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IndieOpera, Streaming

Michelle Johnson, Lisa Chavez Headline Sarasota Opera’s ‘Celebration’ Concert

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Sarasota Opera has released the full list of artists participating in “Sarasota Opera: A Celebration,” a virtual celebration of the Sarasota Opera community set to take place on April 23, 2021. The performance will feature soprano Michelle Johnson and tenor Matthew Vickers as well as mezzo-soprano Lisa Chavez,  bass-baritone Stefano De Peppo, and the Sarasota Opera Strong Quartet. Johnson performed {…}

IndieOpera, Streaming

Teatro Grattacielo, Opera Hispánica & Others Team Up to Present ‘Canciones y Poemas

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Teatro Grattacielo and Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy will join forces with Columbus Citizens Foundation and Opera Hispánica to present “Canciones y Poemas.” The recital will feature tenor Ricardo Garcia, pianist Howard Watkins, and soprano Sylvia D’Eramo as they explore Italian and Spanish verismo and folk songs by such composers as Mascagni, De Falla, Piazzola, Puccini, Granados, Montero, and Landau. Garcia {…}

News

Virginia Opera Announces New General Director & CEO

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The Virginia Opera has announced the appointment of Peggy Kriha Dye as the organization’s new General Director and CEO. Kriha Dye will officially take on the role, succeeding retiring current Virginia Opera President and CEO, Russell P. Allen, on Oct. 18, 2020. In a statement, Paul Winslow, chairman of the Opera’s Statewide Board of Directors said, “We are extremely excited {…}

News

Baruch Performing Arts Center & Opera Omaha Co-Production of ‘dwb (driving while black)’ to Have Virtual New York Premiere

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The Baruch Performing Arts Center and Opera Omaha’s co-production of “dwb (driving while black)” will get its virtual New York premiere on October 23-29. The work was originally set to have its New York premiere in March 2020, just as the pandemic ground the performing arts to an abrupt halt. The directed-for-video production will run from October 23 at 9:00 {…}

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OPERA America Announces 2020 Mentorship Program for Women

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OPERA America has announced that three pairs of protégés and mentors have been selected for the organization’s Mentorship Program for Women, now in its third year. The Mentorship Program for Women provides an opportunity for up and coming opera company administrators to work together with industry leaders who can help them identify barriers to advancement and develop plans for professional {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: Akhnaten

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Philip Glass has a solid trajectory at the Metropolitan Opera. Though few of his operas have had major representation at the hallowed house, their scant performances have tended to be major successes, often flanked by fantastically conceived productions that manage to get the utmost of his meditative masterworks. “Satyagraha” remains one of the great achievements in the Peter Gelb era, {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Preview: ‘Akhnaten’ To Become Third Philip Glass Opera At Met

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(Credit: Richard Hubert Smith / ENO) When it opens this Friday, “Akhnaten” will be but the third Philip Glass opera to ever open at the Metropolitan Opera. In sum there will be eight performances of the opera, bringing the total of Glass opera performances at the famed house to 34. The first opera by the Academy Award nominated composer to {…}

IndieOpera

Guarani Opera ‘Ñomongeta’ Set To Make Its Paraguayan Premiere

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The Guarani opera “Ñomongeta” is set to have its Paraguayan debut on August 27, 2019 at the Centro Cultural de la República “El Cabildo,” after successful showcases in Rome, Brussels, and Paris this past May. The work, written by Paraguayan composer Diego Sánchez Haase and librettist Modesto Escobar Quino, lasts around 40 minutes and is written entirely in the indigenous {…}

Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: How Mozart’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ Emphasizes An Emotional Turning Point in ‘Zombieland’

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Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features “Zombieland.” What do {…}