Merola Opera to End Summer with Grand Finale Performance, 8/22
by Matt Smith
- Jul 21, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2015 – The Merola Opera Program's Summer Festival concludes with its 2015 artists performing in the Merola Grand Finale Saturday, August 22 at 7:30 pm at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco. Conductor Antony Walker will lead the orchestra and 2015 Merola Apprentice Stage Director Mo Zhou will stage the program, featuring works by Gounod, Bellini, Tchaikovsky, Jake Heggie, Nikolai, Verdi, Rossini, Humperdinck, Mascagni, and Offenbach. The performance is a culmination of the 12-week Merola Opera training program, and all 23 of the 2015 Merola singers will perform, under the coaching and direction of their fellow artists. A special artists' reception follows the Grand Finale (tickets sold separately).
LOVE LIFE Preview Concert at Old First Church Set for Today
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 17, 2015
A preview concert for Love Life, the sophomore album for soprano Ann Moss and friends, will be held tonight, July 17, 2015 at 8:00pm at Old First Church (1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94109). The concert will feature songs and song cycles included on Love Life by composers Jake Heggie and Liam Wade, as well as a sneak preview of a new song cycle by composer John Grimmett. Joining Moss in performance will be pianist Steven Bailey, cellist Emil Miland, violinist Mads Tolling, and composerpianist Jake Heggie.
LOVE LIFE Preview Concert at Old First Church Set for 7/17
by Nora Dominick
- Jul 9, 2015
A preview concert for Love Life, the sophomore album for soprano Ann Moss and friends, will be held on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:00pm at Old First Church (1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94109). The concert will feature songs and song cycles included on Love Life by composers Jake Heggie and Liam Wade, as well as a sneak preview of a new song cycle by composer John Grimmett. Joining Moss in performance will be pianist Steven Bailey, cellist Emil Miland, violinist Mads Tolling, and composerpianist Jake Heggie.
Carnegie Hall Announces 2015-16 Jazz, World & Pop Music Season
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 29, 2015
Carnegie Hall's 125th anniversary season is fast approaching, and we are looking forward to a variety of exciting new projects and exceptional programming. Listed below are jazz, pop, and world music highlights at Carnegie Hall for the 2015-2016 season.
San Francisco Opera's SHOW BOAT Out on DVD/Blu-ray Today
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 30, 2015
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's quintessentially American masterpiece Show Boat comes to full life in a new DVD/Blu-ray recording from San Francisco Opera to be released by EuroArts Music International today, June 30, 2015.
Box Office for LA Opera's 30th Anniversary Season Opens Sunday
by Tyler Peterson
- Jun 26, 2015
Tickets for LA Opera's 30th Anniversary Season, featuring beloved classics, exciting fan favorites and invigorating new works, will go on sale to the general public this Sunday, June 28, at 10am. Tickets may be purchased online at LAOpera.org, by phone at 213.972.8001 or in person, from 10am to 6pm, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Box Office, located at 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, 90012.
NCTC to Stage World Premiere of SALOME, DANCE FOR ME
by Tyler Peterson
- Jun 17, 2015
Heads will roll this summer when New Conservatory Theatre Center proudly presents the world premiere of Salome, Dance for Me, a savagely beautiful new glam rock re-imagining of the infamous Biblical tale, starring San Francisco's most erotically-charged and campily hilarious rock chanteuse, trixxie carr.
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