Cincinnati Opera has announced a fresh lineup of free community conversations featuring engaging speakers exploring topics related to the season’s operas: “Lucia di Lammermoor,” “The Knock,” “The Barber of Seville,” and “Madama Butterfly.” Here is a look at the detailed lineup. First up is “Opera Rap: 2023 Season Preview.” Evans Mirageas, The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director, offers an introduction {…}
The Cincinnati Opera has announced its 2023 season featuring four productions. The season opens with Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” featuring a cast that includes Raven McMillon, Santiago Ballerini, Anthony Clark Evans, Griffen Hogan Tracy, Terrence Chin-Loy, and Sahel Salam. Renato Balsadonna conducts the production by Jose Maria Condemi. Performance Dates: June 22 & 24, 2023 The World Stage Premiere of {…}
Cincinnati Opera is set to partner with 90.9 WGUC to broadcast performances from the 2022 summer festival. The public radio station will broadcast four works, including “La Bohème,” “Pirates of Penzance,” the world premiere of “Fierce,” and “Aida.” Audiences will be able to hear the performances live on 90.9 FM or online at the radio station’s official website. “La Bohème,” {…}
Cincinnati Opera is teaming up with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music to present excerpts from the upcoming “ROBESON opera.” The event, which is set for May 14, 2022, will be free to the public as part of the “Opera Fusion: New Works series.” “ROBESON Opera” is a new work by Scott Davenport Richards and David Cote that explores {…}
Cincinnati Opera has announced that the company has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (“Mellon Foundation”). The gift will provide key financial support for a new artistic initiative by Cincinnati Opera to commission operas that celebrate Black stories. It will also fund the continuation of “Opera Fusion: New Works,” the groundbreaking workshop program from {…}
The Cincinnati Opera has announced new dates for the world premiere of “Castor and Patience.” The company noted that performances at Cincinnati Opera have been pushed to July 21 – 30, 2022 at the Corbett Theater in Cincinnati. The work was originally commissioned for Cincinnati Opera’s 100th anniversary in 2020 and postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The work was {…}
Cincinnati Opera and 90.9 WGUC will present an encore broadcast of “Hallelujah Handel,” a four-part radio series hosted by Evans Mirageas, the Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director of Cincinnati Opera. The series explores the life and work of composer George Frideric Händel and will be broadcast over four successive Tuesday evenings beginning on Nov. 30, 2021, at 9 p.m. Each {…}
The Cincinnati Opera has announced a five-year contract extension for Evans Mirageas, the company’s Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director. The executive committee of Cincinnati Opera’s board of trustees approved the extension earlier this month. Mirageas joined the company as the Cincinnati Opera as Artistic Advisor in January 2005 and, following an international search, he was named Artistic Director in July {…}
The Cincinnati Opera has announced the 2022 Summer Festival which will include two world premieres and new-to-Cincinnati productions. The season will open with Puccini’s “La Bohème” starring Talise Trevigne, Ji-Min Park, Raven McMillon, Rodion Pogossov, André Courville, and Ethan Vincent. Mark Gibson, director of orchestral studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, will conduct. Performance Dates: June 18-25, {…}
OPERA America has announced the recipients of $180,000 in Civic Practice Grants. The awards went to eight Professional Company Members that were selected by industry leaders from a pool of 38 applications. The grantees are Anchorage Opera, Baltimore Concert Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Cultura (San Jose, CA), Opera Parallèle (San Francisco, CA), Opera Saratoga, and White Snake {…}
Cincinnati Opera has announced a reimagined 2021 summer festival which will include three productions, all presented without intermission in new 90-minute versions. The festival will take place at Summit Park due to its ability to host large-scale stage productions that allow for safety protocols to be put in place for both performers and audience members. “Music Hall will always be {…}