(Credit: Fay Fox) Austin Opera is offering up its own unique streaming service during this time when people are engaged with social distancing to contain the spread of COVID-19. Each Friday, the company will offer up a 30-minute recital of music recorded live in their rehearsal hall. The videos will be sent out live on Faccebook and YouTube, though there {…}
Mark Campbell and Mason Bates’ Grammy-award winning opera “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” will be making a three-city tour next January with stops in Austin, Atlanta, and Kansas City. From Jan. 28-31, audiences in Austin, Texas will witness the famed work at The Long Center for the Performing Arts. Austin Opera will present the production. A few weeks later, the {…}
Those expecting repertory classics in this weekend’s recommendations might wind up a bit disappointed. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t any exciting operas on offer. There are a ton of new works and some unlikely classics on display. Scalia / Ginsburg & Trial By Jury – Baltimore Concert Opera This unique double bill will be showcased on Friday and Sunday, {…}
If you checked out last week’s edition, you may have noticed a stark preference for 20th century works. Things continue this week with a number of 21st century operas making the list; the only standard repertory piece in this week’s edition is a controversial one. Here is the list (in alphabetical order by company). Silent Night – Austin Opera The {…}
The Austin Opera has announced its 2019-20 season which will include a new opera and two classics of the standard repertory. “Next season continues the excellence that our audiences have come to expect—pairing beautiful productions of classic works with the thought-provoking voices of the new masters of 21st-century opera,” said Annie Buridge, General Director & CEO of Austin Opera in {…}
November means a lot of opera. And a lot of opera means almost endless choices. So in picking this week’s major selections, we recommended a mix of new and old works across the States and Canada. Otello – Austin Opera Verdi’s great masterpiece gets a concert production at the Austin Opera with Marina Costa-Jackson headlining the cast as Desdemona. She {…}
Austin’s four premiere nonprofit performing arts organizations Austin Opera, Ballet Austin, The Paramount Theatre, and ZACH Theatre have partnered to create the ATX Arts Pass. The 2018–19 ATX Arts Pass gives a taste of Austin’s performing arts organizations at one low price with four hand-picked performances: “Shinyribs (The Paramount Theatre),” “The Nutcracker (Ballet Austin),” “Hedwig and the Angry Inch (ZACH Theatre),” {…}
The Austin Opera has announced its 2018-19 season, which will feature four major operas spread between November 2018 and May 2019. The season opens with Verdi’s “Otello,” the first time the opera will be showcased with the company in 20 years. Issachah Savage takes on the iconic tenor role while Marina Costa-Jackson interprets his wife desdemona. Michael Chioldi rounds out {…}
Talk about a busy weekend. There will be over 70 opera performances around the country this weekend with a wide range of repertoire. North of the border, Pacific Opera Victoria showcases “Rattenbury” on Friday and Sunday and Opéra de Montreal showcases “La Cenerentola.” Teatro Municipal De Santiago presents “Aida” on Friday and Saturday while Atlanta Opera does a showcase of {…}
Austin Opera has announced that Michael Solomon will join its company as the new Director of Audience Experience, effective immediately. In this position, created thanks to the Innovation Grant from OPERA America, Solomon will be responsible for maximizing the experience had by opera-goers, working together with Austin Opera’s marketing and development departments as well as external vendors to achieve this {…}
Opera season remains in full swing across North America as summer fast approaches. With so many companies in business this weekend, we have opted for a slight shift in structure. Instead of a series of paragraphs, we will go list form for this week’s edition and any with this massive amount of productions. Behold the opera events of the weekend {…}