Karen Slack, Sarah Tucker, & Jessica Vosk Among Performers in Newport Classical Music Festival 2025

The Newport Classical Music Festival announces its 2025 season. This article only features classical voice performances. “Opera Night: An American Tapestry” features sopranos Sarah Tucker and Melissa Joseph, mezzo-soprano Renée Rapier, tenor Dane Suarez, and bass Michael Colman, with pianist and narrator Charlie Kim. The program features English arias from works such as “Porgy and Bess,” “The Ballad of Baby {…}

Dec 5, 2022

Vallejo Center for the Arts to Present ‘Tchaikovsky’s Star-Crossed Lovers’ Concert

On January 14, 2023, the Vallejo Center for the Arts will present a one-night performance of “Tchaikovsky’s Star-Crossed Lovers” at the historic Empress Theatre. Grammy Award-Winning conductor Thomas Conlin will lead the Vallejo Festival Orchestra with featured soloists soprano Sarah Tucker and baritone Michael Adams. The program celebrates some of Tchaikovsky’s most poignant works, with selections from “Romeo et Juliette,” {…}

Sep 10, 2021

Virginia Opera to Stage Innovative ‘Das Rheingold’ at Topgolf

Virginia Opera tees off its season with performances of a condensed version of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” at Topgolf Virginia Beach on Sept. 12, 2021, and at the venue’s Richmond location on Sept. 19. The condensed “Rheingold,” adapted by Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick, and directed by Mary Birnbaum, will be performed amphitheater-style, with the driving range bays turned into box {…}

Nov 19, 2019

Pensacola Opera To Present New ‘Don Giovanni’

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 {…}

Nov 8, 2019

Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Cecilia Violetta Lopez, & Vanessa Vasquez Headline Arizona Opera’s 2020-21 Season

The Arizona Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring the company’s second World Premiere, the Regional Premiere of a New Mariachi Opera, a New Production of a Modern Masterwork and the Return of Two Beloved Classics. “Arizona Opera continues to deepen its commitment to presenting the most vibrant programming possible on our stages and throughout the community. This spans the {…}