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 {…}
Omaha’s mayor Jean Stothert has declared that Nov. 1, 2019 is Opera Omaha Day. The appointment comes as Opera Omaha kicks off Opera America’s 50th Anniversary Tour with its own community celebration in co-presentation with OPERA America. The event will feature OPERA America’s own president Marc Scorca who will honor Opera Omaha’s notable accomplishments as a leader in the field. {…}
Opera Omaha’s 2019-20 season will feature four operas from the standard repertory. The first of these is Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” in a production directed by Leslie Swackhamer and conducted by Joseph Rescigno. Karah Son will take on the title role with Alok Kumar as Pinkerton, Luis Ledesma as Sharpless, and Kristen Choi as Suzuki. Performance Dates: Nov. 1 and 3, {…}
Those expecting repertory classics in this weekend’s recommendations might wind up a bit disappointed. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t any exciting operas on offer. There are a ton of new works and some unlikely classics on display. Scalia / Ginsburg & Trial By Jury – Baltimore Concert Opera This unique double bill will be showcased on Friday and Sunday, {…}
The Opera Omaha and Nebraska Writers Collective have announced that eight poems written by local students will be set to music by the Luna Composition Lab alumni composers. Per a press release, nearly 60 students from grades three-12 submitted 71 works of poetry after working with the Collective last fall. Now the composer alumni have picked their favorites pieces of {…}
Opera Omaha has announced that Rebecca Brown will be its new Director of Marketing and Public Relations. Brown previously served as the Executive Director of Sioux City Community Theater in Iowa as well as the Marketing and PR Manager for The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. Per a press release, “Brown was recognized as one of Palm Springs Life’s 40 {…}
Kate Pomrenke and José Maldonado have been selected as the fellows of the Holland Community Opera Fellowship by Opera Omaha. In a press release, Opera Omaha announced that the two artists had been selected for the 2018-19 season. These two artists, alongside current first-year fellows Jessica John Brock and Chabrelle WIlliams, will be part of a season-long residency with the {…}
Opera Omaha was handed a dilemma in its inaugural ONE Festival when it was forced to replace the title role in Fiona Shaw’s version of “Medea,” a co-production with the Wexford Festival Opera, due to illness less than three weeks before the show. The solution was inelegant but probably the best that could be mustered under the circumstances with an {…}
Is there a better way to spend an opera festival in Nebraska than to see an opera set in Nebraska? My weekend at the inaugural ONE Festival presented by Opera Omaha was highlighted by seeing the brand-new “Proving Up” by the dynamic duo of Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek on two occasions. The opera is based on the short {…}
As expected, the opera companies are coming back in full force as the spring season sets in. This week we go around the continent with a mix of different operas, including classic works and modern operas. The Nightingale – Canadian Opera Company The Igor Stravinsky opera gets its first set of performances on Friday and Saturday. The production will be {…}
Opera Omaha has announced its 2018- 19 season, offering audiences in the Nebraska region the chance to see classic works given fresh productions, as well as giving performance opportunities to the emerging artists. Pagliacci Timothy Myers will conduct the two performances of Leoncavallo’s timeless tragedy, starring Jonathan Burton as Canio, and Leah Partridge making her role debut as Nedda. Performance {…}
