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Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson On Making An Opera Career In Ireland

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(Photo: Patrick Browne) Opera in Ireland has recently been going through a boom time. Whereas only a few years ago, Irish singers were being forced to look abroad to establish a career, owing to the lack of opportunities at home, now, with the emergence of Opera Collective Ireland, the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, and, most significantly, Irish National Opera, along {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Welsh National Opera 2021-22 Review: The Barber of Seville

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Amidst the greyish and waterlogged atmosphere of urban sprawl, on October 22nd inside the Hippodrome Theatre, home to one of the largest performance stages in Britain, the atmosphere was anything but. It was electric and real fun! Award-winning Director Giles Havergal, in a show of captivating histrionics paired with Rossinian virtuosity, validated the tremendous significance and ongoing legacy of Welsh {…}

IndieOpera

The Crossing Announces its 2021-22 Season Featuring Six World Premieres

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The Crossing, led by conductor Donald Nally, has announced its 2021-22 season. Here’s a look at what’s in store for audiences. Opening the season will be “Returning,” a concert marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11. The program will comprise popular repertoire by Ayanna Woods, Michael Gilbertson, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and James Primosch with percussionist Ted Babcock. A post-concert homecoming gathering will follow {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A : Sharon Carty On The Wexford Festival Opera & Her Upcoming Schubert Album

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At this moment, opera in Ireland is really on the up. Over the last couple of years, the country has seen a significant number of developments, which has started to lift its profile. This year, for example, saw the inauguration of the Irish National Opera company, which has an ambitious vision for delivering opera, showcasing Irish singers and increasing the {…}

IndieOpera

Pacific Opera Projects Announces 2019 Season

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The Pacific Opera Project has announced its 2019 season. The new season, curated by Artistic Director Josh Shaw, will open with  Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” in a production set in the classic Nintendo game, Mario Bros. The “super” production transports Papageno, Tamino, and the gang to the land of 90s video games resembling Mario’s Bros. and Zelda with a new English libretto by Josh Shaw and {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Glow Lyric Theatre’s Husband & Wife Team On Marrying Opera, Operetta & Musical Theater With Political Discourse

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It is rare to see a production company put on a combination of opera, operetta, and musical theater. While most viewers recognize the relationship between the three, they often struggle to assimilate them in the same breath, much less the same stage. But the three can be viewed on the same stage. And when given the opportunity, they can even {…}

Special Features

Opera vs. Broadway: The Contrasting Styles of ‘Madama Butterfly’ & Its Revival As ‘Miss Saigon’

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In Collaboration with Francisco Salazar Inside the plainly named Broadway Theater, one of Broadway’s largest houses with 1,765 seats, a wall of wood scaffolding and wood poles obscures the stage in place of the would-be curtain. The screens of wooden slats bleed seamlessly into stairways patched with corrugated metal, extending beyond the proscenium. This apparent slum, which is lit with {…}