North Carolina Opera to Launch Youth Ambassadors Program
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Opera connects with local high school students through a new NCO Ambassadors Program, launching this fall with the 2015/16 performance season. In partnership with area high schools, this educational program will provide a creative opportunity for youth representatives to take part in audience development as well as help create a new way for opera audience members to interact with the organization and connect to the opera productions.
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Opera connects with local high school students through a new NCO Ambassadors Program, launching this fall with the 2015/16 performance season. In partnership with area high schools, this educational program will provide a creative opportunity for youth representatives to take part in audience development as well as help create a new way for opera audience members to interact with the organization and connect to the opera productions.
Metropolitan Opera National Council to Hold Opera Auditions, 10/17
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
The Metropolitan Opera National Council (MONC) of the Western Region will hold annual opera auditions at the Musical Instrument Museum, 4725 E. Mayo Blvd. in Phoenix on Saturday October 17. Auditions begin at 10 am and are free to the public.
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
The Metropolitan Opera National Council (MONC) of the Western Region will hold annual opera auditions at the Musical Instrument Museum, 4725 E. Mayo Blvd. in Phoenix on Saturday October 17. Auditions begin at 10 am and are free to the public.
Chicago Lyric Opera's OPERATHON 2015 Raises Goal-Breaking Amount of Money
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
CHICAGO - OPERATHON 2015, Lyric Opera of Chicago's annual live-radio marathon fundraiser on 98.7WFMT and WFMT.com, celebrated its 36th anniversary by raising more than $500,000 during its 16-hour broadcast on Saturday, October 3.
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
CHICAGO - OPERATHON 2015, Lyric Opera of Chicago's annual live-radio marathon fundraiser on 98.7WFMT and WFMT.com, celebrated its 36th anniversary by raising more than $500,000 during its 16-hour broadcast on Saturday, October 3.
Creditors Back New York City Opera's Plan for Revival
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
NYCO Renaissance, under the leadership of Roy G. Niederhoffer and Michael Capasso, was joined by the official committee of unsecured creditors for the New York City Opera case. They filed as a '“a monumental step forward” and “in the best interests of the debtor's estate and creditors.” A plan will be submitted in the near future.'
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
NYCO Renaissance, under the leadership of Roy G. Niederhoffer and Michael Capasso, was joined by the official committee of unsecured creditors for the New York City Opera case. They filed as a '“a monumental step forward” and “in the best interests of the debtor's estate and creditors.” A plan will be submitted in the near future.'
BWW Review: Yoncheva as Desdemona Shines in New Verdi OTELLO at the Met
by Richard Sasanow - October 07, 2015
When Verdi and Boito were writing their operatic version of Shakespeare's OTHELLO, they were competing with the already-successful (though less faithful) version written by Rossini and thought about calling their opera IAGO. After seeing Bartlett Sher's new production of the Verdi OTELLO, I wondered whether it might have been renamed DESDEMONA--because soprano Sonya Yoncheva gave the opera's most devastating and gorgeous performance.
by Richard Sasanow - October 07, 2015
When Verdi and Boito were writing their operatic version of Shakespeare's OTHELLO, they were competing with the already-successful (though less faithful) version written by Rossini and thought about calling their opera IAGO. After seeing Bartlett Sher's new production of the Verdi OTELLO, I wondered whether it might have been renamed DESDEMONA--because soprano Sonya Yoncheva gave the opera's most devastating and gorgeous performance.
Four Sopranos to Star as the Title Diva in TOSCA at the Met Opera This Fall
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
Beginning October 16, Puccini's Tosca returns to the Met for thirteen performances starring four sopranos as the tempestuous title character.
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
Beginning October 16, Puccini's Tosca returns to the Met for thirteen performances starring four sopranos as the tempestuous title character.
