Cincinnati Opera & University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music to Workshop ‘Hildegard’

(Photo Credit: Shervin Lainez) Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music will present a workshop for Sarah Kirkland Snider’s “Hildegard” on Oct. 10, 2024. “Hildegard” was commissioned and produced by Beth Morrison Projects and “imagines three of the most pivotal events in the life of 12th-century German Benedictine nun, visionary, composer, and polymath Hildegard von Bingen.” The {…}

Aug 10, 2024

Felicity Tomkins Wins the 2024 Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship

(Photo credit: BWP Studios) New Zealand soprano Felicity Tomkins has won the 2024 Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship. Tomkins is an alum of the New Zealand Opera School, and has recently completed an Artist Diploma at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She made her Wigmore Hall debut last year in the Elizabeth Connell Prize final. Along with the $43,000 {…}

Feb 13, 2024

Cincinnati Opera & the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Present ‘The Highlands’ Workshop

The Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music have announced the next workshop in their joint program, Opera Fusion: New Works. The partners will host a workshop of Act one of the new opera “The Highlands,” with music by composer Carlos Simon and a libretto by playwright Lynn Nottage and her daughter, poet and writer Ruby Aiyo {…}