MassOpera has announced a special broadcast of its 2019 New Opera Workshop Concert Performance of “Freedom Ride.” Scheduled for Oct. 21, 2020, the broadcast will also be preceded by a live panel with many of the creative team and cast members of the production. Among those in attendance will be composer and librettist Dan Shore, Chicago Opera Theatre Music Director {…}
The good news – there is a lot of good opera going around North America throughout the weekend. As such, this weekend’s top picks were not easy to come by or select. But the curation came down to a number of unique new operas and rarely performed gems of old with star-studded casts stretching from the east all the way {…}
MassOpera will showcase a special concert performance of composer Dan Shore’s “Freedom Ride” on Nov. 3, 2019. The concert, which will take place in Boston, is presented in collaboration with Chicago Opera Theater. The opera, a COT commission, is set to star soprano Alicia Russell, mezzo Imani Francis, tenor Fred C. VanNess, baritone Ron Williams, Melinda Davis, and tenor Steven {…}