Met Opera Reports a Surplus of $1 Million From $22 Million Deficit
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2015
After its preliminary closing of the books for Fiscal Year 2015 (the 2014-15 season), the Metropolitan Opera reports that it has balanced its budget and ended the season with a surplus of $1 million. The results are a significant turnaround from the company's previous fiscal year, which ended with a budget shortfall of $22 million. The Met's financial success was achieved through budget cuts—including the implementation of historic new union agreements and a program of cross-departmental spending reductions—as well as increased contributions from donors. Final audited financial results for the season will be available in January.
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2015
After its preliminary closing of the books for Fiscal Year 2015 (the 2014-15 season), the Metropolitan Opera reports that it has balanced its budget and ended the season with a surplus of $1 million. The results are a significant turnaround from the company's previous fiscal year, which ended with a budget shortfall of $22 million. The Met's financial success was achieved through budget cuts—including the implementation of historic new union agreements and a program of cross-departmental spending reductions—as well as increased contributions from donors. Final audited financial results for the season will be available in January.
MidAtlantic Opera Names Winners to Perform in 'A Prayer for Peace'
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2015
Thirty five singers selected from the 2015 New Jersey state wide auditions will join the MidAtlantic Chorus and Orchestra, nationally acclaimed guest soloists and the Seton Hall University Chorus on stage at Carnegie Hall, October 17th in 'A Prayer for Peace' announced Jason C. Tramm, conductor and Artistic Director of the MidAtlantic Opera.
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2015
Thirty five singers selected from the 2015 New Jersey state wide auditions will join the MidAtlantic Chorus and Orchestra, nationally acclaimed guest soloists and the Seton Hall University Chorus on stage at Carnegie Hall, October 17th in 'A Prayer for Peace' announced Jason C. Tramm, conductor and Artistic Director of the MidAtlantic Opera.
See Giovanna Run - A Chat with ANNA BOLENA's Mezzo Jamie Barton at the Met
by Richard Sasanow - September 25, 2015
With the season's first performance of Donizetti's ANNA BOLENA--that's Henry VIII's Anne Boleyn to all you Masterpiece Theatre fans--at the Met, the big news is that it's soprano Sondra Radvanovsky's first part of the Tudor Trilogy, with MARIA STUARDA and ROBERTO DEVEREUX to come later in the season. Alongside her, as Jane (here, Giovanna) Seymour, Boleyn's successor as consort to Henry, is mezzo Jamie Barton, this year's winner of the Richard Tucker Award, a past winner of the Met Council Auditions (and many other major awards) and a sensation when she sang her first big role at the Met two years ago, Adalgisa in Bellini's NORMA.
by Richard Sasanow - September 25, 2015
With the season's first performance of Donizetti's ANNA BOLENA--that's Henry VIII's Anne Boleyn to all you Masterpiece Theatre fans--at the Met, the big news is that it's soprano Sondra Radvanovsky's first part of the Tudor Trilogy, with MARIA STUARDA and ROBERTO DEVEREUX to come later in the season. Alongside her, as Jane (here, Giovanna) Seymour, Boleyn's successor as consort to Henry, is mezzo Jamie Barton, this year's winner of the Richard Tucker Award, a past winner of the Met Council Auditions (and many other major awards) and a sensation when she sang her first big role at the Met two years ago, Adalgisa in Bellini's NORMA.
Arizona Opera Set for Mystical Journey in FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZON, 11/13-22
by BWW News Desk - September 24, 2015
Arizona Opera's second production of its 2015/16 season, FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS comes to Phoenix and Tucson for the first time.
by BWW News Desk - September 24, 2015
Arizona Opera's second production of its 2015/16 season, FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS comes to Phoenix and Tucson for the first time.
Sondra Radvanovsky to Play Title Role in Met Opera's ANNA BOLENA
by BWW News Desk - September 24, 2015
This Saturday, September 26, American soprano Sondra Radvanovsky will begin her season-long quest to sing all three of the principal heroines in Donizetti's 'Tudor trilogy,' being presented in its entirety for the first time at the Met this season. In the first opera, Anna Bolena, Radvanovsky stars as the young queen Anne Boleyn, grasping to hold onto the throne of England. Later this season, Radvanovsky will also star as the devout and doomed Mary, Queen of Scots in Maria Stuarda and as the conflicted Elizabeth I in the first-ever Met performances of Roberto Devereux. Radvanovsky will be the first soprano since Beverly Sills in the 1970s to sing the lead roles in all three operas in the course of a single New York season.
