Haymarket Opera Company Receives Grant for National Endowment for the Arts for Upcoming Filmed Production of ‘Orlando’

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Haymarket Opera Company has announced that the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the company with its first NEA grant for their upcoming production of Handel’s “Orlando.” The filmed production stars Bejun Mehta, Kim Jones, Emily Fons, Erica Schuller, and Dave Goverston. It follows on the success of the organization’s filmed versions of “Acis and Galatea” in 2020 and {…}

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Haymarket Opera Double Bill to Get Historic Broadcast

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Haymarket Opera’s double bill of “Apollo e Dafne” and “Acis and Galatea” is set to be broadcast via WFMT for the first time in the company’s history. The broadcast will take place on June 12, 2021 at 12 p.m. and will be hosted by Lisa Flynn. There will also be interviews with general director Chase Hopkins, HOC founder and conductor {…}

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Haymarket Opera to Celebrate 10 Anniversary with Filmed Performance of Handel’s ‘Orlando’

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(Credit: Marco Borggreve) Haymarket Opera Company is set to close their 10th Anniversary Season with a filmed version Händel’s “Orlando.” The cast includes famed countertenor Bejun Mehta in the title role, mezzo-soprano Emily Fons, sopranos Kimberly Jones and Erica Schuller, and bass-baritone David Goverston. Company founder and artistic director Craig Tromper leads the Haymarket Opera Orchestra and will be joined {…}

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Lawrence Brownlee, Brianna Hunter & Deanna Breiwick Highlight Seattle Opera’s 2021-22 Season

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The Seattle Opera has announced its 2021-222 season. The season opens with “La Bohème” starring Kang Wang, Yosep Kang, Talise Trevigne, Michael Chioldi, John Moore, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Brandie Sutton, Ashraf Swailam, Federico de Michelis, Eugene Villanueva, Theo Hoffman, and Barry Johnson. Joseph Colaneri conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 16-30, 2021 Key’mon Murrah, Christopher Ainslie, Sharleen Joynt, Deanna Breiwick, and Shelly Traverse {…}

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San Diego Opera Announces Spring Season

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The San Diego Opera has announced a Spring season made up of Drive-In events. The Spring Season opens on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 7:30 PM with “One Amazing Night,” the company’s annual concert of arias and duets with the San Diego Symphony. This year’s one-night-only event will feature soloists from the San Diego Opera chorus and will be conducted {…}

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Santa Fe Opera to Raise Funds for Apprentice Programs with ‘Songs for the Future’ Concert

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On March 11, Santa Fe Opera will present “Songs for the Future,” a special, online benefit concert in support of their singing and technical Apprentice Programs. The event will be hosted by renowned mezzo Joyce DiDonato and Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter, both of whom are former apprentices at SFO. The roster of artists will also include former {…}

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Former Vice-President at Columbia Artists Opens Minerva Artists

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Former vice-president at Columbia Artists, Michael Benchetrit, has struck out on his own, founding Minerva Artists with 15 high-profile artists entrusting their careers to the seasoned agent. Benchetrit was at Columbia for 25 years before the agency shuttered in August. Minerva’s current roster includes sopranos Michelle Bradley, Nicole Cabell, Anna-Sophie Neher, Marjorie Owens, Brenda Rae, and in memoriam, Erin Wall; {…}

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Classical Music Agency Columbia Artists Management to Shut Down

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Columbia Artists Management Inc. has announced it will shut down due to the prolonged pandemic. In a statement that was emailed Saturday to CAMI artists the agency said it would be closing its doors on Monday, August 31. “Columbia Artists has engaged with a fiduciary to enter into an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a form of insolvency proceeding {…}

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Jennifer Rowley Virtual Intensive & ‘Festival Artists Online’ Feature in Fort Worth Opera Digital Fall Programming

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(Credit: Fay Fox) Fort Worth Opera has announced the launch of “FWO Green Room,” a digital initiative that comes as part of the company’s 75th anniversary season and reimagined fall programming. After a successful series of weekend masterclasses with Fort Worth Opera, soprano Jennifer Rowley will be holding an exclusive, six-week Virtual Audition Intensive, meant to prepare young opera singers {…}

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Haymarket Opera Company Receives Grant for National Endowment for the Arts for Upcoming Filmed Production of ‘Orlando’

Haymarket Opera Double Bill to Get Historic Broadcast

Haymarket Opera to Celebrate 10 Anniversary with Filmed Performance of Handel’s ‘Orlando’

Lawrence Brownlee, Brianna Hunter & Deanna Breiwick Highlight Seattle Opera’s 2021-22 Season

San Diego Opera Announces Spring Season

Santa Fe Opera to Raise Funds for Apprentice Programs with ‘Songs for the Future’ Concert

Former Vice-President at Columbia Artists Opens Minerva Artists

Classical Music Agency Columbia Artists Management to Shut Down

Jennifer Rowley Virtual Intensive & ‘Festival Artists Online’ Feature in Fort Worth Opera Digital Fall Programming