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Prototype Festival to Present ‘Times3’ as Part of New York Opera Festival 2021

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The Prototype Festival has announced that it will present “Times3 (Times X Times X Times),” a site-specific work that takes you through Times Square from a unique perspective. The work, which was created by composer Pamela Z and theatre artist Geoff Sobelle, offers audiences an opportunity to experience the work live from Times Square in New York City or even {…}

IndieOpera, Streaming

Prototype Festival Unveils Streaming Slate for 2021

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The Prototype Festival has announced its streaming slate for the Spring of 2021. First up will be “Thumbprint,” which will also feature a virtual conversation between composer Kamala Sankaram, librettist Susan Yankowitz, and director Rachel Dickstein. Streaming Date: May 12, 2021  Next up is “Toxic Psalms.” Director Karmina šilec will be around for a virtual conversation after the stream. Streaming {…}

Reviews, Video Productions

Prototype Festival 2021 Review: Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists

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“Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists” was produced by VaVaVoom Theatre and Bedroom Community and was premiered in May 2014, at the 28th edition of Reykjavik Arts Festival. PROTOTYPE’s annual festival debuted the digital US premiere this year and has reopened conversations about this work and its contemporary significance in the opera world. “This is a song cycle, a collection of songs {…}

Reviews, Video Productions

PROTOTYPE Festival 2021 Review: Times3 (Times x Times x Times)

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Innovation and extraordinary contemporary production which is vital to the continuation of opera-theatre and music-theatre works is at the core of this year’s annual PROTOTYPE Festival. Both international and local new works presented online at this time give audience members across the globe a chance to experience multimedia and interdisciplinary art that challenges perspectives and invites audience members to listen {…}

IndieOpera

Beth Morrison Projects & HERE Confirm Dates for 2021 PROTOTYPE Festival

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Beth Morrison Projects and he Here Arts Center have confirmed that the PROTOTYPE : Opera / Theatre / Now Festival is set to take place between Jan. 8-16, 2021. While the organization has not announced the official schedule and the operas that it will be performing, it did confirm, via a press release, that it will be developing roughly six {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Prototype Festival 2020 Review: Ellen West

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This past summer, OperaWire published an interview with “Ellen West” headliner Jennifer Zetlan. When asked what she wanted audiences to take away from her experience with the opera, Zetlan’s replied that, to her, an extremely successful evening of live theater or opera was one in which the audience leaves feeling their soul touched, adding “… I hope our audiences will find themselves deeply moved {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Prototype Festival 2020 Review: Blood Moon

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East met West during Wednesday evening’s performance of Garret Fisher and Ellen McLaughlin’s “Blood Moon,” a chamber opera for three voices staged at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York, one of six opera/musical theater productions featured in this year’s Prototype Festival. The show was the third in its world premiere run. Commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects, the creative {…}

News

Prototype Festival Leads Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – North America

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With 2020 fully underway, opera companies are back in business. For this weekend’s recommendations, we feature a few repertory staples as well as some major new operas from the 21st century. Il barbiere di Siviglia – Canadian Opera Company Starting on Sunday, the Canadian Opera Company is back in business with conductor Speranza Scappucci leading Joan Font’s production of Rossini’s {…}