Jennifer Rowley & Mark Delavan To Perform With New Amsterdam Opera

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The New Amsterdam Opera has announced a Spring 2018 event featuring two Metropolitan Opera stars. The concert entitled “Spring Fling” will be an Informal Sing & Sip with soprano Jennifer Rowley and baritone Mark Delavan. Artistic Director Keith Chambers will accompany them at the piano. Rowley recently received raves at the Met for her performance as Leonora in “Il Trovatore” and “Tosca.” She is gearing {…}

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Top 6 Operas To See This Weekend – International (2/9-11): Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva & Nina Stemme Headline Powerful Weekend

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This weekend, the opera season continues in full swing with various new productions continuing runs and some operas hitting the stage for the first time. There are also a number of singers continuing concert and recital tours. Find out what we think you should see this weekend. La Traviata – Opéra de Paris, France Marina Rebeka returns to her signature role {…}

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Social Media Beat (12/22-28): It’s All About the Met Opera, Except One Thing

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Let’s keep things Metropolitan Opera-centric this week. With one exception. It’s the end of the year and that means the big Met gala on New Year’s Eve as well as another hotly anticipated revival set to take the stage with a new cast. Isabel Leonard got everyone jumping with excitement for the upcoming “Le Nozze di Figaro” at the Met. {…}

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Opera Profile: Gershwin’s ‘Porgy and Bess’

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George Gershwin’s folk opera “Porgy and Bess” has proven itself a piece of American history, having withstood the controversy it garnered for its portrayal of the African American community in Charlestown, South Carolina. Premiering on September 30th 1935, “Porgy and Bess” was noted for its casting of classically-trained African-American singers rather than having actors in blackface. While many felt the {…}

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New York City Opera 2017-18 Review – La Fanciulla Del West: Kristin Sampson & Jonathan Burton Lead Stellar Cast In Exciting Revival

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The production of “La Fanciulla del West” that has landed in the somewhat unlikely venue called Jazz at Lincoln Centre — but really is the Rose Theater at the Time Warner Centre – would be notable for a number of reasons. It signals the opening of the second season of the reborn New York City Opera. Great news for someone {…}

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10 Anticipated Opera Productions Of The Fall 2017-18 Season [USA]

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It’s that time of the year when opera seasons return and when some of the biggest stars grace the world’s most prominent stages. In the case of United States, there will be a number of world premieres as well as rising stars and established stars who have some fascinating performances planned for this year. With hundreds of different shows, OperaWire has curated {…}

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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 {…}

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Crossing Vast Oceans – Musa Ngqungwana’s Journey From South Africa To Rising Operatic Stardom

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From South Africa to America. Between those two countries is a vast ocean and traversing from the former to the latter presents a number of major challenges, not only physical, but emotional and economic. Opera is rife with characters battling the ocean on their way to success or tragedy. Just to name a few are the characters in Jake Heggie’s {…}

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New York Opera Fest 2017: Light Opera of New York – My Song Vol. 2

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This Thursday, June 8, 2017, Light Opera of New York presents “My Song Goes ‘Round the World, Volume 2.” The performance will showcase and explore composers and performers that delineated operetta on both sides of the Atlantic in the first half of the twentieth century. The production’s music director, Matthew Stephens, received his master’s in collaborative piano from the University of {…}

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