Review 2022: We’ve Come to Claim the Throne

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Pianist/composer Felix Jarrar and soprano Michelle Trovato partnered to stage a themed recital centered on Mary Queen of Scots, titled “We’ve Come to Claim the Throne,” on July 29, 2022, at St. John’s in the Village, New York City. The theme came to Jarrar via soprano Michelle Trovato, who had been thinking for some time about a program focusing on {…}

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The Contemporary Theater Company to Present ‘The Voice Of Gertrude Stein’

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As part of their Springboard Season, Wakefield, Rhode Island’s Contemporary Theater Company, will present “The Voice of Gertrude Stein” on May 26 and June 4, 2022. On the program are art songs with text by Stein from composers such as Virgil Thomson, Ned Rorem, and Felix Jarrar. Featured artists include tenor Michael Gonzalez, soprano Sara DeLong, and mezzo-sopranos Julie Rumbold and {…}

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Feinstein’s/54 Below to Present ‘Love in Springtime’ Concert Featuring Slate of Rising Opera Stars

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Four of New York’s rising opera stars are set to perform a program of popular love songs from classical to ragtime and much in between at Broadway’s Supper Club, Feinstein’s/54Below on March 20, 2022. The featured artists have performed at the Metropolitan Opera in recent runaway productions. Slated to sing are tenor Christian Mark Gibbs (Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”/Met and Ricky {…}

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Sopranos Rachel Hanauer & Caroline Spaeth to Present Joint Recital ‘Music for the End Times’

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Sopranos Rachel Hanauer and Caroline Spaeth will give a joint recital entitled “Music for the End Times” on Feb. 20, 2022, at the Ryan Concert Hall at the Smith Center of the Arts at Providence College, with a reprise on Feb. 25, at Providence’s AS220 Black Box Theater. The program comprises contemporary works, with Spaeth performing György Ligeti’s “Mysteries of {…}

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BARN OPERA Set to Open 2022 Season with ‘Don Pasquale’

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Vermont’s BARN OPERA has announced its season-opening production of Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” scheduled for Feb. 11 and 12, 2022, at The Barn Opera House. This Valentine’s Day weekend, BARN puts a spin on Donizetti’s brilliant comedy by setting the action in a New York City pizza restaurant, replete with cheese shakers, checkered tablecloths, and, of course, fun as the audience {…}

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Barn Opera Announces a British New Year’s Eve Bash Featuring ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’

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Vermont’s Barn Opera will be holding a British-themed New Year’s Eve bash full of festivity as it presents a semi-staged production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore,” streamed fireworks broadcast from London, and a traditional New Year’s countdown with the streaming of the Times Square celebration. The event begins at 7:00 p.m. ET, on December 31, 2021, with the London {…}

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Barn Opera Announces Performances of ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’

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Vermont’s Barn Opera has announced the Dec. 17 and 18, 2021 performance of “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at Salisbury Congregational Church in Salisbury, VT. In 2019, Barn Opera proclaimed the production an annual tradition only to have it broken a year later because of COVID. However, the 2019 principal cast is back and ready to delight audiences once again {…}

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Soprano Alexandria Crichlow to Present ‘Evolution’

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Soprano Alexandria Crichlow is set to present “Evolution” on Nov. 20, 2021 at New Mount Zion Baptist Church in New York City. The showcase will feature Joaquin Turina’s “Homenaje a Lope de Vega,” Margaret Bonds’ “Three Dream Portraits,” H. Leslie Adams’ “Nightsongs,” and several songs by Hall Johnson, Jasmine Barnes, Damon Dandridge, Jasmine Barnes, David Neff, and Alma Androzzo. The {…}

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Vermont’s Barn Opera to Open Company’s New Home with Production of ‘La Traviata’

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Vermont’s Barn Opera has announced “La Traviata” as the new Barn Opera House’s inaugural production. The show will run Oct. 15 and 16, 2021. Verdi’s tragic masterpiece will feature soprano Kasey King as the party-loving escort Violetta Valéry, with tenor Chris Plaas as the smitten Alfredo Germont. Baritone Nicholas Tocci sings the role of Alfredo’s father, Giorgio Germont, whose ambitions {…}

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Review 2022: We’ve Come to Claim the Throne

The Contemporary Theater Company to Present ‘The Voice Of Gertrude Stein’

Feinstein’s/54 Below to Present ‘Love in Springtime’ Concert Featuring Slate of Rising Opera Stars

Sopranos Rachel Hanauer & Caroline Spaeth to Present Joint Recital ‘Music for the End Times’

BARN OPERA Set to Open 2022 Season with ‘Don Pasquale’

Barn Opera Announces a British New Year’s Eve Bash Featuring ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’

Barn Opera Announces Performances of ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’

Soprano Alexandria Crichlow to Present ‘Evolution’

Vermont’s Barn Opera to Open Company’s New Home with Production of ‘La Traviata’