Opera America To Launch The Campbell Opera Librettist Prize by BWW News Desk
- July 27, 2020 OPERA America, the national champion for American opera, opera companies, and artists has announced its latest program to advance the quality and creativity of the art form.
Met Chorus Artists Fundraiser Nears $500K In Final Week Of Their Campaign by BWW News Desk
- July 27, 2020 The Met Chorus Artists Emergency Grant Fundraiser has good news to share. July 31st marks the end of their fundraising campaign and the close of their grant application. All AGMA artists who had contracts at the Met canceled due to COVID-19 and are in need of financial assistance are eligible to apply.
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen Will Present Four Innovative Opera and Dance Performances Online by BWW News Desk
- July 27, 2020 As we await the reopening of our theatres, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen will continue its virtual world tour of all living rooms. From today, the audience can join us for an adventure with four world premieres: Chaya Czernowin's opera Infinite Now and three short dance pieces from the acclaimed Choreolab series.
Nathan Granner, Jamie Chamberlin, Cathy Miller Gregg Baker, Join Opera On Park Summer Concert Series Online by BWW News Desk
- July 24, 2020 Opera Orlando presents its annual Opera on Park Summer Concert Series featuring three concerts by world-class singers up-close and personal, although this season will be a bit different. The series goes online and is FREE, livestreamed directly to Opera Orlando fans weekly. Enjoy a diverse selection of songs, arias, and duets, and get to know and chat with the artists before you see them on the MainStage in the 2020-21 season.
Morris Robinson Addresses Racist Incident at Cincinnati Opera Event - 'There is no Innocuous Racism' by BWW News Desk
- July 24, 2020 On the heels of a New York Times article which reported that tenor Russell Thomas cited that an incident of 'brazen racism by a white donor' occurred during a Cincinnati Opera board leadership party in 2015, The Cincinnati Enquirer shared Morris Robinson (Artistic Advisor to the Cincinnati Opera)'s thoughts: 'There is no innocuous racism,'
Houston Early Music Initiates Second Phase Of Its New Pathways For the Arts Program by BWW News Desk
- July 22, 2020 Houston Early Music's journey to build more resilience and momentum continues: The organization is entering its second year in EmcArts' New Pathways for the Arts l Houston, a three-year, multi-phase program designed to help Houston arts programs address their most complex organizational challenges.
Opera North Reemerges With Sold Out Live Performances Under The Stars by BWW News Desk
- July 21, 2020 For Summerfest 2020 and the 38th season of live performances, Opera North is producing two family-friendly, outdoor concerts at their Blow-Me-Down Farm location (in partnership with the National Park Service) in Cornish, NH. Opera North is safeguarding the health of its open-air audience by seating them on the lawn in physically-distanced 'patron pods' or in their cars.
#RepresentationMatters: Black Artists | Black Stories Launches This Sunday, July 26 by BWW News Desk
- July 20, 2020 #RepresentationMatters: Black Artists | Black Stories launches this Sunday, July 26 at 2 p.m. on Opera Orlando's Facebook page. Opera Orlando board member and local Central Florida activist Chevalier Lovett hosts this talk-show style broadcast that focuses on Black artists and their experience in the opera world, both on and offstage. He will be joined for this pilot episode by soprano Brittany Renee and tenor Nathan Granner, as well as other Opera Orlando committee members responsible for the genesis of this program.
BWW Review: The Met's Back, with a Live Concert Series Kicked Off by Jonas Kaufmann by Richard Sasanow
- July 19, 2020 When was the last time you heard a concert at the Met for $20? It could have been Saturday afternoon--with Jonas Kaufmann kicking off an online, live concert series, MET STARS LIVE IN CONCERT. It helped to remind us what we're missing without live opera and stars worth going out of the way for.