Wilmington Concert Opera is set to present the world premiere of a new chamber version of Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s opera “Loksi’ Shaali’” (Shell Shaker) this May. The performances, set for Thursday, May 14 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 16 at 2 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in Wilmington, Delaware, will feature operatic singers of {…}
Wilmington Concert Opera has announced its 2025 season, “La Vie Parisienne!” Baritone Moses Possible and pianist Elina Galletta present “Resonating Heritage: A Tribute To The Diaspora.” This concert features the world premiere of a song cycle by Lorna Young-Wright. Performance Date: February 23, 2025 Baritones Chris Drago Fistonich and Daniel Neer make their Wilmington Concert Opera debuts in the Gala {…}
Wilmington Concert Opera has announced its 2024 season “Voices of Home.” It all kicks off with the virtual recital “Norwegian Fairytales” featuring soprano Claire Galloway and pianist John Henderson. Streaming Date: January 2024 Then comes “Sounds Like Pearls,” another virtual recital in honor of Black History Month. Soprano Jade Dashá and pianist Mark Bilyeu perform. Streaming Date: February 2024 Then {…}
(Credit: Kirsten C. Kunkle) Wilmington Concert Opera is set to present “Hansel and Gretel” as part of its “Back to Before” season series. The opera, which opens on Nov. 10 with a sensory friendly performance on Nov. 12, 2023, will be conducted by Timothy Crawford (who will also perform at the piano), and directed by Renee Macdonald. The showcase is {…}
Wilmington Concert Opera is set to present “Bel Canto: The Beautiful Voice” this May. The performance will feature tenor Clifford Bechtel, mezzo-soprano Paula Rivera-Dantagnan soprano Kirsten C. Kunkle, soprano Elizabeth Oliver, soprano Marisa Robinson, soprano Suzannah Waddington, mezzo-soprano Rebecca Sacks, tenor Brenten Megee, baritones John David Miles and Kevin Patrick, and pianist and music director Timothy Crawford. On the program {…}
The women and minority-run Wilmington Concert Opera (WCO) has announced its 2023 season, “Back to Before,” marking its return to its pandemic-postponed 2020 programming. Here’s what’s in store for Delaware opera fans. In April, WCO will serve up one of two mainstage shows—a first for WCO— starting with “La serva padrona.” Pergolesi’s quintessential intermezzo, stars baritone John Michael as Uberto {…}
On Oct. 21, 2022, Wilmington Concert Opera will present a new opera, “Girondines,” composed by Sarah Van Sciver, to a libretto by WCO’s Co-founder and Artistic Director, Kirsten C. Kunkle. Van Sciver will music direct and perform as the presentation’s pianist. “Girondines” is a story of a society of six women, all living during the time of the French Revolution. {…}
Delaware’s Wilmington Concert Opera (WCO) has announced its 2022 season, titled “Everything Old is New Again.” The season will feature both live and virtual performances, including a continuation of the company’s Virtual Recital Series, a new outside collaboration with Concert Operetta Theater of Philadelphia, and the world premiere of ‘Girondines.’ The Virtual Recital Series kicks things off in January with {…}
Wilmington Concert Opera will stream the company’s first complete virtual opera, Purcell’s “Dido & Aeneas,” on April 11 at 2:00 P.M. EDT, on Wilmington Concert Opera’s YouTube channel and includes a live chat with the cast. Based on an episode within Virgil’s epic poem, “The Aeneid” is Purcell’s sole opera and a central work of the Baroque canon regarded as {…}