Maryland Opera’s newest initiative, “New Voices in Opera,” is set to bring fresh operatic works to the Maryland Opera stage. “New Voices in Opera” was formed to highlight new works by composers with connected to the greater Baltimore area, as well as promote opera education. Kicking things off is “The New Voices Discovery” event on Feb. 22. Members of the {…}
I was a bit skeptical that the theme of Robert Johnson’s life, the man who created the blues and the basis for rock and roll, would be a subject which lent itself to an opera. How wrong I was! The Faustian idea of selling one’s soul to the Devil in exchange for music immortality is a natural for an opera. {…}
(Photo credit: Rachel Hadiashar) Two likeminded creative souls, while working in the production of the Met’s “Porgy and Bess,” met over coffee, serendipitously, decided to collaborate on a work based on the life of Robert Johnson, and the legend surrounding his life. The resulting opera is “Delta King Blues” and the men in question are composer Damien Geter and librettist Jarrod {…}
(Photo credit Madeline Grey) Lacking public monies common in Europe, opera becomes ever harder to produce in the USA, but its enthusiasts are a determined lot. The Old Line State used to enjoy a typical American setup for presenting opera, an established twentieth-century organization, the Baltimore Opera Company, situated in a sizable venue in Maryland’s largest city, the Lyric Opera {…}
IN Series has announced the streaming premiere of its animated, Afro-Latinx reimagining of Puccini’s beloved classic, “BOHEME in the Heights” on Dec. 20, 2021. The work will be available for FREE at https://invision.inseries.org/productions/boheme-in-the-heights. The opera is colorfully depicted in a fictionalized Columbia Heights during the winter and spring of 2020 and celebrates the exuberant creative power of youth and the {…}
IN Series has announced the premiere the opera film, “Boheme in the Heights.” The animated, Spanish-language, Afro-LatinX reimagining of Puccini’s classic opera will premiere on Thursday, May 27, at 7:00 pm on INVISION: The Logan Operahouse Without Walls. The film was created by young Baltimore animators and set in Washington, DC’s Columbia Heights neighborhood in the Winter and Spring of {…}
In Series Opera in Maryland has announced its 2021-22 Season features films and live performances. The season opens with A Festival Through Grief to Hope. The opening festival weekend features live events based on the artistic achievements of IN Series 2020-2021 season and will showcase the film Gluck’s’ “Orpheus and Eurydice,” “Chronicle of a Life and Love,” and “Pieces of a {…}