Karen Slack News

Acclaimed soprano Karen Slack will sing 'On My Journey Now: Five Spirituals', a world premiere by composer Nansi Carroll. The work is to be featured in a concert by The Daedalus Quartet in the Harold Pince Theater at Annenberg Center at 7:30pm on Saturday, January 25th. The Daedalus Quartet is The University of Pennsylvania's quartet-in-residence, and the performance will be is co-presented with the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Music.

American Soprano Karen Slack returns to The Metropolitan Opera as Serena in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess on February 12th and 15th. Audiences will remember Slack from her Met Opera and international radio broadcast debuts in the title role of Verdi's Luisa Miller. Highly regarded for her 'extraordinary vocal agility and a powerful instrument with a wide range of colors,' Karen's 2019-2020 performances showcase the breadth of her artistic strengths, including the role of Billie the world premiere of Fire Shut Up In My Bones by Terence Blanchard with Opera Theatre Saint Louis, a production which The New York Times called one of the most noteworthy classical music events of the year. She also returned to The Philadelphia Orchestra this year to sing Eternal Mother in the world premiere of Hannibal Lokumbe's Healing Tones, conducted by maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

The Colorado Theatre Guild's 14th Annual Henry Awards will take place Monday, July 22, 2019 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, located at 10075 Commons St. Lone Tree, CO 80124. The evening begins at 6 p.m. with cocktails and the awards ceremony will begin at 7 p.m., followed by a catered reception at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Tickets are $35 for CTG members, $40 non-members or $50 at the door. Tickets go on sale Tuesday June 18, 2019 at 1:00PM MDT through the Lone Tree Arts Center website at www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org or by calling the box office at 720-509-1000.

Fire Shut Up in My Bones has opened at Opera Theatre St. Louis. It is gorgeous! Deeply intimate and honest, the beautifully told story almost overshadows the music by the great jazz trumpeter Terrence Blanchard.

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania has announced its 2019-20 season, the third season curated by Executive and Artistic Director Christopher A. Gruits. Subscriptions are on sale now at AnnenbergCenter.org or 215.898.3900. Single tickets will go on sale at a later date.

Hannibal Lokumbe will culminate his three-year tenure as Philadelphia Orchestra composer-in-residence with the world premiere ofHealing Tones, March 28-30, in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The piece will be dedicated to the Tree of Life congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the wake of the tragic shooting that occurred there in October 2018. Audrey Glickman, a survivor of the attack, will play the shofar during the three world premiere concerts.

Last season Buntport brought Magnets on the Fridge, their original hit live sit-com, back to the stage after a many year hiatus. The gang has gotten older and is trying to negotiate living in a rapidly growing city. It's all very silly. Now they are back for another season.    Based, in part, on book suggestions from the audience at the episode before, each episode is a ridiculous romp through the minds of the Buntport ensemble, featuring guest appearances from local performers. Last season included guest spots from Karen Slack, Jon Brown, Lulu Scully, and regular appearances from Evan Weissman of Warm Cookies of the Revolution. This season Buntport will be collaborating with even more folks!   Come see some live 'tv' before going home to binge-watch Netflix!   

This winter, The Atlanta Opera presents the company premiere of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's Dead Man Walking in an original production "of the very highest level" (Opera News) from General & Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun. Georgia native Jamie Barton - winner of the Beverly Sills Artist Award, Richard Tucker Award, and BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition - makes her eagerly anticipated role debut as Sister Helen Prejean, and Michael Mayes reprises the iconic portrayal of condemned murderer Joseph De Rocher that the composer himself has called "definitive," anchoring an all-star cast that also features Maria Zifchak, Wayne Tigges, Kevin Burdette, and Jay Hunter Morris. Marking the second presentation in Atlanta's mainstage season, the opera will be mounted in four performances led by Kentucky Opera principal conductor Joseph Mechavich at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre (Feb 2-10).

Fort Worth Opera (FWOpera) announced today the casts and creative teams for the 2019 Festival season, including the world premiere of composer-librettist Rachel J. Peters's delightfully wicked opera, Companionship. Adapted from the short story by internationally bestselling author Arthur Phillips, this delicious dark comedy about an obsession with dough, mirrors our modern world, where what we consume becomes all-consuming. Selected as a winner of the 2018 FWOpera Frontiers showcase, the work will receive a fully staged production next spring at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, as part of FWOpera's alternative venue series, Opera Unbound.

The Atlanta Opera presents its most exciting season to date in 2018-19. The mainstage season will be bookended by two of the greatest blockbusters in the repertoire, as well as the most performed American opera of the 21st century, and Tchaikovsky's timeless masterpiece. The Discoveries series features two distinct styles in a jazz-infused 'Be-Bopera' and a tango opera presented at beloved local venue, the red velvet cabaret Le Maison Rouge.

Kentucky Opera brings their premiere of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking to Louisville audiences this week. And composer Heggie was also in town to celebrate this production, one of more than 60 mounted of this work around the world since its 2000 premiere.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City continues its 59th season with the powerful modern classic, Dead Man Walking, music by Jake Heggie and libretto by Terrence McNally, and based on the novel by Sister Helen Prejean, with performances March 4, 8, 10 and 12 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The production will be sung in English with English titles.

The inaugural Explorations series continues with Elvis Costello's The Juliet Letters, Jan. 28 and 29 at the Michael and Ginger Frost Production Arts Building at the Richard J. Stern Opera Center.Explorations features eclectic programs in intimate spaces, with programming that crosses musical borders and experiments with a wide range of lyrical expression.

The inaugural Explorations series continues with Elvis Costello's The Juliet Letters, Jan. 28 and 29 at the Michael and Ginger Frost Production Arts Building at the Richard J. Stern Opera Center.Explorations features eclectic programs in intimate spaces, with programming that crosses musical borders and experiments with a wide range of lyrical expression.

The Edge Theater Company presents 'Burn This' January 13 through February 12 with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 6:00 p.m.; Monday, February 6 at 8 p.m.  No performance on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5. Tickets are $28; $22 on February 6, and are available online at www.theedgetheater.com or by calling 303-232-0363.   Group rates are available.The Edge Theater, 1560 Teller Street, Lakewood CO 80214. Free Parking.

The Edge Theater Company presents "Burn This" January 13 through February 12, 2017.

General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler today announced that two Lyric Opera of Kansas City Resident Artists have won international awards.

The Edge Theater Company presents "Burn This" January 13 through February 12, 2017.

On Sunday, November 6, 2016 at 7:30pm, Works & Process at The Guggenheim presents a discussion with the creators and excerpts of Houston Grand Opera's upcoming world premiere of It's a Wonderful Life by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer.