(Photo credit: Curtis Brown Photography) For the first time in Columbus, Ohio, Opera Columbus and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra put on Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” Soprano Lydia Grindatto leads the cast as Tatyana, with baritone Morgan Smith in the title role. Tenor Dane Suarez sings Vladimir Lensky and mezzo-soprano Hilary Ginther takes on the role of Olga Larina. They are joined {…}
Opera Omaha will close its 2021-2022 season with a new production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” The production will be directed by Rosetta Cucchi, who noted, “Tchaikovsky described his Onegin not as an opera, but as ‘lyric scenes’ and I wanted to follow this advice. Therefore, like an iris of a camera that closes and opens again, the memories will appear, {…}
The New York City Opera has announced a series of events aimed at celebrating Pride month. On June 24, 2020, the company will present “Much to Be Done: A Live Stonewall Panel Discussion.” Starting at 8 p.m., audiences will hear from the cast and creative team behind the 2019 opera “Stonewall,” which was created by Mark Campbell and Iain Bell. {…}