OperaDelaware to Kick Off Season with VIVA ITALIA! Opera, 10/22
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
OperaDelaware opens its 2015-2016 season on October 22 & 25 with Viva Italia! - a casual evening of Italian Opera here at our Riverfront studio. Join us for a journey through Italian Opera! Our spring opera festival celebrates an Italian Opera Masterpiece (Verdi's Falstaff) and the recent resurrection of an important work of Italian Opera (Faccio's Hamlet) but we couldn't wait to celebrate all things Italian! Jeffrey Miller is joined by soprano Jennifer Cherest, Mezzo-Soprano Lara Tillotson, tenor Jeremy Blossey and baritone Jose Sacin.
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
OperaDelaware opens its 2015-2016 season on October 22 & 25 with Viva Italia! - a casual evening of Italian Opera here at our Riverfront studio. Join us for a journey through Italian Opera! Our spring opera festival celebrates an Italian Opera Masterpiece (Verdi's Falstaff) and the recent resurrection of an important work of Italian Opera (Faccio's Hamlet) but we couldn't wait to celebrate all things Italian! Jeffrey Miller is joined by soprano Jennifer Cherest, Mezzo-Soprano Lara Tillotson, tenor Jeremy Blossey and baritone Jose Sacin.
Houston Grand Opera to Open Season with TOSCA, 10/23; Full Season Announced
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
Houston, October 6, 2015— Houston Grand Opera (HGO) opens its 2015–16 season October 23 with Puccini's heart-wrenching tale of love and tragedy, Tosca, featuring the reprise of HGO's “gripping” 2010 production and a stellar cast of returning and debut artists. Performances run through November 14.
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
Houston, October 6, 2015— Houston Grand Opera (HGO) opens its 2015–16 season October 23 with Puccini's heart-wrenching tale of love and tragedy, Tosca, featuring the reprise of HGO's “gripping” 2010 production and a stellar cast of returning and debut artists. Performances run through November 14.
Opera Santa Barbara to Stage Film Noir DON GIOVANNI
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
Opera Santa Barbara will open its 2015-16 season with a uniquely compelling, film noir-inspired production of Mozart's timeless masterpiece Don Giovanni on November 6 and 8. Performances will take place at 7:30 pm on Friday, November 6, and at 2:30 pm on Sunday, November 8, in Santa Barbara's 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, 2015
Opera Santa Barbara will open its 2015-16 season with a uniquely compelling, film noir-inspired production of Mozart's timeless masterpiece Don Giovanni on November 6 and 8. Performances will take place at 7:30 pm on Friday, November 6, and at 2:30 pm on Sunday, November 8, in Santa Barbara's historic Granada Theatre. Ranging in price from $29 to $204, tickets can be purchased at www.granadasb.org or by calling 805-899-2222.
Dallas Opera Honors Noted Philanthropist with Office Name Change
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
DALLAS, OCTOBER 6, 2015 – Nearly six years after the company's move into the iconic Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, The Dallas Opera is thrilled to announce the naming of TDO's administrative offices for one of the city's most remarkable, colorful and generous patrons of the arts: the late Elsa von Seggern.
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
DALLAS, OCTOBER 6, 2015 – Nearly six years after the company's move into the iconic Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, The Dallas Opera is thrilled to announce the naming of TDO's administrative offices for one of the city's most remarkable, colorful and generous patrons of the arts: the late Elsa von Seggern.
Four New Directors Elected to the Vancouver Opera Board
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2015
Four esteemed community leaders were elected to the VO Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting on September 19, 2015.
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2015
Four esteemed community leaders were elected to the VO Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting on September 19, 2015.
BALAM Dance Theatre to Premiere MYTHS AND STARS
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2015
BALAM Dance Theatre (BALAM), a non-profit professional dance theatre company, returns to New Jersey to premiere its new Out & About series program, Myths and Stars, a program of dance and song featuring Inma Heredia, the world's first Flamenco standup comedian.
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2015
BALAM Dance Theatre (BALAM), a non-profit professional dance theatre company, returns to New Jersey to premiere its new Out & About series program, Myths and Stars, a program of dance and song featuring Inma Heredia, the world's first Flamenco standup comedian.
