Christine Goerke Leads Michigan Opera Theatre’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: Arielle Doneson) The Michigan Opera Theatre has news on its new season. The company revealed all of the productions will come in 2021-22, with backup plans, as the course of the coronavirus pandemic continues to be uncertain. All productions will be performed either outdoors or in unusual venues until April 2022. The company also announced that Christine Goerke will {…}

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Nadia Boulanger & Ernest Chausson Highlight Bard Summerscape’s 2020 Season

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The Bard SummerScape has announced its 2020 season celebrating the Life and Times of Pioneering Parisian Polymath Nadia Boulanger, with Seven-Week Arts Festival in New York’s Hudson Valley. For the purpose of this article we will only focus on the vocal performances. Opera This season will mark the first fully-staged American presentation of Chausson’s “King Arthur,” directed by award-winner Mary {…}

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Vanessa Vasquez, Ginger Costa-Jackson & Talise Trevigne Highlight Lyric Opera Of Kansas City’s 2020-21 Season

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The Lyric Opera of Kansas City has announced its 2020-21 season featuring four unique productions. Vanessa Vasquez headlines opening night in a production of Verdi and Piave’s “La Traviata” by Francesca Zambello. Timothy Myers conducts the masterpiece with Matthew White as Alfredo and Weston Hurt as Germont. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 4, 2020 Eric Greene, Talise Trevigne, Donovan Singletary, Jermaine Smith and Indra {…}

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Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Cecilia Violetta Lopez, & Vanessa Vasquez Headline Arizona Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The Arizona Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring the company’s second World Premiere, the Regional Premiere of a New Mariachi Opera, a New Production of a Modern Masterwork and the Return of Two Beloved Classics. “Arizona Opera continues to deepen its commitment to presenting the most vibrant programming possible on our stages and throughout the community. This spans the {…}

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‘The Constitution,’ ‘Figaro 90210!’ Headline Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend

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The assortment of works on offer this weekend features a look at the United State’s most important document, a classic Shakespeare tale, a classic Bernstein work, a unique zarzuela, and a fascinating take on “The Greatest Opera of All Time.” Figaro 90210! – Chautauqua Opera Eric Einhorn directs this iconic adaptation of the famed opera. Jorge Parodi conducts a production {…}

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The Operalia Competition Has Announced Contestants For 2019

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The Operalia Competition has announced the singers that will be competing this year in Prague. They include 12 sopranos, six mezzo-sopranos, 10 tenors, three basses, eight baritones, one bass-baritone, and one counter tenor. 10 contestants appear from the USA with five from Russia, three from South Korea, and two from South Africa. The host nation gets one representative in the {…}

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George London Foundation Announces 2019 Winners

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The George London Foundation and George London Awards have announced their annual competition winners. The George London Award was given to mezzo-soprano Samantha Gossard, soprano Rebecca Pedersen, mezzo-soprano Carolyn Sproule, tenor Charles Sy, and tenor Kyle van Schoonhoven. The five singers each got $10,000. Meanwhile, the George London encouragement award, which is a $1,000 prize, was given to Amanda Lynn Bottoms, Sarah Joyce Cooper, Ron Dukes, Vartan Gabrielian, Shannon {…}

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George London Foundation Announces Competition Finalists

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The finalists for the 48th annual George London Foundation Awards Competition have been revealed. The George London foundation announced that Sarah Joyce Cooper, Shannon Jennings, Rebecca Pederson, Elizabeth Reiter, Olivia Smith, Amanda Lynn Bottoms, Samantha Gossard, Carolyn Sproule, Polixeni Tsiouvaras, Matthew Swensen, Charles Sy, Joseph Tancredi, Kyle van Schoonhoven, Matthew White, Vartan Gabrielian, and Ron Dukes will compete on Feb. 22, 2019 in the finals. The George London competition {…}

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Steven LaBrie & Madison Leonard To Feature In Tulsa Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The Tulsa Opera has announced its 2019-20 season featuring three productions. In a press statement Ken McConnell said, “We are pleased to present a season of three operas that showcase fiercely determined and strong female central characters, including Emmeline composed by our own Artistic Director Tobias Picker. Tulsa’s opera audience continues to grow and our community engagement is stronger than ever. {…}

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Christine Goerke Leads Michigan Opera Theatre’s 2021-22 Season

Nadia Boulanger & Ernest Chausson Highlight Bard Summerscape’s 2020 Season

Vanessa Vasquez, Ginger Costa-Jackson & Talise Trevigne Highlight Lyric Opera Of Kansas City’s 2020-21 Season

Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Cecilia Violetta Lopez, & Vanessa Vasquez Headline Arizona Opera’s 2020-21 Season

‘The Constitution,’ ‘Figaro 90210!’ Headline Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend

The Operalia Competition Has Announced Contestants For 2019

George London Foundation Announces 2019 Winners

George London Foundation Announces Competition Finalists

Steven LaBrie & Madison Leonard To Feature In Tulsa Opera’s 2019-20 Season