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Reviews, Stage Reviews

Lincoln Center’s American Songbook 2019 Review: Joyce DiDonato, “Songplay”

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On March 4, 2019, Joyce DiDonato’s Songplay tour brought her to Lincoln Center’s Appel Room for a night of opera classics and jazz standards. Joining her were the album’s collaborators, pianist and arranger Craig Terry, bassist Chuck Israels, drummer Jimmy Madison, with Lautaro Greco on the bandoneon, and Charlie Porter on the trumpet; these all-stars span a vast body of {…}

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Cedille Records Launches Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tribute Album

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In honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s 25 years on the United States Supreme Court, Cedille Records has launched their album “Notorious RBG in Song.” The album, which was released on June 8, 2018, touches not only on Justice Ginsburg’s professional life, but her family life as well. Soprano Patrice Michaels, who studied under Dominick Argento, has composed a song cycle {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q&A: Brian Mulligan On His Debut Solo Album And Collaborating In The Studio

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American baritone Brian Mulligan has become sought out by the world’s leading opera houses and orchestras, singing a unique variety of repertoire from works by Argento, Meyerbeer, Puccini, Spears, Verdi and Wagner. Throughout the past few years, Mulligan has appeared at the San Francisco Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera, Opernhaus Zürich, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera and Oper {…}

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‘Brokeback Mountain’ Headlines New York City Opera 2017-18 Season

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The New York City Opera’s 2017-18 season has been announced with four main stage operas. The company will include a Spanish-language opera as part of its Ópera en Español series and will also offer two New York City Opera Concerts in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall and a chamber opera series at locations to be announced. The New York City Opera opens its season {…}

IndieOpera

Soprano Megan Elizabeth Cook To Live Stream Recital

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This Sunday, Megan Elizabeth Cook will live-stream her capstone recital for her Certificate in Opera!  The live-stream will start at 3:00 p.m. CST, and go until 4:30 p.m.  The live-stream will be on Facebook and up for the public to watch. Streaming from the DePaul University Concert Hall in Chicago IL,  the soprano will begin her repertoire list with Benjamin {…}

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Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Winner Samantha Hankey Among Annenberg Fellowship Finalists

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Mezzo-Soprano Samantha Hankey has been tapped as one of the eight finalists for the Annenberg fellowship. The Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania will announce the recipients of its annual fellowship program Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Eight artists have been tapped to receive $50,000 to advance their careers. It’s the last time the center will award the {…}

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Jake Heggie, Lori Laitman, Mark Campbell, Adolphus Hailstork, & Hilda Harris to Attend the National Opera Association’s 2024 Annual National Conference

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(Photo credits: Niebuhr, Steiner, Marshall Light Studio, © Chuck Thomas 2012) The National Opera Association’s 69th annual national conference is scheduled for Jan. 3-6, 2024 at in Tempe, Arizona. The conference kicks off with a performance of “Sanctuary and Storm” by Tawnie Olson and Roberta Barker, the winner of the 2023 Chamber Opera Competition. Jake Heggie will give the Keynote {…}