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 {…}
The Cincinnati Opera has announced that it will move forward with its 2021 season but in a different way. The company revealed that it will push forward a “Plan B” which excludes performances at its normal indoor location. In a statement, the company’s representatives noted that, “we’ve made the difficult decision to set aside our original plans and move forward {…}
This week, audiences will get a chance to see and listen to world premieres and rarely performed pieces. There is also an intriguing work from Richard Wagner’s son. Check out this week’s new releases. Songs for Murdered Sisters The new song cycle, which was co-commissioned by Houston Grand Opera and Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, was conceived to wake people {…}
The Cincinnati Opera has announced its 2021 summer festival. The season opens with Opera in the Park. The evening is a free, family-friendly outdoor concert in Washington Park. Opera in the Park will showcase favorite selections from opera and musical theater performed by stars from the 2021 season. Performance Date: June 13, 2021 The first production of the season will be {…}
CET is airing “Cincinnati Opera at 100,” an hour-long televised program commemorating Cincinnati Opera’s centennial. The program will feature will include historical commentary by opera experts and performances by much-loved singers from recent Cincinnati Opera productions. Performances take place from the artists’ homes as well as iconic locations throughout the city, including the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Cincinnati Music {…}
Cincinnati Opera has announced a series of encore performances to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the company’s founding. From June 27 to July 25, the company will be presenting some of its most cherished productions online and on the air with 90.9 WGUC. The series will be opened by an hour-long program hosted by Evans Mirageas, the Harry T. Wilks {…}
The Cincinnati Opera and Liz Kathman Grubow, president of the Cincinnati Opera’s board of trustees, have announced that Christopher Milligan has been named the next Harry Fath General Director & CEO of the company. The company announced that Milligan’s tenure will begin on March 2, 2020. Milligan is currently Managing Director of Cincinnati Opera and has been a respected arts {…}
The Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music have announce that their groundbreaking joint program, Opera Fusion: New Works, will host a residency for the new opera “Castor and Patience.” The new work will be written by composer Gregory Spears and librettist by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith. The work was commissioned {…}