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Austin Opera to Present AN INTIMATE AFFAIR, 4/13 by BWW News Desk
- March 19, 2015 Austin Opera is bringing an evening filled with extraordinary classic and modern opera music to KLRU's legendary Studio 6A. 'An Intimate Affair' features performances by David Miller, tenor of Simon Cowell's 26-time platinum selling 'pop opera' crossover group Il Divo, alongside his multi-talented wife Sarah Joy Miller, star of New York City Opera's critically-acclaimed 'Anna Nicole,' based on the life of Anna Nicole Smith.
The Houston Grand Opera Presents 60th Anniversary Gala Concert With Joyce DiDonato Tonight by BWW News Desk
- March 19, 2015 Houston Grand Opera (HGO) invites patrons to celebrate 60 years of producing and performing world-class opera in Houston at a gala anniversary concert featuring renowned mezzo-soprano and HGO Studio alumna Joyce DiDonato at the Wortham Theater Center's Cullen Theater today, March 19. Tickets to the anniversary concert start at $40, on sale now at HGO.org.
Heartbeat Opera Presents the ONE ACT FESTIVAL, Now thru 3/22 by BWW News Desk
- March 18, 2015 Heartbeat Opera is a new company intent upon re-imagining opera in intimate spaces for a new generation. Employing a minimalism that allows the emotional integrity of the music to shine through, the company's work focuses on the body of the singer and the visceral power of the music. Co-Artistic Directors Louisa Proske and Ethan Heard, who trained together in the Directing program at the Yale School of Drama, are committed to nurturing the actor in every singer they work with. The company creates productions of classics and new pieces that are daring and visceral—productions that manifest the emotional grandeur and theatrical power of opera with minimal means. Heartbeat's one-act festival presentation of György Kurtág's Kafka-Fragments, directed by Heard, and the New York premiere of Jacques Offenbach's Daphnis & Chloé, in a new English translation directed by Proske, marks this young company's debut. Heartbeat Opera's resident music ensemble Cantata Profana, described by The New York Times as “a stylish early music ensemble,” will provide musical accompaniment.
Lyric's Rising Stars in Concert to Showcase Ryan Opera Center Members, 3/21 by BWW News Desk
- March 17, 2015 The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago celebrates its 40th season with its annual Rising Stars in Concert program Saturday, March 21, at 7:30pm at the Civic Opera House. The talented singers and pianist of the 2014-15 ensemble will perform with members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra in works of Bellini, Berg, Berlioz, Bizet, Debussy, Donizetti, Floyd, Gounod, Handel, Korngold, Mozart, Puccini, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Rossini. Rising Stars in Concert is offered in celebration of an exceptionally successful year of study and performance for these up-and-coming artists.
Zeljko Lucic Withdraws from the Met's CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and AIDA Due to Illness by BWW News Desk
- March 17, 2015 Željko Lucic has withdrawn from his spring Met engagements due to illness. In his place, George Gagnidze will sing Alfio in the new production of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana. Gagnidze, who will also sing Tonio in Pagliacci as originally scheduled, will join Marcelo Álvarez in performing in both halves of the evening's double bill; Álvarez sings both Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana and Canio in Pagliacci.
Lyric Opera of KC to Present TOSCA, 4/18-26 by BWW News Desk
- March 17, 2015 Lyric Opera of Kansas City concludes its dynamic 57th season with Giacomo Puccini's vibrant Tosca, April 18, 22, 24 and 26 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The production will be sung in Italian with English and Italian titles.
Lyric Names Civic Opera House Stage After Kenneth G. Pigott by BWW News Desk
- March 17, 2015 Lyric Opera general director Anthony Freud announced that the stage of the Civic Opera House has been named for Kenneth G. Pigott, who served as Lyric's president and CEO from 2011 until his death on February 13.
Seattle Opera to Present ARIADNE AUF NAXOS by BWW News Desk
- March 17, 2015 The shows must go on! Seattle Opera concludes its 2014/15 season with Richard Strauss' delightful opera-within-an-opera: Ariadne auf Naxos. A rich Seattleite is throwing a dinner party and asks his hired entertainment for the impossible: the capering troupe of comedians must combine their performance with an opera company's rendition of the mythical love and loss of the ancient Greek princess Ariadne. Comedy meets tragedy, and fireworks result!
Birmingham Opera Company to Hold BREAKING THE ICE Symposium After Show, 4/9 by BWW News Desk
- March 17, 2015 To accompany Birmingham Opera Company's new production of Michael Tippett's opera The Ice Break(from 3 April), the company is also organizing 'BREAKING THE ICE', a series of events designed to encourage discussion around the relationship of art to society. What responsibility does the artist have to society and vice versa?
