Chicago Fringe Opera Announces 2021-22 Season

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Chicago Fringe Opera (CFO) has announced its 2021-22 season, featuring a mix of in-person and virtual productions. Here’s what audiences have to look forward to this coming season. First up is a hip-hop twist on Rossini’s comedic masterpiece, “The Barber of Seville.” For the third straight year, “The Rosina Project” will feature hip-hop and opera artists performing an original, female-driven {…}

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Santa Fe Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘The Lord of Cries’

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(Credit: © Zachera Wollenberg Photography) The Santa Fe Opera has announced a cast change for “The Lord of Cries.” The company announced that Apprentice Singer Kathryn Henry will assume the role of Lucy Harker in John Corigliano and Mark Adamo’s world premiere opera “The Lord of Cries” replacing Susanna Phillips. Henry is a finalist of the 2015 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the 2018 Eleanor McCollum {…}

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Merola Opera to Stream ‘Back Home: Through The Stage Door’

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San Francisco-based Merola Opera continues its summer season with “Back Home: Through The Stage Door,” a digital production that had been lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This work, which was directed by David Paul, will feature music by Dominick Argento, Vicenzo Bellini, Carlisle Floyd, Francis Poulenc, Anton Webern, Handel, Mozart and others The film will feature all Merola 2021 {…}

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On Site Opera Announces Immersive 2020-21 Season

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On Site Opera has announced the programming for its upcoming 2020-21 season, featuring several new productions and broadcasts of older works. Opening the season in November will be “The Beauty that Still Remains: Diaries in Song.” This new work incorporates music and text from three different works: Janacek’s “The Diary of the One Who Vanished,” Dominick Argento’s and Virginia Woolf’s {…}

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English Touring Opera Announces Revised Autumn Season

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The English Touring Opera has announced a revised autumn season. In a press release, the company said, “we are working to produce a live season of lyric theatre this Autumn, touring in October and November. This program is being designed to observe social distancing guidelines in the interest of the safety of our artists and audience. For this reason, we {…}

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Joseph Calleja, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside Headline Grange Park Opera’s ‘Found’ Season

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Grange Park Opera has announced the official program for its 2020 “Found Season.” For this article, our focus will be on opera and vocal performances. Claire Booth and pianist Christopher Glynn performed Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine.” Streaming Date: June 4, 2020 Bryn Terfel and Hannah Stone performed a recital from home. Streaming Date: June 6, 2020 Tenor Wynne Evans will {…}

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Merola Opera Program Unveils 2020 Performances

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The Merola Opera Program has announced its 2020 program, which is scheduled between July 9 and August 22, 2020. The program, which will feature 29 artists from six countries and across the U.S., will include two concerts and two opera performances. “We are eagerly anticipating another group of outstanding young artists this summer at Merola,” said Jean Kellogg, Executive Director {…}

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Hunter College Hosts Launch of Douglas Moore Songbook

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The National Opera Association, the Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera, and Opera Index are joinng forces with The American Opera Project, Encompass New Opera Theatre, Hunter College and Manhattan School of Music to present the launch of the Douglas Moore Song Book and celebrate 20th century Opera Composers. The event will take place throughout March 14, 2020 at Lang {…}

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Ann Petersen, Christopher Ventris & Michele Losier Highlight Royal Danish Opera’s 2019-2020 Season

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The Royal Danish Opera announced its 2019-20 season, a well balanced season which will feature two world premieres, a musical, a concert version of a Wagner opera, modern rarities, and several favorites. The season opens with Barrie Kosky’s production of “Carmen,” which was previously seen in Frankfurt and in London. French Canadian soprano Michele Losier will sing her first staged Carmen, {…}

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Chicago Fringe Opera Announces 2021-22 Season

Santa Fe Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘The Lord of Cries’

Merola Opera to Stream ‘Back Home: Through The Stage Door’

On Site Opera Announces Immersive 2020-21 Season

English Touring Opera Announces Revised Autumn Season

Joseph Calleja, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside Headline Grange Park Opera’s ‘Found’ Season

Merola Opera Program Unveils 2020 Performances

Hunter College Hosts Launch of Douglas Moore Songbook

Ann Petersen, Christopher Ventris & Michele Losier Highlight Royal Danish Opera’s 2019-2020 Season