Opera America has announced the recipients of its 2022 Repertoire Development Grants. The recipients for the grant include American Lyric Theater, Beth Morrison Projects, Houston Grand Opera, MassOpera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Pensacola Opera, OperaDelaware, and Virginia Opera. In sum, the nine companies will receive $225,000 to develop eight new American operas. “Fostering the creation {…}
Pensacola Opera has announced its 2022 season, which will mark the company’s 39th anniversary. The season will kick off with a production of “The Magic Flute.” Audiences will hear David Blalock as Tamino with Bizou Chang as Pamina. As the Queen of the Night, Elisa Sunshine will star. Other cast members include Ron Dukes, Alyssa Dessoye, Robert Hartfield, Robert Mellon, {…}
Pensacola Opera has announced a major leadership realignment. In a statement Board Chairman Brian Baumgardner said, “Since 2015, Pensacola Opera has been in a constant state of a strategically planned transition, which now—seven years later—draws to a successful close. With our company’s 40th anniversary just around the corner, we plan an exciting future with a newly aligned team, which is {…}
Pensacola Opera has announced a series of outdoor, live music performances, as well as online digital programming, starting September 19, 2020. The company will perform in parks throughout the region as part of its “Al Fresco” series, which comes in partnership with the Pensacola Parks * Recreation Department. Each Saturday, the organization will perform at a new park with the {…}
The Pensacola Opera has announced its 38th season featuring two works. The season will open with Bizet’s “Carmen,” written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The work, based on Prosper Mérimée’s novella features some of the most popular melodies in opera. The work will star Elise Quagliata in the title role, Adam Diegel as Don José, Luis Alejandro Orozco as Escamillo, and Bizhou {…}
Pensacola Opera is set to present Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” the final mainstage operatic performance of the 37th season. Verdi’s masterpiece will be shown at the Saenger stage with a cast that includes Mary Evelyn Hangley as Leonora, Adam Diegel as Manrico, Dennis Jesse as Di Luna, and Renée Tatum as Azucena. Verdi’s opera will be directed by John Hoomes with {…}
The Pensacola Opera in Florida is set to present Mozart’s operatic masterpiece “Don Giovanni” at the Saenger Stage on Jan. 24 and 26, 2020. The opera will return in a new production created by Papermoon Opera Productions. Stage director Fenlon Lamb will be set in the Art Deco period of the 1920s and 1930s. The sets and costumes will also {…}
The Pensacola Opera is set to be present Glitz & Glam – The Opera Fashion Show. On Dec. 5, the company will present a luncheon fashion show featuring local celebrity models, evening gowns, and cocktail dresses. The runway show will feature casual and formal wear looks for men and women. In a press release director of development at the Pensacola {…}
The Pensacola Opera will present a Jukebox Gala. The gala, which will be held on Oct. 12 at Skopelos at New World, will be a musical extravaganza with a four-course dinner. The Jukebox Gala will offer an intimate cabaret-style concert featuring classic opera arias, musical theatre favorites, and jazz standards sung to you tableside by acclaimed professional opera singers. The {…}
Pensacola Opera in Florida will soon kick off its 37th season with a new Gallery Night event, Opera After Dark. The free, all-ages event will feature the company’s 2019-20 Artists in Residence performing “three twenty-minute sets of music, ranging from Mozart to Patsy Cline,” according to the press release. Food trucks and local vendors including Two Birds, Le Dough, Big {…}
The Florida-based Pensacola Opera has announced that pianist / coach Stephen Variames will be joining the company as Artist in Residence for the 2019-20 season. Per the company’s Facebook page, Variames will be participating in many of the company’s community engagement performances as well as playing in rehearsals for all upcoming productions. The company is set to showcase four operas {…}