BWW Blog: Jakob Creighton - Detail Work and Vocal Run-Through
by Guest Blogger: Jakob Creighton - October 12, 2016
Monday October 3rd marked the beginning of Month 2 of rehearsals! At this rehearsal, we really ran through the material! It went fairly well!
by Guest Blogger: Jakob Creighton - October 12, 2016
Monday October 3rd marked the beginning of Month 2 of rehearsals! At this rehearsal, we really ran through the material! It went fairly well!
Opera Grand Rapids to Host Tango-Themed Gala Next Week
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2016
Opera Grand Rapids will host its annual Night With The Opera gala fundraiser on October 12, in anticipation for the company's season opening production of Ástor Piazzolla's tango opera, 'Maria de Buenos Aires.'
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2016
Opera Grand Rapids will host its annual Night With The Opera gala fundraiser on October 12, in anticipation for the company's season opening production of Ástor Piazzolla's tango opera, 'Maria de Buenos Aires.'
Lyric Opera of Kansas City to Present All-New Co-Production of THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
by BWW News Desk - October 11, 2016
Lyric Opera of Kansas City continues its 59th season with the Lyric Opera debut co-production of Mozart's masterpiece The Marriage of Figaro November 5, 9, 11 and 13 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
by BWW News Desk - October 11, 2016
Lyric Opera of Kansas City continues its 59th season with the Lyric Opera debut co-production of Mozart's masterpiece The Marriage of Figaro November 5, 9, 11 and 13 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
Pulitzer-Winning Librettist to Speak at Sarasota Opera This Month
by BWW News Desk - October 11, 2016
Sarasota Opera and the Hermitage Artist Retreat in Englewood, FL will collaborate once again on a series of talks to be held at the Sarasota Opera House.
by BWW News Desk - October 11, 2016
Sarasota Opera and the Hermitage Artist Retreat in Englewood, FL will collaborate once again on a series of talks to be held at the Sarasota Opera House.
BWW Review: On the Road to ALGIERI with Rossini's L'ITALIANA at the Met
by Richard Sasanow - October 11, 2016
When the Met's production of Rossini's L'ITALIANA IN ALGIERI made its debut in 1973, it must have seemed a welcome laugh riot. Think of it as a kind of Hope-Crosby “Road” picture from the '40s. Flip forward 43 years to last week, and the world has changed much--for better and worse--but “The Road to Algiers” keeps rolling along. Thank heavens for that.
by Richard Sasanow - October 11, 2016
When the Met's production of Rossini's L'ITALIANA IN ALGIERI made its debut in 1973, it must have seemed a welcome laugh riot. Think of it as a kind of Hope-Crosby “Road” picture from the '40s. Flip forward 43 years to last week, and the world has changed much--for better and worse--but “The Road to Algiers” keeps rolling along. Thank heavens for that.
Houston Grand Opera to Host Costume Sale This October
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2016
Calling all kings and queens, knights and ladies-in-waiting! Houston Grand Opera announces a fabulous costume sale from its private warehouse today, October 8, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2016
Calling all kings and queens, knights and ladies-in-waiting! Houston Grand Opera announces a fabulous costume sale from its private warehouse today, October 8, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh Opera Opens with Verdi's LA TRAVIATA, Today
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2016
Pittsburgh Opera opens its 78th season with the Giuseppe Verdi favorite La traviata, at the Benedum Center October 8th -16th.
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2016
Pittsburgh Opera opens its 78th season with the Giuseppe Verdi favorite La traviata, at the Benedum Center October 8th -16th.
Pittsburgh Opera To Premiere LA TRAVIATA, 10/8-10/16
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2016
Pittsburgh Opera opens its 78th season with the Giuseppe Verdi favorite La traviata, at the Benedum Center October 8th-16th. La traviata - the fallen woman - is a compelling tale of love, intrigue, money, and power in 19th century France. It tells the heart-wrenching story of courtesan Violetta Valery, played by Pittsburgh favorite Danielle Pastin.
