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Climate Change at the Core of White Snakes Projects 2025 Season

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White Snakes Projects has announced its 2025 Climate Change season. “Our passion for the arts and our love for the planet are not mutually exclusive. For several years, White Snake Projects has been implementing environmentally friendlier practices off stage and beyond. This year, we are using opera’s onstage platform to have an amplified conversation with audiences to better educate, advocate, {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society to Present ‘Histories V: The Viennese School

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Brooklyn Art Song Society is set to present Histories V: The Viennese School on Feb. 2, 2025. The concert will feature lieder by Mozart and Haydn and music by Beethoven. The soloists include sopranos Ashley Emerson and Maggie Finnegan, mezzo-soprano Katherine Lerner, and baritone Michael Kelly. They will be accompanied by pianists Mike Brofman, Brent Funderburk, and Joel Harder. There will be a {…}

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White Snakes Projects Announces Three Operas Included in 2024 Edition of ‘Let’s Celebrate’

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White Snakes Projects will present its third annual “Let’s Celebrate” on Dec. 14-15, 2024. The showcase features three 20-minute operas highlighting family and holiday traditions from various global cultures. “Thirty Angels,” a musical celebration of Navruz—the Uzbek and Persian New Year—was composed by Uzbekistan-born pianist Liliya Ugay, whose heritage includes Korean and Tatar roots. The opera narrates the story of {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society Unveils 2024-25 Season

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Brooklyn Art Song Society has revealed its 2024-25 season. Histories The first concert in the “Histories” series is “Das Wort,” which features music by Brahms, Dvorak, and Wolf. Soloists include Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Anna Laurenzo, Sidney Outlaw, and Brian James Myer. Pianists featured are Michael Brofman, Warren Jones, and Ryan McCullough. Performance Date: Oct. 6, 2024 “Medieval” showcases the music of {…}

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MassOpera to Bring Back ‘The Mirror Cabaret’

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MassOpera heads to City Winery on May 10 to present “The Mirror Cabaret.” The showcase will feature a showdown between opera classics and their musical theater counterparts. To that effect, audiences will hear back-to-back showcases from such works as “Aida” (and “Aida”); “Rusalka” and “The Little Mermaid;” “Madama Butterfly” and “Miss Saigon;” “Little Women” and “Little Women;” “Cendrillon” and “Into the {…}

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Boston Lyric Opera to Present a New Version of Aucoin & Ruhl’s ‘Eurydice’

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Boston Lyric Opera is set to present a new production of Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice.” Opening on March 1 and running for two weeks through the 10 at the Huntington Theatre, the opera will be presented in a new orchestral arrangement by Aucoin; this is the first time this version of the opera gets a showcase. Audiences will {…}

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‘The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe’ to Be Performed by Odyssey Opera

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Odyssey Opera, in partnership with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, is set to present the New England premiere of Dominick Argento’s opera “The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe.” The work will be presented on April 5, 2024 in Boston and will showcase conductor Gil Rose leading a cast that includes tenor Peter Tantsits playing the lead role of Poe. The {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society 2023-24 Review: Circles III – The Second Viennese School

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(Photo credit: Catherine Hancock) Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) presented “Circles III: The Second Viennese School” on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 at the First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. The organization’s season has been a major hit among art song lovers and listeners who might not find a program like this anywhere else, but right here in Brooklyn.  The season began {…}

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Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Svadba’ Wins Top Opera America Prize for Digital Excellence

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Opera America revealed the 2023 awards for Digital Excellence in Opera. The winners included Boston Lyric Opera’s film “Svadba,” has won the top prize for Artistic Creation in Opera America’s 2023 Digital Excellence in Opera Awards. “Svadba,” which is available for free on BLO’s YouTube page, was adapted from Serbian composer Ana Sokolović’s striking libretto and a cappella score. The {…}