Washington National Opera to Premiere ‘Blue’

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(Credit: Karli Cadel) The Washington National Opera is set to present the D.C. premiere of “Blue.” The production, which is set to be performed from March 11 to 25, 2023 at the Eisenhower Theater, is inspired by contemporary events and Black literature, including Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Between the World and Me” and James Baldwin’s “The Fire Next Time.” Written by Jeanine {…}

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Best Of 2022: OperaWire’s Top 10 Rising Stars Of 2022

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After two years of lockdowns, cancelations, and COVID, 2022 seemed like it would be an easier year. But alas it wasn’t as the world was struck with a war, human rights violations that were met with worldwide protests, and governments that threatened to rewind time and take away rights. There were also major cuts in funding for opera that has {…}

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Adriana Gonzalez, Keri Alkema & David Bizic Opéra de Toulon’s 2022-23 Season

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The Opéra de Toulon has announced its 2022-23 season featuring six opera productions. Operas Valerio Galli conducts Puccini’s “Tosca” in a production by Silvia Paoli. Keri Alkema, Riccardo Massi, and Daniel Miroslaw headline. Performance Dates: Oct. 7-11, 2022 Adam’s “Si j’etais Roi” will be conducted by Robert Tuohy and directed by Marc Adam. The cast includes Armelle Khourdoïan, Eleonora Deveze, {…}

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Sarasota Opera Honors Victor DeRenzi’s 40th Anniversary

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The Sarasota Opera will pay tribute to maestro Victor DeRenzi for the 40th anniversary of his professional life on March 26. The showcase, a Jubilee Concert of arias and memories of his career, will feature soprano Anna Mandina, mezzo-soprano Lisa Chavez, tenor Jonathan Burton, baritone Joshua Benaim, and bass Kevin Short. Additionally, many former members of the company and some {…}

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Center for Contemporary Opera Adds Kenneth Overton to Board

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The Center for Contemporary Opera has announced the appointment of Kenneth Overton to its Board. Overton is Grammy Award-winner who has performed with such companies as the Met Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Palacio Bellas Artes, New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Nashville Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Opera Carolina, Toledo Opera, Opera Idaho, Opera Grand Rapids, San Francisco Opera, Deutsche Oper {…}

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Ópera de Oviedo Delays Opening of ‘Adriana Lecouvreur’

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The Ópera de Oviedo has delayed the premiere of “Adriana Lecouvreur.” The company noted that the surge in the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has affected the rehearsal schedule of the production, forcing the company to move the opening performance from Jan. 24 to Feb. 4, 2022. As a result, the opera will now open on Jan. 27 and will maintain {…}

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The Opera Buffs to Present ‘Music of the Spanish Speaking World’

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The Opera Buffs is set to present “Music of the Spanish Speaking World.” The program will be presented on Jan. 8 at the Barrett Recital Hall in the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and will feature a program of song, aria, and zarzuela. Orianna Falla, Anthony León, and Efrain Solis will serve as soloists of the evening. Falla is a Colombian-American {…}

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Obituary: Metropolitan Opera Horn Player Howard T. Howard Dies

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The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra has announced the death of former Principal Horn, Howard T. Howard. Howard died on Oct. 30, 2021 after a long battle with cancer. The horn player began his music studies at the age of five playing piano and began playing French horn at the age of 14. He went on to receive a bachelor’s in music {…}

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Grange Park Opera Review 2021: L’heure espagnole

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Grange Park Opera has followed their inventive “Owen Wingrave“, a work intended for television, with a filmed realization of Maurice Ravel’s one-act farce “L’heure espagnole,” the story of a clockmaker’s wife who has to shuffle her liaisons like a deck of cards. Director Stephen Medcalf updated the action from eighteenth-century Toledo – given glancing mention through a Goya print on {…}

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Washington National Opera to Premiere ‘Blue’

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Center for Contemporary Opera Adds Kenneth Overton to Board

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The Opera Buffs to Present ‘Music of the Spanish Speaking World’

Obituary: Metropolitan Opera Horn Player Howard T. Howard Dies

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