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San Francisco Opera to Launch SF Opera Lab Series with WINTERREISE by BWW News Desk
- March 04, 2016 San Francisco Opera's SF Opera Lab opens its inaugural season with innovative programming that celebrates the power of the human voice theatrically in intimate spaces, including the state-of-the-art Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater in San Francisco Opera's new Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera.
San Francisco Opera to Return to KQED TV with SHOW BOAT This Month by BWW News Desk
- March 04, 2016 San Francisco Opera today announced plans to return to KQED 9 for the sixth season of spectacular opera and musical theater works featuring a roster of internationally renowned singers, conductors, directors and designers, all recorded live in high-definition from the War Memorial Opera House.
BWW Review: Winter Opera's IL TROVATORE Goes In High Melodrama by Steve Callahan
- March 04, 2016 High passion and sheer unrestrained melodrama overflow in Verdi's 'Il Trovatore,' the current offering by Winter Opera St. Louis. And the voices are glorious! Once again Winter Opera has assembled a sterling group of singers. Caruso once said that all it takes for a successful performance of 'Trovatore' is the four greatest singers in the world. I'm not sure if the judges' ballots are all in yet, but the singers of the four principal roles in this production would seem to be right up there among the finalists.
BWW Review: Diva Netrebko Casts Spell at Metropolitan Opera Recital by Richard Sasanow
- March 03, 2016 Anna Netrebko came out on stage in a shimmering white and silver gown with matching headband, looking like an Art Deco goddess in a poster by Alfonso Mucha. It's a look that suited her--not only because the Russian soprano has Bellini's NORMA on her Met schedule in the not-too-distant future, but because she's about as close to a goddess as the Met can conjure up these days (with maybe one or two competitors). And the audience ate it up.
North Carolina Opera Extends Contracts, Appointments New Staff by BWW News Desk
- March 02, 2016 RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Opera is pleased to announce the extension of Artistic & Music Director Timothy Myers' contract through the 2017-2018 season. Artistic Director of NCO since its founding in 2010, Myers has been integral to the establishment of a high artistic standard and performances that are lauded locally and nationally. In addition, Myers is very involved in fundraising and strategic activities for the company.
MSM Students to Offer Sneak Peek of New Opera THE LEOPARD by BWW News Desk
- March 02, 2016 Brooklyn's American Opera Projects (AOP) and the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) will present scenes from a new opera The Leopard by composerMichael Dellaira (The Secret Agent) and librettist J. D. McClatchy (Emmeline), an adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's internationally acclaimed 1958 novel.
CenterStage Opera to Host DINNER-AND-SONG Evening of Music at Cucina Bene, 3/13 by BWW News Desk
- March 02, 2016 Join us on Mar. 13, 6 pm, at Cucina Bene, 4511 Sepulveda Blvd. in Sherman Oaks, for an unforgettable evening of delicious dining and magnificent music. Your full-course dinner includes your choice of entree: Chicken Cucina Bene in an orange brandy sauce, Seared Salmon in a pomegranate sauce, or Penne Vodka with chicken, peas and red peppers in a creamy tomato sauce. Your musical menu: Opera, Broadway, jazz standards, soft rock... you name it! Featuring Marina Harris (starring in Cosi fan tutte April 9-10), Shira Renee Thomas and Dylan F. Thomas.
The entire evening is just $55, including tax and tip (wine available at additional charge). Seating is limited and reservations are required. Click here, or call 818-517-4102 to reserve your table today.
Capitol City Opera Company to Present THE MIKADO, 5/20-22 by BWW News Desk
- March 02, 2016 Capitol City Opera Company (CCOC) will present Gilbert and Sullivan's light-hearted comic operetta The Mikado on Friday, May 20 at 8:00p.m., Saturday, May 21 at 8:00p.m., and Sunday, May 22 at 3:00p.m. at Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University. Tickets are available online at CCITYOPERA.org.
NC Opera Announces Senior Staff Updates by BWW News Desk
- March 02, 2016 North Carolina Opera is pleased to announce the extension of Artistic & Music Director Timothy Myers' contract through the 2017-2018 season. Artistic Director of NCO since its founding in 2010, Myers has been integral to the establishment of a high artistic standard and performances that are lauded locally and nationally. In addition, Myers is very involved in fundraising and strategic activities for the company.
