(Photo Credit: Frances Marshall, Marshall Light studios / Sara Porter) The Ring Cycle is a massive undertaking, one that requires an opera company with a built-in infrastructure to do it. But it is also the peak of opera production and one that every director / manager dreams of doing. So despite, the massive challenge it entailed, Regents Opera’s artistic director {…}
Regents Opera, formerly known as Fulham Opera, has announced its new Rory Fazan directed staging of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino,” featuring a new orchestration for 11 instruments by Ben Woodward. The show will run from February 16-Mar. 5, 2022. Verdi’s opera is the first production to be staged by Regents since its merger with Fulham Opera in autumn 2020. {…}
Fulham Opera has announced the U.K. premiere of Strauss’ “Die Ägyptische Helena” this October. The showcase, which kicks off on Oct. 19 – 31, 2021, will take place at St. John’s Church, Fulham, London. The opera will be performed in a new orchestration by Paul Plummer, directed by Guido Martin-Brandis. Plummer’s orchestration will reduce Strauss’ original work to just six {…}
“Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” is undeniably one of the biggest operas in the canon and any undertaking is an ambitious proposition that only the largest of opera companies undertake. But Fulham Opera is stepping up to the challenge and preparing to showcase four performances of Wagner’s comic gem on August 9, 11, 14, and 17 at the Greenwood Theatre in {…}