Metropolitan Opera Announces Casting Update for 50th Anniversary Gala, 5/7
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2017
In addition to the previously announced artists appearing at the Met's 50th Anniversary at Lincoln Center Gala on May 7, singers slated to appear include Stephanie Blythe, Joseph Calleja, Dwayne Croft, David Daniels, Yusif Eyvazov, Vittorio Grigolo, Christopher Job, Latonia Moore, Yunpeng Wang, and Dolora Zajick.
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2017
In addition to the previously announced artists appearing at the Met's 50th Anniversary at Lincoln Center Gala on May 7, singers slated to appear include Stephanie Blythe, Joseph Calleja, Dwayne Croft, David Daniels, Yusif Eyvazov, Vittorio Grigolo, Christopher Job, Latonia Moore, Yunpeng Wang, and Dolora Zajick.
Florentine Opera Closes Its 2016 Year With THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, 5/5-7
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2017
The Florentine Opera draws its 83rdSeason to a spectacular close with Rossini's sparkling tale of opera's most famous barber, Figaro.
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2017
The Florentine Opera draws its 83rdSeason to a spectacular close with Rossini's sparkling tale of opera's most famous barber, Figaro.
Pittsburgh Opera And Carnegie Mellon Opera To Present Co-Opera, 4/1
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2017
Pittsburgh Opera is again partnering with students, alumni, and faculty from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Music, School of Drama, and the Master of Arts Management (MAM) Program on the innovative Co-Opera program.
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2017
Pittsburgh Opera is again partnering with students, alumni, and faculty from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Music, School of Drama, and the Master of Arts Management (MAM) Program on the innovative Co-Opera program.
BWW Opera Showstopper: With One Aria, Elza van den Heever Steals the Met's IDOMENEO
by Richard Sasanow - March 13, 2017
No one can accuse the Met of skimping when it put together its current revival of Mozart's opera seria IDOMENEO. Yes, the production's 35 years old, but with this cast, it hardly mattered: tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title role, elegant and Mozartian to the nth degree, the suave and poignant mezzo Alice Coote as his son, Idamante, and the pristine, gorgeous soprano Nadine Sierra as Ilia, the captured Trojan princess, under Music Director Emeritus James Levine. But it was the fourth of the leading players, the full-bodied lyric soprano Elza van den Heever, as Elettra, who blew the roof off.
by Richard Sasanow - March 13, 2017
No one can accuse the Met of skimping when it put together its current revival of Mozart's opera seria IDOMENEO. Yes, the production's 35 years old, but with this cast, it hardly mattered: tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title role, elegant and Mozartian to the nth degree, the suave and poignant mezzo Alice Coote as his son, Idamante, and the pristine, gorgeous soprano Nadine Sierra as Ilia, the captured Trojan princess, under Music Director Emeritus James Levine. But it was the fourth of the leading players, the full-bodied lyric soprano Elza van den Heever, as Elettra, who blew the roof off.
The Met Opera's LA TRAVIATA and IDOMENEO Come to the Big Screen in HD at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Today
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2017
Sonya Yoncheva brings her acclaimed interpretation of the doomed courtesan Violetta Valery to Live in HD audiences for the first time, opposite rising American tenor Michael Fabiano as her lover, Alfredo. Don't miss a LIVE in HD transmission of The Met Opera's La Traviata on Today, March 11 at 12:55 p.m. as part of the Craig's Fine Jewelry Live in HD Series. Violetta, a young and consumptive courtesan is exhausted after years of service, and wants nothing better than to relax and enjoy the time that she has left, free and footloose from men and worries. However, a chance meeting at a party she hosts, with the handsome yet naive Alfredo sees her question her existence and her loneliness without a lover to call her own. She encourages his love.
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2017
Sonya Yoncheva brings her acclaimed interpretation of the doomed courtesan Violetta Valery to Live in HD audiences for the first time, opposite rising American tenor Michael Fabiano as her lover, Alfredo. Don't miss a LIVE in HD transmission of The Met Opera's La Traviata on Today, March 11 at 12:55 p.m. as part of the Craig's Fine Jewelry Live in HD Series. Violetta, a young and consumptive courtesan is exhausted after years of service, and wants nothing better than to relax and enjoy the time that she has left, free and footloose from men and worries. However, a chance meeting at a party she hosts, with the handsome yet naive Alfredo sees her question her existence and her loneliness without a lover to call her own. She encourages his love.
