Photos: Chicago Lyric Opera Presents Puccini's TOSCA
by A.A. Cristi
- Mar 11, 2022
Puccini's Tosca brings together three of opera’s most richly drawn characters—a glamorous opera singer, a revolutionary artist, and a sinister police chief—into a potboiler of doomed love, political intrigue, and murder, all powered by some of the most gripping and passionate music ever composed for the stage.
The Metropolitan Opera Announces 2022�"23 Season, Featuring Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 23, 2022
The Metropolitan Opera today announced its 2022–23 season, which features seven new productions, the most in ten seasons. Opening Night is September 27 with the company premiere of Cherubini’s Medea, starring soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role alongside tenor Matthew Polenzani in David McVicar’s new staging, conducted by Carlo Rizzi.
LA Opera Announces Details Of 2022/23 Season
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 7, 2022
Music Director James Conlon will conduct three mainstage productions and Colombian-American conductor Lina González-Granados will make her company debut as Resident Conductor, the first Latina to hold a high-ranking conducting position with a major U.S. opera company.
Carnegie Hall Launches New Premium Subscription Video On-Demand Channel
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Dec 8, 2021
Available in the United States and internationally starting today on the Apple TV app, Carnegie Hall is introducing Carnegie Hall+, a new premium subscription video on-demand channel (SVOD), curated by Carnegie Hall, that offers instant access to unforgettable performances by celebrated artists from renowned stages all around the world.
VERDI VOICES Concert Announced, February 6, 2022
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 18, 2021
Three of the world's most accomplished Verdians—soprano Tamara Wilson, tenor Russell Thomas, and conductor and Lyric Opera of Chicago Music Director Enrique Mazzola—will marshal their powerful musical forces alongside the Lyric Opera Orchestra for a special concert event: Verdi Voices on Sunday, February 6, 2022. Tickets are on sale now.
BWW Review: SAN FRANCISCO OPERA'S FIDELIO ONLINE at War Memorial Opera House
by Maria Nockin
- Oct 15, 2021
On October 14, 2021, San Francisco Opera presented Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, in a well-thought-out production with an outstanding cast. Matthew Ozawa directed the action in a prison of the current era. There, Leonore, a prisoner’s wife disguises herself as a male worker and rescues her husband from unjust incarceration.
BWW Feature: OPERA IN AMERICA AND ABROAD at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin
- Oct 9, 2021
Tour members meet on the Flying Opera Magic Carpet for a week of American and international performances. Our first stop is at San Francisco Opera, for Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven online October 14, 17, and 30, 2021. Cost- $25.
San Francisco Opera Presents New Production of Beethoven's FIDELIO
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 18, 2021
Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Chorus and cast in this monumental work in which love and courage overcome tyranny. Director Matthew Ozawa’s interpretation of the work updates its original eighteenth-century prison setting to a modern government detention center.
BWW Feature: OPERA ODYSSEY SEPT. 7, 2021, at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin
- Sep 6, 2021
Lyric Opera of Chicago has recorded Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci on film. Last week, the company announced that registration was open for audiences to secure free links to screen the new Pagliacci made at the Lyric Opera House. Audiences can now secure a free, on-demand viewing of this verismo production. More information about the production and reservations are available at lyricopera.org/pagliacci.
BWW Review: PAGLIACCI at Lyric Opera of Chicago
by Maria Nockin
- Sep 1, 2021
Lyric Opera of Chicago announced that registration is now open for audiences to secure a free link to screen its new, original film production of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, made at the Lyric Opera House. Audiences can now secure a free, on-demand viewing of this verismo production. More information about the production and reservations are available at lyricopera.org/pagliacci.
BWW Feature: Streaming Opera For The Week Of 8/26
by Maria Nockin
- Aug 26, 2021
Mid afternoon, our tour group meets on the Magic Opera Flying Carpet at Los Angeles Airport (LAX). We watch LA Opera’s digital short entitled Gallup, or Na'nízhoozhí in Navajo. The scene incorporates the high desert New Mexico landscape and the city famed for Navajo jewelry. Tour members should wear the biggest and best turquoise they have for the show!
Lyric Opera Of Chicago Presents PAGLIACCI On Film
by A.A. Cristi
- Aug 18, 2021
Lyric Opera of Chicago announced this week that registration is now open for audiences to secure a free link to screen the new, original film production of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, filmed at the Lyric Opera House. Audiences can now secure a free, on-demand viewing of this gripping production for screenings that begin tomorrow, August 19.
Schmidt Vocal Competition Announces First National Prize
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Aug 17, 2021
Schmidt Vocal Arts has announced the first national prize in the history of the Schmidt Vocal Competition, in celebration of its 25th anniversary season. This annual event for U.S. high school students, funded by the William E. Schmidt Foundation, sees 400+ singers compete each year – this season for more than $625K in cash awards and scholarships.
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