IN Series & Catapult Opera 2025 Review: St. John the Baptist

(Photo: Bayou Elom) Following the invention of opera in Florence around the year 1600, its popularity spread throughout Italy. The early works of Peri, Caccini and Monteverdi offered a rebirth of Greek Drama with an attempt to find a way to understand the text through recitative and aria. These innovations made it possible to stage works whose texts could be {…}

Sep 17, 2023

Gigli International Opera to Present Special Award Winners Gala

Gigli International Opera is set to present a concert of its competition winners on Oct. 1, 2023 at 5 p.m. at the Kreeger Auditorium at Bender JCC of Greater Washington in Rockville, Maryland. The showcase will feature this year’s winners, including Hayley Abramowitz, Kristen Marie Gillis, Michael Pandolfo, and Alexandra Razskazoff, as well as the two encouragement award recipients, including {…}