https://operawire.com/obituary-soprano-deborah-lifton-dies-at-48/
Deborah Lifton has died at the age of 48. The soprano died on Jan. 5 with her family by her side after a courageous battle with cancer since the summer of 2023. Born in Manhasset, NY, she was raised in Massapequa Park, NY and graduated from Massapequa High School, where she starred in multiple musical theater productions. She went on {…}
https://operawire.com/qa-onecomposers-stephen-spinelli-tamara-acosta-on-florence-price-beyond-the-years/
Stephen Spinelli and Tamara Acosta, the co-founders of ONEcomposer talked with OperaWire about their research and the importance of documenting the lives and work of underrepresented composers. Specifically they dive into their finding on Florence Price and the creation of the new album, “Beyond the Years,” with Karen Slack and Michelle Cann. “Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price” {…}
https://operawire.com/lawrence-brownlee-announces-rising-tour/
Lawrence Brownlee has announced “Rising,” a project aimed at commissioning new works by African-American composers. Per an official press statement, Brownlee has commissioned new works by such composers as Damien Sneed, Brandon Spencer, Jasmine Barnes, Joel Thompson, and Shawn E. Okpebholo. Writers of the Harlem Renaissance inspired their works, including Alice Dunbar Nelson, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, and James Weldon {…}
https://operawire.com/zachary-james-on-auditioning-for-philip-glass-his-upcoming-met-debut-in-akhnaten-and-laying-an-egg-in-the-love-for-three-oranges/
(Credit: Matt Madison-Clark) Be careful around Zachary James. In his role as the cook in Prokofiev’s madcap “Love for Three Oranges” with Opera Philadelphia, he wielded a lethal ladle. If you were a fan of ESPN’s show, “Great Outdoor Games” you may have seen him handling an ax as a lumberjack, promoting the show in a television commercial. The New {…}