The Atlanta Opera, which staged productions in a circus tent during the pandemic, will continue serving up opera in unexpected spaces with “The Come as Your Are” Festival to be held June 2-19, 2022, at the Historic Rail Park at Pullman Yard. Built upon the company’s successful Discoveries Series, the Festival will feature two productions: the musical “Cabaret,” and the {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced The Glynn Studio Artists for the 2021-22 season. This ensemble provides young with professional development and performance opportunities while learning from established artists. The five artists are stage director Bruno Baker, soprano Susanne Burgess, baritone Sankara Harouna, mezzo Gretchen Krupp, and bass William Meinert. “We’re excited about this class of Glynn Studio Artists and look {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced the launch of its 96-hour opera project. The project is a composition competition is designed for those who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, Asian-American, Pacific Islander, Arab-Aramerican, Latin American, and other people of color and will feature teams of composers and librettists as they write, cast, direct, and stage 10-minute operas in just four days. The {…}
The Atlanta Opera will offer active and retired military personnel free access to its Spotlight Media streaming platform and its library of Operas, Short Films, and Concerts. This latest offering is part of the company’s Veterans Program which has distributed thousands of tickets to military personnel and their families to attend performances at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and other venues free of charge. {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced its “Discoveries Series” under the Big Tent. The “Discoveries Series” will present a new production of the musical “Cabaret,” as well as the acclaimed chamber opera “As One,” as part of the “As You Are Festival” which will run from June 2 – 9, 2021. This production of “Cabaret” will adapt the 1998 Broadway revival, {…}
IATSE Local 798 has announced that Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists who work for The Atlanta Opera do not have a contract. The union took to social media to call out the company for not providing its workers with health insurance or annuity benefits. IATSE is encouraging all to call the Atlanta Opera’s Board Of Trustees Chair Rhys T. Wilson {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced a brand new podcast series that highlights some of the company’s recent productions. “BlinkOpera” will feature members from the Atlanta Opera Company Players ensemble talking about “Pagliacci” and “The Kaiser of Atlantis,” two operas presented by The Atlanta Opera in the fall as part of its Molly Blank Big Tent Series. “Pagliacci” features Richard Trey {…}
(Credit: Simon Pauly) On May 8 and 9, 2021, The Atlanta Opera and Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company will present the Concert for Unity, an event celebrating Atlanta’s diversity through music. The concert is created and led by renowned bass Morris Robinson and will feature performances of spirituals, gospel, rock, and opera, by noted Black singers, as well as {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced that it will partner with Milton Clipper and his company Clipper & Company to develop a strategic plan for equity, diversity and inclusion, aimed at serving the citizens of Atlanta equitably. Clipper will aid the company in its recruitment, hiring, training, and culture. The Atlanta Opera has expanded its theater productions and broadcasts in order {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced the world premiere adaptations of two renowned operas as well as three concerts this spring as part of its Big Tent series season. First up, the company will present “The Threepenny Carmen” and “The Threepenny Opera” as conceived by Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General & Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun. “The Threepenny Opera” will star tenor {…}
(Credit: Jiyang Chen) The Atlanta Opera has world premiered “Orfano Mondo” on its Spotlight Media streaming platform. The work, which stars and was created by baritone Ryan McKinny in collaboration with filmmaker Felipe Barral, is broken up into a episodic series of eight episodes. The first four episodes are currently available. Each episode lasts between 10-15 minutes. The video uses {…}
