Opera Maine has announced that it will be returning to the Merrill Auditorium for live performances this July. On July 16 and 18, OM’s Studio Artists will present Kimberly Reed, Laura Kaminsky, and Mark Campbell’s opera “As One.” Directed by Studio Artists Director Richard Gammon, the production will also feature two voices accompanied by The Palaver String Quartet and is {…}
The Orchestre Classique de Montréal is set to present an online broadcast of Kimberly Reed, Mark Campbell, and Laura Kaminsky’s “As One” on Nov. 20, 2020. The broadcast will feature mezzo-soprano Sarah Bissonnette and baritone Phillip Addis. Audiences can check out the stream via the company’s official YouTube, Facebook, or LiveToune. Orchestre Classique de Montréal is partnering with several LGBTQ+ {…}
The Orchestre Classique de Montréal has announced that it will be presenting the Québec premiere of Kimberly Reed, Mark Campbell, and Laura Kaminsky’s famed “As One.” The chamber opera will be presented on Nov. 20 and 21, 2020 at the Cirque Éloize with two options available for prospective audience members. On one hand, there will be 100 tickets on sale {…}
As we continue our Pride Month Celebration, we turn our focus to some of the essential operas representing LGBTQIA+ culture. So for this quiz, we give you a few clues and then ask you to choose the opera that corresponds. As always, enjoy!
The American Opera Project has announced that the world premiere performances of three of their past productions have been made available for streaming on the company’s website. The operas include: “As One” – “’As One’ is a chamber opera by composer Laura Kaminsky, librettist Mark Campbell and librettist/filmmaker Kimberly Reed in which two voices—Hannah after (mezzo-soprano) and Hannah before (baritone)—share {…}
The Nov. 8th, 2019 performance of Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed’s “As One,” produced by Liz Bouk and directed by Bea Goodwin, was a brilliant display of what a small, tightly-knit artistic team can create using a “less is more” approach. Bouk’s “As One” was staged in a white box theater, using stacked cardboard boxes, a folding table, {…}
(Credit: Carlos Vasquez) Bea Goodwin and Whitney George, the creative team behind “Princess Maleine,” will present Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell, and Kimberly Reed’s “As One” at Alchemical Studios on Nov. 8 and 9, 2019. The production will star Nathaniel Sullivan as Hannah Before and Liz Bouk as Hannah After. George will conduct a quartet of members of The Curiosity Cabinet. {…}
“As One” has become one of the major works of American opera in the 21st century. The work has been the most produced new opera in North America since its debut in September of 2014 and its revival by the New York City Opera this summer bears out why. The work, created by composer Laura Kaminsky and librettist Mark Campbell {…}
Laura Kaminsky, Kimberly Reed, and Mark Campbell’s “As One” is set for a major run in New York this weekend. Among the performers in the two casts will be baritone Michael Kelly, who will perform the role of Hannah Before. Kelly is an avid performer of contemporary works, having performed in world premieres by Matthew Aucoin, David Del Tredici, Mohammed {…}
While Pride month is still a month away, six American Opera Project operas are set to take the stage this month. It all begins with Paula Kimper’s “Patience and Sarah,” considered the first mainstream LGBT opera. The work will be showcased by the Hunter Opera Theatre with Susan Gonzalez directing and David Fulmer conducting. Performance Dates: May 9 & 10, {…}
The New York City Opera has announced the casts for its upcoming production of “As One.” The company revealed that the first cast will feature Blythe Gaissert and Michael Kelly, with Briana Elyse Hunter and Jorell Williams comprising the second of the production with American Opera Projects and Kaufman Music Center. The opera by Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell, and Kimberly {…}