Utopia Opera Presents THE GRAND DUKE, 3/3-3/11
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2017
On March 3, 4, 10, & 11 at 7:30pm,, Utopia Opera presents THE GRAND DUKE (words by W.S. Gilbert, music by Arthur Sullivan) in a fully-staged production performed with an 20-piece orchestra at the Ida K. Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College (695 Park Avenue). Utopia founder and artistic director, and Gilbert & Sullivan specialist, William Remmers, stage and music directs.
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2017
On March 3, 4, 10, & 11 at 7:30pm,, Utopia Opera presents THE GRAND DUKE (words by W.S. Gilbert, music by Arthur Sullivan) in a fully-staged production performed with an 20-piece orchestra at the Ida K. Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College (695 Park Avenue). Utopia founder and artistic director, and Gilbert & Sullivan specialist, William Remmers, stage and music directs.
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - THE OPERA to Make World Premiere in Montreal Next March
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2017
In celebration of Montréal's 375th anniversary, Opéra de Montréal is pleased to present the world premiere of ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - THE OPERA, based on Roger Waters' legendary work, The Wall.
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2017
In celebration of Montréal's 375th anniversary, Opéra de Montréal is pleased to present the world premiere of ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - THE OPERA, based on Roger Waters' legendary work, The Wall.
Joyce Mariani Hosts Opera in the Italian Garden, 7/30
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
Joyce Mariani hosts Opera in the Italian Garden, July 30, 2017.
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
Joyce Mariani hosts Opera in the Italian Garden, July 30, 2017.
Opera San Antonio Presents THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, 5/6-7
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
Opera San Antonio presents THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, May 6-7, 2017.
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
Opera San Antonio presents THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, May 6-7, 2017.
Cleveland Opera Theater Presents Le nozze di Figaro, 4/28
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
Cleveland Opera Theater presents Le nozze di Figaro, April 28 and 30, 2017 at the Cleveland Masonic Auditorium.
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
Cleveland Opera Theater presents Le nozze di Figaro, April 28 and 30, 2017 at the Cleveland Masonic Auditorium.
Charlottesville Opera To Present Rebecca Head Free Lecture, 3/24
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
Rebecca Mead, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of My Life in Middlemarch, will give a free lecture to ticketholders and Virginia Festival of the Book participants before Charlottesville Opera's March 24 matinee performance of Middlemarch in Spring.
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
Rebecca Mead, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of My Life in Middlemarch, will give a free lecture to ticketholders and Virginia Festival of the Book participants before Charlottesville Opera's March 24 matinee performance of Middlemarch in Spring.
Houston Grand Opera Presents Götterdämmerung, 4/22
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
Houston Grand Opera presents Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods), the final installment of Wagner's epic Ring cycle, featuring a new generation of leading Wagnerians including Simon O'Neill as Siegfried and Christine Goerke as Brunnhilde, starting April 22.
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
Houston Grand Opera presents Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods), the final installment of Wagner's epic Ring cycle, featuring a new generation of leading Wagnerians including Simon O'Neill as Siegfried and Christine Goerke as Brunnhilde, starting April 22.
Latin Tenor Fernando Varela to Release Debut Album 'Vivere' Today
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
Fernando Varela sings what he loves, whether it is a pop hit, an original song he wrote, or Puccini's noblest tenor aria “Nessun dorma.”
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
Fernando Varela sings what he loves, whether it is a pop hit, an original song he wrote, or Puccini's noblest tenor aria “Nessun dorma.”
Utopia Opera Presents THE GRAND DUKE, 3/3-3/11
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
On March 3, 4, 10, & 11 at 7:30pm,, Utopia Opera presents THE GRAND DUKE (words by W.S. Gilbert, music by Arthur Sullivan) in a fully-staged production performed with an 20-piece orchestra at the Ida K. Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College (695 Park Avenue). Utopia founder and artistic director, and Gilbert & Sullivan specialist, William Remmers, stage and music directs.
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
On March 3, 4, 10, & 11 at 7:30pm,, Utopia Opera presents THE GRAND DUKE (words by W.S. Gilbert, music by Arthur Sullivan) in a fully-staged production performed with an 20-piece orchestra at the Ida K. Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College (695 Park Avenue). Utopia founder and artistic director, and Gilbert & Sullivan specialist, William Remmers, stage and music directs.
