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(Updated) Every Opera Company that Has Lost NEA Grants Under New Trump Rule Changes

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Last week, President Donald J. Trump threatened to shut down the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for good by gutting its funding under the new budget proposal. In response, and not for the first time, the NEA opted for fighting another day by submitting to new requirements under Trump to remain a viable institution in the land. However, in {…}
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Cape Town Opera Announces ‘SHORTS: A Festival of Short Operas’ 2025

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(Photo credit: Allegra Bernacchioni) Cape Town Opera, in collaboration with Opera UCT, has officially announced its second edition of “SHORTS: A Festival of Short Operas.” Audiences can expect four one-act operas to take place throughout the festival, as well as a Q & A, a workshop performance of a new opera, and opera film screenings. Allegra Bernacchioni leads production design {…}
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Cape Town Opera’s Foundation Studio Kicks Off the 2025 Season

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Cape Town Opera’s Foundation Studio is off to an exciting start in the 2025 season. In early Jan., Cape Town Opera began the new year with its Bel Canto Boot Camp. Vocal coach Derrick Goff led the Boot Camp, which took online and in-person. Sessions covered a variety of essential topics designed to elevate vocal mastery. The company’s Foundation Studio {…}
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Opera Grand Rapids & Colvin Theatrical Present Film of ‘Stinney: An American Execution Opera’

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(Photo credit: Pocket Cinema Camera) Opera Grand Rapids and Colvin Theatrical with Blackmagic Design have announced the film version of “Stinney: An American Execution Opera.” “Stinney: An American Execution” spotlights the agony of the injustice of the 1944 wrongful execution of George Stinney Jr., the youngest person to be legally executed in America. The opera was composed by Frances Pollock {…}
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Toronto’s Opera Revue 2024 Review: Ruckus! At The Redwood

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(Photo credit: Ryan Harper) Opera Revue is a company made of three talented individuals: soprano Danie Friesen, baritone Alexander Hajek, and the sonic backbone of it all, pianist Elise Harris. Their mission, they say, is to introduce opera to newcomers and deliver a fresh way to experience it for veterans in a relaxed environment at an affordable price. My attitude {…}
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Wexford Festival Opera 2024 Review: Puccini – Man Of The Theatre

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(Photo: Padraig Grant) To mark the hundredth anniversary of the death of Giacomo Puccini, the Wexford Festival Opera commissioned William Niall Morris to create a short work celebrating the composer’s life and music. The result was a short piece, lasting about an hour, entitled “Puccini: Man of the Theatre,” which essentially amounted to a selection of his greatest hits linked {…}
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First Latin American Contemporary Opera Congress Held in Chile

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The first Latin American Contemporary Opera Congress took place Oct. 16-17, in Chile. Organizers and composers Miguel Farías and Cristian Fernández Toro, aimed to reflect on the trajectories and approaches to opera-making in Latin America, considering creation processes, management, and research in the genre. Daily sessions featured discussion on music, aesthetics, and identity issues. The event also spent time exploring {…}

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