The Boston Lyric Opera is set to present a new time-flipped production of Puccini’s “La Bohème”by director Yuval Sharon. The production, which opens with the opera’s tragic ending and moves backward in time, is set to be performed at the Emerson Colonial Theatre from Sept. 23 to Oct. 2, 2022. The opera will feature stage design by BLO Artistic Advisor {…}
Boston Lyric Opera’s is set to present a new production of “Champion: An Opera in Jazz” by Terence Blanchard and libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Cristofer. The contemporary opera will be directed by theater director Timothy Douglas and conducted by Kwamé Ryan. “The story of Champion is one of a desire to find a sense of belonging,” says Acting Stanford {…}
On December 19, 2021, 11th Hour Theatre Company will present a podcast version of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic, titled “A Philadelphia Christmas Carol.” This radio play, adapted by Mark Shanahan, will feature company musicians joined by internationally-acclaimed artists of opera and musical theatre. The cast is comprised of Ian Peakes as Scrooge, Lindsay Smiling as Bob Cratchitt, Liz Filios as {…}
Opera Omaha is set to return to the Orpheum Theater after a twenty-month hiatus with Bellini’s “The Capulets and the Montagues (I Capuleti e i Montecchi).” Originally slated for the 2020 ONE Festival, the new production by ONE Festival Artistic Director James Darrah will be conducted by Christopher Allen. The new production will feature a dark and visually rich exploration {…}
Boston Lyric Opera has announced that it will kick off production on “desert in,” a new opera miniseries set to launch in June on operabox.tv. The eight-part series will feature such artists as Nico Muhly, Wang Lu, Jesus Garcia, Vijay Iyer, Nathalie Joachim, Isabel Leonard, Talise Trevigne, Davone Tines, Edward Nelson, and Alan Pingarron, among others. The work was co-created {…}
Tenor Jesus Garcia will present his song cycle “Manifest Destiny by Jesus G” during Philadelphia’s Fringe Festival this September. According to the press release, Garcia will “explore the juxtaposition of [his] Catholic upbringing, his Native-American ancestry, and his sexuality” through his alter-ego, Jesus G. He aims to “to challenge the abuse of power, and honor the soul’s journey, from its trials {…}
The Boston Lyric Opera will open its 2018-19 season with a new production of “The Barber of Seville.’ The new production is set to feature rising star Daniela Mack in her company debut and Matthew Worth in the title role. Rosetta Cucchi, who has directed the BLO’s “La Boheme” and “The Marriage of Figaro,” will return to direct the new {…}