Rossini Opera Festival 2024 Review: Bianca e Falliero

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(Photo: Amati Bacciardi) After the initial success of its premiere in 1819 at Teatro La Scala, Rossini’s “Bianca e Falliero” managed to hold its place on Italian stages and beyond for over 10 years before disappearing completely. It was not until 1986 that its first revival in modern times took place, thanks to the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. The {…}

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Overtone Industries Presents ‘Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands’ at OperaFest LA

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Overtone Industries is set to present “Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands” at OperaFest LA. “Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands” follows Tom and Sue, a couple nearing the end of their lives, as they are catapulted into the various scenes from their childhood, adolescence, and adulthood after falling as victims of identity theft. Kion Heidari and Molly Pease sing {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Fire Shut Up in My Bones

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Perhaps it was the eclipse, an event typically devoid of human influence, yet on the evening of April 8, 2024, it seemed to cast an otherworldly aura over Terence Blanchard and Kasi Lemmons’ production of “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” The production premiered at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in 2019 before moving to the Met to sold-out audiences {…}

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Greek National Opera to Present Greek Premiere of ‘La Ville Morte’

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The Greek National Opera will present the Greek premiere of Nadia Boulanger’s “La Ville Morte” this January. The production, which will be presented on the Alternative Stage at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, will be showcased in co-production with Catapult Opera. The work, which was scheduled to premiere in 1914 in Paris, was never staged due to {…}

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Royal Opera House 2022-23 Review: Il Trovatore

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If you’re not fully conversant with the tale that is the centerpiece of one of Giuseppe Verdi’s most celebrated and performed works, “Il Trovatore,” then I highly recommend a little further reading and research before attempting to digest this opera. It may well help to alleviate some of the confusion in following the plot. There’s little one can do, however, {…}

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Opera Project Columbus to Present ‘Rediscovered Works: I, Too, Sing America—Part 2’

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In response to the previous summer’s racial unrest, Opera Project Columbus recorded “Rediscovered Works: I, Too, Sing America” in 2021, when theaters were closed due to the pandemic. The recording featured Langston Hughes and Phyllis Wheatley’s poetry and works, as well as spirituals and musical pieces by Moses Hogan, Rosephanye Powell, Leslie Adams, and Margaret Bonds. “Rediscovered Works: I, Too, {…}

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VOICExperience Announces 16th Annual Opera Idol Winner

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VOICExperience has announced that soprano Sydney Fabregas is the Grand Prize winner of the 16th annual Opera Idol competition. Fabregas is an American soprano pursuing a career in classical performance who has performed in opera and music-theater. She will complete her Carnegie Mellon University Master&’s degree this year. In a statement, Milnes VOICE Programs’ Executive Director Chad Sonka said, “The {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Tosca

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(Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) Despite the monumental challenges of navigating the quagmire of pandemic era restrictions and precautions, the Metropolitan Opera offered a triumphal revival of McVicar’s opulent production of Puccini’s beloved masterpiece Tosca. Remarkably, there were no replacements for this performance, a real treat during this time where illness and travel restrictions plague the classical stage. This was a {…}

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Page to Opera Stage: Massenet & Puccini Create Plot Holes and Dramatic Tension in Adaptations of ‘Manon Lescaut’

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(Credit: Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera) “Page to Opera Stage” looks at stories–real-life or fiction, old and new–that have inspired operas, and the ways these narratives have been edited and dramatized to fit a new medium. In this instalment, we look at one novel–Abbé Prevost’s ‘Manon Lescaut’–and the two (very different) audience favourite operas it inspired: Jules Massenet’s “Manon” and {…}

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Rossini Opera Festival 2024 Review: Bianca e Falliero

Overtone Industries Presents ‘Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands’ at OperaFest LA

Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Greek National Opera to Present Greek Premiere of ‘La Ville Morte’

Royal Opera House 2022-23 Review: Il Trovatore

Opera Project Columbus to Present ‘Rediscovered Works: I, Too, Sing America—Part 2’

VOICExperience Announces 16th Annual Opera Idol Winner

Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Tosca

Page to Opera Stage: Massenet & Puccini Create Plot Holes and Dramatic Tension in Adaptations of ‘Manon Lescaut’