Baton Rouge’s Opéra Louisiane is set to present Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.” The opera, which is based on the play called “Le Barbier de Séville” by French playwright Pierre Beaumarchais, is the first of three plays about a character Figaro. For this production, the famed opera will star Scott Purcell as Figaro, and Hannah Ludwig as Rosina. They will {…}
Opéra Louisiane has announced its annual benefit which is set to take place at the Crowne Plaza on Feb. 3, 2024. The gala will feature celebrity guests performing karaoke style with a live band. Among the guests are DD Breaux, Craig and Felicia Stevens, Michael McIntosh, and The Company B Reveillettes. All four group contestants will compete for the title {…}
Opéra Louisiane is set to present the World Premiere of “The Christmas Spider,” a holiday a one-hour opera in English by an American composer and librettist team. Inspired by a Ukrainian legend (which resulted in the placing of spider ornaments on Christmas trees for a lucky New Year), the opera is the third operatic collaboration between composer Clint Borzoni and {…}
Baton Rouge-based Opéra Louisiane has announced that Kathryn Frady will be its new General Director. Frady will commence her tenure part-time in June 2022 and will take over full-time in August 2022. Frady started her work as an arts administrator in 2013 when she founded Marble City Opera, where she has been Executive Artistic Director for 10 years. Additionally, Frady {…}