The Orchestra Now has unveiled its 2024-25 season, the 10th in its history. “As The Orchestra Now celebrates the milestone of its 10th anniversary season, I am deeply gratified by what we’ve achieved,” said Music Director and founder Leon Botstein in an official press release. “What began as an idealistic vision in 2015 has fully blossomed and taken root around {…}
The Chamber Society of Lincoln Center has announced its 2024-25 season featuring a number of vocal performances. Here is a look. The company will present an Opening Night concert entitled “Haydn’s Suprise” dedicated to Haydn. Soloists include Stephanie Blythe, Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, Aaron Boyd, Daniel Phillips, Pinchas Zukerman, Paul Neubauer, David Finckel, Nina Bernat, and the Viano Quartet. {…}
The Orchestra Now has unveiled its 2023-24 season. “As we approach the ninth successful season of TŌN, I am exceedingly proud of all we have accomplished since the Orchestra was launched in 2015,” said Music Director Leon Botstein in an official press statement issued by the company. “I am delighted to continue that impressive record in the 2023-24 season with {…}
This week the San Diego Opera is set to present two of Puccini’s operas from “Il Trittico;” “Gianni Schicchi” and “Suor Angelica.” The event is special as it will see Stephanie Blythe making history by becoming the first mezzo to perform the role of “Gianni Schicchi.” Blythe is no stranger to the opera “Gianni Schicchi” as she has played the {…}
Listeners can refer to her however they wish, but Stephanie Blythe has always resisted categorizing herself as a mezzo-soprano, an alto, a contralto, or any other voice type. In her mind, she is a “vocalist.” Considering her upcoming appearances at San Diego Opera, her second foray into a role outside her gender, any attempt to categorize her voice will be {…}
The Giargiari Bel Canto Competition has announced this year’s judges. The panel will include mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, conductor Joseph Colaneri, and manager Alex Fletcher. Blythe is a renowned opera star who has appeared with such companies as Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, Paris National Opera, and San Francisco, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Seattle Operas, among others. Colaneri, {…}
The Metropolitan Opera Guild has announced that it will celebrate the legacy and impact of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Guild’s 88th Annual Luncheon. The event, which is set to take place on Nov. 10, 2022 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City will feature spoken and musical tributes by LYADP alumni Stephanie Blythe, Michelle Bradley, {…}
On Site Opera will present “Comedy and Tragedy Under the Stars” at Caramoor’s Venetian Theater on July 22 at 8 pm. The one-night-only performance will star Stephanie Blythe, Laquita Mitchell, and Maya Lahyani. First up, Blythe and Mitchell will share an adapted stage version of composer and librettist Rachel J. Peters’ “Lesson Plan,” which they premiered online this year via {…}
Boston Lyric Opera’s is set to present a new production of “Champion: An Opera in Jazz” by Terence Blanchard and libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Cristofer. The contemporary opera will be directed by theater director Timothy Douglas and conducted by Kwamé Ryan. “The story of Champion is one of a desire to find a sense of belonging,” says Acting Stanford {…}
(Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Cinderella” is set to make its premiere on Great Performances at the Met on May 8, 2022. Audiences in the New York metro area will get to see the opera on Sunday, May 15, 2022 on THIRTEEN. The opera stars Isabel Leonard in the title role alongside Emily D’Angelo {…}
The Boston Lyric Opera is set to present “Blythely Ever After.” The concert, which showcases mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as her tenor alter ego Blythely Oratonio, will be performed on May 6 at Royale Nightclub with Philadelphia-based drag artist Sapphira Cristál opening. Blythe will don a beard and rock Wagnerian glam and will perform opera, pop and rock ‘n’ roll to {…}