OPERA America has revealed its 2024-25 Onstage Season. First up is a conversation with composer Jeanine Tesori ahead of the Met Opera’s premiere of “Grounded.” Event Date: Sept. 18, 2024 Next up is a conversation with Anthony Roth Costanzo as he takes over as general director of Opera Philadelphia. Event Date: Oct. 24, 2024 In December comes the 2024 Awards for Digital {…}
(Photo credit: Stephanie Sedlebauer) National Sawdust, the women-led, Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based non-profit has released the details of its 10th anniversary season. For the purposes of this article, only classical vocal works are included. Co-founder and artistic director Paola Prestini, and Royce Vavrek’s opera “Silent Light,” which is based on the 2007 film by Carlos Reygadas, opens the season. Performance Date: September {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard) The Met Opera’s production of Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” is as timeless as the work itself. You couldn’t really ask for more from Mark Morris’ production, which is in the midst of a revival to close out the 2023-24 season. The two curved rafters converging to form a semi-circle at the center of the stage serve numerous {…}
Opera Philadelphia has appointed Anthony Roth Costanzo as its new General Director and President. The Opera Philadelphia Board of Directors unanimously approved the appointment which will see Costanzo shape the future of the company, and oversee fundraising and business strategies, audience development, community initiatives, and artistic planning. He will become the seventh General Director since the company was founded in 1975, {…}
Experiments in Opera is set to give four programs during its spring 2024 season. Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo takes on the title role in the workshop performance of “Nikola Tesla as summoned by the Honorable Spirits of the Grand Gotham Hotel.” Jennifer Zetlan sings the role of Katharine Johnson, with Amanda Lynn Bottoms as Sissieretta Jones/Djuka Tesla, Timothy Stoddard as {…}
San Francisco Performances has announced its 2024-25 season. This article features vocal pieces only. For the company’s 45th Anniversary Gala tenor Nicholas Phan and composer and pianist Jake Heggie take the stage. Performance Date: October 4, 2024 Tenor Karim Sulayman and guitarist Sean Shibe will present works from their album “Broken Branches.” Performance Date: October 12, 2024 Opening the “Art {…}
The Gerda Lissner Foundation is set to present a free concert at Carnegie Hall. The showcase, scheduled for May 2, 2024, is entitled “An Evening of Lieder / Song, Opera, Operetta, and Zarzuela.” It kicks off at 6:30 p.m. at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall and will feature the top winners from the 2024 International Vocal Competition and the 2023 {…}
Photo credit: Agathe Poupeney-OnP Thomas Adès’s “The Exterminating Angel” is one of the most successful contemporary operas of the century. Beyond its many productions—the Parisian one being the best of them all—, the opera quickly entered the symphonic repertoire with a very well-crafted symphonic suite. The opera, based on Luís Buñuel’s homonymous film, follows its source material: more than a {…}
Works & Process is set to present “Experiments in Opera: The Lives of Nikola Tesla as summoned by the Honorable Spirits of the Grand Gotham Hotel.” The workshop, set for April 15, 2024, at the Guggenheim’s Peter B. Lewis Theater in New York City, will feature music and words by Phil Kline and a story concept by Phil Kline and {…}
Detroit Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. First up is “La Traviata” in a new production by Francesca Zambello, conducted by Roberto Kalb. The work stars Emily Pogorelc, Galeano Salas, and Rod Gilfry. The new production moves the action to the 1920s. Performance Dates: Oct. 19 – 27, 2024 Next up is Louisa Proske’s production of “Rinaldo” starring Anthony Roth Costanzo, {…}
(Photo: Pix Talarico) Opera Omaha will join forces with renowned countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo for its annual gala scheduled on April 19, 2024. The event will feature the world premiere of Costanzo’s “Don’t Look Back,” which features music by Mozart, Gluck, and Handel. Alongside Costanzo is filmmaker and photographer Pix Talarico who will allow audiences to interact with original music {…}