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Premiere Dates for Shorter & spalding’s ‘Iphigenia’ Announced

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Dates for composer Wayne Shorter and librettist / performer esperanza spalding’s “Iphigenia” have been announced. The opera, which will be directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz and conducted by Clark RUndell with set designs by Frank Gehry, costumes by Montana Levi Blanco, lighting by Jen Schriever, and sound by Mark Gray, will make its world premiere this November at ArtsEmerson in Boston {…}

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Vittorio Prato, Andrea Mastroni & Sonia Prina Headline Teatro Coccia’s 2021-22 Fall Season

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The Teatro Coccia in Novara, Italy has announced its 2021-22 fall season. The season opens with Mini Opere. The first work that will be presented is “Boccacio Delivery Ovvero la Vendetta di Cisti Fornaio” by Alberto Cara. The production will be directed by Salvatore Sito and conducted by Carlo Emilio Tortarolo. The opera will star Federica Vinci and Andrea Tabili. {…}

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Paul Anthony to Release Novella ‘Sorrow: the legacy of cio-cio-san’

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Author Paul Anthony is set to release his new novella “Sorrow: the legacy of cio-cio-san,” a follow-up to Puccini’s famed opera “Madama Butterfly.” The book starts during that tragic final scene of the famed opera with Pinkerton finding Cio-Cio San dead and taking their son Sorrow with him to the U.S. The book follows the story of the young boy {…}

IndieOpera

Spoleto Festival USA Appoints New General Director

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(Credit: Peter Adamik) The Spoleto Festival USA in South Carolina has appointed Mena Mark Hanna as its new General Director. The new Director brings more than a decade of experience working in the performing arts field, both in leadership roles and as an educator. He was previously at Berlin’s Barenboim-Said Akademie where he was the Founding Dean and Professor of {…}

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Kevin Simmonds to Release New Book ‘The Monster I Am Today: Leontyne Price and a Life in Verse’

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On July 15, 2021, musician and writer Kevin Simmonds’ will release his new book, “The Monster I Am Today: Leontyne Price and a Life in Verse.” Published through TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, the book will chronicle the life and art of the acclaimed opera singer, and its personal influence on Simmonds as a gay, Black artist. Utilizing a structure of {…}

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Nicole Chevalier, Günter Papendell & Anne Sofie von Otter Headline Theater Basel’s 2021-22 Season

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The Theater Basel has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on opera productions only. Here is a look: Mozart‘s singspiel “Die Zauberflöte” will open the season. The opera stars Kai Kluge and Alex Banfield in the role of Tamino, Kali Hardwick as Pamina, Rainelle Krause as Die Königin der Nacht, and Patrick Zielke {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Angel Blue on the Balancing Her Personal & Professional Life

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Soprano Angel Blue has become an operatic sensation. She recently had a stellar turn as Bess in the Metropolitan Opera’s 2019-20 season opener of “Porgy and Bess”. This year the recording won a Grammy for Best Opera Recording, with Angel Blue giving the acceptance speech onscreen. A natural on camera, she has also launched and hosted an online chat show {…}

News, Streaming

Teatro de la Maestranza Cancels Performance of ‘Argippo’ & Announces Broadcast

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(Credit: https://www.andalucia.org/) The Teatro de la Maestranza has announced the cancellation of several performances between March 26 and April 9, 2021. The cancellations come as a result of new restrictive measures imposed by health authorities of the Junta de Andalucía in Seville due to ongoing concerns over the spread of COVID-19. Among the canceled presentations are symphonic concerts that were {…}