The Atlanta Opera has announced the five creative teams selected to participate in its second annual 96-Hour Opera Project. The composer/librettist teams are: Jorge Sosa and Alejandro Martinez, Omar Najmi and Catherine Yu, Dave Ragland and Selda Sahin, Edward Shilts and Laura Barati, and Nathan Felix and Anita Gonzalez. The stories for the opera will be drawn from the lives {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced changes to its streaming platform. The company has restructured its newly renamed streaming platform Atlanta Opera Film Studio to allow greater access to audiences. Per an official press statement, free accounts will allow access to live stream replays, while the monthly subscription has been reduced to $5 to allow access to the organization’s top content. {…}
The Atlanta Opera will present “The Anonymous Lover” as part of its Discoveries Series this March. The production of the Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges work, will be showcased in partnership with Morehouse College. This represents the first-ever production of an opera by a Black composer by The Atlanta Opera. Performances open on March 31 at the Ray Charles Performing {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced the Glynn Studio Artists for 2022-23. This year’s artists include stage director Bruno Baker, soprano Alexis Seminario, bass Edwin Jhamal Davis, mezzo Gretchen Krupp, and tenor Kameron Lopreore; Baker and Krupp are returning artists while Davis, Lopreore, and Seminario will be making their debuts. These artists will have an opportunity to work with established artists {…}
The Atlanta Opera’s Discoveries Series is set to kick off the 2022-23 Season with Bela Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” on October 7- 9. The opera, which will be presented in association with Atlanta State University School of Music from Kennesaw, will star Michael Mayes and Susan Bullock. It will be directed by Daisy Evans and conducted by Stephen Higgins. “We’ve been {…}
The Atlanta Opera has announced the teams that will comprise its 96-Hour Opera Project, a composition showcase and competition where teams of composers and librettists create completely new 10-minute operas. The finals, held on June 20th, will be held at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at Morehouse College School of Music. The teams are: composer Johanny Navarro and librettist {…}
The Atlanta Opera is set to present “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” in a new production by General and Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun starting on April 30, 2022. This Mason Bates and Mark Campbell work will star baritone John Moore, mezzo-soprano Sarah Larsen, tenor Bille Bruley, soprano Elizabeth Sutphen, and bass Adam Lau. Michael Christie conducts. “Steve Jobs completely transformed {…}
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. {…}