Patrice P. Eaton of WE'VE GOT OUR EYE ON YOU at SUNY New Paltz by Kathryn Kitt
- March 02, 2016 SUNY New Paltz Department of Music Presents The World Premiere Workshop of
We've Got Our Eye on You - A Comic Opera in Four Scenes
Music and story by Nkeiru Okoye, Libretto by David Cote, Directed by Susan Einhorn
Performances March 1 & 5 at 8pm
At the Julien J. Studley Theatre
SUNY New Paltz Campus
At the Julien J. Studley Theatre
SUNY New Paltz Campus
International Opera Awards Announces Shortlist; Winners to Be Announced May 15 by BWW News Desk
- March 01, 2016 The International Opera Awards are pleased to announce the shortlist for this year's Awards. These were selected by the jury chaired by John Allison, editor of Opera magazine and classical music critic with The Daily Telegraph.
Regina Opera Offers Free Performance of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Today by BWW News Desk
- March 01, 2016 A fully-staged 'sneak-peek' performance of Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR will be presented today, March 1st, at 7:30PM, with piano accompaniment, in Italian with English super-titles, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help school auditorium, 5902 6th Ave., Brooklyn.
Regina Opera Presents 'Lucia di Lammermoor' With Orchestra, 3/5 by BWW News Desk
- February 29, 2016 Regina Opera presents “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Orchestra, Sat. March 5 and 12; Sun. March 6 and 13, 2016 - 3 PM at Our Lady of Perpetual Help auditorium, Brooklyn, 5902 6th Avenue, Brooklyn (between 59th and 60th Streets). Tickets Price: $25 - General Admission; $20 - Seniors / College students under 25; Teens - $5; Children - Free
BWW Preview: WE'VE GOT OUR EYE ON YOU at SUNY New Paltz by Peter Danish
- February 29, 2016 Three sisters. A hunky Greek demigod. And a mantrap. Throw in a diva-the Oracle at Delphi-and you have We've Got Our Eye on You. In celebration of Women's History Month, Professor Daniel Kempton (Chair, Dept of Music) is pleased to announce world premiere workshop performances of the new comic opera with by composer Nkeiru Okoye (Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom) and librettist by David Cote (The Scarlet Ibis), directed by Susan Einhorn (Uncle Jed's Barbershop).
Met Opera's DON PASQUALE Opens 3/4 by BWW News Desk
- February 26, 2016 Donizetti's comedy Don Pasquale will return to the Met March 4 for a starry revival featuring Ambrogio Maestri in his first-ever performances of the title role, opposite Javier Camarena, who caused a sensation in his 2014 Met appearances in La Cenerentola, as the lovelorn Ernesto. Italian soprano Eleonora Buratto will make her Met debut as the bewitching Norina, opposite Levente Molnár as the two-faced physician, Dr. Malatesta. Maurizio Benini conducts Otto Schenk's 2006 production.
Washington National Opera to Present Leah Crocetto in Recital, Today by BWW News Desk
- February 26, 2016 (WASHINGTON)—Washington National Opera (WNO) continues its 60th anniversary season with Leah Crocetto in Recital, featuring the celebrated star of last season's Dialogues of the Carmelites, today, February 26, 2016 at 7 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Accompanied by acclaimed pianist Mark Markham, Ms. Crocetto will perform art songs by Strauss, Duparc, and Barber, as well as popular opera arias and a few of her favorite jazz standards.
Lincoln Center's Boro-Linc Program Sets Partners, Lineup Across NYC This Spring by BWW News Desk
- February 26, 2016 Lincoln Center's Boro-Linc program-which brings free performances, workshops, and family-oriented programs by Lincoln Center resident organizations to neighborhoods across New York-announces new partners in Brooklyn and The Bronx.
Arizona Opera Set to Perform DON GIOVANNI in Phoenix and Tucson This Spring by BWW News Desk
- February 26, 2016 The man, the myth and the legend. Mozart's Don Giovanni comes to the Arizona Opera stage February 26-28 in Symphony Hall in Phoenix and March 5-6 in Tucson Music Hall. Don Giovanni is sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Photo Flash: First Look at Rehearsals for Minnesota Opera's World Premiere of THE SHINING by BWW News Desk
- February 25, 2016 Stephen King's best-selling novel comes to life in this suspenseful new opera by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell (Silent Night and The Manchurian Candidate). BroadwayWorld brings you a behind-the-scenes look at rehearsals below!
Verismo Opera's 27th Season Focuses on Family by BWW News Desk
- February 25, 2016 The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's 27th season is replete with the grandeur of traditional opera. On March 10, the company's Bring the Family to the Opera initiative resumes its special ticket rates to see and enjoy the new productions of Amilcare Ponchelli's rarely seen La Gioconda on April 17 and Giuseppe Verdi's timeless work Rigoletto on October 23. Both operas will be presented at 3:00 p.m. at the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), located at 30 North Van Brunt Street, in Englewood, New Jersey.