Opera Meets Film: The Many Dynamics of Max Nosseck’s ‘Overture to Glory’

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The idea that opera is a controversial influence on society is not a new idea per se. Beginning in the early 17th century, the idea of “opera” in its formal meaning began to spread, and by the end of the next century, it had become a seminal part of cosmopolitan life in Baroque (then Classical) Europe. That being said, during the {…}

Interviews

Q & A: Bruno de Sá & Ligiana Costa On Their New Show ‘The Grain of the Voice’

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(Photo: Íris Zanetti) Bruno de Sá is a star. As the first Brazilian singer to sign a contract with a major record label, he has every reason to be the pride of a nation. However, it was not until recently that he received the proper honors in Brazil. As part of his artistic residency at São Paulo’s Teatro São Pedro, {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Caterina Sala, Lawrence Brownlee, Gerald Finley & Pavol Breslik Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get a chance to listen to rarely performed works from some of the great operatic composers in the world. There are also many world premiere recordings as well. Lucie di Lammermoor Dynamic releases Donizetti’s French version of “Lucie de {…}

IndieOpera

Long Beach Opera to Present ‘Bye Bye Butterfly’

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After announcing the cancelation of “Asunción” a few weeks back, Long Beach Opera has announced its replacement in the form of “Bye Bye Butterfly.” The experimental work by Pauline Oliveros will take place at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in Downtown LA on July 20 and 21, 2024 and features Habin Kim, Kathryn Shuman, Laurel Irene, Leela Subramaniam, and Orson {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Australia 2024, Review: Watershed: The Death of Doctor Duncan

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(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) It felt like a significant event – Friday, June 14’s remounting by Opera Australia of the 2022 Adelaide Festival hit, “Watershed,” about the 1972 murder of Adelaide University law lecturer, Dr. Ian Duncan. This revival in the Sydney Opera House spoke to the success of the work at its first airing. Surely it had resonated in {…}

News

Natalie Dessay, Nina Stemme, Emöke Baráth, Jakub Józef Orlinski & Pene Pati Lead Opéra national du Rhin’s 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra national du Rhin has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the opera performances. George Benjamin’s “Picture a day like this” opens the season. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-20, 2024 Jakub Józef Orlinski and Michał Biel will perform Purcell, Haendel, Schubert, Baird, and Łukaszewski. Performance Date: Sept. 19, 2024 Alex Rosen, Emöke Baráth, Adèle Charvet, Laurence Kilsby, Lauranne Oliva, Christophe {…}

News

Four Essential Operas by Women Composers

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(Photo credit: Christophe-Abramowitz) Throughout time, women have routinely been at the bad end of the deal when it came to composing, performing, or really anything that has to do with music. However, as we now know that didn’t mean women composers, performers, critics, and everything in between didn’t exist. Actually, the opposite! Composers like Hildegard von Bingen, Barbara Strozzi, Clara {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Lyric Opera of Chicago 2023-24 Review: Terence Blanchard’s ‘Champion’

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(Photo: Michael Brosilow) Fresh from a Metropolitan Opera premiere last spring (and its subsequent Grammy Award victory), Terence Blanchard’s first opera in jazz, “Champion,” enjoyed its Lyric Opera of Chicago premiere in James Robinson’s vivid and effective staging, a co-production on January 27th, 2024. A dazzling cast led by Justin Austin as Emile Griffith made a powerful case for repeated {…}