On Wednesday, November 21, 2018, award-winning composer Felix Jarrar will be bringing a wide selection of his works for a concert at New York City’s Cornelia Street Café. Titled “Felix Jarrar & Friends,” the concert will feature two arias from Jarrar’s upcoming comic opera, “Mother Goose.” Singing these arias will be soprano Eugenia Forteza and mezzo-soprano Inbal Milliger; Forteza and Milliger {…}
Composer Felix Jarrar has announced an immersive recital this August that will preview his fifth opera “Mother Goose.” The composer of “Tabula Rasa” announced, via press release, that the recital, entitled “Queens Without Boundaries” would take place on August 19, 2018 at the Cornelia Street Café. The performance will kick off at 6 p.m. The recital, which will feature contralto {…}
As New York’s 2018 Opera Fest rolls along, audiences in the city have been able to enjoy works new and old as presented by over 20 opera companies. Weaving the old and new together is “Tabula Rasa,” a jazz-inspired opera by composer Felix Jarrar, librettist Bea Goodwin, and presented by the Cantanti Project. “Tabula Rasa” follows American artist Man Ray {…}
“Tabula Rasa.” Many know the term to mean “blank slate,” but a more proper definition might be “erased slate.” That’s the idea behind composer Felix Jarrar and librettist / director Brittany Goodwin’s “Tabula Rasa,” which has its world premiere on May 4, 2018, as part of the New York Opera Fest, started. The concept of reformulating ideas to create new and {…}
The Artist of the Week has showcased a number of artists making role debuts, house debuts and sometimes both. It’s also showcased numerous superstars and rising stars. This week, in celebration of the New York Opera Fest’s opening, we look to a dynamic duo which has made a name for itself in modern opera. For the past few years, Felix Jarrar {…}
Composer Felix Jarrar and librettist Brittany Goodwin’s “Tabula Rasa” has been previewed extensively over the last few months as the duo, teaming up with the artists set to perform in the jazz opera’s world premiere, have put together a successful concert series to help raise funds for this independent work. Throughout that “Hello Gorgeous” series, the opera’s creators have let {…}
Update: The next scheduled performance in this series will be on Sunday, March 11, 2018. A few months ago, The Tank NYC started a Kickstarter campaign to obtain funds for the world premiere of the opera “Tabula Rasa,” a work by composer Felix Jarrar and librettist Brittany Goodwin. The campaign managed to raise over $1,000, but because of the crowdfunding {…}
Composers Now will perform a full production of “Lady Madeline’s Mad Scene” from “The Fall of the House of Usher,” a chamber opera in four scenes with a score and libretto by Felix Jarrar, based on the eponymous Edgar Allan Poe story. The work is Jarrar’s second opera, which premiered in 2016 to great commercial and critical success and toured off-Broadway {…}
Drawing upon one of the most beloved of Christmas stories, Gramercy Opera has captured a gem of the holiday spirit with its production of “Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – The Opera.” Staged in the historic Montauk Club of Brooklyn, built only 45 years after the original publication of Dickens’ story, audiences will feel as though they have stepped through a {…}
On Dec. 1, 2 and 3, Gramercy Opera will kick off its holiday season with the world premiere of “Dickens’ A Christmas Carol -The Opera.” It will be the company’s second mainstage production after its successful production of Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” last spring. The new work is an adaptation of Dickens’ classic book by composer/musical director Felix Jarrar and librettist and stage director Brittany {…}
The Tank NYC has announced a new collaboration to present the works of composer/librettist duo of Felix Jarrar and Brittany Goodwin. An off-off-Broadway theatre, The Tank has recently relocated to a brand-new, multi-theatre space in midtown. The showcase will celebrate the debut of the Kickstarter campaign for Jarrar and Goodwin’s jazz opera “Tabula Rasa,” which is about the life and {…}