by BWW News Desk - September 24, 2015
This Saturday, September 26, American soprano Sondra Radvanovsky will begin her season-long quest to sing all three of the principal heroines in Donizetti's 'Tudor trilogy,' being presented in its entirety for the first time at the Met this season. In the first opera, Anna Bolena, Radvanovsky stars as the young queen Anne Boleyn, grasping to hold onto the throne of England. Later this season, Radvanovsky will also star as the devout and doomed Mary, Queen of Scots in Maria Stuarda and as the conflicted Elizabeth I in the first-ever Met performances of Roberto Devereux. Radvanovsky will be the first soprano since Beverly Sills in the 1970s to sing the lead roles in all three operas in the course of a single New York season.
Canadian Opera Company Launches New Interactive Series, OPERA INSIGHTS, Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 24, 2015
Toronto – This fall, the Canadian Opera Company launches Opera Insights, a new FREE series featuring interactive events and in-depth conversations that provide an insider's glimpse into the company's 2015/2016 productions. The series kicks off its inaugural season on September 24, 2015 with an exploration of the legend that inspired Barbara Monk Feldman's opera Pyramus and Thisbe, offered in collaboration with the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music's Today NoonSeries.
by BWW News Desk - September 24, 2015
Toronto – This fall, the Canadian Opera Company launches Opera Insights, a new FREE series featuring interactive events and in-depth conversations that provide an insider's glimpse into the company's 2015/2016 productions. The series kicks off its inaugural season on September 24, 2015 with an exploration of the legend that inspired Barbara Monk Feldman's opera Pyramus and Thisbe, offered in collaboration with the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music's Today NoonSeries.
Guerilla Opera Presents World Premiere of TROUBLED WATER; Performance Live-Streamed Today
by BWW News Desk - September 24, 2015
Tickets for Guerilla Opera's World Premiere production of Troubled Water, based on the short life of writer Natsuko Higuchi in late 19th-century Japan, with music by Mischa Salkind-Pearl, libretto by Frederick Choi, and stage direction by American Repertory Theater Director Allegra Libonati can be purchased from the Boston Conservatory Box Office.
by BWW News Desk - September 24, 2015
Tickets for Guerilla Opera's World Premiere production of Troubled Water, based on the short life of writer Natsuko Higuchi in late 19th-century Japan, with music by Mischa Salkind-Pearl, libretto by Frederick Choi, and stage direction by American Repertory Theater Director Allegra Libonati can be purchased from the Boston Conservatory Box Office.
Houston Grand Opera Announces 24-Hour Giving Day, 10/14
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2015
Houston, September 23, 2015— Last year Houston Grand Opera (HGO) was one of the first major performing arts organizations in the nation to join the international #GivingTuesday fundraising day with its own campaign. Now HGO is building on the success of that campaign by holding its own 24-hour Giving Day from 6:00 p.m. October 14 through 6:00 p.m. October 15. Information is now available at www.AllinforHGO.org.
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2015
Houston, September 23, 2015— Last year Houston Grand Opera (HGO) was one of the first major performing arts organizations in the nation to join the international #GivingTuesday fundraising day with its own campaign. Now HGO is building on the success of that campaign by holding its own 24-hour Giving Day from 6:00 p.m. October 14 through 6:00 p.m. October 15. Information is now available at www.AllinforHGO.org.
Canadian Opera Company Announces October Highlights
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2015
The Canadian Opera Company opens its 2015/2016 season with Verdi's enduring masterpiece, La Traviata. This sumptuous new COC production is set in the demi-monde of glittering 1850s Paris, evoking the social realities, rhythms and debauchery of a rapidly changing society.
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2015
The Canadian Opera Company opens its 2015/2016 season with Verdi's enduring masterpiece, La Traviata. This sumptuous new COC production is set in the demi-monde of glittering 1850s Paris, evoking the social realities, rhythms and debauchery of a rapidly changing society.
LA Opera to Appoint Keith R. Leonard, Jr., and Courtney Reum to Board of Directors
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2015
(Los Angeles) September 21, 2015 — Plácido Domingo, LA Opera's Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, announced that two new members were elected today to the company's board of directors: Keith R. Leonard, Jr., and Courtney Reum.
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2015
(Los Angeles) September 21, 2015 — Plácido Domingo, LA Opera's Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, announced that two new members were elected today to the company's board of directors: Keith R. Leonard, Jr., and Courtney Reum.
