Five Singers Named Winners of the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2019
After a months-long series of auditions involving more than 1,000 singers at the district, regional, and national levels, a panel of expert judges named five singers as the winners of the 65th annual Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Each winner receives a $15,000 cash prize.
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2019
After a months-long series of auditions involving more than 1,000 singers at the district, regional, and national levels, a panel of expert judges named five singers as the winners of the 65th annual Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Each winner receives a $15,000 cash prize.
Photo Flash: ENO New Opera JACK THE RIPPER: THE WOMEN OF WHITECHAPEL
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2019
The world premiere of Iain Bell's Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel, following his critically-acclaimed In Parenthesis.
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2019
The world premiere of Iain Bell's Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel, following his critically-acclaimed In Parenthesis.
Photo Flash: Pittsburgh Opera Presents Puccini's LA BOHEME
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2019
Pittsburgh Opera returns to the Benedum Center with Puccini's La boheme, opera's biggest tear-jerker, March 30-April 7.
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2019
Pittsburgh Opera returns to the Benedum Center with Puccini's La boheme, opera's biggest tear-jerker, March 30-April 7.
VIDEO: Get A First Look At LA FORZA DEL DESTINO at the Royal Opera House
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2019
The Marquis of Calatrava forbids his daughter Leonora to marry the South American nobleman Don Alvaro. The lovers attempt to elope, but the Marquis catches them. In the ensuing altercation, Alvaro accidentally kills the Marquis, who curses his daughter as he dies. Leonora and Alvaro become separated during their escape. Leonora's brother Don Carlo di Vargas decides to find them and avenge his father.
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2019
The Marquis of Calatrava forbids his daughter Leonora to marry the South American nobleman Don Alvaro. The lovers attempt to elope, but the Marquis catches them. In the ensuing altercation, Alvaro accidentally kills the Marquis, who curses his daughter as he dies. Leonora and Alvaro become separated during their escape. Leonora's brother Don Carlo di Vargas decides to find them and avenge his father.
Gareth Malone and Opera Holland Park Community Chorus reunite for International Opera Awards 2019
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2019
Gareth Malone and the Opera Holland Park Community Chorus reunite for a special performance at International Opera Awards 2019 – the annual red-carpet gala event on 29 April celebrating achievements in opera – performing at the event for the first time. Performing 'Help Me Believe' – a piece commissioned by Opera Holland Park for its Hope for Grenfell Memorial Gala last year – the Chorus will join a starry line-up of some of the biggest names in opera, including Joyce El-Khoury and Charles Castronovo. Highlights from the ceremony, presented by Petroc Trelawny, will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Monday 6 May.
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2019
Gareth Malone and the Opera Holland Park Community Chorus reunite for a special performance at International Opera Awards 2019 – the annual red-carpet gala event on 29 April celebrating achievements in opera – performing at the event for the first time. Performing 'Help Me Believe' – a piece commissioned by Opera Holland Park for its Hope for Grenfell Memorial Gala last year – the Chorus will join a starry line-up of some of the biggest names in opera, including Joyce El-Khoury and Charles Castronovo. Highlights from the ceremony, presented by Petroc Trelawny, will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Monday 6 May.
New Rochelle Opera Honors Palumbo And Buchalter At Annual Spring Gala
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2019
New Rochelle Opera will honor Metropolitan Opera Chorus Master Donald Palumbo and Metropolitan Opera Assistant Conductor Gregory Buchalter at its Annual Spring Gala on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The event will take place at VIP Country Club, 600 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY at 6:30 pm. The fundraiser ushers in the Company's 34th season of bringing high-quality, affordable opera to Westchester County.
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2019
New Rochelle Opera will honor Metropolitan Opera Chorus Master Donald Palumbo and Metropolitan Opera Assistant Conductor Gregory Buchalter at its Annual Spring Gala on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The event will take place at VIP Country Club, 600 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY at 6:30 pm. The fundraiser ushers in the Company's 34th season of bringing high-quality, affordable opera to Westchester County.
OPERA NEWS Earns Merit Award for Illustration by The Society of Publication Designers
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2019
OPERA NEWS was named a Print Merit winner in the best editorial design competition by The Society of Publication Designers (SPD), an organization serving the network of creative professionals, strengthening the editorial design community and shaping the future of visual culture. This follows recognition OPERA NEWS received last fall from the Society of Illustrators for the August 2018 piece 'Access Opera' by Robert Neubecker. The illustration was accepted into the Society's annual competition art show and book.
