(Credit: Photo by Trans-Siberian Art Festival) On Nov. 18, 2021, The Orchestra Now will give its first Carnegie Hall concert of the season. The program will feature the world premiere of award-winning composer Scott Wheeler’s “Birds of America,” performed by violinist Gil Shaham, as well as the venue’s first full performance of Julia Perry’s “Stabat Mater,” performed by mezzo-soprano Briana {…}
Following a sold-out, in-person production of Opera Orlando’s “Carmen,” set in Haiti in the 1960, the company has announced that it will present the production online via their “ENCORE! Series.” Directed by Sara E. Widzer and conducted by Kelly Kuo, the cast includes mezzo Brianna Hunter in the title role, with tenor Noah Stewart as Don José, soprano Brittany Renee {…}
Opera Orlando concludes its fifth-anniversary MainStage series with Bizet’s “Carmen.” The opera, which is set to be presented in the Walt Disney Theater at Dr. Phillips Center, will blend Bizet’s iconic score sung in French with dialogue in a new Creole translation by Haitian linguist Dr. Jean-Elie Gilles. “It is thrilling to be able to present this opera in such {…}