‘Dr. Miracle,’ ‘Elektra’ & Puccini Works Among Top 6 Operas To See This Weekend in North America

Puccini will likely be the composer that you will get a chance to associate yourself with this weekend if you check out any of our recommendations. However, there are also a few unique experiences to be had that steer clear from the standard repertory as well. Among those experiences is a family-friendly performed geared toward helping those in need. Pagliacci {…}

Ojai Youth Opera To Present World Premiere of ‘Nightingale & The Tower’

Ojai Youth Opera will present the world premiere of its first original commissioned work “Nightingale & The Tower” this May. Rebecca Comerford, Mikael Jorgensen, and Jason Treuting’s new work is an electric chamber opera for six adult singers, 29 youth OYO members, synthesizers, chamber orchestra, and earth harp. Comerford, OYO Founder and Artistic Director, remarks that the opera’s story, which follows “a young boy’s odyssey {…}