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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra to Present Two Concerts at Carnegie Hall Featuring Angel Blue & Elza van den Heever

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(© Paola Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra is set to present two concerts at Carnegie Hall. The first will be held on June 12 and will feature Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Elza van den Heever in an all-Strauss program. The concert will include “Der Rosenkavalier Suite,” Selected Orchestral Songs, and “Ein Heldenleben.” The second concert will be held on June {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Celebrates Paul Tazewell’s Oscar Win

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The Metropolitan Opera is celebrating Paul Tazewell’s Oscar win. The company shared a story congratulating the costume designer stating, “Bravo to costume designer Paul Tazewell for his Oscar win for Costume Design. Tazewell designed costumes for the Met Productions of Terence Blanchard’s ‘Fire Shut up in My Bones’ (2021) and Gound’s ‘Faust’ (2011).” Tazewell won his Oscar for “Wicked” and {…}
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New Orleans Opera Announces 2025-26 Season

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The New Orleans Opera has announced its 2025-26 Season. The season has the theme of “Intersection of Piety and Desire.” The season opens with “Der Rosenkavalier,” Strauss’ work about a sophisticated older woman, a romantic chevalier, and a blooming young girl converge in an impossible love triangle around a single silver rose. Performance Dates: TBA The second work of the {…}
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Cincinnati Opera Receives Major Donation for Opera Fusion: New Works

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Cincinnati Opera has announced a generous donation in support of “Opera Fusion: New Works,” its joint creative venture with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. The company said that it had received an anonymous gift that will extend OF:NW by three years. The Opera Fision program was launched in 2011 to foster the development of new American operas, receiving {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

National Sawdust 2024 Review: Silent Light

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(Photo credit: Jill Steinberg at National Sawdust) National Sawdust’s 10th Anniversary opening season kicked off with Artistic Director/Co-Founder & composer Paola Prestini and librettist Royce Vavrek‘s foley chamber opera world premiere “Silent Light,” featuring director & scenic designer Thaddeus Strassberger and conductor Christopher Rountree. The cast includes powerhouse soprano Brittany Renee as Esther, bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch as Johan, soprano Julia {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2024 Review: Galileo Galilei

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(Photo Credit: Eric Woolsey) Opera Theatre Saint Louis cultivates a justly deserved reputation for promoting contemporary works, having world-premiered 40-some operas in the company’s five decades, and staging many other operas born after WWII but perhaps not new enough to be labeled “contemporary” in 2024. The American legend, Philip Glass, made one prior appearance at the company—in person then, too—with {…}
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Markel Reed & Trio Mediaeval Headline Newport Classical’s 2024-25 Chamber Series

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Rhode Island’s Newport Classical has announced its 2024-25 Chamber Series. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Baritone Markel Reed takes on a program featuring works by Brahms, Benjamin Moore, Poulenc, Bonds, and Terence Blanchard. A former member of Utah Opera’s Resident Artist Program, Reed has performed with such companies as the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Karen Slack on the Challenges & Excitement of Creating ‘African Queens’

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(Credit: Kia Caldwell Photography) Few sopranos have managed to build as diverse a career as Karen Slack has over the past few years. Throughout the pandemic, Slack made numerous premiere digital performances with such companies as the Houston Grand Opera, Madison Opera, and Minnesota Opera. She launched her digital talk show “#kikikonversations.” She’s been a massive advocate for new works, {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2024 Review: La Bohème

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(Photo credit: Eric Woolsey) No matter the repertory selected, Opera Theatre Saint Louis’s (OTSL) 2024 season would have faced a significant challenge: following their memorable 2023 season and its refreshing inclusion of many singers of color. Surrounding a forgettable “Cosí Fan Tutte,” three productions made maximal artistic impact, including a fine “Tosca” starring Katie Van Kooten and Hunter Enoch as {…}

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