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Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: The Many Dynamics of Max Nosseck’s ‘Overture to Glory’

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The idea that opera is a controversial influence on society is not a new idea per se. Beginning in the early 17th century, the idea of “opera” in its formal meaning began to spread, and by the end of the next century, it had become a seminal part of cosmopolitan life in Baroque (then Classical) Europe. That being said, during the {…}

Reviews

London Symphony Orchestra 2024-25 Review: La Rondine

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(Photo: Mark Allan) Puccini called his work “La Rondine” a “commedia lirica,” effectively COMIC opera, but I consider it a TRAGEDY that this work isn’t performed more in the opera house. “La Rondine” comprises some of the most exquisite, emotive music the maestro ever penned. Alas, devoid of the dramatic impact and impetus of his more famous, regularly performed works, {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro Comunale di Piacenza 2024 Review: Mosè in Egitto

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(Photo: Rolando Paolo Guerzoni) Composed by Gioachino Rossini in 1818, “Mosè in Egitto” is an opera that deserves close attention for its historical and musical significance. Created during a transitional phase in his career, Rossini crafted a masterpiece that merges sacred drama with opera seria. Based on the biblical tale of Exodus, Moses in Egypt marks a turning point in {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Tête à Tête Opera Festival 2024 Review: The Improvesarios, Cockpit Theatre

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(Photo Credit: Claire Shovelton /@claireshov) “Impresarios” don’t come any more entertaining than this. Simultaneously improv artists and opera singers, this young opera company direct, produce, stage manage, perform and (at least in part) promote all their work, making them a real fringe wonder. Their schtick is all about creating a full, one-hour-long opera – or, as some have called it, {…}

News

San Francisco Opera Honors David Gockley With Bas-Relief

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(Photo: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera) San Francisco Opera has revealed the David Gockley bas-relief at the War Memorial Opera House. The bas-relief was unveiled during a ceremony honoring the General Director Emeritus on August 20, 2024 to a crowd of 100 attendees. The event was hosted by  San Francisco Opera’s Tad and Dianne Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock and featured {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Celebrity Series of Boston 2024 In Review: Anthony Roth Costanzo & Bryan Wagorn

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  Anthony Roth Costanzo is currently one of the most popular countertenors. There are more than a few good reasons why, including his powerful voice which resonates well in the Metropolitan Opera and the London Coliseum, his good impresario skills, his activism especially for LGBTQ+ causes which is meaningful to countless young musicians and operagoers. Not that the Operatic world {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Author & Music Critic Sophia Lambton on the 12-Year Journey of Writing ‘The Callas Imprint’

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Since the age of 17, Sophia Lambton has engaged in a full-fledged career as a writer. The writer of the novel, “The Crooked Little Pieces,” she has been published as a music critic with her work appearing in such publications as Musical Opinion, The Guardian, Bachtrack, musicOMH, BroadwayWorld, BBC Music Magazine, and OperaWire. While embarking on numerous projects during that time, {…}

Special Features

Starring ‘The Inalienable Property of Genius’: Maria Callas’ Celestial Onstage Quests

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(Callas greeting fans. Credit: © Archiv Lebeck.) Editor’s Note: In anticipation of the release of  “The Callas Imprint: A Centennial Biography” on  Dec. 2, 2023, OperaWire is sharing a preview. “Greatness” is a noun too frequently assigned to humans.  Victims of this label view the happening of “genius” as a capricious, “limited time only” gift. Here we follow Callas on {…}