Opera Omaha will premiere eleven original pieces of music created through the Poetry & Music Project. The pieces will premiere on May 16, 2021 and will be hosted live by Nebraska State Poet Matt Mason and Holland Community Opera Fellow Fernando Antonio Montejano The virtual concert will feature original songs composed by Matt Browne and Frances Pollock with lyrics by student {…}
Opera Omaha has announced its 2021-22 season featuring three operas in new productions. The season opens in the fall with a new production originally slated for Opera Omaha’s 2020 ONE Festival of “The Capulets and the Montagues” by Bellini. The production will be directed by ONE Festival Artistic Director James Darrah and will star Andriana Chuchman, Cecelia Hall, Jesus Garcia, and Jeffrey Beruan. {…}
Opera Omaha has announced it will return to the stage on May 28 and 29 in an outdoor concert Opera Under the Stars. The concert, which will take place at the new Holland Center Outdoors, will be led by Conductor Steven White and will be directed by Dean Anthony. Artists will include Michael Adams, Barry Banks, Kristen Choi, Mary Feminear, {…}
Omaha Opera and the Nebraska Writers Collective has announced student poets for its 4th annual Poetry and Music Project. Over 500 students from elementary, middle, and high school students across Nebraska took part in the workshops led by project composer Frances Pollock and several Nebraska Writers Collective teaching artists. Of those 500, 11 were selected to further develop their respective {…}
Opera Omaha has announced that it will postpone its 2020-21 season. In a press release, the company stated that the decision was made to “protect the safety of our patrons, artists, and staff” and there is an intent to work with artists and creative teams to offer up the previously announced titled in innovative productions during the 2021-22 season. The {…}
After debuting a pop-up concert on September 27, Opera Omaha’s new Opera To Go concert series is set to continue on October 10 with the organization bringing opera to regional neighborhoods and community partners through short, outdoor performances. The first concert, set for Oct. 10, will feature Holland Community Opera Fellows and Guests and will be held at 5108 Pine {…}
LUMA Projection Arts Festival and Tri-Cities Opera, with support from Opera Omaha, have announced a new work to be presented in virtual reality, titled “Miranda: A Steampunk VR Experience.” The work will utilize VR devices such as the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive and features, live motion capture, face tracking, and real-time mixed audio to bring its characters to life {…}
The Baruch Performing Arts Center and Opera Omaha’s co-production of “dwb (driving while black)” will get its virtual New York premiere on October 23-29. The work was originally set to have its New York premiere in March 2020, just as the pandemic ground the performing arts to an abrupt halt. The directed-for-video production will run from October 23 at 9:00 {…}
With COVID-19 cases on the rise in the Omaha area, concerns about safety have prompted Opera Omaha to move the company’s annual concert, Opera Outdoors, from the lawn to live audio broadcast. Opera Omaha has partnered with radio station, Classical 90.7, KVNO, to ensure all who wish to enjoy the concert can do so from the safety of their homes. {…}
(Credits: Roni Ely/Matt Madison Clark) In response to the ongoing COVID-19 concerns, Opera Omaha has made some necessary changes to the 2020-21 season in order to ensure the safety of the audiences and the safety of its artists and staff. The season will open with a production of Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Mary Feminear will appear {…}
Pentatone has announced that it will be releasing the debut recording of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s “Proving Up.” The release, which is set for August 21, 2020, will feature the original cast recording from Opera Omaha. Those cast members include Michael Slatter, John Moore, Talise Trevigne, Abigail Nims, Cree Carrico, and Andrew Harris. The opera was co-commissioned by the {…}