(Credits: LA Opera official website / Stacy Boge Photography / UIA Talent official website) Tulsa Opera has announced that it will open its new 2020-21 season with the live semistaged production of Verdi and Piave’s opera “Rigoletto” on Oct. 9, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. CT. The production was originally planned to take place at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. However, {…}
(Images provided by Schumann Associates Inc) Tulsa Opera has unveiled its streaming program for the week starting on June 8, 2020. It all kicks off with tenor Aaron Blake performing as part of the “Staying Alive” series. He will showcase Rachmaninoff’s “Spring Waters.” Blake will be accompanied by pianist Lydon Meyer. Streaming Date: June 8, 2020 at 2 p.m. CT {…}
Tulsa Opera announced that it would be canceling its 2020 production of “Rigoletto” due to lingering uncertainty surrounding the spread of COVID-19. The Verdi opera was set to open on Oct. 9, 2020 with a cast including Sarah Coburn and Allegra De Vita. Per a press release, the company is exploring potential outdoor venues for a semi-staged socially distanced version {…}
Tulsa Opera has announced its online slate for the week of May 25, 2020. Soprano Keely Futterer will perform Richard Strauss’ “Zueignung” on Monday, May 25, 2020 at 2 p.m. CT. She will perform alongside Lyndon Meyer. Futterer is a Tulsa Opera Filstrup Resident Artist. Then on Wednesday, May 27, tenor Humberto Borboa will perform Dvorak’s “Als die alte Mutter {…}
(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 {…}
The Tulsa Opera has announced its 2020-21 season with three main stage productions. Here is a look at what the company will showcase. Verdi’s “Rigoletto” opens the season with a cast that includes Sarah Coburn in the role of Gilda and Allegra De Vita as Maddalena. Tomer Zvulun’s production, which was originally commissioned for Boston Lyric Opera, Atlanta Opera, and {…}
If stuffy audiences at the Opéra-Comique first attacked George Bizet’s “Carmen” for its offensive content, today the opera runs the risk of seeming antiquated. Much of the music might get your toes tapping, but over-exposure risks making the most popular tunes seem trite or even parodic. Today’s audiences might not appreciate the orientalist take on Spanish culture that was so {…}
This weekend has a ton of incredible productions to behold. The New York Opera Festival is in full swing as some of the major companies from around the country start to close their doors for the summer. The Rape of Lucretia – New Camerata Opera The Britten piece gets a unique new production directed by Bea Goodwin that will also {…}
This week baritone Lucia Lucas will break a glass ceiling in the United States by becoming the first trans woman to perform a principal role on the operatic stage in the U.S. Lucas will make her U.S. debut at the Tulsa Opera singing the title role of “Don Giovanni” after taking Europe by storm over the years. Lucas has reached {…}
On May 3, 2019 the Tulsa Opera will host an American first. According to a carefully worded press release, it will be “the first time a trans woman has performed a principal role on the operatic stage in the US.” Baritone Lucia Lucas will make her American main-stage debut in the title role of Mozart and da Ponte’s “Don Giovanni.” {…}
Kirkpatrick & Kinslow Productions have announced it is green-lighting a cutting edge, timely documentary entitled “Lucia’s Voice (Working Title).” The new film center on internationally renowned opera star Lucia Lucas will perform the title role in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” at the Tulsa Opera in May. Lucas is set to be the first baritone transgender woman performing a lead role in {…}