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City Lyric Opera to Present a New Double Bill

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City Lyric Opera is set to present “Black Water” by Jeremy Beck and “Savior” by Amy Beth Kirsten. The double bill of chamber operas interrogates female agency across time and will run between May 15 and 18, 2025 at the Frank Shiner Theater in the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture. Both operas were selected through CLO’s artist submission-based model—an {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Florida Grand Opera 2024-25: Carmen

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(Photo credit: Lewis Valdes) Florida Grand Opera’s 2024-25 season finale featuring Bizet’s “Carmen” served as a capstone for General Director Maria Todaro’s inaugural year with the company. Thoughtfully crafted to resonate with a diverse audience, the production honored traditional operatic sentiments while embracing contemporary themes of women’s rights and political discourse, and it celebrated the region’s diverse cultural ties. Notably, {…}

Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: The Psychological Heart of Opera in Niklas Paschburg’s ‘Opera’

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Who knew that a music video entitled “Opera” could instigate a conversation on the nature of opera and being human? Thanks must be given to Niklas Paschburg, a German musical artist whose ‘ambient pop’ style blurs the distance between conscious and unconscious feeling: itself the very constitution of opera’s ‘third death.’ In this month’s “Opera Meets Film,” I explore the {…}

News

Fisher Center LAB Announces Civis Hope Commissions

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The Fisher Center LAB has announced The Civis Hope Commissions for this year. The program provides an opportunity for contemporary artists to explore past American artworks and provide their own perspectives in a new age. First up is “Jubilee” by librettist Suzan Lori-Parks and director Steve H. Broadnax III.  The work is inspired by Joplin’s “Treemonisha.” There will be a {…}

Editorials

Hamburg’s New Opera House: Cultural Renaissance or Real Estate Ambition?

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Recently the city of Hamburg announced plans for a brand-new opera house—not on Dammtorstraße in the historic district of Gänsemarkt, where the historic Staatsoper stands, but in the upscale HafenCity district. Funded by billionaire Klaus-Michael Kühne’s foundation, owned by the Hamburg-born billionaire in international cargo industry, the project promises a world-class cultural venue. Yet beyond the promise of artistic renewal, {…}

News

Kentucky Opera to Present Reimagining of Rameau’s ‘Pygmalion’

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Kentucky Opera is set to present a reimagining of Rameau’s “Pygmalion” starting on April 4. For four performances, audiences will experience the famed work in a production that takes it to the 1950s with an all-new libretto by Barbara Lynne Jamison, the company’s General Director and CEO. “The story of Pygmalion is a timeless exploration of creation and transformation,” said {…}

Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: Opera Is Life in Kevin Sullivan’s ‘Magic Flute Diaries’

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Released in 2008, Canadian director Kevin Sullivan’s reimagining of “The Magic Flute” in his film, “Magic Flute Diaries,” was a profound statement on the way operatic narratives could be fused into the real world through a cross-relationship of experience, emotion, and feeling. Starring Canadian soprano Mireille Asselin as Masha/Pamina and baritone Olivier Laquerre as Papageno, the film continued the trend {…}

News

Pittsburgh Opera General Director Christopher Hahn to Retire

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Pittsburgh Opera General Director Christopher Hahn has announced he will retire after Pittsburgh Opera’s 2025-26 season. Hahn announced during yesterday’s Board of Directors meeting. Hahn began his tenure with the Pittsburgh Opera’s General Director in 2008 and has served as its Artistic Director since 2000. Hahn began his career in opera in 1983 as a Rehearsal Administrator at the San {…}