(Credit: Jaclyn Simpson) Art Bath has announced its schedule of immersive salon performances this fall. The performances, which take place in New York City at The Blue Building on East 46th Street, will feature performances by five to eight artists or groups. Per an official press statement, “Audiences will be guided through a multidisciplinary and multi-sensory experience, exploring the corridors {…}
The Kennedy Center is set to celebrate the 50th anniversary with two projects, the opening of “Art and Ideals: President John F. Kennedy” – a new permanent exhibit exploring Kennedy’s presidency and commitment to the arts and a reprise of Bernstein’s “MASS,” which premiered at the center’s opening exactly 51 years before the upcoming performance. The projects will close an {…}
Sparks & Wiry Cries has announced its 2023 songSLAM Festival from January 10 to 13, 2023, in New York with events at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, DiMenna Center for the Arts, and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The Festival opens with a preview of Freedom on the Move: Songs in Flight at Schomburg Center for Research in {…}
This week audiences can check out new works, full opera performances, and debut albums. Fire Shut Up in My Bones The Met releases Terence Blanchard and Kasi Lemmon’s opera with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting a cast led by Will Liverman, Angel Blue, and Latonia Moore. OperaWire noted that the opera was a “masterpiece.” The Complete Songs of Duparc Malcolm Martineau presents {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive Philip Glass’s “Akhnaten.” The production will return for six performances from May 19 to June 10, 2022 after the production won a Grammy Award. When the production premiered in 2019 OperaWire said, “Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James Lead The Best Met Production of the Year.” For the {…}
(Credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has named baritone Will Liverman the winner of the 2022 Beverly Sills Artist Award. The annual $50,000 award recognizes a gifted singer with a rising Met career. The award was established in 2006 by an endowment gift from the late Agnes Varis, a former Met board member. In a statement, Liverman {…}
Portland Opera has announced its 2022-23 season. The season kicks off with Bizet’s “Carmen,” which will star Maya Lahyani, Matthew Pearce, Richard Ollarsaba, and Ariana Wehr. Michael Ellis Ingram conducts a production directed by Denyce Graves. Performance Dates: Nov. 5 & 13, 2022 Kamala Sankaram’s “Thumbprint” will premiere with Maya Kherani, Indira Mahajan, Alok Kumar, Omar, Najmi, and Samina Aslam {…}
The National Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2022-23 season featuring an array of soloists. Here is a look at the vocal performances for next season. Leonard Bernstein’s MASS will open the season with James Gaffigan conducting, Alison Moritz directing, and Will Liverman starring. Performance Dates: Sept. 15-18, 2022 David Robertson conducts Julia Bullock in music by Mackey, Barber, and Bernstein. {…}
(Credit: Jaclyn Simpson) On April 29, Central City Opera will celebrate its 90th anniversary with the “Theatre of Dreams” Gala. Held at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, the event will feature former CCO principal artist Will Liverman, joined by Matthew Plenk and Kira Dills-DeSurra, and accompanied by Jeremy Reger. The masquerade-themed evening will include cocktails in the museum’s {…}
The Dallas Opera will premiere Jonathan Dove and April De Angelis’ “Flight” starting on March 4, 2022. The opera, which is based on the true story that also inspired Steven Spielberg’s “The Terminal” will runt through the 12th and stars John Holiday, Abigail Rethwisch, Elena Villalón, Andrew Stenson, Seth Carico, Zachary James, Will Liverman, Deanne Meek, Kristen Choi, and Catherine {…}
(Credit: Jaclyn Simpson) Starting on February 26, these salon performances will feature three to five artists/groups, appearing in a different room of the venue. The multidisciplinary event will include a cocktail hour and visual arts. The line-up of artists includes figures such as countertenor Anthony Roth Constanzo, cabaret singer Joey Arias, baritone Will Liverman, dancer/choreographer Claire Davison, tap dancer Mx {…}