Opera Lafayette announces its 30th anniversary season. Soprano Amel Brahim-Djelloul performs in the Ensemble Amedyez and and Kalanidhi Dance in the opening event, “RE|CLAIM.” Performance Dates: October 21, 22, & 24, 2024 “RE | STORE” events are centered around Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane.” The cast features sopranos Mary Elizabeth Williams and Lindsey Reynolds, tenor Chauncey Packer, baritone Joshua Conyers, bass-baritone Jonathan {…}
The Utah Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Hans Graf and Lindsey Reynolds perform the music of Poulenc, Faure, and Mussorgsky. Performance Dates: Nov. 15 & 16, 2024 The Utah Symphony performs the “Messiah.” Performance Dates: Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 2024 Paolo Bortolameolli conducts a program of music by Jessie Montgomery, {…}
The Curtis Opera Theatre has announced that from January 22, through February 1, 2021, it will offer a free virtual offer titled “Opera OnDemand.” The evening features scenes from Italian operas by Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, and Mozart under the stage direction of Scott Skiba and music directors Grant Loehning and Miloé Repick. The production designer is Brittany Merenda. Performers {…}
Lawrence Brownlee will take a starring role this fall in the debut of the Opera Philadelphia Channel, a global platform that will bring a robust 2020-2021 season into opera lovers’ homes via their television screens and streaming devices. The tenor will take center stage in the first performance created for the channel, “Lawrence Brownlee & Friends in Philadelphia.” The recital and {…}
(Photo Credit: WMB Photo) On March 5, 2020, the Curtis Institute of Music lifted the curtain on its run of Benjamin Britten’s “Albert Herring.” A springtime favorite, this opera explores themes of chastity and societal expectations through the eyes of a young greengrocer who finds himself at the center of Loxford’s May Day celebrations. The work employs a number of {…}