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2019
OPERA NEWS was named a Print Merit winner in the best editorial design competition by The Society of Publication Designers (SPD), an organization serving the network of creative professionals, strengthening the editorial design community and shaping the future of visual culture. This follows recognition OPERA NEWS received last fall from the Society of Illustrators for the August 2018 piece 'Access Opera' by Robert Neubecker. The illustration was accepted into the Society's annual competition art show and book.
LA BOHEME Comes to Prague National Theatre 4/1!
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2019
LA BOHEME, the classic Puccini opera, is playing at Prague National Theatre on April 1, 2019.
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2019
LA BOHEME, the classic Puccini opera, is playing at Prague National Theatre on April 1, 2019.
NY City Opera to Feature Rotating Cast in AS ONE
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2019
New York City Opera has announced that Blythe Gaissert & Michael Kelly and Briana Elyse Hunter & Jorell Williams will comprise the rotating casts of its upcoming production of AS ONE.
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2019
New York City Opera has announced that Blythe Gaissert & Michael Kelly and Briana Elyse Hunter & Jorell Williams will comprise the rotating casts of its upcoming production of AS ONE.
Seventh Edition Of Opera21 Presents Three World Creations
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2019
Exciting, lively, adventurous and always surprising. For the seventh year in succession, Opera21 is concentrating all the latest in music theatre into a single festival. This year it will be on in Antwerp and will include no less than six premieres, three of which are new creations.
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2019
Exciting, lively, adventurous and always surprising. For the seventh year in succession, Opera21 is concentrating all the latest in music theatre into a single festival. This year it will be on in Antwerp and will include no less than six premieres, three of which are new creations.
OPERA America Announces Participants in Women's Opera Network Mentorship Program
by Sarah Hookey - March 27, 2019
OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is announcing that protégés and mentors have been selected for the organization's Women's Opera Network Mentorship Program, now in its second year.
by Sarah Hookey - March 27, 2019
OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is announcing that protégés and mentors have been selected for the organization's Women's Opera Network Mentorship Program, now in its second year.
BWW Showstopper: Ride 'Em, Valkyries, in Part Two of the Met's RING CYCLE
by Richard Sasanow - March 27, 2019
There's lots to enjoy in the Met's revival of DIE WALKURE, the second part of Richard Wagner's great tetralogy, DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN, better known simply as Wagner's Ring Cycle, which had its first performance of the season on Monday night--all five hours of it!--under the pulsating control of Philippe Jordan and the Met orchestra in full throttle. The thrills started with the entrance of soprano Christine Goerke as Brunnhilde, tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Eva Marie Westbroek as the incestuous Siegmund and Sieglinde, the clarion mezzo Jamie Barton as Fricka, goddess of marriage. For sheer pleasure and delight, however, there's nothing that beats the best-known section of the opera, “The Ride of the Valkyries,” which opens Act III.
by Richard Sasanow - March 27, 2019
There's lots to enjoy in the Met's revival of DIE WALKURE, the second part of Richard Wagner's great tetralogy, DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN, better known simply as Wagner's Ring Cycle, which had its first performance of the season on Monday night--all five hours of it!--under the pulsating control of Philippe Jordan and the Met orchestra in full throttle. The thrills started with the entrance of soprano Christine Goerke as Brunnhilde, tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Eva Marie Westbroek as the incestuous Siegmund and Sieglinde, the clarion mezzo Jamie Barton as Fricka, goddess of marriage. For sheer pleasure and delight, however, there's nothing that beats the best-known section of the opera, “The Ride of the Valkyries,” which opens Act III.
VIDEO: “Hojotoho!” from Die Walküre at the Met Opera
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2019
World Premiere: Court Theater, Munich, 1870. The second opera in Wagner's monumental Ring cycle, Die Walküre has long stood on its own as an evening of extraordinarily powerful theater. Part of this appeal lies in its focus on some of the Ring's most interesting characters at decisive moments of their lives: Wotan, the leader of the gods; his wife, Fricka; his twin offspring, Siegmund and Sieglinde; and, above all, Wotan's warrior daughter Brünnhilde. These characters and others follow their destinies to some of Wagner's most remarkable music.
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2019
World Premiere: Court Theater, Munich, 1870. The second opera in Wagner's monumental Ring cycle, Die Walküre has long stood on its own as an evening of extraordinarily powerful theater. Part of this appeal lies in its focus on some of the Ring's most interesting characters at decisive moments of their lives: Wotan, the leader of the gods; his wife, Fricka; his twin offspring, Siegmund and Sieglinde; and, above all, Wotan's warrior daughter Brünnhilde. These characters and others follow their destinies to some of Wagner's most remarkable music.
