(Photo: Matt Dine) On June 6, 2025, Carnegie Hall hosted the American Symphony Orchestra’s concert revival of Richard Strauss’s first opera, “Guntram.” Rarely mentioned alongside “Salomé” or “Der Rosenkavalier,” “Guntram” reveals a young composer grappling with grand ideas. Strauss stumbled, learned, and went on to compose a total of fourteen operas. Audiences can hear Wagner in nearly every bar of {…}
On May 3, 2023, New Amsterdam Opera presented a concert of excerpts from Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia.” Held at The Players in Gramercy, this concert comes as the company readies to mount a full production later this month, and featured the cover cast artists, accompanied by founder and artistic director, Keith Chambers. Opening the program was soprano Elizaveta Ulakhovich, who is {…}
(Credit: www.osberphotos.com) Over the past 20 years, Opera in the Heights has provided opportunities for emerging artists, including singers and composers, to showcase their work. Many of their artists have gone on to prominent careers in some of the most established regional theaters in the U.S. This week, the company is set to world three operas with many emerging singers {…}
