjamin Taylor, and Emma Marhefka perform {…}
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The Arizona Opera is set to conclude the 2023-24 Season with a production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” The story of legendary libertine Don Juan is set to star Richard Ollarsaba, Joseph Lattanzi, Vanessa Vasquez, Lydia Grindatto, Toni Marie Palmertree, Mary-Hollis Hundley, Brad Bickhardt, Zachary Nelson, Vanessa Becerra, Véronique Filloux, Peter Barber, and Adam Lau. Daniela Candillari conducts the production by Tara Faircloth. {…}
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Photo credit: Shervin Lainez Arizona Opera released new details of its expanded programs for the 2023-24 season. “Lawrence Brownlee in Recital” is scheduled for March 13 in partnership with the Tucson Desert Song Festival. The “Opera Outdoors” will take place at community venues such as Reid Park Zoo and the Temple of Music and Art, performed by the Marion Roose {…}
https://operawire.com/arizona-opera-to-present-world-premiere-of-frankenstein/
The Arizona Opera is set to perform the world premiere of Gregg Kallor’s “Frankenstein.” The opera will be part of the company’s McDougall RED Series and is based on the iconic novel by Mary Shelley. The production will star Edward Parks, Terrence Chin-Loy, Katherine Beck, Gordon Hawkins, Armand Delgado, Andrew Stuckey, Brad Bickhardt, Melissa Solomon, and Chelsea Rose Neiss. Clinton Smith {…}
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The Arizona Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. The McDougall Red Series The season opens with The McDougall Red Series with the world premiere of “Frankenstein” by Gregg Kallor. The score is a riveting, cinematic work and follows the successes of “Riders of the Purple Sage” and “The Copper Queen.” Edward Parks, Terrence Chin-Loy, Katherine Beck, Brad Bickhardt, and Melissa {…}
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The Arizona Opera is set to present the world premiere of Gregg Kallor’s new opera “Frankenstein.” The opera, which opens on Oct. 13, 2023, will run through Oct. 22 and will mark Arizona Opera’s third world premiere, following the successes of “Riders of the Purple Sage” and “The Copper Queen Film.” In a statement, Kallor said, “What drives my creation {…}
https://operawire.com/cadie-and-jonathan-bryan-on-arizona-opera-sound-of-music/
Photo: Caitlin Oldham On March 3, Arizona Opera is set to present a production of “The Sound of Music.” It’s a rare moment when an opera company brings a musical to its stage. The 1959 musical is most famous for its movie adaptation, which won the Oscar for Best Picture and has some of Rodger and Hammerstein’s most iconic work. {…}
https://operawire.com/arizona-opera-among-recipients-of-major-grant-from-arizona-governors-office/
Arizona Opera is among four arts organizations to receive major support and aid from Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s office. In an official press statement, the company noted that it would be a recipient of a grant of $500,000 as part of a $2 million COVID relief fund. “We’re incredibly grateful to the State of Arizona as well as to Governor {…}