Composer Iain Bell and Librettist Mark Campbell - A Match Made at STONEWALL (and City Opera)
by Richard Sasanow - March 26, 2019
Was the pairing of Iain Bell and Mark Campbell--respectively, composer and librettist of New York City Opera's (NYCO) world premiere STONEWALL--'love at first sight”? I asked them. We were at the workshop in New York earlier this month that allowed them and director Leonard Foglia to cross the t's and dot the i's (and hear their new work performed).
by Richard Sasanow - March 26, 2019
Was the pairing of Iain Bell and Mark Campbell--respectively, composer and librettist of New York City Opera's (NYCO) world premiere STONEWALL--'love at first sight”? I asked them. We were at the workshop in New York earlier this month that allowed them and director Leonard Foglia to cross the t's and dot the i's (and hear their new work performed).
NKU Opera Brings Laughs With Menotti's OLD MAID AND THE THIEF
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2019
Northern Kentucky University's School of the Arts Opera will be staging Gian Carlo Menotti's one-act comedic opera The Old Maid and the Thief on April 12 & 14 in Greaves Concert Hall at NKU.
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2019
Northern Kentucky University's School of the Arts Opera will be staging Gian Carlo Menotti's one-act comedic opera The Old Maid and the Thief on April 12 & 14 in Greaves Concert Hall at NKU.
Bare Opera To Present MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2019
Bare Opera will present Astor Piazzolla's Maria de Buenos Aires, directed by and staring as Maria, MALENA DAYEN, conducted by DAVID ROSENMEYER. Follow Maria, a woman who leaves her small town on the outskirts of Buenos Aires to embark on a journey, not just to the big city, but within to the darkest depths of her soul. In this psychological thriller of mythical proportions, our heroine will confront her shadows, hell itself, and in the end be reborn a new Maria.
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2019
Bare Opera will present Astor Piazzolla's Maria de Buenos Aires, directed by and staring as Maria, MALENA DAYEN, conducted by DAVID ROSENMEYER. Follow Maria, a woman who leaves her small town on the outskirts of Buenos Aires to embark on a journey, not just to the big city, but within to the darkest depths of her soul. In this psychological thriller of mythical proportions, our heroine will confront her shadows, hell itself, and in the end be reborn a new Maria.
Carlos Miguel Prieto Leads NYO Of Great Britain; Returns To Carnegie Hall In Summer 2019
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2019
Carlos Miguel Prieto, Musical America's 2019 Conductor of the Year, will return to the United Kingdom for the second time this season to conduct the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain's (NYOGB) spring concert tour, in April 2019. Prieto will lead three performances - in London, Liverpool, and Birmingham - of a program dedicated to works by Mexican and American composers. These performances mark Prieto's first return appearance with the NYOGB, following his debut with the Orchestra in April 2017.
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2019
Carlos Miguel Prieto, Musical America's 2019 Conductor of the Year, will return to the United Kingdom for the second time this season to conduct the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain's (NYOGB) spring concert tour, in April 2019. Prieto will lead three performances - in London, Liverpool, and Birmingham - of a program dedicated to works by Mexican and American composers. These performances mark Prieto's first return appearance with the NYOGB, following his debut with the Orchestra in April 2017.
Pittsburgh Opera Unveils New Mobile App Functionality At LA BOHEME
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2019
Pittsburgh Opera will unveil industry-first functionality in their mobile app at their performances of La boheme, March 30 - April 7, at the Benedum Center.
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2019
Pittsburgh Opera will unveil industry-first functionality in their mobile app at their performances of La boheme, March 30 - April 7, at the Benedum Center.
Nine Opera Singers Advance To Final Round Of 2019 Met National Council Auditions
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2019
Following yesterday's highly competitive semifinal competition, nine singers will advance to the final phase of the 65th annual Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, America's largest vocal competition. The winners will receive individual cash prizes of $15,000, while the remaining finalists will receive prizes of $7,500.
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2019
Following yesterday's highly competitive semifinal competition, nine singers will advance to the final phase of the 65th annual Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, America's largest vocal competition. The winners will receive individual cash prizes of $15,000, while the remaining finalists will receive prizes of $7,500.
