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Artist of the Week: Gregory Spears

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This week the Cincinnati Opera will make history with the world of “Castor and Patience.” The opera tells the story of a long overdue family reunion which finds two African American cousins at odds over the fate of a historic parcel of land they have inherited in the American South. The work continues probe historical and continuing obstacles to Black land ownership {…}
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Beth Morrison Projects Announces New Executive Director & Board Members

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The three new board members include renowned bass Morris Robinson, composer Kamala Sankaram, and composer Gregory Spears. Finally, Sam Linden will be the Executive Director. “I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the BMP team at such an exciting time for the company, and the field as a whole,” Linden said in an official press statement. “I am deeply inspired {…}
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Maya Lahyani, Will Liverman, Karen Vuong, Karen Slack, & Maya Kherani Headline Portland Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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Portland Opera has announced its 2022-23 season. The season kicks off with Bizet’s “Carmen,” which will star Maya Lahyani, Matthew Pearce, Richard Ollarsaba, and Ariana Wehr. Michael Ellis Ingram conducts a production directed by Denyce Graves. Performance Dates: Nov. 5 & 13, 2022  Kamala Sankaram’s “Thumbprint” will premiere with Maya Kherani, Indira Mahajan, Alok Kumar, Omar, Najmi, and Samina Aslam {…}
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Beth Morrison Projects & St. Ann’s Warehouse Announce New Dates for Huang Ruo’s ‘Book of Mountains & Seas’

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Beth Morrison Projects and St. Ann’s Warehouse has announced new dates for its upcoming production of Huang Ruo’s “Book of Mountains & Seas.” Originally intended for the 2022 PROTOYPE Festival, the choral work is set to make its U.S. premiere on March 15-20 with a total of six performances. The work made its world premiere back in 2021 at the {…}
IndieOpera

Beth Morrison Projects Announces 2021-22 Season & New Logo

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Beth Morrison Projects has announced a new look to go with its 2021-22 season. First up, the new logo: As for the season, the company will present performances in New York, LA, and even internationally. Here’s the breakdown. New York First up will be the 21C Liederabend at the National Sawdust, curated by Beth Morrison and Paola Prestini. The showcases {…}
IndieOpera

Contemporaneous’ ‘Day of Imagination’ to Feature Major World Premieres

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Day of Imagination, a day-long festival on Sept. 18, 2021 organized by Contemporaneous, will world premiere several unique operas.  The festival, which will take place at The Space at Irondale in Brooklyn, New York, will kick off with Acts two and three of Dylan Mattingly’s “Stranger Love.” The first Act of the opera previously premiered at the 2018 PROTOTYPE Festival. {…}
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Trinity Church Wall Street Announces 2021-22 Season

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Trinity Church Wall Street has announced its 2021-22 season. First up will be the “Vigil Psalms: A Service of Prayer, Readings & Music,” led by Julian Wachner and featuring the Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Performance Date: Sept. 10, 2021 “A Time and Space for Remember and Healing” will honor the victims of 9/11. Among the performers will be mezzo-soprano {…}
News, Streaming

Jonas Kaufmann, Isabel Leonard, Lise Davidsen, Gabriella Reyes, Olga Peretyatko Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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If you’ve been reading OperaWire over the past few weeks, you’ll have noticed a clearcut uptick in the number of announced seasons as companies gear up for a return to in-person performances. But that hasn’t dampened the desire for streaming showcases, as evidenced in this week’s 10 selections, all diverse in their structures and style. Additionally, you’ll notice that many {…}
Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Ricky Ian Gordon on ‘Ellen West,’ the New Recording & Eating Disorders

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Last month Bright Shiny Things released the world premiere recording of Ricky Ian Gordon and Frank Bidart’s new opera “Ellen West.” The recording was captured from the Prototype Festival in New York in January 2020, with soprano Jennifer Zetlan and baritone Nathan Gunn, the Aeolus Quartet, double bassist Evan Premo, pianist Djordje Nesic, and conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya. The new opera offers a portrait of {…}

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