Opera America has announced the recipients of its 2022 Repertoire Development Grants. The recipients for the grant include American Lyric Theater, Beth Morrison Projects, Houston Grand Opera, MassOpera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Pensacola Opera, OperaDelaware, and Virginia Opera. In sum, the nine companies will receive $225,000 to develop eight new American operas. “Fostering the creation {…}
Boston-based MassOpera is set to kick off its 2021-22 season with Verdi’s “La Traviata” on Oct. 17-24, 2021. The opera will be presented at the Historic Eustis Estate in collaboration with Historic New England. Katy Early will direct with Dan Ryan conducting the site-specific production with audience members led through four locations throughout the Estate. In a press statement, Early {…}
MassOpera and OperaHub have announced the selection for the New Opera Workshop. The opera in question is “Caravana de Mujeres” by composer Nicolas Lell Benavides and librettist Laura Barati. The opera, which features a cast of four women and three men, tells the story of Luz, a Colombian woman in her sixties who is searching for love. Throughout the opera, {…}
On March 17, 2021, MassOpera will present the fourth set of concerts in its Social DistanSing series. The concert will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at various elderly and low-income housing facilities in the Boston area, including South Boston and Dorchester. The concert will feature sopranos Kristin Fahning and Marsé Alaundra, who will sing a variety of repertoire. MassOpera will go {…}
MassOpera has announced a live virtual concert entitled “Valentine’s Day Songs and Shout-Outs” scheduled for Feb. 14, 2021. The showcase will feature a number of guest artists including soprano Maggie Finnegan, baritone Junhan Choi, soprano Melissa Joseph, mezzo-soprano Tahanee Alwiharey and soprano Emily Siar. Donors can sponsor an Aria for $250 from each singer’s songlist with a special dedication to {…}
On Saturday, Jan. 23, MassOpera and Opera on Tap Boston will present a special broadcast of MassOpera’s 2018 performance of the comedic opera, “The Beautiful Bridegroom,” by composer Dan Shore. The performance was originally presented at the Boston Center for the Arts in the South End. In a joint statement, the companies said, “MassOpera and Opera on Tap are partnering {…}
MassOpera has announced a special broadcast of its 2019 New Opera Workshop Concert Performance of “Freedom Ride.” Scheduled for Oct. 21, 2020, the broadcast will also be preceded by a live panel with many of the creative team and cast members of the production. Among those in attendance will be composer and librettist Dan Shore, Chicago Opera Theatre Music Director {…}
Mass Opera has announced that it will be presenting “Social DistanSing,” a series of outdoor pop-up concerts throughout the Greater Boston area. The performances will take place on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. They will feature Carley DeFranco and Katrina Holden-Buckley singing repertory by Gena Branscombe, Ricky Ian Gordon, Amy Beach, Judy Garland, Fernando Obradors, {…}
The North Shore Alliance of GLBTQ+ and MassOpera are teaming up to present “A NAGLY Virtual Cabaret” on Saturday, July 25. The online showcase will kick off at 8 p.m. ET via NAGLY’s YouTube and Facebook pages. It will feature Queer performers sharing their favorite songs and personal connections to these works. There will also be mini-interviews and testimonials by {…}
MassOpera and OperaHub are joining forces to re-imagine a New Opera Workshop (NOW) with the intent of producing a new chamber opera. NOW will support the writing and development of new chamber operas with an emphasis on creating diverse roles for women. “When I joined MassOpera as Producing Artistic Director, I knew that developing a space to play, create and {…}
MassOpera has announced that it will be showcasing a fundraising event on May 10, 2020. The event, entitled “Mother’s Day Songs and Shout-Outs” will air on the company’s YouTube channel starting at 4 p.m. The free virtual concert will star soprano Rachele Scmiege, tenor Stefan Barner, mezzo-soprano Vera Savage, tenor Giovanni Formisano, and soprano Dana Lynn Varga. Scmiege is a {…}