Ginger Costa-Jackson of San Diego Opera's CARMEN at San Diego Civic Center
by Ron Bierman - March 24, 2019
Since 2011 Mezzo-soprano Ginger Costa-Jackson has sung the title role in 12 different productions of Bizet's Carmen. She will star in yet another this month for San Diego Opera. From here it's on to rehearsals for nine performances of Bizet's masterwork at Seattle Opera. Is the singer tiring of Carmen? Not even close. She loves the character's sense of freedom and empowerment, and works with each new director to make her performance even more convincing.
by Ron Bierman - March 24, 2019
Since 2011 Mezzo-soprano Ginger Costa-Jackson has sung the title role in 12 different productions of Bizet's Carmen. She will star in yet another this month for San Diego Opera. From here it's on to rehearsals for nine performances of Bizet's masterwork at Seattle Opera. Is the singer tiring of Carmen? Not even close. She loves the character's sense of freedom and empowerment, and works with each new director to make her performance even more convincing.
Photo Flash: Capitol City Opera Stages GIANNI SCHICCHI and BUOSO'S GHOST
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2019
Capitol City Opera will present two one-act opera comedies in one night! Giacomo Pucinni's Gianni Schicchi tells the story of a greedy family's fight over their dead relative Buoso's fortune.
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2019
Capitol City Opera will present two one-act opera comedies in one night! Giacomo Pucinni's Gianni Schicchi tells the story of a greedy family's fight over their dead relative Buoso's fortune.
VIDEO: Get A First Look At THE FIX at Minneapolis Opera
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2019
The Fix, a new opera by composer Joel Puckett and librettist Eric Simons on, premiered on Saturday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Music Theater at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. The opera is based on the true story of the "Black Sox" scandal in which the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series. Check out video of the production below!
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2019
The Fix, a new opera by composer Joel Puckett and librettist Eric Simons on, premiered on Saturday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Music Theater at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. The opera is based on the true story of the "Black Sox" scandal in which the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series. Check out video of the production below!
BWW Review: What Retirement? Fleming Soars in Final Scene from CAPRICCIO with the Boston Symphony under Nelsons
by Richard Sasanow - March 22, 2019
Since my days as a pothead are long gone (LOL)—did anyone ever watch 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY without a little help from a friend?--I came to the Boston Symphony's (BSO) concert at Carnegie Hall the other night more interested in hearing the excerpts from Richard Strauss's CAPRICCIO, including Renee Fleming in its final scene, than in the composer's ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA. As it turned out, both parts of the concert, under Music Director Andris Nelsons, had much to recommend.
by Richard Sasanow - March 22, 2019
Since my days as a pothead are long gone (LOL)—did anyone ever watch 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY without a little help from a friend?--I came to the Boston Symphony's (BSO) concert at Carnegie Hall the other night more interested in hearing the excerpts from Richard Strauss's CAPRICCIO, including Renee Fleming in its final scene, than in the composer's ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA. As it turned out, both parts of the concert, under Music Director Andris Nelsons, had much to recommend.
ROCO Announces Its Fifteenth Season 'Coming Of Age'
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2019
ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra) has announced its 2019-20 season, entitled Coming of Age. To celebrate their milestone fifteenth season, ROCO will present a record-breaking 21 new commissions, bringing their total to a whopping 100 distinct premieres since their formation in 2005. Throughout the season, 15 of these new works comprising the FIFteen project: Fanfares, Interludes, and Finales, organized by Mark Buller will be sprinkled among each series.
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2019
ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra) has announced its 2019-20 season, entitled Coming of Age. To celebrate their milestone fifteenth season, ROCO will present a record-breaking 21 new commissions, bringing their total to a whopping 100 distinct premieres since their formation in 2005. Throughout the season, 15 of these new works comprising the FIFteen project: Fanfares, Interludes, and Finales, organized by Mark Buller will be sprinkled among each series.
Laura Anderson Barbata Announced As Production Designer Of Fort Worth Opera World Premiere COMPANIONSHIP
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2019
Fort Worth Opera (FWO) is proud to announce a new collaborative partnership with Mexico City-born artist Laura Anderson Barbata, for the world premiere of composer-librettist Rachel J. Peters's savagely funny dark comedy, Companionship.
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2019
Fort Worth Opera (FWO) is proud to announce a new collaborative partnership with Mexico City-born artist Laura Anderson Barbata, for the world premiere of composer-librettist Rachel J. Peters's savagely funny dark comedy, Companionship.
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