National Sawdust 2024 Review: Silent Light

(Photo credit: Jill Steinberg at National Sawdust) National Sawdust’s 10th Anniversary opening season kicked off with Artistic Director/Co-Founder & composer Paola Prestini and librettist Royce Vavrek‘s foley chamber opera world premiere “Silent Light,” featuring director & scenic designer Thaddeus Strassberger and conductor Christopher Rountree. The cast includes powerhouse soprano Brittany Renee as Esther, bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch as Johan, soprano Julia {…}

Arts Empowering Life to Present ‘Opera Gala’

Arts Empowering Life will present an “Opera Gala” at the Performing Arts Center in Brewster, MA on August 10 and 11, 2024. The showcase will feature excerpts from “The Barber of Seville,” “Don Carlo,” “They Merry Widow,” “Carmen,” “Tannhäuser,” “Pagliacci,” “Serse,” “Lakmé,” “The Magic Flute,” “La Traviata,” “Rigoletto,” and “Turandot.” Soloists on the program include Andrew Nolen, David Adam Moore, {…}

Riverside Choral Society to Present New York Premiere of Andre J. Thomas’ ‘A Celebration of Love and Joy’

Riverside Choral Society will present “A Celebration of Love and Joy” on April 4, 2023, at Carnegie Hall. Director Patrick Gardner and company will be joined by the Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir, Rutgers University Glee Club, and Riverside Choral Society Orchestra. The program will be comprised of Brahms’ “Alto Rhapsody,” Beethoven’s “Mass in C Major, Op. 86,” and the New {…}