In honor of Pride Month, this week’s word search is dedicated to major opera artists from the LGBTQIA+ community both past and present. Instructions: You are free to solve the word search directly on your mobile or desktop device; just click the first and last letter of each word for it to appear on the screen. For those using a {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced Weeks 13 and 14 of its nightly streams. The streams will include music by Mozart, Bartok, Rossini, Handel, Verdi, and Glass. Also, audiences will get a chance to check out the At Home Gala once again. Monday, June 8 – Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito Conducted by Harry Bicket; starring Lucy Crowe, Barbara Frittoli, Elīna Garanča, {…}
We’re starting to see the world open up slowly in some countries and rapidly in others. But the performing arts world isn’t quite opening at the same pace with few organizations back in the full swing of things. As a result, streaming options are ever-prevalent. So as we move into the summer months, here is a look at what operas {…}
UPDATE: This has been postponed until June 20, 2020. Anthony Roth Costanzo will be teaming up with Zack Winokur and Dick Hyman for the world premiere of “Tick Tock Click Clock” at the Works & Process Artists Virtual Commissions on June 1, 2020. In a press release, the famed countertenor noted that he was asked by the Works & Process {…}
Opera for Peace has announced that several of opera’s greatest stars are joining the organization as ambassadors and advisors. Tenor René Barbera and sopranos Elsa Dreisig and Joyce El-Khoury have become the organization’s newest ambassadors. Meanwhile, conductor Fabio Luisi, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky, and baritone Ludovic Tézier have signed on as Advisors; they join baritone Thomas Hampson and soprano Sumi Jo, who {…}
The Metropolitan Opera’s At Home Gala is undeniably one of the most hotly anticipated event since the social distancing measures kicked off just a little over one month ago. The event is set to feature close to 40 artists from around the world and recent reports indicate that a great deal of preparation has gone into making this a memorable {…}
(Credit: Marylene Mey) Works & Process at the Guggenheim has announced that it will be granting $40,000 in commissioning funds to major artists that have featured in its programs over the years via Virtual Commissions. The aim of the Virtual Commissions program is for the artists to create new works, all less that five minutes in length, that will be {…}
In continuation of the 2019-20 Great Performances Series, PBS will present the Live in HD broadcast of “Akhnaten” from the Metropolitan Opera on Sunday, April 5, 2020 The broadcast will kick off at 12 p.m. EDT. The cast includes Anthony Roth Constanzo in the title role alongside J’Nai Bridges as Nefertiti, Dísell Lárusdóttir as Queen Tye, and Zachary James as {…}
Jan Vogler, the New York-based cellist and Artistic Director of the Dresden Music Festival, has announced a 24-hour music video livestream marathon event entitled “Music Never Sleeps NYC.” The marathon will be headlined by New York-based artists beginning on Friday, March 27, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. EDT. New York–based charitable causes will be announced and viewers will be encouraged to {…}
OPERA NEWS has announced that it must cancel its awards gala scheduled for April 5, 2020 due to regulations put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19. “The editors of OPERA NEWS and the staff and board of directors of the Metropolitan Opera Guild thank our supporters, our sponsors and our 2020 honorees — Thomas Allen, Javier Camarena, Anthony {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) San Francisco Performances has unveiled its 2020-21 season which will feature a number of diverse musical performances. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal performances. Lawrence Brownlee brings a recital entitled “Crooners” with emphasis on vocalists from the 50s and 60s. This gala performance will be in benefit of San Francisco Performances’ {…}