(Credit: Imaginarium Creative Studios) Odyssey Opera is set to continue its Tudor season with “Elisabeta, Regina d’Inghilterra” on March 13-15, 2020 at the Huntington Avenue Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. The production of the Rossini opera, which was written by Giovanni Schmidfrom, will feature Serena Farnocchia in the title role with Eric Fennell as the Earl of Leicester and Spencer Hamlin {…}
As November gets started, we look at a weekend packed with repertory that you don’t get a chance to see every day. So without further ado, here are top five operas to see this weekend. La Serva Padrona – The Lighthouse Opera Company, Bronx, NY The Bronx-based opera company will showcase the rare Pergolesi opera at Opera America with a {…}
Odyssey Opera continues its Tudor-inspired season with the fully-staged production of Pacini’s “Maria, Regina d’Inghilterra.” The opera was inspired by a play by Victor Hugo and has largely been overlooked throughout history. Gil Rose conducts the Bel Canto masterwork with Amy Shoremount-Obra as Queen Mary and rising star Alisa Jordheim as Clotilde Talbot. In a press release, Odyssey Opera noted, {…}
The 2019-20 season is underway with a lot of major companies kicking off their season this very week. Among them is an increasingly prestigious festival. Here are our top eight operas to see this weekend. Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Painted Sky Opera, Oklahoma On Friday night, the Painted Sky Opera will showcase the first opera of its new season. {…}
(Credit: Kathy Wittman) Boston’s Odyssey Opera has revealed that it will be “crossing the pond to merry old England” for its seventh season, which will feature a plethora of rarely performed Tudor-themed operas by a variety of composers. The company’s Founder and General-Artistic Director, Gil Rose, recently shared some insight with OperaWire on the upcoming season, particularly its exciting opener: a quasi-premiere {…}
Boston’s Odyssey Opera is set to open its seventh season with a concert performance of Saint-Saëns’ “Henry VIII.” The work, based on “El cisma en Inglaterra” by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, will kick off the 2019-20 season featuring concert and staged operas about the great English dynasty of the Tudors. The production will star an all-star cast that includes {…}
The Odyssey Opera is set to open its 2019-20 season with a concert performance of “Henry VIII” by Camille Saint-Saëns. Michael Chioldi is set to star in the title role as King Henry, with soprano Ellie Dehn as Henry’s first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and mezzo-soprano Hilary Ginther as Henry’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. The company, which has been dedicated {…}
The Odyssey Opera has announced its 2019-20 season which will center on England’s Tudor dynasty. The season will feature six concert and staged operas depicting various moments in the Tudor history. Michael Chioldi takes on the title role in Saint-Saen’s “Henry VIII” in a concert performance exploring the rarely performed score. Also appearing in the cast are Ellie Dehn and Hilary {…}
With the Easter weekend upon us, many opera companies have taken a break from performances. This week’s installment, as a result, will be a bit more limited. Don Giovanni – Houston Grand Opera Mozart’s masterpiece opens on Saturday at the Houston Grand Opera with an impressive cast that includes Ryan McKinny, Paolo Bordogna, Ailyn Pérez, Melody Moore, Ben Bliss, Dorothy {…}
Following Odyssey Opera’s 2017-18 season, which was dedicated to works inspired by Joan of Arc, Artistic and General Director Gil Rose has announced that the company’s 2018-19 season will showcase a two-part journey with the first half memorializing the 200th anniversary of French composer Charles Gounod’s birth and the second inspired by Helen of Troy. The company will showcase a total of five {…}
It is another busy weekend in the opera world with more and more companies opening their doors for the fall season. Opera Philadelphia is the first new addition to the weekend with its first performance of “The Magic Flute” on Friday and Sunday. On Saturday, the company showcases the world premiere of Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s “Elizabeth Cree,” which {…}