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2016
Pittsburgh Opera opens its 78th season with the Giuseppe Verdi favorite La traviata, at the Benedum Center October 8th-16th. La traviata - the fallen woman - is a compelling tale of love, intrigue, money, and power in 19th century France. It tells the heart-wrenching story of courtesan Violetta Valery, played by Pittsburgh favorite Danielle Pastin.
New Opera SISTER CARRIE Comes to Marcus Center This Fall
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2016
SISTER CARRIE, a new American opera commissioned by Florentine Opera from the creators of Elmer Gantry, comes to Milwaukee's Marcus Center for the Performing Arts for two performances: Today October 7 at 7:30 PM and Sunday October 9 at 2:30 PM.
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2016
SISTER CARRIE, a new American opera commissioned by Florentine Opera from the creators of Elmer Gantry, comes to Milwaukee's Marcus Center for the Performing Arts for two performances: Today October 7 at 7:30 PM and Sunday October 9 at 2:30 PM.
The Florentine Opera to Premiere SISTER CARRIE This Fall
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2016
Milwaukee, WI -- The Florentine continues to craft its seasons with a blend of imaginatively staged classic operas and important new American works. The nation's sixth oldest opera company will launch the 83rd Season with the world premiere of SISTER CARRIE, a new work by the two-time Grammy Award-winning creators of Elmer Gantry.
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2016
Milwaukee, WI -- The Florentine continues to craft its seasons with a blend of imaginatively staged classic operas and important new American works. The nation's sixth oldest opera company will launch the 83rd Season with the world premiere of SISTER CARRIE, a new work by the two-time Grammy Award-winning creators of Elmer Gantry.
Opera Santa Barbara Presents CARMEN to Open Season!
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2016
Opera Santa Barbara will open its 2016-17 season with a colorfully electrifying production of Carmen, Georges Bizet's enduring tale of love and jealousy set amid the vibrant, unruly streets of 19th century Seville. Performances will take place at 7:30 pm onFriday, November 4, and at 2:30 pm on Sunday, November 6, in the historic Granada Theatre. Ranging in price from $29 to $204, tickets can be purchased at www.granadasb.org or by calling 805-899-2222.
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2016
Opera Santa Barbara will open its 2016-17 season with a colorfully electrifying production of Carmen, Georges Bizet's enduring tale of love and jealousy set amid the vibrant, unruly streets of 19th century Seville. Performances will take place at 7:30 pm onFriday, November 4, and at 2:30 pm on Sunday, November 6, in the historic Granada Theatre. Ranging in price from $29 to $204, tickets can be purchased at www.granadasb.org or by calling 805-899-2222.
Opera Grand Rapids to Host Tango-Themed Gala Next Week
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2016
Opera Grand Rapids will host its annual Night With The Opera gala fundraiser on October 12, in anticipation for the company's season opening production of Ástor Piazzolla's tango opera, 'Maria de Buenos Aires.'
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2016
Opera Grand Rapids will host its annual Night With The Opera gala fundraiser on October 12, in anticipation for the company's season opening production of Ástor Piazzolla's tango opera, 'Maria de Buenos Aires.'
BWW Review: The Agony and Ecstasy of the Met's New TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
by Richard Sasanow - October 06, 2016
For the sheer magnitude of its singing, there hasn't been anything like the Met's ecstatic new production of TRISTAN UND ISOLDE--seen a week after it opened the season on September 26--in a very long time.
by Richard Sasanow - October 06, 2016
For the sheer magnitude of its singing, there hasn't been anything like the Met's ecstatic new production of TRISTAN UND ISOLDE--seen a week after it opened the season on September 26--in a very long time.
