SAS Performing Arts Company kicks off its 5th anniversary season with “An Afternoon at the Opera: The Radio Days,” on Feb. 16. The program celebrates legendary broadcasts like “The Saturday Afternoon Metropolitan,” “Opera Texaco Broadcasts,” “The Bell Telephone Hour,” and “The Menotti Radio Hour.” Soprano Cassandra Douglas and baritone Jonathan R. Green open the double bill with arias and duets {…}
(Photo credit: Michael Unterguggenberger) SAS Performing Arts is set to honor dramatic soprano Luana DeVol in its “Richard Wagner Gala” on June 2. DeVol will be recognized for her career and contributions to opera. In 1997 and 2000, she was named Singer of the Year by German opera magazine, Opernwelt. DeVol performed major roles in La Scala, Milan, Teatro de {…}
(Photo credit: SAS website) SAS Performing Arts Company and Studios Inc. has announced its “Emerald Opera Gala Concert.” Performers include sopranos Monica Camafreita, Rebecca Grady Rucker, Rebecca Kidnie, and Gillian Watson, mezzo-soprano Perri Sussman and Victoria Thomasch, tenors Charles Calotta, Christopher Trapani, and Thomas Walters, baritone Muir Ingliss, and basses Matt Mueller and Virdell Williams. They will present excerpts from {…}
Photo: Heather Bobeck The New York Opera Alliance (NYOA) kicked off the seventh annual New York OperaFest with an evening of awards and previews by 11 of the 20 companies participating in the 2022 Festival. The opera organizations will present 30 events across the city from April 15 to June 15, 2022. Between sets of music and video presentations, NYOA {…}