Photo Flash: First Look at Isabel Leonard, Lawrence Brownlee & More in Lyric Opera's CINDERELLA
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2015
CHICAGO – A whimsical, wildly colorful production of Rossini's delightful opera Cinderella opens this Sunday afternoon at Lyric Opera of Chicago, with eight performances through Friday, October 30. Performance dates are October 4 and 30at 2pm, and October 7, 10, 13, 17, 23, 26 at 7:30pm. The familiar story (with a few different twists) make it a great first opera experience.
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2015
CHICAGO – A whimsical, wildly colorful production of Rossini's delightful opera Cinderella opens this Sunday afternoon at Lyric Opera of Chicago, with eight performances through Friday, October 30. Performance dates are October 4 and 30at 2pm, and October 7, 10, 13, 17, 23, 26 at 7:30pm. The familiar story (with a few different twists) make it a great first opera experience.
Dallas Opera to Premiere New Terrence McNally Opera, GREAT SCOTT, 10/30
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2015
DALLAS, OCTOBER 2, 2015 – The Dallas Opera is proud to present one of the most eagerly anticipated new operas of the year: Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's GREAT SCOTT, featuring a once-in-a-lifetime cast headed by America's favorite mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato, in the title role of Arden Scott; also starring soprano Ailyn Pérez, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, baritone Nathan Gunn, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, bass Kevin Burdette, tenor Rodell Rosel and baritone Michael Mayes.
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2015
DALLAS, OCTOBER 2, 2015 – The Dallas Opera is proud to present one of the most eagerly anticipated new operas of the year: Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's GREAT SCOTT, featuring a once-in-a-lifetime cast headed by America's favorite mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato, in the title role of Arden Scott; also starring soprano Ailyn Pérez, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, baritone Nathan Gunn, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, bass Kevin Burdette, tenor Rodell Rosel and baritone Michael Mayes.
BWW Review: Pacific Opera And Sydney Youth Orchestra Present THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN At Sydney Grammar School
by Jade Kops - October 03, 2015
Leoš Jana?ek's THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN is reinterpreted by Michael Campbell (Director) in this new collaboration between Pacific Opera, Sydney Youth Orchestra and Sydney Grammar School.
by Jade Kops - October 03, 2015
Leoš Jana?ek's THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN is reinterpreted by Michael Campbell (Director) in this new collaboration between Pacific Opera, Sydney Youth Orchestra and Sydney Grammar School.
The LA Opera Presents Live Simulcast of GIANNI SCHICCHI and PAGLIACCI, Today
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2015
Plácido Domingo, the Eli and Edythe Broad General Director of LA Opera, has announced that the company's Opera at the Beach series will return to the Santa Monica Pier for a second season. Made possible through the generous support of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, the free live video broadcast is back by popular demand following last year's triumphant live simulcast of La Traviata.
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2015
Plácido Domingo, the Eli and Edythe Broad General Director of LA Opera, has announced that the company's Opera at the Beach series will return to the Santa Monica Pier for a second season. Made possible through the generous support of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, the free live video broadcast is back by popular demand following last year's triumphant live simulcast of La Traviata.
Opera Paralléle to Host Annual UP CLOSE AND PARALLÈLE Gala, Featuring Jukebox Opera, Today
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2015
San Francisco, August 31, 2015 – Acclaimed Opera Parallèle will present its annual gala benefit Today, October 3, at 6:30 pm, at Marines' Memorial Club in San Francisco featuring an original “Jukebox Opera” entitled Heroes, created by the Company's artistic team and performed by baritone Michael Mayes, who performed the role of Joe DeRocher in OP's 2015 production of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking. The performance will showcase another side of this charismatic artist together with Opera Parallèle's Founder and Artistic Director Nicole Paiement and Creative Director Brian Staufenbiel, who will trace the journey of a hero in arias by Heggie, Bernstein, Adamo, and others. The evening will also include cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, dinner, performance, and auction presented in The Commandant's Ballroom & Lounge at the classic 1920's Beaux-Arts hotel, Marines' Memorial Club. Tickets are priced from $350, with tables and sponsorships available for $3,500-$10,000 and all proceeds benefit Opera Parallèle and its cutting-edge productions including this season's premiere at SFJAZZ of Terence Blanchard's Champion February 19-28 and Peter Maxwell Davies' The Lighthouse April 29-May 1 at ZSpace in San Francisco. For tickets and information, visit www.operaparallele.orgor call Roma Olvera at 415.626.6279.
