(Credit: Seattle Opera / Jacob F. Lucas) This weekend, we are recommending some of the best-known works of the repertory in a bevy of productions across the U.S. One repertory staple will be getting a new arrangement in a English. Here are our top five operas to see this week (in chronological order by company). Cincinnati Opera – Porgy and {…}
There are four operas that rarely get performances in North America, making them all the more essential viewing for the weekend. Here are our top five operas to see this weekend (in alphabetical order by company). Billy Budd – Central City Opera Britten’s masterwork kicks off on Saturday with a production conducted by John Baril and directed by Ken Cazan. {…}
Festival season is in full swing and this weekend’s major offerings come from some of the most exciting summer festivals in North America. Here are our top five offerings (in alphabetical order by company). Madama Butterfly – Central City Opera The famed Puccini masterpiece opens on Saturday with Raquel González, Annie Rosen, Cody Austin, Troy Cook, and Joseph Gaines. Adam {…}
The Santa Fe Opera has announced the members of its 2019 Season Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians. The season’s program is comprised of technicians, designers, and craftspeople from across New Mexico, the wider United States, South America, England, and China. This year the 78 individuals who were selected, were picked from a pool of more than 900 applicants through a {…}
(Photo: Suzanne Vinnik) Santa Fe Opera has announced that Nicaraguan-American soprano Gabriella Reyes will take on the role of Musetta in the company’s upcoming new production of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” She will replace Kirsten MacKinnon, who “has withdrawn from the production for personal reasons,” according to the press release. Reyes is a 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions grand finalist. She made {…}
Santa Fe Opera has announced the 42 new members of its 2019 Season Apprentice Program for Singers. Members were selected from a pool of over a thousand applicants by Program Director Gayletha Nichols and Head of Music Staff Robert Tweten. According to the press release, the program is meant to provide “training, performance opportunities and international exposure to young singers {…}
The Santa Fe Opera has announced that it will be world premiering a new opera by John Corigliano and Mark Adamo during the summer of 2021. The work in question, “The Lord of Cries,” will be the company’s 18th world premiere in its history and will follow other world premieres of “The Thirteenth Child” in 2019 and “M. Butterfly” in {…}
The Santa Fe Opera 2019 Season features five operas, including the World Premiere of “The Thirteenth Child” by Poul Ruders and libretto by Becky and David Starobin. The production opens on July 27 and has five performances through August 21. A recent Works & Process event at the Guggenheim explored the creative process through a panel discussion with the creative {…}
Since finishing his ensemble position at the Semperoper Dresden, baritone Zachary Nelson has built a formidable resume making important company and role debuts. Now he adds another major company debut in his favorite Mozart opera, “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The American baritone will make his first appearances with Arizona Opera as the Count in a new production. The season will {…}
The Grammy awards announced its annual accolades on Feb. 10, 2019 awarding numerous producers and opera singers. The Best Opera recording award went to Bates’ “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.” Among the winners were composer Mason Bates, librettist Mark Campbell, the Santa Fe Opera, conductor Michael Christie, and the cast, which included Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett {…}
The Santa Fe Opera has announced updates to its 2019 season. After Lisette Oropesa’s announcement on her Teatro alla Scala debut, the company announced that Corinne Winters will replace Oropesa in the role of Leïla in “The Pearl Fishers.” Winters, who has performed worldwide to great acclaim, will make her role debut in the Bizet opera. The company also announced that {…}