(Photo credit: Michael Unterguggenberger) SAS Performing Arts is set to honor dramatic soprano Luana DeVol in its “Richard Wagner Gala” on June 2. DeVol will be recognized for her career and contributions to opera. In 1997 and 2000, she was named Singer of the Year by German opera magazine, Opernwelt. DeVol performed major roles in La Scala, Milan, Teatro de {…}
Finalists in the SAS Performing Arts Company’s 2023 Vocal Competition have been announced. The fourth annual competition will see sopranos Anna Aistova, Lynnesha Crump, Carami Hilaire, Shelen Hughes, Clara Luz Iranzo, and Cong Conc Wang, mezzo-sopranos Annie Chester, Shanley Horvitz, Melina Jaharis, Anna Kelly, and JoAnna Vladyka, tenors Charles Calotta and Minghao Liu, and baritone Seung Chan Hong. The collaborative {…}
Composer/pianist Felix Jarrar and librettist Robert Feng will present Jarrar’s 13th opera, “you do not recognize the bodies in the water,” in a workshop performance at OPERA America on Nov. 22, 2022. Billed as a horror opera, Jarrar and Feng relate the story of an arsonist who is set free from prison so long as she works for a shadowy {…}
Delaware Valley Opera has announced its summer 2021 season. It all kicks off with an “Operetta Concert” featuring music by Gilbert and Sullivan, Léhar, Romberg, Herbert, and many others. The showcase will star Annie Chester, Marcus Huber, Elise Mark, Ken Parks, Brooke Schooley, Jonathan Stinson, and Nicholas Wuehrman. Matthew Rupcich will conduct the performance, which will be directed by Nicholas {…}