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Joshua Blue, Justin Austin, Sarah Mesko & Paul Groves Lead Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ 2024 Season

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The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has announced its 2024 season. The season opens with Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville“ conducted by Jonathan Brandani and directed by Eric Sean Fogel. The work will star Justin Austin, Hongni Wu, and Nathan Stark. Performance Dates: May 25-June 29, 2024 Joshua Blue, Katerina Burton, Thomas Glass, and Brittany Renee lead Puccini’s “La Bohème.” {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Heading Into Foreign Territory – Mezzo-Soprano Sarah Mesko Set For ‘Carmen,’ The Role Least Like Her

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) Sarah Mesko is walking a straight path toward an important career. The Arkansas native has built her success on solid academic training and noteworthy apprenticeships, and has received bundles of prestigious awards in return. She has performed with scores of professional companies in the United States, including the Met where she has paid her dues as a {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2024 Review: Julius Caesar

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(Photo: Eric Woolsey) For their 2024 mainstage summer festival season, Opera Theatre Saint Louis (OTSL) paired two fixtures in top-ten performance frequency, “The Barber of Seville” and “La Bohème,” with two exciting, less offered menu items. Philip Glass’s “Galileo Galilei” (2002) received just its fourth staging anywhere, while George Frideric Händel’s operatic capolavoro, “Julius Caesar” (“Giulio Cesare in Egitto,” 1724) {…}

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Vancouver Opera Breaks Records with ‘Carmen’

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 Vancouver Opera has broken records with its recent production of Bizet’s “Carmen.” The Vancouver Opera announced that the opera is the highest-grossing in the company’s 64-year history. The first two performances were completely sold-out, and limited tickets are still available for performances on May 2, 4, and 5. Tom Wright, General Director of Vancouver Opera said, “We’re thrilled to see {…}

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Opera Lafayette Unveils 2022-23 Season

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Opera Lafayette has announced its 2022-23 season. Starting things off with “Pergolesi,” a program featuring the music of Pergolesi. Conducted by Patrick Dupré Quigly and directed by Nick Olcott, the showcase will star such singers as Gwendoline Blondeel, Sarah Mesko, Hanna De Priest, Jonathan Woody, and Patrick Kilbride. Performance Date: Feb. 2, 2023(Kennedy Center) and May 11, 2023 (Museo del {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Rodelinda’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its production of “Rodelinda” on March 15, 2022. The company noted that for this evening’s performance, the role of Eduige will be sung by Sarah Mesko. Mesko will replace Sasha Cooke. Mesko made her Met debut during the 2016-17 season as the Second Lady in “The Magic Flute.” She has since {…}

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Mack Wolz, Susanna Phillips & Joshua Blue Lead Opera Theatre Saint Louis’s 2022 Season

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Opera Theatre Saint Louis has announced its 2022 season featuring four works. Daniela Candillari will conduct a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen“ directed by Rodula Gaitanou. The production will star Sarah Mesko in the title role, Adam Smith as Don Jose, Christian Pursell as Escamillo, and Yunuet Laguna as Micaela. Performance Dates: May 21 – June 25, 2022 Rory MacDonald conducts Mozart’s “The {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Tulsa Opera 2019-20 Review: Carmen

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If stuffy audiences at the Opéra-Comique first attacked George Bizet’s “Carmen” for its offensive content, today the opera runs the risk of seeming antiquated. Much of the music might get your toes tapping, but over-exposure risks making the most popular tunes seem trite or even parodic. Today’s audiences might not appreciate the orientalist take on Spanish culture that was so {…}