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2015
San Francisco, August 31, 2015 – Acclaimed Opera Parallèle will present its annual gala benefit Today, October 3, at 6:30 pm, at Marines' Memorial Club in San Francisco featuring an original “Jukebox Opera” entitled Heroes, created by the Company's artistic team and performed by baritone Michael Mayes, who performed the role of Joe DeRocher in OP's 2015 production of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking. The performance will showcase another side of this charismatic artist together with Opera Parallèle's Founder and Artistic Director Nicole Paiement and Creative Director Brian Staufenbiel, who will trace the journey of a hero in arias by Heggie, Bernstein, Adamo, and others. The evening will also include cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, dinner, performance, and auction presented in The Commandant's Ballroom & Lounge at the classic 1920's Beaux-Arts hotel, Marines' Memorial Club. Tickets are priced from $350, with tables and sponsorships available for $3,500-$10,000 and all proceeds benefit Opera Parallèle and its cutting-edge productions including this season's premiere at SFJAZZ of Terence Blanchard's Champion February 19-28 and Peter Maxwell Davies' The Lighthouse April 29-May 1 at ZSpace in San Francisco. For tickets and information, visit www.operaparallele.orgor call Roma Olvera at 415.626.6279.
Center Stage Opera Performs TIMELESS TREASURES CLASSICS, Today
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2015
Enjoy vocal highlights from 8 immortal operas, plus Mozart's sublime Symphony No. 40, all in the comfort of our spacious new venue (parking on-site!). Featuring Shira Renee Thomas, Dylan F. Thomas, Katie LaPorta Jesensky and Trisha Rivera, with The Center Stage Opera Orchestra, conducted by Brian Onderdonk.
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2015
Enjoy vocal highlights from 8 immortal operas, plus Mozart's sublime Symphony No. 40, all in the comfort of our spacious new venue (parking on-site!). Featuring Shira Renee Thomas, Dylan F. Thomas, Katie LaPorta Jesensky and Trisha Rivera, with The Center Stage Opera Orchestra, conducted by Brian Onderdonk.
James Levine Will Focus His Energies on Tannhäuser This Fall; New Production of Lulu Will Now Be Conducted By Lothar Koenigs
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2015
Faced with the demands of rehearsing and performing two large-scale operas simultaneously this fall, Met Music Director James Levine has decided to lighten his workload by removing the new production of Berg's Lulu from his schedule so that he may focus his energies completely on Wagner's epic drama Tannhäuser.
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2015
Faced with the demands of rehearsing and performing two large-scale operas simultaneously this fall, Met Music Director James Levine has decided to lighten his workload by removing the new production of Berg's Lulu from his schedule so that he may focus his energies completely on Wagner's epic drama Tannhäuser.
Roberto Aronica to Sing Cavaradossi in TOSCA
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2015
Roberto Aronica will sing Cavaradossi in the first five performances of Puccini's Tosca at the Met this season—October 16, 21, 24 matinee, 29, and November 2—replacing Massimo Giordano, who is ill. As originally scheduled, Aronica will also sing the role on November 25, 28 matinee, and December 1.
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2015
Roberto Aronica will sing Cavaradossi in the first five performances of Puccini's Tosca at the Met this season—October 16, 21, 24 matinee, 29, and November 2—replacing Massimo Giordano, who is ill. As originally scheduled, Aronica will also sing the role on November 25, 28 matinee, and December 1.
