Marquita Richardson, Sarah Neal, & Robert Feng Named 2024-25 Handorf Company Artists

(Photo credit: Opera Memphis) The Opera Memphis Handorf Company Artist Program has announced its 2024-25 class. The newest cohort includes soprano Marquita Richardson, mezzo-soprano Sarah Neal, and bass Robert Feng. These young artists will participate in a wide variety of performance opportunities, including roles in our Masterworks Opera series, numerous appearances during Opera Memphis’s award-winning program “30 Days of Opera,” {…}

Jun 29, 2024

Tahanee Aluwihare Joins Athlone Artists

Sri Lankan-American mezzo-soprano Tahanee Aluwihare has joined Athlone Artists for General Management. This season, Aluwihare made her debut with the Opera San Jose and the Cambridge Chamber Ensemble. She also sang with Opera Idaho, Boston Camerata, and the City Lyric Opera in New York City. Tahanee grew up in Sri Lanka as part of an artistic family and said, “Most {…}

Sep 30, 2020

Boston Camerata to Stage Its First Digital Opera: ‘Dido and Aeneas, An Opera for Distanced Lovers’

Boston Camerata is marking the 40th anniversary year of the release of its landmark period-instrument recording of Purcell/Tate’s “Dido and Aeneas” with a new digital production of the opera set to stream from November 14-29. The cast is led by mezzo-soprano Tahanee Aluwihare as Dido and baritone Luke Scott as Aeneas. Bookending the performance is a presentation by musicologist Ellen {…}

Sep 12, 2020

LUMA Projections Arts Festival & Tri-Cities Opera to Present ‘Miranda: A Steampunk VR Experience’

LUMA Projection Arts Festival and Tri-Cities Opera, with support from Opera Omaha, have announced a new work to be presented in virtual reality, titled “Miranda: A Steampunk VR Experience.” The work will utilize VR devices such as the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive and features, live motion capture, face tracking, and real-time mixed audio to bring its characters to life {…}

Mar 10, 2020

Opera Memphis ‘Così Fan Tutte’ Preview Will Be Fully Online

(IMage Source: Opera Memphis Official Website) Opera Memphis has announced that in a precautionary move, it will be hosting its WKNO Live Broadcast preview for its upcoming production of “Così fan tutte” fully online. The broadcast, which was set to feature a live audience on Thursday, March 12, 2020, will do without the live members with the preview still taking {…}

May 15, 2019

Q & A: Conductor Rebecca Tong & Mezzo-Soprano Tahanee Aluwihare on City Lyric Opera’s ‘La Tragédie de Carmen’

New York’s City Lyric Opera recently staged a gritty production of Peter Brook’s adaptation of Bizet’s “Carmen,” “La Tragédie de Carmen.” The opera, an 80-minute chamber piece, retains the musical highlights of Bizet’s original, and brings into sharp focus the tragic stories of the four principal characters: Micaëla, Don José, Carmen, and Escamillo as they collide with one another and {…}