The east coast premiere of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s “The Shining” serves as the season opener for both Atlanta Opera and Alliance Theatre. “The Shining” which is part of Atlanta Opera’s “Thriller Three” series will takr place at the Woodruff Arts Center Sept. 15 – Oct. 1. Brian Staufenbiel directs the new opera based on Stephen King’s 1977 bestselling novel {…}
Five composer and librettist teams have been selected to participate in Atlanta Opera’s second annual 96-Hour Opera Project. Composer Jorge Sosa and librettist Alejandra Martinez, Omar Najmi and Catherine Yu, Dave Ragland and Selda Sahin, Edward Shilts and Laura Barati, and Nathan Felix and Anita Gonzalez make up the creative teams. The composition competition and showcase is designed for BIPOC {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring six productions. All productions will be filmed for release on The Atlanta Opera’s Spotlight Media platform. The streaming platform is just one of the creative ways The Atlanta Opera rose to the occasion of the pandemic with innovations of lasting value and importance to future operations. It was, in part, these {…}
Photo Credit: Tania Barricklo Multi-talented opera director, fight choreographer, composer, singer, and conductor Maria Todaro spoke with OperaWire about revising the recent productions of “The Anonymous Lover” and her ‘love affair’ with the composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. In 2022 Todaro staged “The Anonymous Lover” for Minnesota Opera. Paying homage to Bologne, she set the opera in 18th century {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced the return of its composition competition, the 96-Hour Opera Project. The program is tailored specifically for composers and librettists from historically underrepresented communities. This year there will be six chosen teams will travel to Atlanta with completed 10-minute works based on a historical theme provided by story partner, Atlanta History Center. Once in Atlanta, the {…}
Credit: Raftermen / Mihaela Bodlovic for Theatre of Sound/KSU The Atlanta Opera staged a powerful production of Daisy Evans and Stephen Higgins’ interpretation of Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle,” bringing to light the heartbreaking truth of people living with dementia and their caregivers. In this new production, instead of a collector of wives, Duke Bluebeard is the loving husband of his one and {…}
(Credit: Raftermen) Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell, and Kimberly Reed’s chamber opera “As One” has brought a newness to the opera stage through the kind of story they tell and created opportunities for opera professionals in the LGBTQIA+ community. In The Atlanta Opera’s production, starring Lucia Lucas as Hannah Before and Blythe Gaissert as Hannah After, the positive impact and need {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced new health protocols starting April 4, 2022. The company, which noted that it has prioritized safety throughout the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, will no longer require that audience members show proof of vaccination or proof of a negative COVID test. It also announced that masks are encouraged for all patrons but not required. {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced its 2022-23 season featuring some of the great classics in the repertoire. Mainstage Season Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” opens the season with Timothy Myers conducting the production by Tomer Zvulun. Yasko Sato stars in the title role with Gianluca Terranova, Nina Yoshida Nelsen, Julius Ahn, and Allen Michael Jones. Performance Dates: Nov. 5-13, 2022 Arthur Fagen {…}
The Atlanta Opera announced it has added a livestream option for the company’s production of “Pirates of Penzance,” which opens Jan. 22, 2022. The move comes in response to the current omicron surge and enables ticket holders to enjoy the show from their home should they feel uncomfortable attending in person. Along with offering the livestream alternative, the company has {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced its 2021-22 Season featuring four mainstage productions. Händel’s “Julius Caesar in Egypt” opens the season with Gary Wedow leading Tomer Zvulun’s new production. The opera will feature Jasmine Habersham and Meg Marino. Performance Dates: Nov 6-14, 2021 The second work of the season will be W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance.” {…}