Music at Co-Cath is set to present Dr. Alejandro Zuleta’s “El Oratorio Panhispánico: A Musical Tribute to the Immigrant Experience.” The showcase, set for April 3-11, 2025 at the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Brooklyn, NY will be directed by Malena Dayen and fuses music and multimedia storytelling. “In a moment when the immigrant experience is so central to our {…}
Fairfield County Chorale will present Palmeri’s “Misatango” on March 9, 2024 as part of its “Choral, Hot and Cool” concert. Headlining the famed piece is mezzo-soprano Malena Dayen, who is joined by Shinjoo Cho on bandoneón and members of the Norwalk High School Senior Chorus under Steven Oliveri. “’Misa a Buenos Aires’ (also known as ‘Misatango’) combines the unique rhythms, {…}
Montclair University’s John J. Cali School of Music is set to present “Dialogues of the Carmelites” this January. The production, which opens on Jan. 27, 2024 and features an additional performance on the 28th, stars Clara Luz Iranzo and So Yeon Kim as Blanche. Other cast members include Hanbyeol Min, Abby Brodnick, Jackie Wick, Helena Waterous, Gabrielle Guida, Inhye Choi, {…}
Chelsea Factory is bringing back Malena Dayen and David Rosenmeyer’s “luzAzul” for a series of performances this October. The opera for babies ages 0 -24 months, will return on Oct. 5, 2023 with a total of nine performances running through Oct. 7, 2023. The production opened back in June at the Chelsea Factory. At the time of the premiere, Dayen {…}
Chelsea Factory is set to present “luzAzul,” an opera for babies this June. The 30-minute experience for babies between 0 – 24 months, is set for June 7 and 8; there will be six shows in total. Per the official website for the show, “luzAzul explores symmetry, the awareness of feelings and connection, the mirror that the interaction offers to {…}
The Fairfield County Chorale has announced its 2023-24 season. The season opens in December with a performance of Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio.” Performance Date: Dec. 10, 2023 Next up is Palmieri’s “Missa a Buenos Aires” also known as “MisaTango” with mezzo-soprano Malena Dayen as the soloist. The concert will also include music by Ola Giejlo and Evan Fein. Performance Date: March {…}
In February 2022, OperaWire got a sneak peek at Thomas Cabaniss’ new song cycle, “FireSongs” at Bare Opera’s season opening gala. Cabaniss took to the stage himself and sang a few selections, and in doing so, brought the audience inside of his creative process. Cabaniss, in a June 2022 interview with OperaWire, stated, “I spend a lot of time speaking, {…}
On June 18, 2022, the National Sawdust and Chelsea Factory will present Bare Opera’s production of Thomas Cabaniss’ “Firesongs.” Cabaniss, a South Carolina Native, was an initiator of The Lullaby Project and The Somewhere Project, both at Carnegie Hall, and was the host and composer-in-residence for Carnegie Hall’s Link Up program between 2010-2020. In addition to the dozens of works {…}
Photo: Gustavo Mirabile New York City-based alternative opera company, Bare Opera, opened its 2022 season with a gala at The Green Room 42 in Manhattan on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. This small, plucky company is making waves as it creates immersive opera experiences for all audiences; 360° of Opera honored Bare Opera by naming it Best Independent Opera Company of {…}
Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts has announced their five Mary Mackall Gwinn Hodder Fellows for the 2022-23 academic year and one of them happens to be a major player in the independent New York opera scene. Among this year’s fellowships, which is given to artists who demonstrate “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts,” is mezzo-soprano and {…}
The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice has announced an innovative, collaborative 2021 season that will expand on its groundbreaking production of “Tosca,” the first drive-in opera production in the United States in Kingston, NY. The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice will team up with the New York City Opera and Teatro Grattacielo for two operatic productions. The Phoenicia International Festival {…}