Nadine Sierra, Jennifer Zetlan, Eve Gigliotti Headline ‘From Canon to Creation: A Celebration of Mannes Opera’

Mannes School will present “From Canon to Creation: A Celebration of Mannes Opera” on Oct. 15, 2025. The program will feature music by Bellini, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Gounod, Puccini, Guang Ruo, Sarah Kirkland Snider, David T. Little, Korngold, Dvorak, and Cerrone, among others. Nadine Sierra will headline the showcase alongside Ruijia Dong, David Kahng, Jennifer Zetlan, Hannah Cho, Yulin Wang, {…}

Oct 6, 2025

Eugenia Forteza Headlines Teatro Grattacielo’s Gotham Park Performance of ‘Generación Perdida’

Teatro Grattacielo has announced several upcoming events and collaborations taking place this fall. Opera at Gotham Park returns with a miniature performance of Jorge Sosa’s opera “Generación Perdida,”staring mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza. A series of video clips from the summer production of Sosa’s opera will also be shown. The performance on Oct. 18 is held alongside The Longest Table’s community {…}

Aug 25, 2025

American Lyric Theater Announces 20th Anniversary Gala Performance Honoring Susan Feder

(Photo Credit: ALT) In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the American Lyric Theater (ALT) has announced its gala performance, “Celebrating 20 Years of American Lyric Theater.” The concert program will feature scenes from a wide range of operas by alumni of ALTs Composer Librettist Development Program (CLDP), including works developed and commissioned by ALT, as well as operas that were {…}

Apr 12, 2024

Experiments in Opera Announces its Spring 2024 Season

Experiments in Opera is set to give four programs during its spring 2024 season. Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo takes on the title role in the workshop performance of “Nikola Tesla as summoned by the Honorable Spirits of the Grand Gotham Hotel.” Jennifer Zetlan sings the role of Katharine Johnson, with Amanda Lynn Bottoms as Sissieretta Jones/Djuka Tesla, Timothy Stoddard as {…}

Dec 8, 2023

Brooklyn Art Song Society 2023-24 Review: Circles III – The Second Viennese School

(Photo credit: Catherine Hancock) Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) presented “Circles III: The Second Viennese School” on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 at the First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. The organization’s season has been a major hit among art song lovers and listeners who might not find a program like this anywhere else, but right here in Brooklyn. The season began {…}

Nov 19, 2020

Brian Cheney, Jennifer Zetlan to Appear in ‘Remembering RGB’

Live with Carnegie Hall is set to celebrate late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in performance live on Nov. 19, 2020. The performance, entitled “Remember RBG,” is set to start at 7:30 p.m. and will be streamed live on Live with Carnegie Hall, Facebook, or YouTube for free. Audiences will see duet “We Are Different, We are One” from {…}

Oct 19, 2020

Q & A: Ricky Ian Gordon on ‘Ellen West,’ the New Recording & Eating Disorders

Last month Bright Shiny Things released the world premiere recording of Ricky Ian Gordon and Frank Bidart’s new opera “Ellen West.” The recording was captured from the Prototype Festival in New York in January 2020, with soprano Jennifer Zetlan and baritone Nathan Gunn, the Aeolus Quartet, double bassist Evan Premo, pianist Djordje Nesic, and conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya. The new opera offers a portrait of {…}

Sep 14, 2020

‘Aède of the Ocean & Land’ To be Presented on Zoom

(Credit: Center for Contemporary Opera) The Center for Contemporary Opera has announced that it will present the Cinematic Zoom premiere of “Aède of the Ocean & Land,” a recently discovered play by Princess Spy Noor Inayat Khan. The event will take place on Sep. 14 at 1 p.m. EDT. The event will feature 22 artists overall. Fourteen artists will perform {…}

Aug 7, 2020

Bright Shiny Things to Release Premiere Recording of ‘Ellen West’

Bright Shiny Things has announced that it will be releasing the premiere recording of Ricky Ian Gordon and Frank Bidart’s “Ellen West” this fall. The album, which will be released on Sept. 25, 2020, stars Jennifer Zetlan, Nathan Gunn, the Aeolus Quartet, Evan Premo, Djordje Nesic, and conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya. The recording was captured this past January at the Prototype {…}

Jun 24, 2020

On Site Opera Adds 60 Performances of Telephone Opera

On Site Opera has announced an additional 60 performances of its telephone-based opera ‘To My Distant Love.” The first run of the new work was such a hit that the company sold out 100 scheduled performances. With continued demand for the experience, the company has added performances between July 16-August 9, 2020. “Our goal with ‘To My Distant Love’ was to create a {…}

Jun 19, 2020

Jennifer Zetlan, Ronald Samm, Paloma Friedhoff Bello Headlines Week 4 of Princeton Festival’s ‘Virtually Yours’ Festival

The Princeton Festival has updated the scheduling for its “Virtually Yours” streaming service adding in several concerts and opera performances to the mix. The company will present a production of Rachmonioff’s “Francesca da Rimini” from 2012. There will also be a performance of “A Million Dreams” by sopranos Sylvia McNair and Paloma Friedhoff Bello. Streaming Date: June 23, 2020 Soprano {…}