(Image Provided by Shumann Associates) Tulsa Opera is set to put Tobias Picker’s “Emmeline” front and center as part of its streaming options online. Starting on Monday, April 20 the company will dedicate three separate performances to the new opera, which was set to premiere in a new production on May 1, 2020. It has since been moved to the {…}
(Credit: Josh Huskin) As Tobias Picker puts it, “It’s not something that happens every day.” The Artistic Director of Tulsa Opera is referring to the 2020 Grammy for “Best Opera Recording” bestowed on the 2014 recording of his opera “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” based on Roald Dahl’s 1970s children’s novel of the same name. The recording is also a nominee in {…}
(Credit: Fay Fox) Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ “Awakenings” on April 5, 2020. The opera is set to have its world premiere at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis on June 7, 2020. Before the first performance, the Guggenheim will present a special moderated discussion with creators Aryeh Lev Stollman and Tobia {…}
It’s Pride Month, so to celebrate we return to the series we began two years. This time we celebrate some of the great composers and librettists of today who have made a great impact in the opera world and whose works have given a voice to the voiceless. Jake Heggie Heggie is one of the most prolific composers of the {…}
The Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music: Opera Institute and School of Theatre have unveiled their 2019 spring opera season. The institutions will kick things off with the New England Premiere of Tobias Picker and J. D. McClatchy’s “Dolores Claiborne” starting on Feb. 21, 2019. BU Opera Institute has had a lengthy relationship with Picker, producing such {…}