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Spoleto Festival Announces 2020 Season

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(Credit: Courtesy of Spoleto Festival) General Director Nigel Redden has announced the details of the 44th season of Spoleto Festival USA. The festival will feature a wide array of music, performances, screenings, talks and opera. For this article we have only concentrated on the vocal performances. Opera  The festival will show the world premiere of “Omar” based on the life {…}
News

Obituary: Mezzo-Soprano Mika Shigematsu Passes Away

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(Credit: Michal Daniel) Mezzo-soprano Mika Shigematsu has died of pancreatic cancer in Osaka, Japan. The mezzo’s husband Shintaro Kobayashi posted a messgae stating, “I am deeply saddened to inform you that my wife Mika Shigematsu passed away in the morning of Oct. 23, 2019 in Osaka. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late September. The funeral service took place {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Baritone Malcolm MacKenzie On The Verdi Chorus, Playing Villains & The Loss of Listening Skills

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(Credit: Matthew Staver) Baritone Malcolm MacKenzie loves playing the bad guys. On his website he notes that Scarpia, the villainous police chief who sexually harasses Tosca before being murdered, is his favorite role. Another of his favorites is the conniving Iago and he was even the first man to take on the role of the vengeful Roger Chillingworth in the {…}
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Marcelo Lombardero To Host Mozart Recital At Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo

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Argentine director Marcelo Lombardero is set to present a recital of Mozart arias at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia. The concert is set for Oct. 1, 2019. Lombardero, alongside pianist Alejandro Roca and the Teatro Julio Mario’s Program director Juan Carlos Adrianzén, came together to select a group of young singers to perform in a {…}
News

Kiera Duffy & Nathan Gunn Lead Beth Morrison Projects’ 2019-20 Season

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Beth Morrison Projects has announced its 2019-20 season, which will include 64 performances on four continents. James Darrah will direct Ellen Reid’s “Prism.” The production will star mezzo-soprano Rebecca Jo Loeb as Lumee and soprano Anna Schubert as her ill daughter, Bibi. Performances will be held at Teatro Municipal in São Paulo (in its South American premiere) and at the {…}
Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Glow Lyric Theatre’s Jenna Tamisiea Elser On Illuminating the Female Perspective In ‘Carmen’ & Other Works of 2019 Season

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Every year, the Glow Lyric Theatre does something that few other opera or musical theatres companies are willing to do – embrace the distinct art forms as siblings and celebrate their unique differences and similarities. For several years the company has put on three shows in its summer season: an opera, an operetta, and a piece of musical theatre. But {…}
Pride Month, Special Features

Pride Month 2019: 13 Contemporary Composers & Librettists Who Are Out & Proud

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It’s Pride Month, so to celebrate we return to the series we began two years. This time we celebrate some of the great composers and librettists of today who have made a great impact in the opera world and whose works have given a voice to the voiceless. Jake Heggie Heggie is one of the most prolific composers of the {…}
IndieOpera

Juventus Lyrica Offers Free Tickets To Millennials For 2019 Season

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The Juventus Lyrica, which operates in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is inviting millennials to the opera in hopes of expanding their experience of the art form. The company sent out the invitation via Instagram, noting that 20 free tickets would be available for millennials. The company will allow them to attend a performance and enhance their experience via social media with {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

The Crypt Sessions 2019 Review: Lucas & Irina Meachem

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On March 7, 2019, lovers of classical music gathered at the Church of the Intercession for the latest installment of Unison Media’s celebrated series, The Crypt Sessions. These concerts, curated by company president Andrew Ousley, often sell-out in minutes due to not only the limited size of the crypt, but the world-class performers that fill its depth with music. This {…}

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