Alessandra Marc Returns to Carnegie Hall, 4/4
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2017
Alessandra Marc, considered one of the greatest sopranos of our lifetime, returns to live performance at CARNEGIE HALL, April 4, 2017 7:30pm Zankel Hall, performing her signature aria from Turandot: the opera that electrified audiences of her most recent appearances at Lincoln Center's Metropolitan Opera.
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2017
Alessandra Marc, considered one of the greatest sopranos of our lifetime, returns to live performance at CARNEGIE HALL, April 4, 2017 7:30pm Zankel Hall, performing her signature aria from Turandot: the opera that electrified audiences of her most recent appearances at Lincoln Center's Metropolitan Opera.
Opera Philadelphia Launches Free Breaking the Waves Audio Stream, 3/29
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2017
The runaway success of Opera Philadelphia's world premiere production of Breaking the Waves marked a catalytic moment last fall, “changing many of the people who brought the piece to the stage – and the company itself” (Philadelphia Inquirer). The new adaptation of Lars von Trier's searing Oscar-nominated film scored a nomination for the International Opera Award for Best World Premiere, and Opera News declared it “among the best 21st-century American operas yet produced.” Now home audiences the world over can hear the spellbinding production in its entirety at operaphila.org, starting next Wednesday, March 29 at 1pm, when Opera Philadelphia unveils a free on-demand audio stream of the world premiere production that took the opera world by storm, capping an online celebration of Women's History Month.
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2017
The runaway success of Opera Philadelphia's world premiere production of Breaking the Waves marked a catalytic moment last fall, “changing many of the people who brought the piece to the stage – and the company itself” (Philadelphia Inquirer). The new adaptation of Lars von Trier's searing Oscar-nominated film scored a nomination for the International Opera Award for Best World Premiere, and Opera News declared it “among the best 21st-century American operas yet produced.” Now home audiences the world over can hear the spellbinding production in its entirety at operaphila.org, starting next Wednesday, March 29 at 1pm, when Opera Philadelphia unveils a free on-demand audio stream of the world premiere production that took the opera world by storm, capping an online celebration of Women's History Month.
VIDEO: Sneak Peek at One-Man Show, BROTHERHOOD: THE HIP HOP OPERA
by Christina Mancuso - March 09, 2017
Brotherhood: The Hip Hopera is a non-stop, high energy, one man show using original music and physical theatre to tell the parodied story of two brothers living the Hip Hop Life. Taking the audience from the 1970s all the way into the future, this fast-forwarding/rewinding live-hip-hop show is written entirely in rhyme and cleverly crafted song lyrics.
by Christina Mancuso - March 09, 2017
Brotherhood: The Hip Hopera is a non-stop, high energy, one man show using original music and physical theatre to tell the parodied story of two brothers living the Hip Hop Life. Taking the audience from the 1970s all the way into the future, this fast-forwarding/rewinding live-hip-hop show is written entirely in rhyme and cleverly crafted song lyrics.
Phylicia Rashad Joins the Houston Symphony for Beethoven's FIDELIO, 3/31, 4/2
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2017
The Houston Symphony announced today that Tony Award winner and three-time Emmy Award nominee Phylicia Rashad will join the cast of its new semi-staged, concert version of Beethoven's Fidelio, the composer's only opera, March 31 and April 2.
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2017
The Houston Symphony announced today that Tony Award winner and three-time Emmy Award nominee Phylicia Rashad will join the cast of its new semi-staged, concert version of Beethoven's Fidelio, the composer's only opera, March 31 and April 2.
BWW Preview: DEAD MAN WALKING at Lyric Opera
by Alan Portner - March 09, 2017
The story or Sister Helen and a convicted double murderer at Kauffman Center
by Alan Portner - March 09, 2017
The story or Sister Helen and a convicted double murderer at Kauffman Center
Gorgeous Singing and Hilarious Hijinks Abound In Arizona Opera's Season Finale CINDERELLA
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2017
Arizona Opera is pleased to present its 2016/2017 season finale, Cinderella (La Cenerentola). Composed by well-known Italian opera icon Gioachino Rossini of Barber of Seville fame, this production is sure to dazzle both opera regulars and newcomers. Cinderella is sung in Italian with English supertitles.
