(Photo credit: Insignia Artists) Fort Worth Opera has announced Mark Adamo’s “Little Women” will open its 2024-25 season. Mezzo-soprano Kelly Guerra, fresh from her Metropolitan Opera debut, takes on the lead role of Jo March. She is joined by mezzo-soprano Bridget Cappel as Meg, sopranos Mary Feminear as Beth, and Megan Koch as Amy. Mezzo-sopranos Kaswanna Kanyinda and Twyla Robinson, {…}
Opera on the Avalon has announced its Young Artist / New Commission Series. The new program aims to provide emerging artists with the tools and opportunities to develop and expand in their specific crafts. The company revealed that the participating artists in this inaugural series will include soprano Lucie Martin, mezzo-Soprano Camila Montefusco, tenor Michael Eusebio, baritone Luka Kawabata, and {…}
Mannes Opera is set to present Mark Adamo’s “Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess.” The school will showcase the work for free and will be open to the public with registration. Performances will be held on March 8 and 9, 2024 at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, New York, N.Y. The cast will feature Alexandra Kzeski in the {…}
(Photo: Daniel Welch) Italian/American composer and librettist Mark Adamo has just enjoyed the UK premiere of his opera, “Little Women” at Opera Holland Park. Although written in 1998, it has taken 24 years to be performed on British soil and was warmly received throughout. At the time of its composition, Adamo noted: “I recognized that ‘Little Women’ itself solves certain {…}
On July 17, “The Lord of Cries” will have its world premiere at the Santa Fe Opera. The work by real-life couple Mark Adamo and John Corgliano is said to be a juxtaposition of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” and “The Bacchae” by Euripides. James Darrah will direct the work which will star Anthony Roth Costanzo and David Portillo, among others. OperaWire {…}
The Pittsburgh Festival Opera has unveiled its 2020 Young Artists Program. The program has been revamped to include singers, pianists, and stage directors. The Young Artists include soprano Maureen Brabec, soprano Natalie Marie Butchko, mezzo-soprano Autumn Capocci, mezzo-soprano Sadie Cheslak, soprano Lindsey Chinn, soprano Anissa Clay, stage director George Cole, soprano Jessica Crowell, tenor Brent Doucette, mezzo-soprano Taylor-Alexis DuPont, soprano {…}
On July 30, 2017, at the Scottish Rite Center, Performance Santa Fe presented a vocal quintet and 3 short operas. Fifteen-year-old Ezra Shcolnik, a graduate of Performance Santa Fe’s young artist program who currently studies at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, wrote the Quintet. Mark Adamo, Jake Heggie, and Joe Illick wrote the short operas. Maestro Illick also accompanied {…}