Haymarket Opera has unveiled its 2025 season. First up is “Ester,” an Oratorio in two parts by Stradella at the Gannon Concert Hall. Performance Date: March 28, 2025 Then comes “The Early Opera Cabaret,” which provides the double function of being a season preview and benefit gala for the organization. It will take place at the Arts Club of Chicago. Performance {…}
(Credit: Anna Cillan) Following the halt on live performances due to COVID-19, opera houses and companies alike were forced to reform how they brought music to their traditionally in-person audiences. Via digital means, like prerecorded content, subscription-based videos, and online events, the traditional venues of opera were radically altered. But as lockdowns start to end, and restrictions begin to be {…}
Haymarket Opera Company has announced that the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the company with its first NEA grant for their upcoming production of Handel’s “Orlando.” The filmed production stars Bejun Mehta, Kim Jones, Emily Fons, Erica Schuller, and Dave Goverston. It follows on the success of the organization’s filmed versions of “Acis and Galatea” in 2020 and {…}
Haymarket Opera’s double bill of “Apollo e Dafne” and “Acis and Galatea” is set to be broadcast via WFMT for the first time in the company’s history. The broadcast will take place on June 12, 2021 at 12 p.m. and will be hosted by Lisa Flynn. There will also be interviews with general director Chase Hopkins, HOC founder and conductor {…}
The Haymarket Opera Company’s Board of Directors has announced that Chase Hopkins has been appointed as the company’s first General Director. Hopkins brings with him experience as a performer as well as a producer, having a Bachelor’s degree and in Performance and Arts Administration from Northwestern University, as well as a Master’s in Performance from the Royal Northern College of {…}
I’m going to kick off this week’s edition of the top 10 operas to stream by saying that it is probably among the most varied from a repertory standpoint. You have your Verdi, Mozart, Strauss, and Wagner, of course. But then you also have music by African American composers, a baroque opera, a modern operatic classic, and even a recital {…}
Haymarket Opera Company is set to broadcast a filmed performance of Handel’s “Apollo e Dafne,” between March 5 to 14, 2021. The opera is set to star soprano Erica Schuller and baritone Ryan de Ryke in the title roles. The opera was filmed at Chicago’s Resolution Studios with Creative Producer Chase Hopkins working alongside director Garry Grasinksi, audio engineer Mary {…}
(Art by Zuleyka V. Benitez, used with permission from Haymarket Opera Company) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted {…}