Opera by the Glass Will Present A Contemporary Interpretation of Bellini's THE SLEEPWALKER
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2016
Brand new artists' collective Opera by the Glass will present its contemporary interpretation of Vincenzo Bellini's famous tearjerker The Sleepwalker (La Sonnambula in Italian) at the Somis Thursday Club for two special performances on Friday, November 4, and Sunday, November 6, 2016 in the rural Ventura County town of Somis. The Sleepwalker's intensely psychological plot weaves together universal themes of jealousy and trust, loyalty and abandonment, friendship and love, madness and pain, and, ultimately, reconciliation and reunion.
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2016
Brand new artists' collective Opera by the Glass will present its contemporary interpretation of Vincenzo Bellini's famous tearjerker The Sleepwalker (La Sonnambula in Italian) at the Somis Thursday Club for two special performances on Friday, November 4, and Sunday, November 6, 2016 in the rural Ventura County town of Somis. The Sleepwalker's intensely psychological plot weaves together universal themes of jealousy and trust, loyalty and abandonment, friendship and love, madness and pain, and, ultimately, reconciliation and reunion.
Heartbeat Opera Launches Third Season With Halloween Drag Extravaganza 'Queens of the Night', 10/31
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2016
After a sold-out September performance on The High Line, HEARTBEAT OPERA—the daring young company whose unconventional orchestrations and stagings of classic operas have been called 'a radical endeavor' by Alex Ross in The New Yorker—launches its third season on October 31, 2016 at the new music venue National Sawdust with Heartbeat's Annual Benefit Drag Extravaganza, this year titled Queens of the Night: Mozart in Space. Two performances take place at 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2016
After a sold-out September performance on The High Line, HEARTBEAT OPERA—the daring young company whose unconventional orchestrations and stagings of classic operas have been called 'a radical endeavor' by Alex Ross in The New Yorker—launches its third season on October 31, 2016 at the new music venue National Sawdust with Heartbeat's Annual Benefit Drag Extravaganza, this year titled Queens of the Night: Mozart in Space. Two performances take place at 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
National Sawdust to Present 10 Opera Events This Season
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2016
National Sawdust embarks on its sophomore season with a fresh commitment to being a leading incubator of new work. This season National Sawdust presents or produces ten operatic projects.
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2016
National Sawdust embarks on its sophomore season with a fresh commitment to being a leading incubator of new work. This season National Sawdust presents or produces ten operatic projects.
STAGE TUBE: BWW Introduces Daniel Binelli, one of the Musicians at the Heart of MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES
by Liz Cearns - October 04, 2016
This is Daniel Binelli, who plays the bandonen - an accordion-like instrument at the heart of Argentine tango music. Opera Grand Rapids is pleased to feature Binelli, an internationally renowned master of the bandoneon and foremost torchbearer of the music of Ástor Piazzolla, for Maria de Buenos Aires.
by Liz Cearns - October 04, 2016
This is Daniel Binelli, who plays the bandonen - an accordion-like instrument at the heart of Argentine tango music. Opera Grand Rapids is pleased to feature Binelli, an internationally renowned master of the bandoneon and foremost torchbearer of the music of Ástor Piazzolla, for Maria de Buenos Aires.
Matinee zur Premiere von ARMIDE
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2016
Anlasslich der Premiere von Armide (16. Oktober 2016) findet am Sonntag, 9. Oktober 2016 um 11.00 Uhr die erste Einfuhrungsmatinee in dieser Saison im Großen Haus statt, in der das Stuck und der Komponist vorgestellt sowie szenische und musikalische Aspekte der Neuproduktion erlautert werden.
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2016
Anlasslich der Premiere von Armide (16. Oktober 2016) findet am Sonntag, 9. Oktober 2016 um 11.00 Uhr die erste Einfuhrungsmatinee in dieser Saison im Großen Haus statt, in der das Stuck und der Komponist vorgestellt sowie szenische und musikalische Aspekte der Neuproduktion erlautert werden.
