https://operawire.com/30-fun-facts-about-soprano-nadine-sierra/
Nadine Sierra is enjoying one of the most spectacular careers in the opera world. On this day, May 14, 2018, she turns 30, already having managed a historic career by modern standards. So in celebration of the big 3-0 we look at 30 fun facts on Sierra. 1. She is a native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 2. Sierra trained at {…}
https://operawire.com/david-hertzberg-wins-the-music-critics-association-of-north-america/
The Music Critics Association of North America is pleased to announce that its second annual award for Best New Opera has been given to composer David Hertzberg for “The Wake World.” The opera, which received its premiere on September 18, 2017, was commissioned by Opera Philadelphia in a co-presentation with The Barnes Foundation and received rave reviews. In fact, all performances {…}
https://operawire.com/stephanie-blythe-to-debut-new-cabaret-show-the-tender-trap/
World-renowned opera singer and recitalist Stephanie Blythe will premiere her new cabaret act, “The Tender Trap,” as a special benefit for The Mabel Mercer Foundation on June 14, 2018 at Feinstein’s / 54 Below. The acclaimed Mezzo will celebrate “love, obsession, and the stuff in between,” in a repertoire selected from the Great Popular Songbook of the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s, considered {…}
https://operawire.com/palazzetto-bru-zane-2017-18-review-le-tribut-de-zamora-gounod-bicentennial-year-off-to-a-great-start-in-munich/
Charles Gounod (1818-1893) is probably best known for his opera “Faust” or perennial arrangement of Bach’s “Ave Maria,” which countless choir boys have crooned with cherubic innocence if not perfect intonation. In fact the pious Parisian composer was extraordinarily prolific having written twelve and a half operas (“Maître Pierre” was not completed), six oratorios, three ballets and countless masses, motets and {…}
https://operawire.com/festival-daix-en-provence-announce-2018-season/
The Festival d’Aix-en-Provence has announced its 70th anniversary season. This season the company will present six full-scale opera productions with a number of international artists from July 4 to July 24, 2018. Among those productions are two new world premieres. The first “Orfeo & Majnun,” which opens on June 24. The opera will be sung in English, French, and Arabic by {…}
https://operawire.com/la-fenice-2016-17-review-cefalo-e-procri-solid-production-concept-team-revives-underdeveloped-work/
For the final new production of the 2016-17 season, La Fenice presented Krenek’s chamber opera, “Cefalo e Procri,” consisting of a prologue and three scenes. Written in 1934, for the 3rd International Festival of Contemporary Music at the Venice Biennale and premiered at the Teatro Goldoni, to a libretto by Kuefferle, it received only a lukewarm reception and promptly disappeared {…}
https://operawire.com/6-milestones-in-ailyn-perezs-early-career/
Ailyn Pérez is one of today’s rising stars in the opera world. She has slowly built her career with a varied repertoire that has shown her versatility and acting chops. In celebration of her birthday on August 15, 1979, OperaWire takes a look at some of the soprano’s milestones thus far. Operalia and Competitions While Pérez did not win the {…}
https://operawire.com/reviving-a-master-victor-herbert-renaissance-project-live-debuts-new-orchestra-in-eileen/
This October, Victor Herbert’s operetta “Eileen” will turn 100 years old. In anticipation of that celebration, and as a culmination of its third season, the Victor Herbert Renaissance Project LIVE! (VHRPL) will present the work. The two performances on April 25 and 26 will also feature the first time that the New Victor Herbert Orchestra debuts. Starting From Scratch The {…}
https://operawire.com/artist-of-the-week-john-holiday-is-a-countertenor-on-the-rise/
John Holiday is one of the most promising countertenors of his generation. Holiday’s star is rising and this week he will once again have a chance to prove it at the Bruce R. Foote Foundation Concert. The tenor, who is a recipient of the Bruce R. Foote award, will perform a concert that will show his talent in distinct repertoire, which {…}
