Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Erin Morley & Terence Blanchard Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2021-22 Season

https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-sonya-yoncheva-erin-morely-terrence-blanchard-headline-metropolitan-operas-2021-22-season/

In collaboration with Dejan Vukosavljevic On the heels of its 2020-21 season cancelation, the Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2021-22 season. The company will present six new productions including three company premieres. Here is a look at the new season. New Productions The season opens with “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” by Terence Blanchard. The opera will be conducted by {…}

Opera Wiki

Composer Profile: The Prolific & Versatile Terence Blanchard

https://operawire.com/composer-profile-the-prolific-versatile-terence-blanchard/

Terence Blanchard is one of the most versatile musicians in the world. Born on March 13, 1962, in New Orleans, Louisiana as an only child, his father Joseph Oliver Blanchard was a part-time opera singer. The young Terence began playing piano at five and then started on trump at age eight. He was a close friend of Wynton Marsalis from {…}

Opera Wiki

Opera Profile: ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones,’ Terence Blanchard’s Historic ‘Opera in Jazz’

https://operawire.com/opera-profile-fire-shut-up-in-my-bones-terence-blanchards-historic-opera-in-jazz/

(Credit: Eric Woolsey) On June 15, 2019, Terence Blanchard’s opera “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” premiered in full at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Described by the composer as “opera in jazz,” the work will be the first opera by a Black composer ever staged at the Metropolitan Opera. The libretto by Kasi Lemmons is based on the memoir {…}

News

Terrence Blanchard to Receive Highest Honor at Peabody Institute

https://operawire.com/terrence-blanchard-to-receive-highest-honor-at-peabody-institute/

The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University has announced that seven-time GRAMMY winner Terence Blanchard will receive the George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music and Dance in America. He will receive the award on May 24, 2023 and will speak at the Peabody Conservatory’s graduation ceremony. The George Peabody Medal is the Institute’s highest honor, recognizing artists and {…}

News

Metropolitan Opera Celebrates Paul Tazewell’s Oscar Win

https://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-celebrates-paul-tazewells-oscar-win/

The Metropolitan Opera is celebrating Paul Tazewell’s Oscar win. The company shared a story congratulating the costume designer stating, “Bravo to costume designer Paul Tazewell for his Oscar win for Costume Design. Tazewell designed costumes for the Met Productions of Terence Blanchard’s ‘Fire Shut up in My Bones’ (2021) and Gound’s ‘Faust’ (2011).” Tazewell won his Oscar for “Wicked” and {…}

News, Season Announcement

New Orleans Opera Announces 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/new-orleans-opera-announces-2025-26-season/

The New Orleans Opera has announced its 2025-26 Season. The season has the theme of “Intersection of Piety and Desire.” The season opens with “Der Rosenkavalier,” Strauss’ work about a sophisticated older woman, a romantic chevalier, and a blooming young girl converge in an impossible love triangle around a single silver rose. Performance Dates: TBA The second work of the {…}

News

Cincinnati Opera Receives Major Donation for Opera Fusion: New Works

https://operawire.com/cincinnati-opera-receives-major-donation-for-opera-fusion-new-works/

Cincinnati Opera has announced a generous donation in support of “Opera Fusion: New Works,” its joint creative venture with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. The company said that it had received an anonymous gift that will extend OF:NW by three years. The Opera Fision program was launched in 2011 to foster the development of new American operas, receiving {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

National Sawdust 2024 Review: Silent Light

https://operawire.com/national-sawdust-2024-review-silent-light/

(Photo credit: Jill Steinberg at National Sawdust) National Sawdust’s 10th Anniversary opening season kicked off with Artistic Director/Co-Founder & composer Paola Prestini and librettist Royce Vavrek‘s foley chamber opera world premiere “Silent Light,” featuring director & scenic designer Thaddeus Strassberger and conductor Christopher Rountree. The cast includes powerhouse soprano Brittany Renee as Esther, bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch as Johan, soprano Julia {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2024 Review: Galileo Galilei

https://operawire.com/opera-theatre-saint-louis-2024-review-galileo-galilei/

(Photo Credit: Eric Woolsey) Opera Theatre Saint Louis cultivates a justly deserved reputation for promoting contemporary works, having world-premiered 40-some operas in the company’s five decades, and staging many other operas born after WWII but perhaps not new enough to be labeled “contemporary” in 2024. The American legend, Philip Glass, made one prior appearance at the company—in person then, too—with {…}

101 search results for…

Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Erin Morley & Terence Blanchard Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2021-22 Season

Composer Profile: The Prolific & Versatile Terence Blanchard

Opera Profile: ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones,’ Terence Blanchard’s Historic ‘Opera in Jazz’

Terrence Blanchard to Receive Highest Honor at Peabody Institute

Metropolitan Opera Celebrates Paul Tazewell’s Oscar Win

New Orleans Opera Announces 2025-26 Season

Cincinnati Opera Receives Major Donation for Opera Fusion: New Works

National Sawdust 2024 Review: Silent Light

Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2024 Review: Galileo Galilei