The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera is gearing up for its 2018-19 season. In doing so, the company is looking at bringing in families through a discount attached to its “Bring the Family to the Opera” program. Per a press release, audiences can receive up to 40 percent off tickets rates for the Oct. 28 performance of Bellini’s “Norma” {…}
“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment will look at “Marguerite.” {…}
“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment is the mega-blockbuster hit {…}
Audiences can get a chance to see Mariella Devia as she says goodbye to the stage in a production of “Norma” at the Teatro la Fenice as the showcase will be carried by OperaVision. The production will also star Luca Tittoto as Oroveso, Carmela Remigio as Adalgisa, and Stefan Pop as Pollione. Devia has received strong reviews for her final {…}
The evening was all about Mariella Devia. At the age of 70, and following a hugely successful career, in which she has performed some of opera’s greatest soprano roles in the world’s most famous opera houses, she is taking her final curtain calls at the Teatro la Fenice in three performance as Bellini’s “Norma,” a wonderfully appropriate role for the {…}
Mariella Devia is no mysterious name for opera lovers. She is a legend and diva who has for so long become synonymous with Bel Canto, dominating the works of Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini. She has also performed some of Verdi’s works, as well as those of Offenbach, Cherubini, Auber, and Mozart, among others. She has also made a huge international {…}
The great German soprano Lilli Lehmann once famously remarked that singing all three Brünnhildes in Wagner’s Ring Cycle , which equals about eight hours of singing, was less taxing than a single performance of Bellini’s “Norma.” Indeed, a great “Norma” certainly doesn’t grow on trees, and in any given generation there are maybe a handful of singers who can tackle {…}
Frankfurt Opera has ended co-production of “Norma” with director Sigrid Strøm Reibo and the Norske Opera Oslo. The company announced that due to artistic reasons the company would not present Reibo’s production. It would have been the Norwegian director’s international debut. As a result, the company announced that Christof Loy, whose productions have won numerous awards, would take over and direct {…}
The Utah Opera announced its 2018-19 season featuring two new productions by the company’s in-house Production Studios. The season opens on Oct. 13, 2018, with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” with tenor Joshua Dennis as Roméo and soprano Anya Matanovič, who will star as Juliette. Robert Tweten conducts the production with scenery designed by Eric Fielding and costumes by Susan Memmott Allred. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}
Sir David McVicar has been directing opera for quite some time, working with such prominent companies as the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, La Monnaie, and the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. He has also sustained a healthy relationship with the Metropolitan Opera, particularly in recent years where he has been given carte blanche to put together {…}
Bellini’s “Norma,” which premiered on Dec. 26, 1831, is arguably one of the finest operas to come out of the bel canto repertoire. Many consider it Bellini’s finest dramatic work overall and it features one of the most challenging roles for a soprano. In fact, sopranos have often been defined by their interpretation of the opera. Written by Felice Romani, {…}