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Review: CRUZAR LA CARA DE LA LUNA at Austin Opera by Victoria Schwarz
- February 04, 2024 Music by José “Pepe” Martinez, Lyrics by José “Pepe” Martinez and Leonard Foglia, Book by Leonard Foglia, Orchestration by David Hanlon, CRUZAR offers a deeply moving and acutely transparent experience.
Review: Edmonton Opera Re-Imagines DON GIOVANNI Through a Modern Canadian Lens by Sarah Dussome
- February 02, 2024 Opera’s most notorious ladies’ man has returned to The Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. This time, Don Giovanni prowls the streets of 21st century Canada, flaunting red carpet-worthy attire and spamming women with flirty texts.
OPERA America Launches 'Studio Happy Hours' Rates by BWW News Desk
- February 02, 2024 OPERA America has announced Studio Happy Hours, a new initiative providing budget-friendly rehearsal space for vocalists, instrumentalists, actors, and other artists at its National Opera Center in Midtown Manhattan.
Portland Opera To Receive Grant From The National Endowment For The Arts by BWW News Desk
- February 01, 2024 Portland Opera has announced it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Grants for Arts Projects award of $22,000. This grant will support the company's upcoming production of The Snowy Day, by composer Joel Thompson and librettist Andrea Davis Pinkney, based on the children's book by Ezra Jack Keats.
Video: Learn How The Royal Opera Created A 'Green' Production of RUSALKA by Joshua Wright
- February 01, 2024 Learn how The Royal Opera created a climate-conscious production of Rusalka in this all-new video. The Royal Opera worked towards Green Book standards in The Royal Opera's recent production of Rusalka - a modern interpretation of Dvořák's magical story.
Video: Mezzo-Soprano Aigul Akhmetshina on Singing CARMEN at The Met by Joshua Wright
- January 30, 2024 Watch as During intermission of the Live in HD transmission of Bizet’s Carmen, host Matthew Polenzani speaks with mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina about her experience singing the title role.
Video: Go Backstage with LA BOHÈME at The Atlanta Opera by BWW News Desk
- January 28, 2024 Take a look behind the scenes of 'La Bohème' and meet the talented cast, crew, artists, and technicians bringing The Atlanta Opera's production of Puccini's classic to life. Watch the video here!
Video: Watch a Conversation in Spanish with Gabriella Reyes of The Atlanta Opera's LA BOHÈME by BWW News Desk
- January 28, 2024 Gabriella Reyes, Nicaraguan-American soprano who is currently taking the role of Mimì in The Atlanta Opera production of La Bohème to new heights sat down with the Director of The Atlanta Opera Film Studio, Felipe Barral, for a conversation in Spanish about her life, career, and taking on Puccini's iconic classic. Watch the video here!
New York City Opera to Present ENRICO CARUSO AND HIS SONGS by BWW News Desk
- January 26, 2024 New York City Opera presents Caruso and His Songs, a recital by tenor Mark Milhofer and pianist Marco Scolastra, paying homage to the legendary Enrico Caruso. The program features songs written for Caruso, including compositions by Caruso himself.
Met Opera Taps Endowment Fund Amid Financial Challenges by Joshua Wright
- January 25, 2024 In response to the unprecedented challenges faced by the performing arts sector, particularly during and after the pandemic, the Metropolitan Opera has announced a series of strategic measures to ensure its continued operation and artistic excellence.
Video: Conductor Jorge Parodi On Opera Orlando's FRIDA by Joshua Wright
- January 25, 2024 Watch as conductor Jorge Parodi talks about bringing Frida, Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s love letter to Mexican surrealist artist Frida Kahlo, to Opera Orlando.
Video: John de los Santos on Opera Orlando's FRIDA by Joshua Wright
- January 24, 2024 Watch as John de los Santos talks about bringing Frida to Opera Orlando. Opera Orlando continues its 2023-24 All for Art season On the MainStage this January with Frida, Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s love letter to Mexican surrealist artist Frida Kahlo.
Video: Watch A New Trailer For CCARMEN at the Metropolitan Opera by Joshua Wright
- January 23, 2024 Watch an all new trailer for English director Carrie Cracknell's Met debut with a new modern-day staging of Carmen, one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works.
Video: Get A First Look at LA BOHÈME at Atlanta Opera by Joshua Wright
- January 22, 2024 Get a first look at Atlanta Opera's La Bohème as you escape to the Bohemian streets of Paris in their production of Puccini’s masterpiece. The opera unfolds a world of dreams, love, and artistic passion at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. See the all-new cinematic trailer for the production.
Review: Kouyoumdjian-Vavrek ADORATION Is a Cautionary Tale at Prototype by Richard Sasanow
- January 22, 2024 Another year has come to an end for the Prototype Festival of new opera theatre-music theatre, under the banner of Beth Morrison Projects and HERE. For those of us who couldn’t make it to all the shows on display at various venues around town, it’s always something of a crapshoot: Which ones do you choose? This week, for me, it was the Mary Kouyoumdjian-Royce Vavrek ADORATION, based on the eponymous Atom Egoyan film.
Review: MANON LESCAUT at Winter Opera by Steve Callahan
- January 19, 2024 Gina Galati’s wonderful Winter Opera company continues its 17th season with Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. This work, which opened in 1893, was Puccini’s first great hit. It was rather daring of Puccini to present this piece, based as it was on a novel that had already been adapted to opera by two other composers—first by Daniel Aubert (1856), and then in a hugely successful work by Jules Massenet 1884.