The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition has announced that Michael Christie will lead the Welsh National Opera Orchestra during the event. Christie will accompany contestants during the final of the main prize competition which is set for June 19, 2021. “I am thrilled to be conducting for the BBC Singer of the World Competition this, of all complicated {…}
The New West Symphony and Artistic and Music Director Michael Christie will continue their 2020-21 groundbreaking and reimagined season of “Global Sounds, Local Cultures” with A Tour of Iran. The upcoming concert slated for April 11 will explore centuries-old traditions of Iranian poetic and musical cultural influences on the western world. The concert will feature Sasha Cooke and Iranian instrumentalists {…}
New West Symphony and conductor Michael Christie continues its 2020-21 reimagined season of “Global Sounds, Local Cultures” on Nov. 15 with “A Tour of India.” The digital Sunday concert will be the culmination of a weekend of activities highlighting the profound impact that Indian culture and lifestyle on the greater Los Angeles Region. The concert will showcase LA-based composer Reena {…}
Maestro Michael Christie will work as guest conductor with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Christie will lead a performance that features music from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” “Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” Argento’s “The Aspern Papers,” Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment,” and Berlioz’s “The Corsair. Among the singers that will perform are Mathilda Edge, soprano; Emily Pogorelc, soprano; Kayleigh {…}
Music Director Michael Christie concludes his tenure at the Minnesota Opera with Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” The performances, which are scheduled from March 17 through March 31, 2018, will be his final production with the company as Music Director. Throughout his tenure, Christie led 26 productions over eight seasons, six as Music Director at the Minnesota Opera including “La Traviata,” “Nabucco,” “Macbeth,” “La Boheme,” “La {…}
When “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” makes it world premiere on July 22, 2017, at the Santa Fe Opera, there will be two musicians in the pit of varying operatic experience. On one hand will be composer Mason Bates, known for a wide-range of symphonic works. He will be showcasing his electronic orchestral colors in his very first opera. On {…}
At the end of this week, audiences in the US will get the operatic event of the summer. That, of course, is the world premiere of “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,” an opera written by Mark Campbell with music by Mason Bates. The work kicks off its run on July 22 at the Santa Fe Opera and runs through August {…}