Houston Grand Opera Premieres O COLUMBIA Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2015
Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present the world premiere of O Columbia, a chamber opera created by an acclaimed team of artists: composer Gregory Spears, librettist Royce Vavrek, stage director Kevin Newbury, and conductor Timothy Myers-tonight and tomorrow, September 23 and 24 at 8:00 p.m. at the Bayou Music Center.
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2015
Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present the world premiere of O Columbia, a chamber opera created by an acclaimed team of artists: composer Gregory Spears, librettist Royce Vavrek, stage director Kevin Newbury, and conductor Timothy Myers-tonight and tomorrow, September 23 and 24 at 8:00 p.m. at the Bayou Music Center.
TURANDOT Returns to the Met Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2015
Puccini's opera set in ancient China, TURANDOT, will return to the Metropolitan Opera for 16 performances beginning tonight, September 23.
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2015
Puccini's opera set in ancient China, TURANDOT, will return to the Metropolitan Opera for 16 performances beginning tonight, September 23.
Opera Columbus' 'Opera on the Edge' Series to Present Abridged, English Version of LA TRAVIATA This Fall
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2015
Opera Columbus continues its innovative Opera on the Edge program in the 2015-16 season, presenting an hour-long, abridged, English-language adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi's LA TRAVIATA (The Fallen Woman).
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2015
Opera Columbus continues its innovative Opera on the Edge program in the 2015-16 season, presenting an hour-long, abridged, English-language adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi's LA TRAVIATA (The Fallen Woman).
City Opera Vancouver Announces $127,000 Grant for MISSING WOMEN
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2015
'We are proud and grateful,' said City Opera Vancouver President Janet Lea, 'to advise that the Vancouver Foundation has made a grant of $127,000 in support of our next commission, MISSING WOMEN.
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2015
'We are proud and grateful,' said City Opera Vancouver President Janet Lea, 'to advise that the Vancouver Foundation has made a grant of $127,000 in support of our next commission, MISSING WOMEN.
Canadian Opera Company to Launch New Interactive Series, OPERA INSIGHTS, 9/24
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2015
Toronto – This fall, the Canadian Opera Company launches Opera Insights, a new FREE series featuring interactive events and in-depth conversations that provide an insider's glimpse into the company's 2015/2016 productions. The series kicks off its inaugural season on September 24, 2015 with an exploration of the legend that inspired Barbara Monk Feldman's opera Pyramus and Thisbe, offered in collaboration with the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music's Thursday NoonSeries.
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2015
Toronto – This fall, the Canadian Opera Company launches Opera Insights, a new FREE series featuring interactive events and in-depth conversations that provide an insider's glimpse into the company's 2015/2016 productions. The series kicks off its inaugural season on September 24, 2015 with an exploration of the legend that inspired Barbara Monk Feldman's opera Pyramus and Thisbe, offered in collaboration with the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music's Thursday NoonSeries.
ROMEO AND JULIET Launches Royal Opera House's Live Cinema 2015-16 Season Today
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2015
The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2015/16 is the most ambitious to date. Six ballets and six operas, including five new productions, will be screened in over 1,000 cinemas across 45 countries allowing audiences in the US to experience more opera and ballet from the Royal Opera House than ever before.
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2015
The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2015/16 is the most ambitious to date. Six ballets and six operas, including five new productions, will be screened in over 1,000 cinemas across 45 countries allowing audiences in the US to experience more opera and ballet from the Royal Opera House than ever before.
SEMIRAMIDE and LA FAVORITE Set for Washington Concert Opera's 2015-16 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2015
Washington Concert Opera is proud to announce its 2015-2016 Season. This season WCO returns to bel canto with Gioachino Rossini's SEMIRAMIDE (November 22, 2015), and Gaetano Donizetti's LA FAVORITE (March 4, 2016). True to Washington Concert Opera's mission, both are rarely performed opera masterpieces.
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2015
Washington Concert Opera is proud to announce its 2015-2016 Season. This season WCO returns to bel canto with Gioachino Rossini's SEMIRAMIDE (November 22, 2015), and Gaetano Donizetti's LA FAVORITE (March 4, 2016). True to Washington Concert Opera's mission, both are rarely performed opera masterpieces.
COC to Launch Opera Insights Series for 2015-16 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2015
This fall, the Canadian Opera Company launches Opera Insights, a new FREE series featuring interactive events and in-depth conversations that provide an insider's glimpse into the company's 2015/2016 productions. The series kicks off its inaugural season on September 24, 2015 with an exploration of the legend that inspired Barbara Monk Feldman's opera Pyramus and Thisbe, offered in collaboration with the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music's Thursday Noon Series.