BWW Review: It's CLEOPATRE Meets HAVISHAM at On Site Opera's Benefit
by Richard Sasanow - October 04, 2016
On Site Opera is one of New York's most endearing little companies, under Artistic Director Eric Einhorn, frequently giving us a chance to hear unfamiliar works in congenial settings and get up close and personal with the performers. For its first benefit dinner, the company presented a double bill of LA MORT DE CLEOPATRE and MISS HAVISHAM'S WEDDING NIGHT, simply and surely directed by Einhorn, in a ballroom of the Harmonie Club on East 60th Street in New York.
by Richard Sasanow - October 04, 2016
On Site Opera is one of New York's most endearing little companies, under Artistic Director Eric Einhorn, frequently giving us a chance to hear unfamiliar works in congenial settings and get up close and personal with the performers. For its first benefit dinner, the company presented a double bill of LA MORT DE CLEOPATRE and MISS HAVISHAM'S WEDDING NIGHT, simply and surely directed by Einhorn, in a ballroom of the Harmonie Club on East 60th Street in New York.
Opera San Jose to Celebrate 200th Anniversary of THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2016
Opera San José will observe the 200th anniversary of this richly entertaining comedy with six performances, opening in San José's California Theatre on November 12, closing November 27, 2016. The California Theatre is at 345 S. First Street in downtown San José.
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2016
Opera San José will observe the 200th anniversary of this richly entertaining comedy with six performances, opening in San José's California Theatre on November 12, closing November 27, 2016. The California Theatre is at 345 S. First Street in downtown San José.
THE GENTLEMAN RESTS, New Opera About the 2000 Election, to Play JACK
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2016
JACK presents The Gentleman Rests, a new opera by Dave Ruder, Oct. 27 - 29, 2016.
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2016
JACK presents The Gentleman Rests, a new opera by Dave Ruder, Oct. 27 - 29, 2016.
Il Volo With Special Guest Placido Domingo Release New Album 'Notte Magica' Today
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2016
Following the success of their July 1 2016 concert in the magical setting of Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, IL VOLO release their new album Notte Magica A Tribute to The Three Tenorswith special guest, the legendary Plcido Domingo.
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2016
Following the success of their July 1 2016 concert in the magical setting of Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, IL VOLO release their new album Notte Magica A Tribute to The Three Tenorswith special guest, the legendary Plcido Domingo.
BWW Review: Kentucky Opera's MADAME BUTTERFLY - A Magical, Mystical Butterfly
by Keith Waits - October 03, 2016
There is something magical and mystical about Puccini's much loved Madame Butterfly, in that it can fill an opera house with wonder. And Kentucky Opera's latest production did just that I am happy to say.
by Keith Waits - October 03, 2016
There is something magical and mystical about Puccini's much loved Madame Butterfly, in that it can fill an opera house with wonder. And Kentucky Opera's latest production did just that I am happy to say.
Susan Graham Sings Octavian with BSO, New Dead Man Walking, Met Gala & More in 2016-17
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2016
Following her summer role debut in Santa Fe as Clairon in Richard Strauss's Capriccio, Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham - hailed by Gramophone as 'America's favorite mezzo' - launched the 2016-17 season with Renée Fleming and Michael Tilson Thomas performing Rossini songs in the San Francisco Symphony's opening night gala.
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2016
Following her summer role debut in Santa Fe as Clairon in Richard Strauss's Capriccio, Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham - hailed by Gramophone as 'America's favorite mezzo' - launched the 2016-17 season with Renée Fleming and Michael Tilson Thomas performing Rossini songs in the San Francisco Symphony's opening night gala.
Three Arts Organizations Unite to Bring Milwaukee OPERA IN OCTOBER
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2016
Opera in October is a first-time collaboration between three non-profits to create new synergies for Opera lovers in the Greater Milwaukee Community: The Florentine Opera, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Wisconsin District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2016
Opera in October is a first-time collaboration between three non-profits to create new synergies for Opera lovers in the Greater Milwaukee Community: The Florentine Opera, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Wisconsin District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
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