The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra is set to present a concert of opera selections starring Maria Brea and Dane Suarez on June 15, 2025 at the Brooklyn Museum. The program, which will be conducted by Felipe Tristan, features music by Verdi, Leoncavallo, Puccini, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. “I’m thrilled to work with two fantastic artists for this concert with the {…}
Composer and Florida Grand Opera conductor Felix Jarrar will lead a public concert reading of Puccini’s “La Bohème” on Monday, May 26, 2025 at New York City’s The Church of the Village. The opera will star Maria Brea as Mimì with Melanie Spector as Musetta. Eric Botto will be Rodolfo, and Joseph Canuto Leon will be Marcello, Evan Fleming will {…}
Arizona Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Héctor Armienta’s “Zorro” will be performed as part of the McDougall Arizona Opera RED Series. Rafael Moras, María Brea, Stephanie Sánchez, and Octavio Moreno star while Anthony Barrese conducts. David Radamés Toro directs the production. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 4, 2025 Puccini “Madama Butterfly” will be performed. Learn more about the opera here. Performance {…}
Opera San José is set to take its Ballroom Performance Series to Filoli’s historic Woodside estate from March 11–13, 2025. The venue, which features a restored ballroom as of September 2024, will showcase a special program highlighting the company’s 41st season as well as a preview of its forthcoming “Zorro” production. Audiences will hear arias and duets from “Carmen,” “La {…}
Opera San José is set to conclude its 41st season with the Northern California premiere of Héctor Armienta’s “Zorro.” The production will be directed by David Radamés Toro, who will make his OSJ debut and Jorge Parodi will conduct the acclaimed piece. The opera is set in the early 1800s in El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, still a colony of Spain, {…}
(Photo credits: Brea & Osber) Westminster has announced its Faculty Recital Series “Ritmos y Raíces: Celebrating Latin American Music.” This program features works by contemporary composers Guido López Gavillán, Miguel Astor, Darwin Aquino, Johanny Navarro, and Ernesto Cordero, along with songs from Brazil, Haiti, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. Performers include sopranos Maria Brea and Andrea Salazar; mezzo-sopranos Melisa Bonetti {…}
North South Consonance is set to present “America Latina Canta” on Oct. 6, 2024. The showcase, described as “A Fascinating Array of Latin American Art Songs” will take place at Scorca Hall – National Opera Center at 7 p.m. Headlining the performance will be soprano Maria Brea, mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza, tenor Mario Arevalo, and tenor Edgar Miguel Abreu. The four {…}
The Arizona Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Arizona Opera’s new “Beyond Downtown” program, the newest evolution of the company’s McDougall RED Series, which will bring operatic performances throughout Arizona, reaching beyond the walls of the theaters in which the company typically performs. Performance Dates: TBD Caitlin Gotimer, SeokJong Baek, Benjamin Taylor, and Emma Marhefka perform {…}
(Credit: Eliana Brea) Hogfish is set to present “Conflict, Passion, and Reflection,” a musical program featuring composer-pianist and composer Felix Jarrar as well as sopranos Maria Brea and Cynthia López-Pérez. The performance is part of the company’s Farm To Stage series and will take place on July 12, 2023 at Wolfe’s Neck Farm’s Mallet Barn in Portland, Maine. “‘Conflict, Passion, {…}
(Photo Credit: Eliana Brea) For two-plus hours, the American Ballet Theatre’s “Like Water for Chocolate” takes the audience member on a rapturous journey about star-crossed lovers, Tita and Pedro, struggling with death and loss over the course of half a century. The work, choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon and with music by Joby Talbot, is an adaptation of the iconic novel {…}
(Photo by Tavits Photography) The Phoenix Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances on offer. The season opens with “Carmina Burana” conducted by Tito Muñoz. The soloists include Jeni Houser, Arnold Livingston Geis, and Michael Adams. The program also includes Adam Schoenberg’s “Picture Studies.” Performance Dates: Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, 2023 {…}