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Kevin Burdette Named Artist-in-Residence at 2026 Glimmerglass Festival

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American bass Kevin Burdette has been named Artist-in-Residence at the 2026 Glimmerglass Festival. Known for his comic brilliance, commanding voice, and captivating stage presence, Burdette will appear as Don Alfonso in the Festival’s new production of “Così fan tutte.” He will also work closely with members of the Festival’s Resident Artists Program. In a statement, Glimmerglass Festival Artistic & General {…}
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Karen Slack, Kevin Burdette, Jill Gardner, & Richard Ollarsaba Headline Piedmont Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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Piedmont Opera announces its 49th season. Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” opens the season. Benjamin Werley, Cadie J. Bryan, and Jonathan Bryan are among the cast. Chas Rader-Shieber directs. Joseph Mechavich conducts the Winston-Salem Symphony. Performance Dates: November 8, 9, & 11, 2025 A festive in-home Holiday Concert features soprano Jill Gardner and pianist Joseph Mechavich. Performance Date: December 5, 2025 Bass-baritone Richard {…}
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Daniela Mack, Jasmine Habersham, Kevin Burdette, Richard Trey Smagur Headline The Atlanta Opera’s New ‘BlinkOpera’ Podcast

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The Atlanta Opera has announced a brand new podcast series that highlights some of the company’s recent productions. “BlinkOpera” will feature members from the Atlanta Opera Company Players ensemble talking about “Pagliacci” and “The Kaiser of Atlantis,” two operas presented by The Atlanta Opera in the fall as part of its Molly Blank Big Tent Series. “Pagliacci” features Richard Trey {…}
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Jamie Barton, Kevin Burdette, Morris Robinson Star in The Atlanta Opera’s ‘Love Letters to Atlanta’

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The Atlanta Opera has released three “Love Letters to Atlanta,” a new video series featuring singers from around the world singing their “favorite songs in places woven into the fabric of Atlanta’s musical history.”  The initial videos spotlight Jamie Barton, Kevin Burdette, and Morris Robinson and will be made available via the company’s Spotlight Media Streaming service until Feb. 14, 2021. {…}
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Eri Nakamura, Amanda Batista, Joseph Lattanzi & Colin Aikins Lead Glimmerglass Festival’s 2026 Season

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The Glimmerglass Festival has announced its 2026 season. Here is a look at the productions. Mainstage Productions The season opens with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” Francesca Zambello directs the production and James Lowe conducts. The work stars Shereen Pimentel, Michael Adams, Erik Nordstrom, Kate Morton, Peter Murphy, Reed Gnepper, and Troy Cook. Performance Dates: July 10-August 15, 2026 Joshua Horowitz revives {…}
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Piedmont Opera Names New General Director

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Joseph Mechavich will be the new General Director of Piedmont Opera. Mechavich previously served as Interim Artistic Director, and during his tenure he led the organization to sold-out performances in an alternative venue and oversaw the creation of a new “Carmen” set developed in partnership with Knoxville Opera. As General Director, Mechavich will oversee artistic planning and institutional strategy in {…}
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Sasha Cooke, Nathan Granner, Sean Kelly, Angela Yam Headline Opera Parallèle’s 2024-25 Season

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Opera Parallèle has announced its 2024-25 season. First up is “Everest,” which will be presented at the California Academy of Sciences, Morrison Planetarium. The immersive opera fuses graphic novel imagery and operatic storytelling to explore the 1996 famed expedition of the landmark. The opera stars Sasha Cooke, Nathan Granner, Kevin Burdette, Hadleigh Adams, Charlotte Fanvu, Shawnette Sulker, Whitney Steele, and {…}
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FringeArts Announces Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2024

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FringeArts has announced the lineup for the 2024 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. For the purposes of this article only opera performances are included . Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s “The Listeners” makes American premiere with Nicole Heaston and Kevin Burdette.  This premiere is co-presented with Opera Philadelphia. Performance Dates: September 25-29, 2024 “We Have Gone As Far As We Can Together” {…}
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The Dallas Opera to Broadcast All Four Mainstage Operas of 2023-24 Season on WRR 101.1

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The Dallas Opera and WRR 101.1FM have announced that they will partner again this year to broadcast the four mainstage productions from TDO’s 2023/2024 Season on the Concert Hall program. The series will begin on July 22 with “Tosca” starring Ewa Płonka as Tosca, Jonathan Burton as Cavaradossi, and Gihoon Kim as Scarpia. Then on On August 12, “The Diving {…}

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