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Opera In The Heights To Present Japanese-English ‘Madama Butterfly’

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Opera in the Heights (OH) is set to present “Madama Butterfly” in a co-production with Pacific Opera Project. The opera translates its original Italian libretto into Japanese and English and will feature Japanese-American singers in the Japanese roles. OH Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Eiki Isomura, who conducts all performances, has adapted the libretto for the Japanese-speaking characters, and Pacific {…}

Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: How ‘Das Rheingold’ Inspires ‘Tolkien’ To New Emotional & Narrative Heights

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“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features “Tolkien.” Tolkien’s “Lord {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Janet Farrell on INSERIES & Being a Recipient of a National Opera Trustee Recognition Award

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Janet Farrell is one of five recipients of the National Opera Trustee Recognition Awards by Opera America. Farrell, who loves singing, was brought to the INSERIES by the dynamic artistic director, Timothy Nelson. With Farrell’s professional business acumen and experience at M&T Bank and her love of opera, she has been able to draw attention and support to INSERIES, something {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Washington National Opera 2025-26 Review: The Crucible

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(Credit: Scott Suchman) On March 21, the Washington National Opera opened “The Crucible,” its second production of the spring season at the Lisner Auditorium. The Washington National Opera’s decision to showcase this work spotlights the importance of art’s resilience in times where where institutions like the John. F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts are being taken over by regimes {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Florida Grand Opera 2025-26 Review: Turandot

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(Credit: Lewis Valdes) To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the world premiere of Puccini’s “Turandot,” the Florida Grand Opera revived the iconic work for the first time since 2010. For the occasion, the company’s CEO Maria Todaro took the stage to give the audience a brief intro to the evening and its significance for the community, while also previewing what {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Lawrence H. Levens on Recovering Will H. Dixon’s Lost Opera, ‘Maid of Chatteaulogne’

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Opera history is full of lost works. It is also missing champions with the interest and desire to find the missing pieces and give these operas a second life. That’s not the case with Lawrence H. Levens, custodian and guardian of the Barnes/Dixon/Myers Historical Harlem Papers, who has worked tirelessly to restore a work by Will H. Dixon, a pioneering African-American {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: The Magic Flute

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(Photo Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) Every year, the Met Opera ushers in the holidays with its abridged, English-language production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” delighting children and adults alike. This season was no exception. If anything, the 90-minute performance offered a welcome reprieve from a world that seems to have lost its bearings—and, oddly, slid back toward the {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: Andrea Chénier

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(Credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera) Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier” is a glorious opera. Full of lush melodies, an elegant libretto, tense dramatic set pieces, and a propulsive pace it always baffles me how little attention it has gotten at the Metropolitan Opera in recent years. Since premiering in 1921, it has had 186 performances with the most recent prior to {…}