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2015
This fall, the Canadian Opera Company launches Opera Insights, a new FREE series featuring interactive events and in-depth conversations that provide an insider's glimpse into the company's 2015/2016 productions. The series kicks off its inaugural season on September 24, 2015 with an exploration of the legend that inspired Barbara Monk Feldman's opera Pyramus and Thisbe, offered in collaboration with the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music's Thursday Noon Series.
BWW Review: TOSCA at the Aotea Centre
by Sam Jury - September 21, 2015
NBR New Zealand Opera has been going from strength to strength over recent years, and this latest production of Tosca is no exception. Cleverly set during the Cold War era of Italy during the 1950s, this production stars two internationally famous New Zealanders, the tenor Simon O'Neill and the baritone Phillip Rhodes, who are joined by Irish soprano Orla Boylan in the title role.
by Sam Jury - September 21, 2015
NBR New Zealand Opera has been going from strength to strength over recent years, and this latest production of Tosca is no exception. Cleverly set during the Cold War era of Italy during the 1950s, this production stars two internationally famous New Zealanders, the tenor Simon O'Neill and the baritone Phillip Rhodes, who are joined by Irish soprano Orla Boylan in the title role.
BWW Review: René Barbera Strikes Another Harmonious Chord for SDO
by Erica Miner - September 21, 2015
Anticipation has kept Facebook and Twitter buzzing
by Erica Miner - September 21, 2015
Anticipation has kept Facebook and Twitter buzzing
Experiments in Opera Presents THE TRAVEL AGENCY IS ON FIRE: BURROUGHS CUT UP THE GREAT BARDS, 10/16
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2015
Experiments in Opera—the composer-driven collective with an air of mad scientists in the lab—opens its 2015-16 season with the premiere of 11 new commissions for ensemble and voice in The Travel Agency is On Fire: Burroughs Cuts Up the Great Bards, presented Friday, October 16, 2015 at the East Village avant-garde haven The Stone.Two sets take place at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Each set features different songs.
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2015
Experiments in Opera—the composer-driven collective with an air of mad scientists in the lab—opens its 2015-16 season with the premiere of 11 new commissions for ensemble and voice in The Travel Agency is On Fire: Burroughs Cuts Up the Great Bards, presented Friday, October 16, 2015 at the East Village avant-garde haven The Stone.Two sets take place at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Each set features different songs.
Lucine Amara Announces Cast to Appear in Verismo Opera's Lucia di Lammermoor at Bergen Performing Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2015
?The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera will bring the Scottish highlands to the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) again in Lucia di Lammermoor.
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2015
?The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera will bring the Scottish highlands to the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) again in Lucia di Lammermoor.
IconoClassic Opera Presents CARMEN: A DRINKING OPERA
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2015
IconoClassic Opera, which is devoted to bringing innovative opera to a new audience, presents 'Carmen,' a playful and immersive production of Bizet's timeless tale of sensuality, obsession and death.
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2015
IconoClassic Opera, which is devoted to bringing innovative opera to a new audience, presents 'Carmen,' a playful and immersive production of Bizet's timeless tale of sensuality, obsession and death.
Soprano Nadine Sierra Replaces Diana Damrau in 'Lucia di Lammermoor'
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2015
San Francisco Opera today announced cast changes for the Company's new production of Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, presented October 8–28, 2015, and for Mozart's The Magic Flute, presented October 20–November 20, at the War Memorial Opera House.
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2015
San Francisco Opera today announced cast changes for the Company's new production of Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, presented October 8–28, 2015, and for Mozart's The Magic Flute, presented October 20–November 20, at the War Memorial Opera House.
Lyric Opera of Chicago Reaches Contract Agreement with Orchestra Members; Statement Below
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2015
The management of Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Federation of Musicians Local 10-208 are pleased to announce that they have reached a tentative agreement on a new 3-year contract for members of the Lyric Orchestra. The terms of the agreement are confidential, pending ratification by the Lyric musicians and the Lyric Board of Directors.
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2015
The management of Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Federation of Musicians Local 10-208 are pleased to announce that they have reached a tentative agreement on a new 3-year contract for members of the Lyric Orchestra. The terms of the agreement are confidential, pending ratification by the Lyric musicians and the Lyric Board of Directors.
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