Opera Meets Film: How ‘O Mio Babbino Caro’ Explores Theme & Tone in Pixar’s ‘Luca’

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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 Pixar’s “Luca.” Pixar’s {…}

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Page to Opera Stage: ‘Lucia Di Lammermoor’ & the Romanticisation of Scotland

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“Page to Opera Stage” looks at stories – real-life or fiction, old and new – that have inspired operas, and the ways these narratives have been edited and dramatized to fit a new medium. This week’s article looks at Sir Walter Scott’s “The Bride of Lammermoor” and Gaetano Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” – two stories that romanticise very different aspects {…}

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Page to Opera Stage: The Inspiration and Adaptations of Carmen

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“Page to Opera Stage” looks at stories – real-life or fiction, old and new – that have inspired operas, and the ways these narratives have been edited and dramatized to fit a new medium. This week’s article looks at the stylings of Prosper Mérimée’s novella “Carmen” and Bizet’s streamlined operatic adaptation. In terms of French literary history, Prosper Mérimée may not {…}

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Opera Meets Film: How ‘The Counterfeiters’ Uses Puccini & Operetta Excerpts to Create Emotional Dissonance & Clarity

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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 film section or a film in its entirety and highlight 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 the {…}

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English National Opera Announces New Ring Cycle; Metropolitan Opera Co-Producing

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The English National Opera has announced a new Ring Cycle. The company announced that Richard Jones will direct the production and will be conducted by Martyn Brabbins. It was also confirmed that the Metropolitan Opera will coproduce the production. The production will mark the first time the ENO stages the tetralogy in 15 years. The ENO will present the complete {…}

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Off the Beaten Track: Zachary James’ ‘CALL OUT’ – A Wild Trip with a Literary Bent

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Off the Beaten Track is an album review series that takes readers on a cross-disciplinary journey through recently released recordings, spotlighting the cool, the unusual, and the beautiful work created by artists who push boundaries and take the road less traveled. What was Zachary James thinking? Amid a raging pandemic, the star of stage and screen embarked on a wild, {…}

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Gulfshore Opera to Showcase Live ‘La Bohème’ Performance

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Gulfshore Opera is set to present Puccini’s “La Bohème” at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Center in Naples, Florida on Jan. 24, 2021. The production, which will be directed by Josh Shaw and conducted by Greg Ritchey, is inspired by the impressionist art movement of France in the late 1800s. Designs for the four main Bohemians in the opera {…}

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Boston Camerata to Stage Its First Digital Opera: ‘Dido and Aeneas, An Opera for Distanced Lovers’

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Boston Camerata is marking the 40th anniversary year of the release of its landmark period-instrument recording of Purcell/Tate’s “Dido and Aeneas” with a new digital production of the opera set to stream from November 14-29. The cast is led by mezzo-soprano Tahanee Aluwihare as Dido and baritone Luke Scott as Aeneas. Bookending the performance is a presentation by musicologist Ellen {…}

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Opera Profile: William Grant Still’s Historic ‘Troubled Island’

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William Grant Still’s “Troubled Island” is a historic opera. The work, which includes a libretto by Langston Hughes and Verna Arvey, had its world premiere on March 31, 1949, at the New York City Opera making it the first opera composed by a Black composer to be produced by a major opera company in the United States. While the opera {…}

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Opera Meets Film: How ‘O Mio Babbino Caro’ Explores Theme & Tone in Pixar’s ‘Luca’

Page to Opera Stage: ‘Lucia Di Lammermoor’ & the Romanticisation of Scotland

Page to Opera Stage: The Inspiration and Adaptations of Carmen

Opera Meets Film: How ‘The Counterfeiters’ Uses Puccini & Operetta Excerpts to Create Emotional Dissonance & Clarity

English National Opera Announces New Ring Cycle; Metropolitan Opera Co-Producing

Off the Beaten Track: Zachary James’ ‘CALL OUT’ – A Wild Trip with a Literary Bent

Gulfshore Opera to Showcase Live ‘La Bohème’ Performance

Boston Camerata to Stage Its First Digital Opera: ‘Dido and Aeneas, An Opera for Distanced Lovers’

Opera Profile: William Grant Still’s Historic ‘Troubled Island’