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Reviews, Video Productions

San Francisco Opera Virtual Review 2021: Das Rheingold

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(Credit: Cory Weaver) Some people might be looking for a hero in these days of pandemic, especially locked down at home. Throughout the month of March, San Francisco Opera (SFO) is offering one such hero: the Virtual Ring Festival. You read that right: a “hero” in the form of a quest. It is the quest to retrieve a stolen golden {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: San Francisco Conservatory of Music Voice Chair César Ulloa On the Art & Craft of Voice Instruction

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(Credit: Valentina Sadiul) What makes a master singing teacher? Is it someone who knows the art of singing from both sides of the curtain? Or is it someone who cultivates a singer’s natural gifts, enabling the budding artist to bring out her/his inner voice? Perhaps it is both of these. César Ulloa is Voice Department Chair at the San Francisco {…}

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Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Cecilia Violetta Lopez, & Vanessa Vasquez Headline Arizona Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The Arizona Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring the company’s second World Premiere, the Regional Premiere of a New Mariachi Opera, a New Production of a Modern Masterwork and the Return of Two Beloved Classics. “Arizona Opera continues to deepen its commitment to presenting the most vibrant programming possible on our stages and throughout the community. This spans the {…}

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Des Moines Metro Opera Announces 2020 Season

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The Des Moines Metro Opera has announced its 2020 season. The 48th season will showcase three main stage operas and two-second stage series. Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” will open the festival followed by Rameau’s “Platée.” The third and final opera will be Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades.” In the second stage series Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine” will open the series followed {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Arizona Opera 2018-19 Review: Silent Night

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“Silent Night,” Puts’ first opera, received its premiere at Minnesota opera in 2011 and won a Pulitzer Prize the following year. According to its libretto, during a late December in World War I, French, German and Scottish troops found it possible to declare an unofficial “truce” and celebrate a common holiday in brotherhood. This story has been told in several other artistic formats including the French film “Joyeux Noël” on which Campbell based his libretto.

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Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – USA (3/8-10)

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This weekend we will shine a spotlight on a mix of repertory staples and some rarer works. Here are our weekend choices in alphabetical order by company. Silent Night – Arizona Opera The Kevin Puts-Mark Campbell collaboration continues to make the rounds around the country, making it essential viewing. This weekend, audiences can check out the final performances of Arizona {…}

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Ellie Dehn, Jennifer Johnson Cano, 21st Century Opera Dominate Arizona Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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Arizona Opera has announced its 2019-20 season, which will feature a number of modern works and two major classics. The season opens in September with the world premiere of the Taliesin West version of “Shining Brow” by librettist Paul Muldoon and composer Daron Hagen. The work will be conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya with Chas Rader-Shieber directing the production. Among the {…}

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George London Foundation Announces 2018-19 Season

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The George London Foundation for Singers has been honoring, supporting, and presenting the finest young opera singers in the U.S. and Canada since 1971. The foundation and the George London Awards (the prize of the foundation’s annual competition) are named for the legendary Canadian-American bass-baritone, one of the greatest opera singers of 20th century, who devoted much of his time {…}