Rider University is set to present “Harmonías Latinas: Celebrating Cultural Diversity in Song” as part of The Westminster Faculty Recital Series. The showcase will feature music from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru sung in Spanish, Portuguese, and Quechua. The Vocalis Consort will be joined by such singers as Eugenia Forteza, Kelly Guerra, José Luis Maldonado, César Andrés Parreño, {…}
Chelsea Factory is bringing back Malena Dayen and David Rosenmeyer’s “luzAzul” for a series of performances this October. The opera for babies ages 0 -24 months, will return on Oct. 5, 2023 with a total of nine performances running through Oct. 7, 2023. The production opened back in June at the Chelsea Factory. At the time of the premiere, Dayen {…}
Marshal Opera is set to present the “Oral History Project Concert” at the Cell Theatre in New York on Oct. 28, 2023. The showcase, which kicks off at 7:30 p.m., will feature works by Victoria Bond, Michael Dellaira, Kenneth Fuchs, Charles Fussell, Daron Hagen, Adolphus Hailstork, Louis Karchin, Douglas Knehans, Jo Kondo, Tobias Picker, Judith Shatin, Alice Shields, Faye-Ellen Silverman, {…}
Vocalis Consort is set to present “Amor Pasión” on July 8, 2023 at Salon 33 in Princeton, New Jersey. The showcase, which will spotlight Latin American songs from Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Mexico will star tenor Paul Appleby, soprano Andrea Salazar, and mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza. They will be joined by pianist Martin Néron. “Amor Pasión” kicks off at {…}
Artivistas, 360° of Opera, and Bare Opera will join forces to present a concert on June 21, 2023 in honor of “La Fête de la musique.” The performance, which will take place at the Paris-based Artivistas gallery, will feature mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza and pianist Laetitia Ruccolo in a program featuring music by Gardel, Maria Grever, Piazzolla, Rossini, Consuelo Velázquez, and {…}
Chelsea Factory is set to present “luzAzul,” an opera for babies this June. The 30-minute experience for babies between 0 – 24 months, is set for June 7 and 8; there will be six shows in total. Per the official website for the show, “luzAzul explores symmetry, the awareness of feelings and connection, the mirror that the interaction offers to {…}
Opera on Tap has announced the winner of its Tik Tok Composition Competition. Laura Jobin-Acosta’s “I Am Lying in the Bed” won. Vocalist Eugenia Forteza performed the work. Voting was done via Instagram and Tik Tok with the winner receiving $500. Laura Jobin-Acosta is a New York City-based multicultural composer and soprano. She was recently named the American Opera Initiative {…}
The Columbia University School of Music will present a symposium on March 25, 2023, titled “Operatic Feminisms,” which aims to explore the possibilities for feminist opera studies and the role of women in opera in the 21st century. The symposium will include public panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions featuring scholarly works and cross-disciplinary exchanges. The New Opera Workshop and Columbia {…}
Spotlight Artists Management and Production has announced that it will present “Love Popsicle” on Feb. 3, 2023. The showcase, which will take place at St. John’s in the Village in New York City, will be headlined by Alexander Chaplinskiy, Eugenia Forteza, Zoya Gramagin, Joshua Oxyer, and Stanislav Serebriannikov. Per the official event page for the concert, the program will bring {…}
Spotlight Artists Management is set to present “Christmas in the Village” on Dec. 9, 2022 at St. John’s in the Village in New York City. The showcase will feature music by Korngold, Strauss, Bach, Catalani, Schubert, Ravel, Guastavino, de Falla, Offenbach, Piazzola, and Nataliya Medvedovskaya. Performers include Eugenia Forteza, Zoya Gramagin, Lucas Levy, Sara Beth Pearson, and Daniel Scofield. Alexander {…}
Bel Canto in Tuscany has announced its fall 2022 slate. The company kicks things off with “Prima della Prima,” a conversation on Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.” The event will take place at The Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum in Alexandria, Virginia. Giovanni Reggioli will lead the conversation. Joining him will be tenor Steven Murray, mezzo-soprano Cara Schaefer, and soprano Lyndsey {…}