Photos by Matt Madison-Clark This review is of the July 23, 2022, Berkshire Opera Fest Performance “At the heart of what we do is produce the greatest opera at the highest level. The Berkshires is a magical place. There was a void of opera, and so here we are,” Jonathon Loy, Berkshire Opera Fest’s (BOF) Co-founder and Director of Production, {…}
Athlone Artists has announced that conductor Christopher James Ray has joined its roster of artists. Currently, Ray is Resident Conductor at Opera San Jose, and an assistant with the San Francisco Symphony. In 2017 he joined the Bayreuth Festival’s music staff, where he worked on productions of “Der Fliegende Holländer,” “Lohengrin,” “Götterdämmerung,” “Tristan und Isolde”, “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,” and {…}
Opera San Jose has announced that it will offer Vietnamese and Spanish translations for its upcoming performance of Schumann’s “Dichterliebe.” The song cycle, which was performed by Eugene Brancoveanu and Christopher James Ray, started to stream on July 11, 2020, via the company’s official website. Those interested in streaming the work will be able to choose between different translations of {…}