Opera San José Announces Free Community Events Ahead of ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’ Performances

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(Photo credit: Simon Pauly) Opera San José brings free music to the community, in celebration of the first Spanish language opera performed on its mainstage. Free community concerts with excerpts from “Florencia en el Amazonas” are offered on March 22 at the Mexican Heritage Plaza, March 24 at the Biblioteca Latinoamericana Library, and at the East San José Carnegie Library {…}

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CD Review: Tobias Picker’s ‘Awakenings’

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This is the second major opera based on the writings of British neurologist Oliver Sacks, whose case study “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” was adapted by Michael Nyman in 1986. “Awakenings,” by American composer Tobias Picker, is inspired by Sacks’ 1973 account of treating victims of encephalitis lethargica. Nicknamed the “sleeping sickness,” this coma-like condition is {…}

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Marlen Nahhas Leads ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’ at Opera San José

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Opera San José will conclude its 40th Anniversary season with the Bay Area premiere of Daniel Catán’s “Florencia en el Amazonas.” The opera, which was co-commissioned by Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Seattle Opera and which recently made its Metropolitan Opera premiere, will be performed at the California Theatre as Opera San José’s first Spanish-language opera. The opera {…}

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Long Beach Opera to World Premiere ‘ISOLA’

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Long Beach Opera is set to present the world premiere of “ISOLA,” a prismatic meditation on time, mental health, and isolation by composer Alyssa Weinberg with a text by poet J. Mae Barizo. The production, which will be performed on Feb 3, 10, and 11, 2024, will be designed as both an opera and an art installation: a visual and sonic intimate {…}

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Opera Hispanica to Present ‘Fernanda’

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Opera Hispánica, the Instituto Cervantes New York, and Opera in Williamsburg are set to present the premiere of “Fernanda.” The work is a new version of the Zarzuela “Luisa Fernanda” by Moreno Torroba and Fernandez Shaw. Arranged by Opera Hispánica’s General and Artistic Director, Jorge Parodi, for vocal quartet, violin, and piano, the production will be Semi-staged with period costumes. {…}

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Opera Southwest to Present ‘Zorro’

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Opera Southwest will present “Zorro” in Albuquerque. The work, which is set to be presented four times from Oct. 23 through Oct. 30, was written by Héctor Armienta and will be shown at the National Hispanic Cultural Center-Journal Theatre. The work take place in Los Angeles when Alta California was still a colony of Spain and retells the Zorro legend {…}

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Opera Southwest Announces 2022-23 Season

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Opera Southwest has announced its 2022-23 season with four productions. Louise Bertin, Eugène Scribe and E. Mazares’s “Le loup-garou” will be conducted by Anthony Barrese and directed by Elizabeth Margolius. The opera will be showcased at the Albuquerque Museum’s amphitheater and stars Michael Rodriguez, Miguel Pedroza, Thomas Drew, Yejin Lee, and Melanie Ashkar. The opera, which premiered in 1827 at {…}

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Julia Mintzer to Headline Tulsa Opera’s Unique ‘Salome’ Production

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The Tulsa Opera will premiere a new production of “Salome” on April 29 and May 1, 2022 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. The cast of this production stars Julia Mintzer, Wayne Tigges, Jay Hunter Morris, Katharine Goeldner, César Delgado, Kevin Thompson, Ryan Belongie, Kevin Thompson, Spencer Hamlin, Ashraf Sewailam, Pavel Suliandziga, Makudupanyane Senaoana, Marc Molomot, Jason Ferrante, and Joe {…}

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Tulsa Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Salome’

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(Credit: Breeanne Clowdus) Tulsa Opera has announced a major cast change for its upcoming production of “Salome.” The organization noted that tenor Jay Hunter Morris will be taking on the role of Herod, replacing Anthony Dean Griffey who was originally cast in the part. Morris is also set to take on the role with the Bard Conservatory Orchestra in a {…}

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Opera San José Announces Free Community Events Ahead of ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’ Performances

CD Review: Tobias Picker’s ‘Awakenings’

Marlen Nahhas Leads ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’ at Opera San José

Long Beach Opera to World Premiere ‘ISOLA’

Opera Hispanica to Present ‘Fernanda’

Opera Southwest to Present ‘Zorro’

Opera Southwest Announces 2022-23 Season

Julia Mintzer to Headline Tulsa Opera’s Unique ‘Salome’ Production

Tulsa Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Salome’