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Tenor Francisco Casanova Dies At 61 by BWW News Desk
- September 27, 2019 BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Dominican tenor Francisco Casanova has died at the age of 61.
Vittorio Grigolo Issues Statement Amidst Groping Scandal by BWW News Desk
- September 27, 2019 BroadwayWorld reported earlier this week that Vittorio Grigolo has been suspended by the Royal Opera House for an alleged groping during the Royal Opera's Japan tour. Grigolo has come forward with a statement in response to these allegations.
Review Roundup: What Did Critics Think of Metropolitan Opera's MACBETH by BWW News Desk
- September 27, 2019 Following a controversy surrounding Plácido Domingo and his last minute departure, the Met Opera's production of Verdi's Macbeth opened this week. Find out what the critics had to say!
Portland Opera Opens 55th Season With MADAMA BUTTERFLY by BWW News Desk
- September 26, 2019 Portland Opera will mark the start of the 2019/20 season with Giacomo Puccini's powerful drama Madama Butterfly. This production will feature the U.S. debut of acclaimed soprano Hiromi Omura as the title character, a role she has sung with Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House, the Latvian National Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and The New National Theatre Tokyo. This piece tells the story of a young wife and mother named Cio-Cio-San, in Nagasaki, Japan, who waits for the return of her beloved B.F. Pinkerton, a lieutenant in the United States Navy. Written in 1903, and last seen on the Portland Opera stage in 2012, Puccini's stunning and emotional work continues to be one of the most popular operas performed in the United States. Portland Opera will present four performances of Madama Butterfly on October 25, 27, 31, and November 2 at the Keller Auditorium in downtown Portland.
On Site Opera Blurs The Lines Of The Audience-Theater Experience This Season by BWW News Desk
- September 26, 2019 On Site Opera, an organization dedicated to presenting site-specific opera productions in non-traditional venues throughout New York City, announces its dynamic 2019-2020 season. As the company has grown in recent years, they have established a season that includes three core mainstage productions, The Turn of the Screw, October 25-27, Amahl and the Night Visitors, December 4-8, and Das Barbecu, January 26-February 11, along with additional partnerships and events beyond the boundaries of the New York City boroughs in summer of 2020.
BWW Review: The Met's MANON a Showcase for the Charms of Tucker Award-Winner Lisette Oropesa by Richard Sasanow
- September 26, 2019 Lisette Oropesa, where have you been all my life? Of course, I've heard her before--she's appeared 100 times or so at the Met so one could hardly miss her--but never in a showpiece like the title role of Jules Massenet's MANON, opposite tenor Michael Fabiano's Chevalier des Grieux on the second night of the Met's new season.
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts His First Puccini Opera At The Met by BWW News Desk
- September 26, 2019 Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Metropolitan Opera's Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts Puccini's majestic Turandot, the maestro's first Puccini opera with the company, in performances beginning October 3, 2019.
NOOMA, an Opera for Babies, Returns to Carnegie Hall by BWW News Desk
- September 26, 2019 Daily from Monday, October 14 through Friday, October 18 at 10:00 and 11:30 a.m., Carnegie Hall presents 10 performances of NOOMA, a work co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, Minnesota Opera, and San Francisco Opera,
Victorian Opera to Present World Premiere of THE SELFISH GIANT by BWW News Desk
- September 26, 2019 The Victorian Opera's Youth Opera will put on world premiere production based on Oscar Wilde's The Selfish Giant. The new work is written by librettist Emma Muir-Smith and composer/conductor Simon Bruckard who will return to the Victorian Opera.
BWW Review: PORGY AND BESS at The Metropolitan Opera by Joanna Barouch
- September 26, 2019 Opening Night at the Metropolitan Opera! The very words tingle with palpable electricity and anticipation. Whether you attend in person, or go to the Times Square simulcast, or whether you listen on the radio or on the Met website, you are participating in one of the most thrilling events of the New York City musical year.
Rhymes With Opera Hosts Annual Season Preview by BWW News Desk
- September 25, 2019 Rhymes With Opera will host their annual Season Preview event on Friday, September 27, 2019 at 7pm at Cary Hall in the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 W. 37th Street, NYC. This year's preview will feature excerpts from Rhymes With Opera's 12th season, including live performances of new works by Co-Artistic Directors Ruby Fulton and George Lam, and a sneak peek at Rhymes With Opera's revival of Adam Matlock's Red Giant, a chamber opera about three humans on an unknown journey through space as they escape an expanding sun.
Austin Opera Celebrates A Landmark 2018–2019 Season As It Looks Ahead To An Exciting Future by BWW News Desk
- September 24, 2019 Austin Opera continues to make great progress in its reinvention as one of the most innovative opera companies in the country. In review of its landmark 2018a?'2019 Season, it is proud to report elevated artistic excellence, exceptional ticket sales and fundraising, increased audience development, strengthened community partnerships, expanded education programming, and growth in its board of trusteesa?'all pointing to a bright future for opera in Central Texas.
BWW Review: Forget Brooklyn. Opera Philadelphia World Premieres Show Only the Dead Know Philadelphia by Richard Sasanow
- September 24, 2019 Thomas Wolfe--famed for his novels including “Look Homeward, Angel”--is also remembered for the quotable title of one of his short stories: “Only the Dead Know Brooklyn.” Judging my weekend at Opera Philadelphia's O19 opera festival, and its two world premieres, DENIS & KATYA and LET ME DIE, he could have also written “Only the Dead Know Philadelphia” (though it might have missed the priceless Brooklyn accents used in the story by this southern writer).
Met Opera Employees Furious About Continued Work with Plácido Domingo by BWW News Desk
- September 24, 2019 Performances of Verdi's Macbeth begin this week at New York's Metropolitan Opera, marking the return to the American stage for Plácido Domingo, the man accused by over a dozen women of sexual misconduct.
Vergennes Opera House Announces 2019-2020 Season by BWW News Desk
- September 23, 2019 Once again, the all-volunteer team at the Vergennes Opera House has pulled together a robust and eclectic season of shows for locals and visitors alike to enjoy. The season kicks off on October 12 with a rousing blues event and ends on February 29 with the presentation of the 7th annual Carnevale Vergennes.
TOSCA Opens Opera in the Heights 24th Season by BWW News Desk
- September 23, 2019 Tosca, one of the most popular operas in the repertoire, opens the Opera in the Heights (Oh!) season on Saturday, October 5th with additional performances on October 6th and October 11th, 12th and 13th. Depicting a passionate and tragic love triangle set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, Tosca has some of the most celebrated arias in all of opera. This production offers audiences the opportunity to hear this tragic tour de force in a small, intimate space.