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Composer Felix Jarrar To Showcase ‘The Music of Burton Hatheway’

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Composer Felix Jarrar will showcase “The Music of Burton Hatheway” to kick off his 2019 concert schedule. The composer of the jazz opera “Tabula Rasa” and the forthcoming cantata “The Unsleeping Ones (his first),” will perform at the Jesse Lee United Methodist Church on Jan. 6, 2019 in a concert sponsored by Fairfield County’s The Wednesday Afternoon Music Club. The {…}
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‘Carmen’ At Core of Glow Lyric Theatre’s 2019 Festival

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The Glow Lyric Theatre has announced its 2019 festival season, which will be the company’s ninth overall. As per usual, the GLT will feature an opera, a musical theatre piece, and an operetta, all connecting to a specific theme. This year’s theme centers on the concept of “Questioning Authority.” In recent years, the company has showcased such operas as “Romeo {…}
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Spoleto Festival USA 2019 To Showcase Richard Strauss Masterwork

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The Spoleto Festival USA has announced its 2019 season, which will feature one major opera production, among other performances. The festival will open with a production of Strauss’ “Salome.” The famed opera will be directed by Patrice Caurier and Mosh Leiser, with the intention of setting the work in a present-day city. It will be the duo’s ninth year with {…}
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Opera Meets Film: How Sofia Coppola Explores The Destruction Of An Artist Through Rameau’s Operas in ‘Marie Antoinette’

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“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features Sofia Coppola’s “Marie {…}
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Costa-Jackson Sisters, Wallis Giunta Among Major Highlights of Seattle Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The Seattle Opera is the first major opera company to announce its 2019-20 season, which will feature five operas and a special concert. Productions Verdi’s “Rigoletto” will open the season in August with a cast that features Lester Lynch and Giuseppe Altomare in the title role. Madison Leonard and Soraya Mafi take on Gilda while tenors Yongzhao Yu and Liparit {…}
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The Metropolitan Opera Announces New Director Of Music Administration

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 The Metropolitan Opera has announced that Thomas Lausmann, currently the Head of Music at the Vienna State Opera, will become the Met’s Director of Music Administration at the start of the 2019–20 season. The Met announced that John Fisher, the current Director of Music Administration, decided to step down to resume his freelance musical career. The company noted that he will continue to {…}
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Florida Grand Opera Celebrates New Years With BOGO Sale

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The Florida Grand Opera has announced that it will celebrate the new year with a BOGO sale. The company announced that if you purchase one full price ticket to Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” or Massenet’s “Werther,” ticket buyers can get another ticket for $20.19. The BOGO sale has already started and is set to expire at midnight on Jan.6, {…}

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