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Sara Gartland, Briana Hunter, Patrick Carfizzi & Syndey Mancasola Lead Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’s 2025 Season

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The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has announced its 2025 season which will run from May 24 – June 29, 2025 at Webster University’s Loretto-Hilton Center. The season opens with Strauss II’s “Die Fledermaus” with George Manahan conducting Shawna Lucey’s production. The operetta stars Sara Gartland, Deanna Breiwick, Kelsey Lauritano, Joshua Blue, Edward Nelson, and Johnathan McCullough. Performance Dates: May 24-June 28, {…}

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The Soraya Unveils 2024-25 Season

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(Credit: Luis Luque, Luque Photography) California’s The Soraya has announced unveiled its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Avi Avital leads the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in a concert featuring soprano Estelí Gomez singing from the baroque repertoire. Performance Date: Nov. 13, 2024 There will be a concert dedicated to the works of Terrence Blanchard including {…}

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Canadian Opera Company to Present ‘Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White’

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The Canadian Opera Company is set to world premiere “Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White” from Canadian director and librettist HAUI and composer Sean Mayes. White was a Nova Scotian contralto who was the first Black Canadian concert performer to achieve international fame in the mid-20th century. In a statement, HAUI said, “What a poetic justice to share Portia’s {…}

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Strathmore & Washington Performing Arts Present ‘Fire Shut Up In My Bones’ Opera Suite in Concert

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(Photo credit: Bucklesweet) Two-time Oscar nominee and six-time GRAMMY® Award-winning composer and trumpeter Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up In My Bones” Opera Suite in Concert will be presented by Strathmore and Washington Performing Arts. Blanchard and his E-Collective have teamed up with David Balakrishnan and the double GRAMMY®-winning Turtle Island Quartet, visual artist Andrew F. Scott, and guest vocalists soprano {…}

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CD Review: Tobias Picker’s ‘Awakenings’

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This is the second major opera based on the writings of British neurologist Oliver Sacks, whose case study “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” was adapted by Michael Nyman in 1986. “Awakenings,” by American composer Tobias Picker, is inspired by Sacks’ 1973 account of treating victims of encephalitis lethargica. Nicknamed the “sleeping sickness,” this coma-like condition is {…}

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Joyce El-Khoury, Eric Ferring, & Jakub Józef Orliński Lead new CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. For this edition, we will spotlight audiences will get a chance to learn about a number of world premiere pieces and recordings as well as solo albums by young artists in the industry. We Have Tomorrow American tenor Eric Ferring releases his latest {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Olga Peretyatko, Aida Garifullina & Joyce El-Khoury Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back to this week’s look at the newest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. Among the major options are three DVD releases, a world premiere, and a film album by the world’s most famous tenor. Here’s the rundown. Oklahoma Chandos Records releases a recording of Rodger’s & Hammerstein’s beloved musical, “Oklahoma” led by acclaimed conductor John Wilson. The {…}

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Odyssey Opera & Boston Modern Orchestra Project to Present East Coast Premiere of ‘Awakenings’

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Odyssey Opera and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) will present the East Coast premiere of Tobias Picker and Aryeh Lev Stollman’s “Awakenings” on Saturday, February 25, 2023, at 7:30 p.m, at Boston’s Huntington Theatre. “Awakenings” is the  Theatre’s first opera since it reopened. Jarrett Porter plays Dr. Oliver Sacks, with Joyce El-Khoury, and Adrienne Danrich in the ensemble. As part of {…}