Shannon Jennings Headlines Kentucky Opera’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

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Kentucky Opera has announced that it will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a special performance on Oct. 15, 2023. “Amplify la música hispana: Shannon Jennings in Recital” will showcase the American soprano taking on music by Pablo Luna, Manuel de Falla, Gonzalo Roig, Ernesto Lecuona, Astor Piazzolla, Alberto Ginastera, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Daniel Catán, Consuelo Velázquez, and Quirino Mendoza y Cortés. {…}

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National Sawdust and the Metropolitan Opera’s New Series ‘Opera Evolved’

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Photo credit: Zenith Richards, Paola Kudacki, Met Opera “Opera Evolved” is National Sawdust and the Metropolitan Opera’s new programming partnership. Throughout the 2023-24 season, National Sawdust will showcase conversations with composers and artists that focus on the contemporary operas featured at the Met this season. They will highlight and explore the ways opera is evolving today and discuss the inner-workings {…}

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Gabriella Reyes Joins Promethean Artists for General Management

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) Nicaraguan-American soprano Gabriella Reyes has joined the roster of Promethean Artists for worldwide general management. In a statement regarding her new manager, Reyes said, “I have full confidence that working with Promethean Artists will help bring the stories I want to tell to the communities that matter most to me. As artists, we curate a path for {…}

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Los Angeles Master Chorale Announces Contract Extension for Grant Gershon

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The Los Angeles Master Chorale’s board of directors has announced the extension of Grant Gershon’s employment contract as artistic director through the 2027-2028 season. Gershon has led more than 250 concerts with the company, including premieres by such composers as Michael Abels, John Adams, Louis Andriessen, Eve Beglarian, Daniel Catán, Billy Childs, Reena Esmail, Gabriela Lena Frank, Ricky Ian Gordon, {…}

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Nashville Opera Wins NEA Grant for ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’

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The Nashville Opera has announced the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the company a grant in support of the 2024 production of Daniel Catán’s “Florencia en el Amazonas.” The company said, “This grant will allow us to build new bridges to historically marginalized communities through outreach programming designed to promote understanding of Latine/Latinx culture. ” Nashville Opera CEO & {…}

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Met Opera Announces 2023 Summer Recital Series featuring Gabriella Reyes, Will Liverman, & René Barbera

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The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled its 2023 Summer Recital Series, set to bring opera to all five New York City boroughs in late June. Featuring both young and established artists, the concerts will include famous arias, duets, and other classical favorites. The series begins on June 20, 2023, at Central Park’s SummerStage in Manhattan, before moving to Brooklyn Bridge Park {…}

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Julia Bullock, Lise Davidsen, Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Pérez, Will Liverman Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring seven new productions. New Productions Joyce DiDonato, Ryan McKinny, Latonia Moore, and Susan Graham star in the Met premiere of Ivan van Hove production of Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking.” Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. Steven Osgood will make his Met debut conducting for two performances. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 21, {…}

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Opera Theater Rutgers to Present Act One Workshop of Upcoming ‘Escobar’ Opera

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On December 1, Opera Theater Rutgers will present an Act one workshop of Matteo Neri’s and Alejandra Martinez’s upcoming opera, “Escobar.” This Spanish-language opera adapts the life and downfall of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. The opera, which began in development in 2016, has been previously workshopped at Fort Worth Opera, and will also present an excerpt on April 4 {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces Critical Financial & Programming Adjustments

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced that it will withdraw up to $30 million from its endowment, give fewer performances next season, and accelerate its embrace of contemporary works. The news comes after a lackluster box office over the past month and due to the fact that certain modern works like “Fire Shut up in My Bones and “The Hours” are {…}

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Shannon Jennings Headlines Kentucky Opera’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

National Sawdust and the Metropolitan Opera’s New Series ‘Opera Evolved’

Gabriella Reyes Joins Promethean Artists for General Management

Los Angeles Master Chorale Announces Contract Extension for Grant Gershon

Nashville Opera Wins NEA Grant for ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’

Met Opera Announces 2023 Summer Recital Series featuring Gabriella Reyes, Will Liverman, & René Barbera

Julia Bullock, Lise Davidsen, Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Pérez, Will Liverman Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season

Opera Theater Rutgers to Present Act One Workshop of Upcoming ‘Escobar’ Opera

Metropolitan Opera Announces Critical Financial & Programming Adjustments