With the New York Opera Fest 2018 officially underway, OperaWire will be showcasing small previews for each major participant at the festival, as we did during last year’s event. However, we are doing things a bit differently this year and giving the floor directly to each company to speak to you, the reader, directly. Enjoy! Raise your hands if you {…}
On June 1, Operamission will hold a “Handel Warehouse.” The event, which will be open to the public, will be held at OPERA America’s National Opera Center. “Handel Warehouse” will offer a host of workshops, open rehearsals, refreshments, and festivities with conductor/harpsichordist Jennifer Peterson and stage director Jeff Caldwell lead the proceedings, to be held in the Charles MacKay Studio. Workshops {…}
The New York Opera Fest will feature a launch party on May 1, led by the New York Opera Alliance. Every year, the event features a special guest who is honored. This year’s honoree will be music critic, Anne Midgette, “for her support and championship of independent opera companies and the art form as a whole.” “I’m very honored to {…}
For just one night, Operamission presents William Bolcolm’s complete “Cabaret Songs” at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre on May 16 at 9:30 p.m. EST. Countertenor Jordan Rutter will sing all 24 of Bolcolm’s and poet Arnold Weinstein’s cabaret songs, while Jennifer Peterson will play the piano. The New York-based opera singer Jordan Rutter made his opera debut in Operamission’s 2016-2017 season when he {…}