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Opera Revue to Present ‘Debauchery at the Dakota’

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Toronto-based Opera Revue is set to present “Debauchery at the Dakota” on May 31 and June 1, 2023 . The showcase will feature such artists as soprano Danie Friesen, baritone Alexander Hajek, and pianist Claire Elise Harris. They will be joined by guest dancers A’Slayna Von Hunt, Tucker, Bianca Boom Boom, and Thrasher. “The idea for the show happened after {…}
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Opera Revue to Present Opera and Burlesque Show ‘Debauchery at the Dakota’

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The Toronto-based opera company, Opera Revue, combines opera and burlesque in its upcoming “Debauchery at the Dakota.” The Valentine’s Day program will feature selections from R. Strauss to Weill to Elvis. Soloists include soprano Danie Friesen and baritone Alexander Hajek. Claire Elise Harris will join them on piano. Each vocal selection will be paired with a “mixed-gender” troupe of burlesque {…}
IndieOpera

Central City Opera To Close Its Festival Season With ‘Encore: A Musical Revue’

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Central City Opera will conclude its festival season with “Encore: A Musical Revue.” The event, conceived by and starring Curt Olds, is described in the press release as an “exhilarating and eclectic mix of old and new music theater pieces by Broadway and Off-Broadway composers.” Olds will be joined by members of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program. John Baril will conduct. {…}
IndieOpera

Central City Opera to Close Festival Season with New Musical Revue

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As their 2018 Festival season draws to a close, Central City Opera has announced a run of performances certain to end things with a bang. “Encore: A Musical Revue,” running August 8, 9, and 11, 2018, will offer audiences in the Colorado region a night of musical theatre, with old and new selections from Broadway and Off-Broadway’s most celebrated names. {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2024 Review: The Merry Widow

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(Photo © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton) There was much to fuel the excitement around a brand new production of Franz Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” for Glyndebourne Festival Opera this year. It’s the first time the work has ever been mounted there, and it’s always a treat to see what the slickly-oiled operatic operation, with its six weeks of {…}
IndieOpera

Tri-Cities Opera to Open with Andrew Lloyd Webber Celebration

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Tri-Cities Opera is set to launch its 2023-24 season with a special event on Sept. 22. The company will perform music by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber in celebration of his 75 birthday. The evening will be hosted by the United Presbyterian Church on Chenango Street in Binghamton. Under the direction of Music Director, John Cockerill, Tri-Cities Opera will bring beloved {…}
Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: The Marx Brothers & Verdi in ‘A Night at The Opera’

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Although they are best known for films such as “The Cocoanuts” (1929), “At The Circus” (1939), and “A Night in Casablanca” (1949), one of the Marx brothers operatic-related films was just as spell-binding and deserves its place in history.  When “A Night At The Opera” first premiered in 1935 in the continental United States, the brothers were still under contract {…}
Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: The Realism of Francesco Rosi’s ‘Carmen’

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Films based on opera often feel inadequate. They are frequently an attempt to introduce reality into art, and this concept is flawed. Directors fail to realize that what it should be is the other way around: bringing art into reality, making opera about human beings and their everyday trials. Luckily, some directors do know what they’re doing, and Italian director {…}
Opera Wiki

Opera Profile: Haydn’s ‘L’Incontro Improvviso’

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On the 29th of August 1775, Joseph Haydn’s seventh opera, “L’Incontro Improvviso” (The Unexpected Encounter – Hob 28:6) was premiered at “Eszterháza,” the Hungarian palace of Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, principle patron of Haydn and a strong advocate of Haydn’s symphonic repertoire. The work had accompanied a four-day visit by Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria-Este and his consort Maria Beatrice d’Este. {…}

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