West Edge Opera has announced its 2023 Summer Opera Festival. NJ Agwuna, who led a production of “The Magic Flute” at the Glimmerglass Festival, will direct “The Coronation of Poppea.” Adam Pearl will conduct the opera and a cast starring Shawnette Sulker and Daniel Moody as the lovers Poppea and Nerone. Other cast members include Sara Couden, Michael Skarke, and {…}
Opera Santa Barbara is set to kickstart its 2021-22 season with “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna.” The mariachi opera by José “Pepe” Martínez and Leonard Foglia will be directed by Octavio Cardenas and conducted by David Hanlon. It will star Mariachi Los Campers alongside Daniel Montenegro, Efraín Solís, Kelly Guerra, Bernardo Bermudez, Sergio Gonzalez, Jessica Gonzalez-Rodriguez, and Raphaella Medina. {…}
To begin, I’m not sure I can – in mere words – really convey the experience of seeing the New York City Opera’s production of “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross the Face of the Moon).” I will, of course, attempt to do just that, but when a musical experience is both sui generis and yet – and {…}
The New York City Opera, an institution that had been at the heart of New York City’s opera culture was dead. Its fate was unknown. That’s when Michael Capasso stepped in. He had already worked extensively as a stage director and had even founded his own company, the Dicapo Opera Theatre in 1981. So he was not new to taking {…}
The New York City Opera will showcase the mariachi opera “Cruzar La Cara de La Luna” this weekend. It will be the New York Premiere of the opera by Jose “Pepe” Martinez. The libretto for the work is by Leonard Foglia. The opera will get its first performance on Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. with subsequent performances due on the {…}
It is Hispanic Heritage month! The Latin American community has, particularly in recent years, been a major boon to the opera world, providing it with great singers and composers, and a number of great operas. As the first part of this weekly series, we look at some of the most popular Hispanic operas ever written. We are not looking at {…}