Reviving A Lost Legend – The Making of Bea Goodwin, Whitney George & Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble’s ‘Princess Maleine’

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Dell’Arte Artistic Director Chris Fecteau was working on putting together the 2019 season for the company when he happened upon Lili Boulanger’s “Princess Maleine.” His hope had been to create a season centering on the works of Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, who had inspired such works as Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande” and Dukas’ “Ariane et Barb Bleu.” “My mentor Fiora {…}

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Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble Announces Summer Festival, ‘Voices From the Tower’

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Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble has announced its 17th annual summer festival: Voices from the Tower. The upcoming festival will exclusively feature works composed by women. Among the performances featured this season will be the commissioned world premiere of “Princess Maleine,” by Whitney George with a libretto, based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck, by Bea Goodwin. This will mark the first {…}

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Soprano Elizabeth De Trejo To Be Featured In The Orchestra Now’s ‘De Profundis’ Concert

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The Orchestra Now is set to present its final performance of its Carnegie Hall season Thursday, May 2, 2019, which will feature a number of New York premieres. Led by maestro Leon Botstein, the performance will place a special spotlight on Psalm 130, which reads, “Out of the depths, Oh Lord, have I cried unto thee.” Every single piece in {…}

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Jamie Barton To Present Recital As Part Of Renée Fleming VOICES series

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The 2018–2019 Renée Fleming VOICES series will continue with a recital by Jamie Barton. Accompanied by pianist Kathleen Kelly, the recital will include music by Haydn, Strauss, and Ravel, as well as works by female composers Nadia and Lili Boulanger and Americans Elinor Remick Warren and Amy Beach. Barton will also perform “Love After 1950,” a contemporary song cycle by Libby {…}

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Composer Profile: Philip Glass, A 20th Century Minimalist Master

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Few 20th century composers have had quite the successful run that Philip Glass has enjoyed. Born on Jan. 31, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland, the composer has become a major influence, his style imitated by composers in a wide range of creative fields. Glass studied at the Juilliard School and then went to Paris on a Fulbright Scholarship to study with {…}

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Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble Previews Whitney George & Bea Goodwin’s ‘Princess Maleine’

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Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble previewed its upcoming “Princess Maleine” by librettist Bea Goodwin and composer Whitney George at a private event on Jan. 17, 2019. The event revealed sections from the opera’s libretto as well as one of the titular character’s arias, sung by Elyse Kakacek, who will originate the role. In this very brief preview of the work (which is {…}

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It’s All About Women Creators At Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble’s 2019 Festival

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The dell’Arte Opera Ensemble has announced its 17th annual festival and it will feature works exclusively created by women. Entitled “Voices from the Tower,” the festival will feature the world premiere of “Princess Maleine,” which will be written by Bea Goodwin with music by Whitney George. This piece was commissioned specifically for the festival this year. The production will feature {…}

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Oper Graz 2017-18 Review: “María de Buenos Aires” makes a sensational debut in Austria

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Undoubtedly the most successful musical ever written about Argentina was Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Evita,” which stormed into the Prince Edward Theatre in London in 1978. Ten years before, Astor Piazzolla’s “María de Buenos Aires” made a much more modest debut at the Sala Planeta in the Argentinean capital. Nominally a “tango operita,” this relatively short work is a much more fascinating {…}

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Opera Theatre of St. Louis 2018 Review – Regina: Scheming Susan Graham Stars in Masterful Production of Blitzstein’s Drama

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It is easy to see why Marc Blitzstein’s “Regina” is rarely performed. It’s a demanding work that tackles issues of greed, race relations and other seedy elements of humanity head-on while fusing many musical styles that make it hard to characterize. Because there are so many elements to this opera that includes 10 major characters, it is difficult to mount {…}

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Reviving A Lost Legend – The Making of Bea Goodwin, Whitney George & Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble’s ‘Princess Maleine’

Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble Announces Summer Festival, ‘Voices From the Tower’

Soprano Elizabeth De Trejo To Be Featured In The Orchestra Now’s ‘De Profundis’ Concert

Jamie Barton To Present Recital As Part Of Renée Fleming VOICES series

Composer Profile: Philip Glass, A 20th Century Minimalist Master

Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble Previews Whitney George & Bea Goodwin’s ‘Princess Maleine’

It’s All About Women Creators At Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble’s 2019 Festival

Oper Graz 2017-18 Review: “María de Buenos Aires” makes a sensational debut in Austria

Opera Theatre of St. Louis 2018 Review – Regina: Scheming Susan Graham Stars in Masterful Production of Blitzstein’s Drama