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Death of Classical & The Green-Wood Cemetery Announce Season 6 of ‘The Angel’s Share’

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Death of Classical and the Green-Wood Cemetery announce “The Angel’s Share,” the organizations’ sixth season of collaborations. The season opens May 24. Each performance will begin with a pre-show spirits tasting with whiskey, mezcal, and more before audiences take a twilight walk through the Cemetery to the Catacombs. This article features vocal works only. The Fourth Wall Ensemble performs Caroline {…}

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Roulette Announces 45th Spring Season

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Roulette, a space for promotion and presentation of contemporary experimental performing arts in Brooklyn has announced its 45th spring season. For the purposes of this article only classical vocal events are included. Lila Meretzky’s “Songs at Night” large-scale new song cycle of the poems of Yiddish-language poet Anna Margolin makes its world premiere. Shelley Washington’s “A Kind of Lung” and {…}

IndieOpera, News, Streaming

PROTOTYPE Adds Digital Offerings to 2024 Season

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 PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now has announced the addition of three new digital offerings to the 2024 festival lineup. The festival will showcase three new digital streaming options including composer Shodekeh Talifero’s “Vodalities: Paradigms of Consciousness for the Human Voice,” a three movement piece, created to show the different modalities of the vocal arts. Catapult Opera’s commissioned digital work, “Swann,” by {…}

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Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Svadba’ Wins Top Opera America Prize for Digital Excellence

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Opera America revealed the 2023 awards for Digital Excellence in Opera. The winners included Boston Lyric Opera’s film “Svadba,” has won the top prize for Artistic Creation in Opera America’s 2023 Digital Excellence in Opera Awards. “Svadba,” which is available for free on BLO’s YouTube page, was adapted from Serbian composer Ana Sokolović’s striking libretto and a cappella score. The {…}

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Kaufman Music Center Announces Programming for the 2023-24 Season

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The Kaufman Music Center announced its programming for the 2023-24 season. Slated are concerts, educational programs, and events as part of their signature series presented at Kaufman’s Merkin Hall. This season’s theme is “Listen Different,” which “spotlights the unique and transformative performance experiences offered by Kaufman Music Center: Audiences experience a direct connection with artists in a welcoming space and {…}

IndieOpera

Calvin Hitchcock & Madeline Whitesell to Present ‘PROPHET$’

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Composer Calvin Hitchcock and director Madeline Whitesell are set to present “PROPHET$$” at The Cell in New York City on May 26 and 27, 2023. The work was developed by Hitchcock, Delilah McCrea, and David Grandouiller, and delves into the intricate nature and transitional aspects of religious encounters within American Evangelicalism. “PROPHET$” features a mélange of hymn tunes, Sunday school songs, {…}

IndieOpera

The American Opera Project Announces November 2022 Slate

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The American Opera Project is set to present a slew of events this November. The organization will kick things off with “Eat the Document” in Concert at the Coffey Street Studio in Brooklyn. The showcase will preview a new opera by John Glover and Kelley Rourke. It will be directed by Kristin Marting and stars Justine Aronson, Catherine Brookman, Christian {…}

IndieOpera

American Opera Project to Present ‘First Glimpse: Songs From the Great Room’

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The American Opera Project’s fellowship program, Composers & the Voice, is set to premiere the current fellows’ songs in “First Glimpse: Songs From the Great Room.” Current composers in C&V are Gabrielle Herbst, J.E. Hernández, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Paul Pinto, Tidtaya Sinutoke, Ania Vu. C&V librettist include jeesun Choi, Isabella Dawis, and Troy Defour. Performers are members of the C&V {…}