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Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal College of Music 2021-22 Review: Flight

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On June 28th, amidst the calmness of a beautiful evening in London, held within the palatial confines of Britten Theater, the Royal College of Music Opera Studio performed Jonathan Dove’s third opera “Flight,” a humorous yet weighty story story about the going-ons of eight individuals at an airport terminal. Although a student production, you wouldn’t have known this at all {…}

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National Theatre Opera to Present Modern Premiere of ‘Flammen’

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(Photo Credit: Zdeněk Sokol) As part of its “Musica non grata” series, the National Theatre Opera in Prague is set to present Erwin Schulhoff’s “Flammen” for the first time since its world premiere in 1932. The opera opens on June 12, 2022 and runs through Nov. 22, 2022. The work, which is a unique take on the Don Juan myth, {…}

Reviews, Video Productions

Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Lucia di Lammermoor

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(Photo credit: Marty Sohl)   This review was written in collaboration with David Salazar.  On April 23, the Metropolitan Opera opened a new production of “Lucia di Lammermoor.” This marked the second production of Donizetti’s masterpiece during General Manager Peter Gelb’s term. In 2007, the company brought a production by Mary Zimmerman which set the piece in Victorian times and {…}

IndieOpera

Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival & Mostly Modern Projects to Present ‘Kings, Giants & Robots’

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Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival will team up with Mostly Modern Projects to present “Kings, Giants & Robots.” The showcase will feature Victoria Bond’s  puppet operetta “How Gulliver Returned Home in a Manner that was Very Not Direct” as well as Herschel Garfein’s “King of the River” and Robert Paterson’s one-act opera “The Companion.” The trilogy of works will {…}

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Alexander Elliot & Lauren Michelle Lead Opera Omaha’s ‘Eugene Onegin’

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Opera Omaha will close its 2021-2022 season with a new production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” The production will be directed by Rosetta Cucchi, who noted, “Tchaikovsky described his Onegin not as an opera, but as ‘lyric scenes’ and I wanted to follow this advice. Therefore, like an iris of a camera that closes and opens again, the memories will appear, {…}

IndieOpera

Bel Canto in Tuscany to Present ‘Serata Lirica’

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Bel Canto in Tuscany is set to present “Serata Lirica” on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022 at The Falls Church in Falls Church, Virginia. The showcase, which kicks off at 7:30 p.m., will feature such artists as soprano Victoria Cannizzo, baritone Geoffrey DiGiorgio, mezzo-soprano Shana Fishman, mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza, soprano Karen Fried, baritone JP Gorski, mezzo-soprano Cara Schaefer, bass Jim Williams, {…}

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Elizabeth Llewellyn, Jennifer Johnston, and Nicky Spence Shortlisted for Royal Philharmonic Society Award

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Photo credits: Jennifer Johnston/RT Dunphy, Elizabeth Llewellyn/Frances Marshall The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) has announced the 2021 shortlist for the Society’s annual awards. This year’s shortlist of artists and initiatives shows the important role classical music has played during an unprecedented 18-month stretch of closures and lockdowns, and how, despite the pandemic, artists have persisted in creating, collaborating, and connecting {…}

Special Features

The Wonderful World of Opera Dogs: James Henry Mapleson – Opera Impresario and Zookeeper

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(Credit: historicaltenors.) OperaWire is proud to present “The Wonderful World of Opera Dogs,” a series by Diana Burgwyn, which will focus on the relationship between opera’s most iconic stars and their beloved canines. The creation of this series and all research necessary for each individual piece were conducted solely by Diana. To learn more about the origins of the project, {…}