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Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘Slaylem: The Witch Trials’

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Heartbeat Opera is set to present “Slaylem: The Witch Trials” this October. The original drag opera created by Nico Krell and Jacob Ashworth features arrangements by Dan Schlosberg of music by Britten, Ponchielli, Adams, Copland, Floyd Pedeerecki, Mozart, Donizetti, and Bellini, featuring newly written English Lyrics. The work is a gothic comedy that “dances on the grave of early American {…}

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Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘Eugene Onegin’ & ‘The Extinctionist’ for Spring 2024 Festival

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Heartbeat Opera is set to present two new works as part of its Spring Fest. First up is “Eugene Onegin” in a brand-new 100-minute adaptation. The opera aims to explore the seminal opera through “the lens of Tchaikovsky’s suppressed queerness.” “This reimagining of ‘Eugene Onegin’ comes at a time in which many Russian artists are being forced to flee the {…}

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Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘The Golden Cock’ a Drag Adaptation of ‘The Golden Cockerel’

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Heartbeat Opera will present “The Golden Cock” at Roulette in Brooklyn on Nov. 9 at 7:30 PM and Nov. 10 at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM. Heartbeat Opera’s adaptation of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” takes the original story and transforms it into a drag show with costumes by celebrated New York designer David Quinn. The drag extravaganza is Heartbeat’s most {…}

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Heartbeat Opera Unveils 2023-24 Season

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Heartbeat Opera has unveiled its 2023-24 season, the 10th in the company’s history. First up is “The Golden Cock.” The opera is a riff on Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel.” The work was created by Nico Krell and Jacob Ashworth with arrangements by Daniel Schlosberg. The opera stars Ariana Wehr, Sara Couden, Daniel Moody, Elliott Paige, and John Taylor Ward. Performance {…}

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Heartbeat Opera To Present ‘Tosca’ and ‘Lady M’ in Spring Festival

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Heartbeat Opera has announced the lineup of their Spring Festival, marking their return to live performances since the pandemic. The festival will see two well-known works given a modern treatment. The first will be Puccini’s “Tosca,” co-adapted by Iranian-American director Shadi G. and music director Jacob Ashworth. This 100-minute version sets the plot in a present-day religious dictatorship, with subtitles {…}

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Heartbeat Opera Announces 2022-23 Season Featuring Adaptations of Beethoven, Puccini, and Verdi

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New York’s Heartbeat Opera has announced its 2022-23 Season, which includes a video premiere and the company’s Spring Festival, featuring significant adaptions of Puccini’s “Tosca” and Verdi’s “Macbeth.” The Season kicks off with a free video premiere of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” featuring over 100 incarcerated singers from six prison choirs. Ethan Heard adapted and directed this re-imagining of the opera in {…}

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Heartbeat Opera’s Co-Founder & Artistic Director Set to Leave Company

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Heartbeat Opera has announced the departure of Co-Founder and Artistic Director Ethan Heard. In an official statement, the company revealed that Heard, who will depart the New York based company on June 30, 2022, is set to be the Associate Artistic Director of Signature Theatre in DC where he will commence on August 1, 2022. Throughout his career with Heartbeat {…}

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The Broad Stage to Present Heartbeat Opera’s ‘Fidelio’

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The Santa Monica-based Broad Stage is set to present Heartbeat Opera’s rendition of “Fidelio” on February 26 and 27, 2022.  This version of Beethoven’s famed opera features an all-new orchestral arrangement by Daniel Schlosberg as well as new English Dialogue co-written by Marcus Scott and Ethan Heard. The opera will be directed by Ethan Heard.  The cast will star Derrell {…}