Giuseppe Filianoti, Wendy Taucher Headline Opera Project Columbus’ VIVA Festival

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Opera Project Columbus has announced its VIVA Festival, Virtual Intensive Vocal Academy, which is set to take place between June 22-26, 2020. The Academy will feature curated courses led by such figures as Giuseppe Filianoti, Wendy Taucher, Ed Back, Devon Cass, and Emilio Pons. Bak, vocal coach and artistic administrator for Opera Project Columbus will teach a course on “The {…}

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Puccini, Monteverdi & Rossini Highlight Opera Columbus’ 2019-20 Season

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Opera Columbus has announced its 2019-20 season set to featuring four main stage productions. The season opens with “Twisted 3” which will see Columbus’ flagship performing arts organizations, BalletMet, CAPA, Columbus Symphony, and Opera Columbus, reunite for a multi-disciplinary celebration of the performing arts. During the performance, there will be an abbreviated version of Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” featuring director Josh {…}

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Opera Columbus To Partner With Capital University For Resident Artist Program

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Opera Columbus has announced that it will be partnering with Capital University to create Opera Columbus Capital University Resident Artist Program. The residency, which kicks off in the fall of 2019 and runs through the spring of 2020, will enable artists to join Opera Columbus and perform roles in a wide range of performance opportunities. Moreover, those artists will teach {…}

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Opera Columbus & ProMusica Chamber Orchestra Partner To Co-Produce New Chamber Opera ‘The Flood’

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Opera Columbus and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra have announced that they will collaborate for the first time to produce a new historically based chamber opera titled “The Flood” – a story of “loss, human tragedy and redemption set in Columbus.” “The Flood” is inspired by the Ohio Flood of 1913, and chronicles the devastation caused by the natural disaster in the small neighborhood {…}

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Opera Columbus’ 2018-19 Season To Include Korine Fujiwara & Stephen Wadsworth’s ‘The Flood’

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Opera Columbus has announced its 2018-19 season, which is set to include three productions. Among them is a world premiere in the Southern Theatre. Here is a look at what to expect. The season opens with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” in a production by an all-women creative team. The production will be a modern, tradition-breaking interpretation that should captivate audiences. Performance {…}

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Opera Columbus New Innovative Production For ‘Orphée et Eurydice’

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A new production of Gluck’s masterpiece “Orphée et Eurydice” is being developed by Opera Columbus. The company announced that along with co-producers Against the Grain Theatre in Toronto, Ontario and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff, Alberta are developing a new production based on the work’s Berlioz version. The production will stay true to the feel of the {…}

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Kentucky Opera Announces Major Leadership Changes

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Kentucky Opera has announced two major leadership changes. First, the company announced that Peggy Kriha Miller will serve as its Interim General Director and CEO, succeeding Barbara Lynne Jamison, who is departing the company to take on the role of General Director and CEO of Opera Colorado, effective August 1, 2025. The goal was initially for Jamison to stay on {…}

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Q & A: Bass-Baritone Michael Sumuel on ‘Porgy and Bess’ & His Start in Opera

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(Image Source: IMG Artists) When Bass Baritone Michael Sumuel landed in San Francisco after finishing his run as Porgy in the Washington National Opera’s “Porgy and Bess,” he realized he’d only been home about 15 days the entire year. He was in town for a couple weeks before he flew to Sydney where he’ll sing the title role in “Le {…}

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Arizona Opera Announces New President & General Director

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Arizona Opera⁩ has named conductor Brian DeMaris as its new President and General Director. The company said that after an extensive international search, DeMaris will assume the role effective immediately. DeMaris is an accomplished conductor and passionate educator and brings a wealth of experience across opera, musical theatre, symphonic performance, and new work development to his new role. In a {…}

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Giuseppe Filianoti, Wendy Taucher Headline Opera Project Columbus’ VIVA Festival

Puccini, Monteverdi & Rossini Highlight Opera Columbus’ 2019-20 Season

Opera Columbus To Partner With Capital University For Resident Artist Program

Opera Columbus & ProMusica Chamber Orchestra Partner To Co-Produce New Chamber Opera ‘The Flood’

Opera Columbus’ 2018-19 Season To Include Korine Fujiwara & Stephen Wadsworth’s ‘The Flood’

Opera Columbus New Innovative Production For ‘Orphée et Eurydice’

Kentucky Opera Announces Major Leadership Changes

Q & A: Bass-Baritone Michael Sumuel on ‘Porgy and Bess’ & His Start in Opera

Arizona Opera Announces New President & General Director