Crossing Vast Oceans – Musa Ngqungwana’s Journey From South Africa To Rising Operatic Stardom

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From South Africa to America. Between those two countries is a vast ocean and traversing from the former to the latter presents a number of major challenges, not only physical, but emotional and economic. Opera is rife with characters battling the ocean on their way to success or tragedy. Just to name a few are the characters in Jake Heggie’s {…}

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New York Opera Fest 2017: Light Opera of New York – My Song Vol. 2

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This Thursday, June 8, 2017, Light Opera of New York presents “My Song Goes ‘Round the World, Volume 2.” The performance will showcase and explore composers and performers that delineated operetta on both sides of the Atlantic in the first half of the twentieth century. The production’s music director, Matthew Stephens, received his master’s in collaborative piano from the University of {…}

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‘Brokeback Mountain’ Headlines New York City Opera 2017-18 Season

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The New York City Opera’s 2017-18 season has been announced with four main stage operas. The company will include a Spanish-language opera as part of its Ópera en Español series and will also offer two New York City Opera Concerts in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall and a chamber opera series at locations to be announced. The New York City Opera opens its season {…}

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Weekend Preview – USA (4/28-30): Opera Season In Full Swing Across North America With Joyce DiDonato, Sondra Radvonovsky & Adrianne Pieczonka Headline Major Shows

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Opera season is in full swing in the United States and Canada with a ton of offerings across the continent. Here is a look at the big highlights. East Coast The Metropolitan Opera will showcase “Der Rosenkavalier” on Friday before giving “Der Fliegende Holländer” Saturday afternoon and “Don Giovanni” on Saturday evening. OperaWire will attend the Friday performance with a {…}

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Weekend Preview (4/21-23) – North America: Sondra Radvonovsky’s ‘Tosca’ At LA Among Dozens Of Opera Selections Across USA

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Let’s just throw it out there. You could be anywhere in the U.S. this weekend and find an opera somewhere nearby. The Metropolitan Opera will have a few performances over the weekend, namely “Der Rosenkavalier” on Friday, an HD broadcast of the Saturday matinee of “Eugene Onegin” and “Rigoletto” in the evening. Also in New York, Tri-Cities Opera will perform {…}

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Black History Month 2017 Part 2 – Exploring More Black Singers Making Opera Waves Right Now

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In our first article on black history month we took a look at the opera stars making their mark in the biggest of ways, the singing actors taking headlines at the biggest houses in the world. As we continue to celebrate black history month OperaWire will recognize other black singers making waves in the opera world, many of them rising {…}

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Athlone Artists Adds Director Eve Summer to Roster

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Athlone Artists has announced that director Eve Summer has joined its roster. Summer is set to direct a production of Menotti’s “The Last Savage” for Odyssey Opera in Spring of 2026. Additionally, throughout 2025-26, she is set to work with such organizations as Tulsa Opera, Opera Columbus, The Opera Institute at Boston University, Resonance Works, and Opera Grand Rapids. Summer’s {…}

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Orchestre classique de Montréal Names New Music Director

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(Photo credit: Matthieu Gauchet) Andrei Feher has been named the new music director of the Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM). His tenure commences with the newly revealed 2025-26 season. “It’s both an enormous privilege and a great pleasure to embark on this new adventure with the incredible musicians of the Orchestre classique de Montréal,” said Andrei Feher, OCM’s incoming Music Director, {…}

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Richard Ollarsaba to Headline New Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve Concerts

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The New Philharmonic has announced its New Year’s Eve Concerts. The organization will present three showcases at 1:30 p.m., 5 p.m., and 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. All three concerts will star bass-baritone Richard Ollarsaba who will perform music from “Carmen,” as well as other holiday favorites as “Hymne a l’Amour,” “Long Before I Knew You,” and “Auld {…}

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Crossing Vast Oceans – Musa Ngqungwana’s Journey From South Africa To Rising Operatic Stardom

New York Opera Fest 2017: Light Opera of New York – My Song Vol. 2

‘Brokeback Mountain’ Headlines New York City Opera 2017-18 Season

Weekend Preview – USA (4/28-30): Opera Season In Full Swing Across North America With Joyce DiDonato, Sondra Radvonovsky & Adrianne Pieczonka Headline Major Shows

Weekend Preview (4/21-23) – North America: Sondra Radvonovsky’s ‘Tosca’ At LA Among Dozens Of Opera Selections Across USA

Black History Month 2017 Part 2 – Exploring More Black Singers Making Opera Waves Right Now

Athlone Artists Adds Director Eve Summer to Roster

Orchestre classique de Montréal Names New Music Director

Richard Ollarsaba to Headline New Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve Concerts