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Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Göteborg Opera Artistic Director Henning Ruhe On What It Takes to Bring Opera Forward 

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(Photo credit: Tilo Stengel) Göteborg Opera won the award for Sustainability at the International Opera Awards 2022 Gala at Teatro Real in Madrid. Artistic Director for Opera/Drama, Henning Ruhe, makes his role a leading example by honoring ecological sustainability and collaborates with other opera house to make a positive difference along the way. This company celebrates its 30th year anniversary {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

San Francisco Opera 2024-25 Review: Un Ballo in Maschera

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(Photo by Cory Weaver) Festivities galore flooded the San Francisco’s Civic Center Friday night – Opera Ball, Opera Dinner, and the opera itself, Verdi’s, “Un Ballo in Maschera.” Opening night at San Francisco Opera sparkled with taffeta gowns and tux, platform heels and feathers, jewelry glittering up and down arms and nifty bowties. In honor of the entitled opera and {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2024 Review: Galileo Galilei

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(Photo Credit: Eric Woolsey) Opera Theatre Saint Louis cultivates a justly deserved reputation for promoting contemporary works, having world-premiered 40-some operas in the company’s five decades, and staging many other operas born after WWII but perhaps not new enough to be labeled “contemporary” in 2024. The American legend, Philip Glass, made one prior appearance at the company—in person then, too—with {…}
News

Detroit Opera Extends Yuval Sharon’s Contract

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Detroit Opera President and CEO Patty Isacson Sabee, the Detroit Opera Board of Directors, and Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director Yuval Sharon have agreed to extend Sharon’s current contract through the 2027-28 season. Sharon became the company’s artistic director in 2020 through an appointment made possible by a generous gift from Gary L. Wasserman. The contract extension sets the stage {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2024 Review: Julius Caesar

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(Photo: Eric Woolsey) For their 2024 mainstage summer festival season, Opera Theatre Saint Louis (OTSL) paired two fixtures in top-ten performance frequency, “The Barber of Seville” and “La Bohème,” with two exciting, less offered menu items. Philip Glass’s “Galileo Galilei” (2002) received just its fourth staging anywhere, while George Frideric Händel’s operatic capolavoro, “Julius Caesar” (“Giulio Cesare in Egitto,” 1724) {…}
Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: Multimodal Marriages in Daron Hagen’s ‘9/10: Love Before the Fall’

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The nature of cinematography and (classical) singing is long-winded. From some of the early experiments like the acclaimed  1927 film, “The Jazz Singer” by Warner Bros, to the emergence of new giants like Metro-Goldwyn-Mayers Studios (MGM) and their copious amount of opera-laced films like their 1935 film, “A Night at The Opera,” opera on film has had a long development. {…}
News

Will Liverman, Damian Norfleet, Alice Teyssier, & Fay Victor Star in the International Contemporary Ensemble’s 2024-25 Season

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(Photo credit: Digitice Media Team) The International Contemporary Ensemble has announced its 2024-25 season. This article only contains classical vocal performances. Soloists Alice Teyssier and Damian Norfleet, the Quince Ensemble, the International Contemporary Ensemble, and composer Courtney Bryan at the piano present her works “Requiem,” “Blessed,” and “Dreaming” (“Freedom Sounds”) as part of the Composer Portraits series. Performance Date: Sept. 12, {…}
Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Gregory Spears on Faith, Religion, ‘The Righteous’ & Santa Fe Opera

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On July 13, the Santa Fe Opera is set to present the world premiere of “The Righteous” by Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith. The opera explores the tension between genuine faith and the fraught world of 1980s politics. Spears’ eighth opera represents the 19th world premiere for the company. Over the years, Spears’ acclaim as a contemporary composers has {…}
Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: CEO Guy Verrall-Withers on the Waterperry Opera Festival’s Past, Present & Future

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Most opera enthusiasts across the world know about the Glyndebourne Festival. They may also know about other high-profile festivals set in country houses across England, such as The Grange Opera and the Longborough festivals. Few, however, will have heard of the Waterperry Festival, situated close to the city of Oxford. Established in 2017, the festival opened its doors the following {…}

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