Boston Lyric Opera Announces 2020-21 Season

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Boston Lyric Opera has announced its 44th Season with four new productions including three company premieres and a Northeast premiere. The season opens with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” starring soprano Yulan Piao in her company and role debut as Cio-Cio San, tenor Zach Borichevsky as Lieutenant Pinkerton, mezzo-soprano Nina Yoshida Nelsen in her company debut as Suzuki, and baritone Levi Hernandez as {…}

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Karen Slack To Return To Metropolitan Opera

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(Photo source: www.sopranokarenslack.com) Karen Slack is set to return to The Metropolitan Opera as Serena in Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.” The soprano will sing the recently announced performances on Feb. 12 and 15, 2020. The two performances will mark the first time Slack performs at the Met Opera since her debut in the title role of Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” in {…}

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Opera In the Big Easy – New Orleans Opera Association Robert Lyall On Developing The City’s Rich Operatic Tradition

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(Credit: Brittney Werner) If you visit New Orleans today, you can pop into the Napoleon House, the supposed location in which the former emperor would live out his days in North America. The music that you’ll hear while sipping your Pimm’s Cup in the 200-year-old house-turned-bar is classical. Beethoven’s “Eroica” symphony is on repeat, after all, the maestro wrote it {…}

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Opera Philadelphia Announces Karen Slack Recital

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Opera Philadelphia has announced that soprano Karen Slack will perform a series of recitals. The company announced that the soprano will perform as part of the O19 festival in the series Curtis in Concert. The soprano will perform alongside Martin Luthor Clark and David Lofton at the Field Concert Hall. The soprano recently made her role debut as “Tosca” with {…}

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Julia Bullock To Star In ‘Zauberland’ At Linbury Theatre This Fall

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Katie Mitchell’s production of “Zauberland” is set to get performances at the Linbury Theatre this October. The work, which features music by Robert Schuman and Bernard Foccroulle, tells the story of a young woman at the European border hoping to cross over to Zauberland, away from the Middle Eastern conflict. The work features text by Heinrich Heine and Martin Crimp {…}

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Janai Brugger, Karen Slack, Ginger Costa-Jackson Star In Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend (North America)

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(Credit: Suzanne Vinnik / Dario Acosta) This weekend’s recommendations are full of variety of repertory spread across the U.S. including two essential world premieres and the performance of a rare work. All of them feature tremendous star power. Here are the five operas that we recommend for your Father’s Day celebration (in alphabetical order by company). The Marriage of Figaro {…}

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Michael Fabiano, Leah Crocetto & Denyce Graves Highlight Michigan Opera Theatre’s 2019-20 Season

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The Michigan Opera Theatre has announced its 2019-20 season featuring musicals, galas, and special concerts. Here is a look at what the Detroit company has to offer. The season opens with a gala featuring star tenor Michael Fabiano and Soprano Leah Crocetto in arias from opera and musical theater. Stephen Lord conducts the starry evening. Performance Date: Oct. 12, 2019 {…}

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Artist Profile: Denyce Graves, An Essential America Mezzo

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Denyce Graves, born on March 7, 1964, is one of the iconic American mezzos of the late 1900s. She was born in Washington D.C. and graduated from the Duke Ellington School of the arts in 1981. Then she studied voice at the Oberlin Conservatory, followed by the New England Conservatory. She would then work further at the Wolf Trap Opera {…}

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Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (1/25-27)

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If you checked out last week’s edition, you may have noticed a stark preference for 20th century works. Things continue this week with a number of 21st century operas making the list; the only standard repertory piece in this week’s edition is a controversial one. Here is the list (in alphabetical order by company). Silent Night – Austin Opera The {…}

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Boston Lyric Opera Announces 2020-21 Season

Karen Slack To Return To Metropolitan Opera

Opera In the Big Easy – New Orleans Opera Association Robert Lyall On Developing The City’s Rich Operatic Tradition

Opera Philadelphia Announces Karen Slack Recital

Julia Bullock To Star In ‘Zauberland’ At Linbury Theatre This Fall

Janai Brugger, Karen Slack, Ginger Costa-Jackson Star In Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend (North America)

Michael Fabiano, Leah Crocetto & Denyce Graves Highlight Michigan Opera Theatre’s 2019-20 Season

Artist Profile: Denyce Graves, An Essential America Mezzo

Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (1/25-27)