Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: L’Elisir d’Amore

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(Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) Last month the Metropolitan Opera opened its final run of Sonja Frisell’s legendary “Aida” staging. The production, which opened in 1988, remains somewhat of a splendor for its lush and detailed sets. As I noted in my recent review, I have never been the biggest fan of this particular mise-en-scène, but on this revival, {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: Medea

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The Metropolitan Opera opened its 2022-23 season with the company’s first-ever performance of Cherubini’s “Medea.” The opera, which premiered in a French version back in 1797, was a major hit throughout the 19th century (with numerous translations, including the Italian one on offer at the Met) until it fell into seclusion, only to be rescued in the 20th century by one {…}

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Duke Kim, Katherine Beck & Emily Pogorelc Lead Florentine Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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The Florentine Opera in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has announced its 2022-23 season. Mainstage Duke Kim and Emily Pogorelc star in Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” alongside Chris Kenney, Matt Treviño, Musa Ngqungwana, and Cassandra Zoe Velasco. David Lefkovich directs and Francesco Milioto conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 14 & 16, 2022 Ricardo Aponte directs the world premiere of “Covers.” Performance Dates: Feb. 9 {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Unveils Programming for 2022 Summer Recital Series

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(Photo By: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2022 Summer Recital Series. This is the 13th year that the Met Opera presents the Summer Recital Series. The series will open at the Central Park Summerstage in a concert starring Brittany Renee, Ben Bliss, and Justin Austin. Bryan Wagorn performs at the painio. The program then heads to {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Fire Shut Up in My Bones

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“You gotta disturb the earth to make it grow.” Uttered by Charles Blow’s uncle Paul in Act one of “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” that line means so much in the context of this work, our world, and on Sept. 27, 2021, the opening of the Met Opera’s 2021-22 season. First up, this was a historic night. Terence Blanchard {…}

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Musica Sacra Announces 2021-22 Season

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New York’s Musica Sacra has unveiled its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal performances. First up will be a concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine featuring Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra under Kent Tritle and Michael Sheetz. The ensemble will perform music by J.S. Bach, Johann Michael Bach, and {…}

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Opera Orlando to Stream ‘Carmen’ Via WUCF TV

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Opera Orlando has announced that it will be teaming up with WUCF TV for an encore presentation of “Carmen.” The showcase is set to take place on May 2, 2021 starting at 1 p.m. The famed opera was directed by Sara E. Widzer and conducted by Kelly Kuo with a cast headlined by mezzo Brianna Hunter in the title role, {…}

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Opera Orlando to Stream Haiti-Inspired ‘Carmen’ Production

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Following a sold-out, in-person production of Opera Orlando’s “Carmen,” set in Haiti in the 1960, the company has announced that it will present the production online via their “ENCORE! Series.” Directed by Sara E. Widzer and conducted by Kelly Kuo, the cast includes mezzo Brianna Hunter in the title role, with tenor Noah Stewart as Don José, soprano Brittany Renee {…}

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Briana Hunter Headlines Opera Orlando’s ‘Carmen’

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Opera Orlando concludes its fifth-anniversary MainStage series with Bizet’s “Carmen.” The opera, which is set to be presented in the Walt Disney Theater at Dr. Phillips Center, will blend Bizet’s iconic score sung in French with dialogue in a new Creole translation by Haitian linguist Dr. Jean-Elie Gilles. “It is thrilling to be able to present this opera in such {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: L’Elisir d’Amore

Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: Medea

Duke Kim, Katherine Beck & Emily Pogorelc Lead Florentine Opera’s 2022-23 Season

Metropolitan Opera Unveils Programming for 2022 Summer Recital Series

Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Musica Sacra Announces 2021-22 Season

Opera Orlando to Stream ‘Carmen’ Via WUCF TV

Opera Orlando to Stream Haiti-Inspired ‘Carmen’ Production

Briana Hunter Headlines Opera Orlando’s ‘Carmen’