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Q & A: Composer Blake Allen & Librettist Will Nunziata on Their Upcoming ‘The Waves’ Opera

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Published in 1931, “The Waves” is recognized as Virginia Woolf’s most experimental work, featuring soliloquies from six different characters in a unique stream-of-consciousness. And now it will get an opera. The team behind the work is composer Blake Allen and director / writer Will Nunziata. Allen, an award-winning composer, violist, and producer, enjoys “merging merging the worlds of opera and {…}
News

Salzburg Festival Names New Director of Concert & Media

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(Photo credit: Jan Friese) Along with the announcement of its 2025 season, the Salzburg Festival has appointed Axel Hiller to the position of Director of Concert and Media. He commences his tenure on May 1, 2025. The concert office is responsible for concert programming in close collaboration with the artistic director. Meanwhile, the media department coordinates recordings and broadcasts of {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Wexford Festival Opera 2024 Review: The Critic

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(Photo: Patricio Cassinoni) History has not been kind to Charles Villiers Stanford’s reputation as an opera composer. During his lifetime he wrote nine complete operas, which, apart from his comic opera “Seamus O’Brien,” was met with limited success. Today, they are rarely performed, and none have found their way into the mainstream repertoire. In 2019, the Wexford Festival Opera produced {…}
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Netia Jones Jones Royal Ballet and Opera as Associate Director

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The Royal Ballet and Opera has announced that Netia Jones will take up the newly created position of Associate Director of The Royal Opera. Jones will take the position on Dec. 3, 2024, and will be responsible for commissioning and creating bold, adventurous projects in the Linbury Theatre. She will work alongside Oliver Mears (Director of Opera) and will play {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Wexford Festival Opera 2024 Review: Lady Gregory In America

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(Photo: Pádraig Grant) In 1907, J.M. Synge’s play “The Playboy of the Western World” caused rioting when it premiered at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. It was not so much the portrayal of its central character, Christy Mahon, who turns up in a Mayo town, claiming to be on the run for killing his father, but the reaction of the local women, {…}
Interviews

Q & A: Vasilisa Berzhanskaya on Her Opera Career Path & What Keeps Her Curious in Life

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(Photo Credit: Lena Fainberg) Born in Russia, mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya is a graduate of the Russian Gnesin Academy of Music in Moscow and a former member of the Youth Opera Program at the Bolshoi Theatre. Her repertoire encompasses roles of the Italian bel canto of Rossini and Bellini, Mozart, Baroque music such as Vivaldi and Purcell, and roles from Russian {…}
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Palau de la Musica de Valencia Cancels Concerts While Opera Stars Send Messages Amidst Tragedy in Valencia

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Following the tragedy in Valencia, Spain caused by severe flooding that killed at least 95 people,  the Palau de la Musica de Valencia has canceled concerts from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, 2024.  The performances in question include the Oct. 31 showcase that featured Rubén Gimeno conducting the Orquesta de València and the Nov. 3 concert that was part of {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Adriana Kučerová on Her Role as the Vixen and the Political Problems Facing Opera in Slovakia

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(Photo: Lukáš Kimlička) Having recently reviewed a marvelous production of “The Cunning Little Vixen” by the Slovak National Theatre Opera in Bratislava, OperaWire decided to take the opportunity to interview the vixen, played by soprano Adriana Kučerová. One of the stars of the Slovak National Theatre Opera, Kučerová has an established international reputation and has performed widely in leading opera {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Tête à Tête Opera Festival 2024 Review: The Improvesarios, Cockpit Theatre

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(Photo Credit: Claire Shovelton /@claireshov) “Impresarios” don’t come any more entertaining than this. Simultaneously improv artists and opera singers, this young opera company direct, produce, stage manage, perform and (at least in part) promote all their work, making them a real fringe wonder. Their schtick is all about creating a full, one-hour-long opera – or, as some have called it, {…}

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