Canadian-based Essential Opera has announced that it will be present “December” digitally this holiday season. The opera was originally set to be performed live at airports all around the Atlantic region, but had to reframed in light of continued concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The opera, which features a libretto and score by Monica Pearce, stars Erin Bardua, Maureen {…}
It’s Podcast Day! While relatively new, podcasts are a major part of how we consume information about virtually any topic to our heart’s content. The audio format has become a key to connecting with opera audiences around the world and in honor of the day, we are going to highlight some of our favorite podcasts that we feel you should {…}
“You could research my family as far back as the 1600’s and you wouldn’t find anyone anywhere involved in music,” declared mezzo soprano Antonella Delli Carpini during a recent chat with Opera Wire in anticipation of her upcoming performance as the mother in Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at Opera Breve. But now she is the first. And it {…}
Opera Breve will open its 2016-17 season with Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” on December 8. The opera will star Gary Ramsey, a baritone who is best known for his interpretation of Don Alfonso in Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” at the Loft Opera and Bonnie Frauenthal, a soprano who was recently praised in La Scena Musicale for her role {…}