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Fun Facts About Kevin Puts’ ‘Elizabeth Cree’ & The Crypt Sessions

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“The only thing alive in a Crypt is the sound,” said Mark Campbell during a preview presentation of “Elizabeth Cree.” And right he was as Daniela Mack and Joseph Gaines’ voices rang through the crypt first performing selections from Britten and Poulenc and later from the new work at the Crypt Sessions. The evening was filled with good wine, food {…}

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The Crypt Sessions To Preview Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s ‘Elizabeth Cree’

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The Crypt Sessions Season 2 continues on May 31, 2017, with a preview of “Elizabeth Cree.” The new work was composed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning team of composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell and is slated to have its world premiere Sept. 14, 2017, as part of Opera Philadelphia’s inaugural fall festival.  Puts will accompany mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack, who will create the title role {…}

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Patricia Racette and Kevin Puts Headline Chicago Opera Theater’s 2017-18 Season

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The Chicago Opera Theater has announced its 2017-18 Season with three rare works being performed. Patricia Racette headlines opening night as she performs Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Consul.” The new production will be directed by Andreas Mitisek. The opera, which is rarely staged, has been hailed by the New York Times as “an opera of eloquence, momentousness, and intensity of {…}

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The Atlanta Opera to Open 2026-27 Season with ‘Silent Night’

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The Atlanta Opera is set to open its 2026-27 mainstage season on Nov. 7, 2026 with Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s opera “Silent Night.” The opera will be directed by Tomer Zvulun and performed under the baton of Principal Conductor Iván López Reynoso. The cast will include Susanne Burgess, Kameron Lopreore, Nikolaus Sprink, Luke Sutliff, Aleksey Bogdanov, and Jonathan Bryan. {…}

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Emma Marhefka has Joins Roster of Askonas Holt 

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Emma Marhefka has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. The soprano, a 2025 Grand Finals Winner in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, will be managed at Askonas Holt by Kate Robson. Marhefka, who is now in her second year of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, has performed  with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, The Philadelphia, and {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Brian James Myer, Aviva Fortunata, Nathaniel Sullivan & Paul Appleby

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Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) has announced its 2026–27 season centered around “Passions,” a six-concert exploration of love and longing through some of the most compelling works in the art song repertoire. The season also includes the seventh annual New Voices Festival, a three-part contemporary art song series themed Seasons, The season opens with “Passions I: Fin-de-Siècle,” a program devoted {…}

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Joyce DiDonato to Open DACAMERA’s 2026-27 Season

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DACAMERA announces its 2026-27 season. Here’s a look at the classical voice works coming up. Joyce DiDonato and Time for Three perform Kevin Puts’s “No Prisoner Be” at DACAMERA’s Opening Night gala. Andrew Staples directs and is the lighting and sound designer, along with William Reynolds and Colin Egan who also serve as lighting designer and sound engineer. Performance Date: Oct. {…}

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Sam Dhobhany Joins Askonas Holt for Management

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Bass-baritone Sam Dhobhany has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. He will be managed at Askonas Holt by Joel Thomas, Seb Mallet and Elan Fryar. The American bass-baritone is a third-year Butler Studio Artist at the Houston Grand Opera where he has performed George in “Of Mice and Men,” Terry in “Breaking the Waves,” Undertaker in {…}

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Opera Meets Film: Duplicitous Love Behind Enemy lines in Hans Gefors’ ‘Notorious’

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Joining the ranks of other screen-to-stage operatic adaptations, Swedish composer Hans Gefors and his eighth opera, “Notorious,” can be considered a contemporary grand opera. Spanning five acts — a number usually seen in French grand opera but also seen in Italian verismo including “Don Carlo,” “Robert le diable,” and “La muette de Portici” — the opera details the complex love affair between a {…}