Jake Heggie, Lori Laitman, Mark Campbell, Adolphus Hailstork, & Hilda Harris to Attend the National Opera Association’s 2024 Annual National Conference

(Photo credits: Niebuhr, Steiner, Marshall Light Studio, © Chuck Thomas 2012) The National Opera Association’s 69th annual national conference is scheduled for Jan. 3-6, 2024 at in Tempe, Arizona. The conference kicks off with a performance of “Sanctuary and Storm” by Tawnie Olson and Roberta Barker, the winner of the 2023 Chamber Opera Competition. Jake Heggie will give the Keynote {…}

Jan 27, 2023

Music of Remembrance to Stream Lori Laitman’s ‘Wertheim Park’

Music of Remembrance has started streaming Lori Laitman’s “Wertheim Park” as part of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The video showcases the work’s world premiere on Oct. 30, 2022 at Benaroya Hall. It features soprano Alisa Jordheim as the soloist as well as an instrumental ensemble featureing Laura De Luca (clarinet), Mikhail Shmidt (violin), Jonathan Green (double bass), and Mina Miller {…}

Nov 15, 2022

Q & A: Composer Lori Laitman on Creating Her Fifth Opera ‘Uncovered’

On Nov. 16, City Lyric Opera will present the New York premiere of composer Lori Laitman and librettist Leah Lax’s “Uncovered.” The opera, which premiered in March 2022 in Utah, is based on Lax’s memoir exploring her journey out of Hasidic Judaism to freedom as a gay woman. The opera represents the fifth work in the artform for Laitman following {…}

Sep 1, 2020

Tenor Zach Finkelstein to Release New Album in 2021

(Credits: Seattle Symphony official website / College of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky official website) American-Canadian tenor Zach Finkelstein has announced the release of his third album. The recording will be produced in a collaboration with the famed guitarist Dieter Hennings Yeoman and is slated for release in fall of 2021. Composers Felix Jarrar, Kamala Sankaram, Rene Orth, Daniel Pesca, {…}

Aug 16, 2020

Cincinnati Song Initiative Unveils Digital 2020-21 Season

Cincinnati Song Initiative has announced its 2020-21 season which will feature all-digital performances. The season will feature mainstage projects including “A World of Song,” “Winter Song Festival,” and “Let it Be New.” A World of Song The main slate will kick off with “For the Dream Unfinished” starring Jasmine Habersham, Nicole Heaston, Nicholas Newton, Blair Salter, and Rolando Salazar. The {…}

May 21, 2020

Lori Laitman, Sasha Cooke, Kelly Markgraf Headline The American Opera Project’s Weekend Performances

The American Opera Project will be hosting two concert performances this weekend, which are aimed at raising funds for the AOP 2020 Relief Fund Campaign. The first concert, “Lean on Me,” takes places on May 23, 2020 at 4 p.m. EDT. The performance will feature Lori Laitman and Tom Cipullo as they take on American Song. Fifty percent of proceeds {…}

Apr 21, 2020

Jake Heggie, Lori Laitman Headline Music of Remembrance’s Streaming Service

Music of Remembrance has launched a series of weekly online programs in light of having canceled its upcoming major concerts this coming May. The series kicked off on Monday April 20 and runs through May 24, 2020, though a press release has indicated that the company plans to update the streaming slate through July. All performances can be streamed directly {…}

Jun 1, 2018

Carnegie Hall 2017-18 Review: Baritones Launch “Remember” Album with Powerful Performance

On May 22, 2018, Roven Records celebrated the release of its newest album, “Remember,” with a recital and launch party at Carnegie Hall. The album features work from composers such as Benjamin C.S. Boyle, Jake Heggie, Jennifer Higdon, Lori Laitman, and Glen Roven; all performed by some of opera’s most promising young baritones. In describing what makes the baritone voice {…}