PBS will present the Live in HD broadcast of “Madama Butterfly” from the Metropolitan Opera on Feb. 2, 2020 as the latest installment in the 2019-20 Great Performances Series. The broadcast will kick off at 12 p.m. EDT and Hui He in the title role alongside Bruce Sledge as B.F. Pinkerton and Paulo Szot as Sharpless. Elizabeth DeShong plays Suzuki, {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced that Bruce Sledge will sing the remaining performances of the November run of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” The company announced via social media that Bruce Sledge will sing Pinkerton in the Nov. 13, 16, 22, and 25 performances of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, replacing Andrea Carè. Sledge heroically made his role debut as Pinkerton during the HD {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its HD performance of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” The company announced that Bruce Sledge will sing Pinkerton in the Nov. 9 performance replacing Andrea Carè, who is ill. Sledge will make his Met Opera HD debut. He made his Met debut in 2003 in “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” and has performed in productions {…}
The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA will present Rachel Fuller’s “Animal Requiem” on Oct. 26, 2019 at Royce Hall at UCLA, Los Angeles, California. The performance will be conducted by Michael Nowak with the soloists including tenor Bruce Sledge and soprano Caroline McKenzie. Jane Lynch will narrator while special guests will include The Hollywood Studio Orchestra, Tonality, {…}