BWW Review: Met Audience Goes Wild for Hvorostovsky at Season TROVATORE Premiere
by Richard Sasanow - October 02, 2015
Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky hadn't even opened his mouth, as the Count di Luna, when the audience went wild at the season's premiere of Verdi's IL TROVATORE. It was as if he had just sung Sondheim's “I'm Still Here”--after announcing earlier this year that he had a brain tumor and was cancelling most of the TROVATORE performances--and was proving his perseverance in the face of mortality.
by Richard Sasanow - October 02, 2015
Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky hadn't even opened his mouth, as the Count di Luna, when the audience went wild at the season's premiere of Verdi's IL TROVATORE. It was as if he had just sung Sondheim's “I'm Still Here”--after announcing earlier this year that he had a brain tumor and was cancelling most of the TROVATORE performances--and was proving his perseverance in the face of mortality.
San Francisco Opera to Perform Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE, 10/20
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO (October 1, 2015) –– San Francisco Opera brings back to the War Memorial Opera House Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute in Jun Kaneko's colorful multimedia production directed by Harry Silverstein. Featuring an accomplished cast of young operatic talent, these performances are presented using General Director David Gockley's English singing translation, with additional material by Ruth and Thomas Martin, and are led by prominent American conductor Lawrence Foster in his San Francisco Opera debut.
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO (October 1, 2015) –– San Francisco Opera brings back to the War Memorial Opera House Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute in Jun Kaneko's colorful multimedia production directed by Harry Silverstein. Featuring an accomplished cast of young operatic talent, these performances are presented using General Director David Gockley's English singing translation, with additional material by Ruth and Thomas Martin, and are led by prominent American conductor Lawrence Foster in his San Francisco Opera debut.
Photo Flash: First Look at Morgan Pearse, Kathryn Rudge, Andrew Shore, & More in English National Opera's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2015
The Barber of Seville will have you smiling from the moment it begins. When grumpy Bartolo stands between his beautiful young ward Rosina and her lover Count Almaviva, there's only one person to call on: local barber and man-with-a-plan Figaro. But with Rosina kept under lock and key, can Figaro fix it for them? It could be a close shave.
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2015
The Barber of Seville will have you smiling from the moment it begins. When grumpy Bartolo stands between his beautiful young ward Rosina and her lover Count Almaviva, there's only one person to call on: local barber and man-with-a-plan Figaro. But with Rosina kept under lock and key, can Figaro fix it for them? It could be a close shave.
BWW Review: Skylight's Elegant TOSCA Elevates the Art of Opera
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - October 02, 2015
n a new season celebrating creative women, Skylight Music Opera opens with an elegant tribute to composer Giacomo Puccini's Tosca. Jill Anna Ponasik, Artistic Director of Milwaukee Opera Theatre, weaves the libretto by Luigi Illica and Amanda Holden's English translastion into a visually stunning and stellar version of the Italian opera which first premiered in Rome, 1900, and appears this fall on stage in the Milwaukee's Cabot Theatre.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - October 02, 2015
n a new season celebrating creative women, Skylight Music Opera opens with an elegant tribute to composer Giacomo Puccini's Tosca. Jill Anna Ponasik, Artistic Director of Milwaukee Opera Theatre, weaves the libretto by Luigi Illica and Amanda Holden's English translastion into a visually stunning and stellar version of the Italian opera which first premiered in Rome, 1900, and appears this fall on stage in the Milwaukee's Cabot Theatre.
Boston Lyric Opera Presents Puccini's LA BOHEME Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2015
Giacomo Puccini's indelible characters, led by doomed lovers Mimì and Rodolfo, make a 120-year leap from the 1840s to the 1960s as Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) premieres a new production of the much beloved, often-reinvented La Bohème. Transitioning the story of mid-19thcentury Parisian bohemian artists to mid-20th century student artists on the brink of social change, thisBohème opens BLO's French-influenced 2015/2016 Season and runs tonight, October 2, through October 11, 2015 at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2015
Giacomo Puccini's indelible characters, led by doomed lovers Mimì and Rodolfo, make a 120-year leap from the 1840s to the 1960s as Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) premieres a new production of the much beloved, often-reinvented La Bohème. Transitioning the story of mid-19thcentury Parisian bohemian artists to mid-20th century student artists on the brink of social change, thisBohème opens BLO's French-influenced 2015/2016 Season and runs tonight, October 2, through October 11, 2015 at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre.
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