The Olivier Awards have announced their 2024 nominations. Here are the opera category nominees: TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production “Blue” by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum “Innocence” by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House “Picture A Day Like This” by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre “The Rhinegold” {…}
(photo by Karli Cadel) New Orleans Opera Association is set to present the Southern premiere of “Blue” on Nov. 10 and 12, 2023. The opera by Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson was voted “Best New Opera” in 2020 by the Music Critics Association of North America. This production will star Krysty Swann, Cory McGee, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Gordon Hawkins, Charbrelle {…}
The New Orleans Opera Association (NOOA) has received a $25,000 award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the southern premiere of Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s “Blue.” The production by the New Orleans Opera Association is one of 1,130 projects selected nationwide for funding in the second round of Grants for Arts Projects in the fiscal {…}
(Credit: Karli Cadel) The Washington National Opera is set to present the D.C. premiere of “Blue.” The production, which is set to be performed from March 11 to 25, 2023 at the Eisenhower Theater, is inspired by contemporary events and Black literature, including Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Between the World and Me” and James Baldwin’s “The Fire Next Time.” Written by Jeanine {…}
The Dutch National Opera is set to present the European premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s “Blue.” The opera is a topical set in Harlem and about a black couple who anticipates the birth of its first-born son, with both hope and anxiety. The mother worries about her son’s future as she watches him become a young man and enter the world {…}
This week the Toledo Opera is set to present the company premiere of Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori’st timely work “Blue.” The work will feature a diverse cast that will include Aundi Marie Moore. Moore will make her debut with the company portraying the role of the Mother. “The music and words are beautiful, heart breaking and true messages for {…}
Toledo Opera along with the African American Police League, Toledo Police Museum, WGTE Public Media, and the Lucas County Public Library join forces to promote the upcoming run of Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s new opera, “Blue.” “Blue” follows the realities of a Black family in Harlem who navigate the father being a police officer as their son grows up {…}
On May 23 at 7 p.m., Toledo Opera and Maumee Valley Country Day School will host” Activating the Arts for Racial Justice: A Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion featuring “Blue: Stories From Toledo.” This will be the third screening presented by Toledo Opera of the documentary. Eboné Waweru, Toledo Opera soprano and parent at the co-hosting school, will deliver {…}
Toledo Opera is set to host “Building Trust: A Documentary Film Screening & Panel Discussion” in preparation for its upcoming production of Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s “Blue.” The film screening and panel will take place on March 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Franciscan Theatre & Conference Center at Lourdes University. The panel will consist of members of the Toledo {…}
Pittsburgh Opera is set to present Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s “Blue.” The opera, which is reflective of an all-too-familiar American headline, “Blue” centers on the hopes and fears of a young Black couple as they raise their son. The cast will include Kenneth Kellogg, Briana Elyse Hunter, Aaron Crouch, Andrew Turner, Gordon Hawkins, Yazid Gray, and Adrianna Cleveland. Glenn {…}
Seattle Opera has produced a riveting production of the new opera “Blue,” composed by Jeanine Tesori to the libretto of Tazewell Thompson, who also directed. “Blue” shines a searing light on issues of racism, violence, and the loss that result. Everthing comes together for this West Coast premiere to create a gripping, enlightening, and moving experience. Originally commissioned by The {…}