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2017
Arizona Opera is pleased to present its 2016/2017 season finale, Cinderella (La Cenerentola). Composed by well-known Italian opera icon Gioachino Rossini of Barber of Seville fame, this production is sure to dazzle both opera regulars and newcomers. Cinderella is sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Music Sales Corporation and G. Schirmer, Inc. Announces FRAU SCHINDLER: The Heroine Behind The Hero
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2017
Music Sales Corporation and G. Schirmer, Inc. proudly announce Frau Schindler, an original opera in three acts by American composer Thomas Morse, with a libretto co-written by Morse and Ken Cazan.
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2017
Music Sales Corporation and G. Schirmer, Inc. proudly announce Frau Schindler, an original opera in three acts by American composer Thomas Morse, with a libretto co-written by Morse and Ken Cazan.
In Met's IDOMENEO, Soprano Nadine Sierra Flies High
by Richard Sasanow - March 08, 2017
In our time, IDOMENEO is the earliest of Mozart's operas regularly done, its full title being IDOMENEO, RE DI CRETA OSSIA ILIA E IDAMANTE--or IDOMENEO, KING OF CRETE, OR ILIA AND IDAMANTE. “Ilia” of the extended title is the daughter of Priam, the king of Troy. (“Idamante” is Idomeneo's son.) At the Met starting this week, Ilia is being sung by the skyrocketing young American soprano, Nadine Sierra.
by Richard Sasanow - March 08, 2017
In our time, IDOMENEO is the earliest of Mozart's operas regularly done, its full title being IDOMENEO, RE DI CRETA OSSIA ILIA E IDAMANTE--or IDOMENEO, KING OF CRETE, OR ILIA AND IDAMANTE. “Ilia” of the extended title is the daughter of Priam, the king of Troy. (“Idamante” is Idomeneo's son.) At the Met starting this week, Ilia is being sung by the skyrocketing young American soprano, Nadine Sierra.
BWW Review: CARMEN: A Triumphant Crown to a Decade of Impressive Opera
by Steve Callahan - March 08, 2017
This production completes the company's tenth season and it's a crowning glory.
by Steve Callahan - March 08, 2017
This production completes the company's tenth season and it's a crowning glory.
Louis Riel Returns to the Canadian Opera Company
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2017
Canadian history comes to life on the stage of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts this spring when Harry Somers' Louis Riel returns to the Canadian Opera Company. A new production of this uniquely Canadian contribution to the opera world is being conceived by one of Canadian theatre's most acclaimed and inventive directors, Peter Hinton, with the COC's celebrated music director, Johannes Debus, conducting. This production of Louis Riel is proudly presented by the COC and its co-producer, National Arts Centre (NAC), in anticipation of Canada's sesquicentennial and the 50th anniversary of the opera's premiere. Louis Riel is sung in English, French, Michif and Cree with English, French, Michif and Cree SURTITLESTM, and runs for seven performances by the COC on April 20, 23, 26, 29, May 2, 5, 13, 2017 at Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. It will premiere in Ottawa by the NAC on June 15 and 17, 2017.
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2017
Canadian history comes to life on the stage of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts this spring when Harry Somers' Louis Riel returns to the Canadian Opera Company. A new production of this uniquely Canadian contribution to the opera world is being conceived by one of Canadian theatre's most acclaimed and inventive directors, Peter Hinton, with the COC's celebrated music director, Johannes Debus, conducting. This production of Louis Riel is proudly presented by the COC and its co-producer, National Arts Centre (NAC), in anticipation of Canada's sesquicentennial and the 50th anniversary of the opera's premiere. Louis Riel is sung in English, French, Michif and Cree with English, French, Michif and Cree SURTITLESTM, and runs for seven performances by the COC on April 20, 23, 26, 29, May 2, 5, 13, 2017 at Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. It will premiere in Ottawa by the NAC on June 15 and 17, 2017.
Charlottesville Opera To Present Librettist Claudia Stevens For Lecture, 3/23
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2017
Librettist Claudia Stevens will give a free lecture for ticket holders and Virginia Festival of the Book participants before Charlottesville Opera's March 23performance of Middlemarch in Spring.
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2017
Librettist Claudia Stevens will give a free lecture for ticket holders and Virginia Festival of the Book participants before Charlottesville Opera's March 23performance of Middlemarch in Spring.
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