Opera Parallèle to Present ‘Harvey Milk Reimagined’ with Michael Kelly

(© 2025 www.mattsimpkinsphotography.com) Opera Parallèle is set to conclude its 15th anniversary season presenting the West Coast debut of “Harvey Milk Reimagined,” a bold and timely refreshed version of the groundbreaking opera originally composed by Stewart Wallace and librettist Michael Korie. The newly conceived two-act production, presented in collaboration with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, will be performed from {…}

Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera Presents Douglas Moore’s ‘Giants in the Earth Rediscovered’

The Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera in collaboration with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and the Scandinavian House of New York City present “Douglas Moore: Giants in the Earth Rediscovered.” Published 100 years ago, Ole Rolvaag’s novel “Giants in the Earth” was the quintessential American immigrant story. It depicts a story of tragedy and romance among Norwegian American settlers {…}

Alexandra Nowakowski, Michael Kelly, Brian Mextorf Headline Brooklyn Art Song Society’s ‘Testaments’

(Credit: John Matthew Myers Photography) On February 4, 2022 at 7:30 p.m., the Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) “Testaments” at the First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. The showcase, the fifth one in the company’s “Beginnings, Middles, and Ends” series, will feature the Songs and Proverbs of William Blake op. 74; 7 romances of Aleksander Blok op. 12; and the Testament {…}