Roulette Announces 45th Spring Season

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Roulette, a space for promotion and presentation of contemporary experimental performing arts in Brooklyn has announced its 45th spring season. For the purposes of this article only classical vocal events are included. Lila Meretzky’s “Songs at Night” large-scale new song cycle of the poems of Yiddish-language poet Anna Margolin makes its world premiere. Shelley Washington’s “A Kind of Lung” and {…}

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Opera on Tap Teams Up With Kinesis Project dance theatre & Others for ‘Capacity, or: the Work of Crackling’

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Opera on Tap is teaming up with Kinesis Project dance theatre and Anti-Social Music with Summer on the Hudson to present “Capacity, or: the Work of Crackling” on Sept. 24 and 25, 2022. The showcase will feature music by composers Diana Woolner, David Friend, Eyal Moaz, and Brian McCorkle as well as costumes by Rebecca Kanach, and sound design by {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Roulette 2021 Review: “eL/Aficionado”

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The internationally recognized performance art venue Roulette in Brooklyn is featuring the revival of Robert Ashley’s “eL/Aficionado” and illuminates the vital relevancy of this opera today. Mimi Johnson, as producer, and Tom Hamilton, as music director, revive Ashley’s vision with a new perspective by casting mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Butcher as the Agent. This opera was originally written in 1987 and last {…}

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Roulette Intermedium to Present New Production of Robert Ashley’s ‘el/Aficionado’

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On October 21, 2021, Roulette Intermedium will present a new production of the late American composer Robert Ashley’s opera “el/Aficionado.” Written in 1987, the work was last performed in 1995, and is scored for four voices and a pre-recorded electronic orchestra. The cast features mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Butcher in the lead role of Agent, along with Bonnie Lander, Paul Pinto, and {…}

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Performing Artservices, Inc. to Revive ‘eL/Aficionado’ in NYC

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Performing Artservices, Inc. is set to revive “eL/Aficionado,” an opera by Robert Ashley on May 21-24, 2020 at New York Live Arts. The opera, which was written in 1987, has not been performed since 1995. It is scored for four voices and an orchestra of electronic voices and tells the story of a person on trial for her character and {…}

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NYC’s The Kitchen 2019 Review: Robert Ashley’s ‘Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)’

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Before experiencing Robert Ashley’s “Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)” live for the first time, one can imagine that Ashley wants listeners to be changed in some way by what he wrote in 1990. Whether one’s evolution involves the understanding of new perspectives of cultural awareness or the witnessing of new opera ideals in a live setting, Ashley intentionally leaves no stone {…}

News

The Kitchen To Present Robert Ashley’s ‘Improvement’

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The Kitchen is pleased to present the late composer Robert Ashley’s newly reconstructed 1985 opera “Improvement (Don Leaves Linda).” The opera, which was written in 1985 and first performed in 1991, follows the adventures of its protagonist Linda, whose travels and romances can be interpreted as attempts at assimilation and cultural cross-pollination, with both success and rejection. “Improvement” is set {…}

News, Season Announcement

Corinne Winters, Ryan Speedo Green, Federica Lombardi, Sara Jakubiak & Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Lead Dutch National Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Dutch National Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” will be conducted by Andrea Battistoni. Leoncavallo’s work will star Corinne Winters, Riccardo Massi, Roman Burdenko, and Hubert Zapiór while Mascagni’s will star Raehann Bryce-Davis, SeokJong Baek, Enkelejda Shkoza, Roman Burdenko, and Maria Warenberg. Performance Dates: Sept. 5 – 23, 2026 Shostakovich’s “Cherry Town” will {…}