Arts Empowering Life to Present ‘Opera Gala’

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Arts Empowering Life will present an “Opera Gala” at the Performing Arts Center in Brewster, MA on August 10 and 11, 2024. The showcase will feature excerpts from “The Barber of Seville,” “Don Carlo,” “They Merry Widow,” “Carmen,” “Tannhäuser,” “Pagliacci,” “Serse,” “Lakmé,” “The Magic Flute,” “La Traviata,” “Rigoletto,” and “Turandot.” Soloists on the program include Andrew Nolen, David Adam Moore, {…}

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Bradyworks & Chants libres Announce the World Premiere of ‘Information’

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Bradyworks, in co-production with Chants libres have announced the world premiere of the new bilingual chamber opera “Information.” Tim Brady and Mishka Lavigne’s “Information” is set in Montreal in October 1970 focusing on issues such as the F.L.Q October Crisis, abortion rights, and the role of journalism in society. The production features Canadian vocalists mezzo-soprano Marie-Annick Béliveau, baritone Pierre Rancourt, tenor David Menzies, {…}

Opera Meets Film

Opera Meets Film: How ‘Caro Mio Ben’ Informs Theme Through Counterpoint in Yazujiro Ozu’s ‘An Autumn Afternoon’

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

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Opera Australia Launches Streaming Service With Joan Sutherland Archive

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Opera Australia has announced the launch of OA | TV: Opera Australia on Demand, a free online streaming service. The new streaming service will feature exclusive content from its catalog that includes a number of performances by Joan Sutherland and a series of chat show style interviews called “In Conversation with Lyndon Terracini” and unique ‘behind the scenes’ footage. There will {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Oper Frankfurt 2018-19 Review: Rodelinda

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(Photo: Monika Rittershaus) Murderous political machinations and pandemic debauchery in the Kingdom of Lombardy in the 7th century were as rampant as any episode of “Game of Thrones” over a millennium later. A neophyte watching the latest series of the Westeros saga without any prior knowledge of its protagonists would find it similarly challenging to work out who is trying {…}

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Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – International (1/4-6)

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Happy New Year! It’s the first weekend of the year and we’ve got one packed with many operatic classics and some rarities. We’re also excited to see one of today’s greatest mezzos celebrate her 30th anniversary at the Zurich theater. Here is a look at what’s in store for you to see. Andrea Chénier – Wiener Staatsoper, Austria Gregory Kunde, Luca Salsi, {…}

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Opéra de Lille 2018-19 Review: Rodelinda

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Even by usual standards of patently implausible baroque opera plots, “Rodelinda” reaches new heights of Delphic abstruseness. William Hartston in the London Express described Handel’s 19th opera as “everyone wanting to marry or kill everyone else.” Regardless of Hartston’s hyperbole, confusion certainly abounds. A Penelope-esque wife erroneously thinks her husband is dead not once, but twice. The two principal protagonists {…}

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