Productions from McVicar, Langridge & Mariani Headline Gothenburg Opera’s 2019-20 season

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The Gothenburg Opera, the International Opera Awards Company of the Year nominee for 2019, revealed its plans for next season. The season will open with a Steven Langridge production of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro,” conducted by Rory McDonald. Ida Falk Winland and Mattias Ermedahl will sing the Countess and the Count, while Mia Karlsson and Henning von Schulman will {…}

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Dena And Martin LaMar Join Pittsburgh Opera Board Of Directors

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Pittsburgh Opera has announced that Dena and Martin LaMar have joined its Board of Directors. Dena LaMar, an alumnus of North Carolina A&T State University and University of Northern Virginia, is the Regional Vice President for the Great Lakes Regions at Advance Auto Parts Inc. She serves on the Boards of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, and {…}

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Renée Fleming Headlines North Carolina Symphony’s 2019-20 Season

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The North Carolina Symphony has announced its 2019-20 season with a number of crossover concerts, classical repertoire, and operatic selections. For this article, we have only chosen the opera or vocal performances. In time for the holiday season, the North Carolina Master Chorale joins NCS for Handel’s Messiah. Ellie Dehn, Andrew Owens, and Federico de Michelis are the soloists in the evening, which {…}

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Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (1/19-21)

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January is more than halfway done and a lot of companies are starting up again with unique performances. This week’s picks center on works composed in the 20th century and beyond, with one exception. Here’s the list (in alphabetical order by company). As One – Alamo City Opera For two nights (Saturday and Sunday), Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell, and Kimberly {…}

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Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – North America (1/11-13)

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As we enter the second weekend of January the opera schedule starts to get busier around North America, especially with the Prototype Festival in full swing. Many of those works were in last week’s recommendations and they still stand. But there are other major productions worth considering for your opera enjoyment this weekend (in alphabetical order by company). Stinney – {…}

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Lucas Meachem To Be Artist In Residence At University Of North Carolina

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The Department of Music from the University of North Carolina has announced that baritone Lucas Meachem will be its forthcoming Artist in Residence. The University announced that from Feb. 24 through March 1, 2019 Meachem will spend a week coaching students privately and in public masterclasses. MeachEm is one of today’s most exciting baritones. He recently made three highly anticipated {…}

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Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – North America (11/9-11)

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November means a lot of opera. And a lot of opera means almost endless choices. So in picking this week’s major selections, we recommended a mix of new and old works across the States and Canada. Otello – Austin Opera Verdi’s great masterpiece gets a concert production at the Austin Opera with Marina Costa-Jackson headlining the cast as Desdemona. She {…}

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Q & A: Eric Sean Fogel On Choreographing Opera & Working With Francesca Zambello

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Last year, Francesca Zambello went in depth about her work at the Glimmerglass Festival and her position at Washington National Opera, roles that require tremendous dedication on the iconic director’s part. Her busy slate makes it essential that she have a strong team surrounding her to provide strong support. Enter Eric Sean Fogel. He’s worked as choreographer on a number {…}

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Opera Profile: Carlisle Floyd, One of the United States’ Great Opera Composers

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Many American composers have tried to create “The Next Great American Opera,” but few have succeeded in doing just that. Carlisle Floyd, born on June 11, 1926, did just that. The composer has quite a number of operas to his name, but none stands the test of time quite like “Susannah.” Floyd grew up in South Carolina, eventually moving to {…}

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Productions from McVicar, Langridge & Mariani Headline Gothenburg Opera’s 2019-20 season

Dena And Martin LaMar Join Pittsburgh Opera Board Of Directors

Renée Fleming Headlines North Carolina Symphony’s 2019-20 Season

Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (1/19-21)

Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – North America (1/11-13)

Lucas Meachem To Be Artist In Residence At University Of North Carolina

Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – North America (11/9-11)

Q & A: Eric Sean Fogel On Choreographing Opera & Working With Francesca Zambello

Opera Profile: Carlisle Floyd, One of the United States’ Great Opera Composers