Opera Philadelphia Presents a MASTER CLASS Lead by Dawn Upshaw Tonight by BWW News Desk
- March 17, 2015 Opera Philadelphia is inviting the public to witness the artistic development of its three Composers in Residence as they participate in a Master Class conducted by acclaimed soprano Dawn Upshaw. This unique, 'opera in the making' event, spotlighting new music being written composers Missy Mazzoli, Andrew Norman, and David T. Little, takes place tonight, March 17, at 7:00 p.m. in the Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
Julie Adams and John Churchwell Up Next in 'Schwabacher Debut Recitals' Series, 3/29 by BWW News Desk
- March 16, 2015 ?The 32nd season of the Schwabacher Debut Recitals continues on Sunday, March 29 at Temple Emanu-El's Martin Meyer Sanctuary with soprano Julie Adams and pianist John Churchwell. Adams and Churchwell will present a program of works by Alfred Bachelet, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Edvard Grieg, Sergei Rachmaninov and Lee Hoiby.
Stephanie Ann Ball and Erica Papillion-Posey to Present THE HERITAGE ANTHOLOGY, 3/28 by BWW News Desk
- March 16, 2015 Mezzo soprano, Erica Papillion-Posey and soprano, Stephanie Ann Ball are collaborating with pianist, Mila Startsev to present The Heritage Anthology; a deeply moving nationalist concert program celebrating the African American musical heritage and the German cultural heritage of The Denver Turnverein.
Florida Opera Festival, Under Baton of Daniel Lipton, Releases Schedule for 2015-2016 Season by BWW News Desk
- March 16, 2015 Tampa, Fla. ? The 2015-2016 Florida Opera Festival presented by Opera Tampa is certain to exhilarate every opera buff and fascinate any curious opera novice. It promises to be a magnificent festival of love, lust and loss featuring the work of Mozart and Verdi.
Canadian Opera Company to Present BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE, 5/6 by BWW News Desk
- March 16, 2015 Toronto – The Canadian Opera Company's iconic double-bill of Béla Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle and Arnold Schoenberg's Erwartungreturns to the company's mainstage to close its 2014/2015 season. COC Music Director Johannes Debus conducts both operas for the first time, leading the COC Orchestra through these visceral and haunting scores, all brought to life in a mind-bending and gravity-defying production by world-renowned Canadian artistic visionary Robert Lepage. Bluebeard's Castleis sung in Hungarian and Erwartung is sung in German, both with English SURTITLESTM, and runs for only seven performances on May 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 23, 2015 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
Canadian Opera Company to Present THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, 4/17 by BWW News Desk
- March 16, 2015 Toronto – Audiences will discover love has a sense of humour with the Canadian Opera Company's new production of Rossini's TheBarber of Seville from the Spanish theatre troupe Els Comediants. Scottish-born Rory Macdonald, one of Britain's most talented and dynamic young conductors, returns to lead the COC Orchestra, Chorus and a cast of the most exciting young stars in opera today through Rossini's veritable hit parade of a score, filled with showstoppers and sparkling tunes. Sung in Italian with English SURTITLESTM, The Barber of Seville runs for 13 performances on April 17, 19, 21, 26, 29, May 2, 7, 9, 13, 15*, 19, 21, 22, 2015 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
COC to Stage BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE & ERWARTUNG Double-Bill by BWW News Desk
- March 16, 2015 The Canadian Opera Company's iconic double-bill of Béla Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle and Arnold Schoenberg's Erwartung returns to the company's mainstage to close its 2014/2015 season. COC Music Director Johannes Debus conducts both operas for the first time, leading the COC Orchestra through these visceral and haunting scores, all brought to life in a mind-bending and gravity-defying production by world-renowned Canadian artistic visionary Robert Lepage. Bluebeard's Castle is sung in Hungarian and Erwartung is sung in German, both with English SURTITLESTM, and runs for only seven performances on May 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 23, 2015 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
COC to Present THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, Begin. 4/17 by BWW News Desk
- March 16, 2015 Audiences will discover love has a sense of humour with the Canadian Opera Company's new production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville from the Spanish theatre troupe Els Comediants. Scottish-born Rory Macdonald, one of Britain's most talented and dynamic young conductors, returns to lead the COC Orchestra, Chorus and a cast of the most exciting young stars in opera today through Rossini's veritable hit parade of a score, filled with showstoppers and sparkling tunes. Sung in Italian with English SURTITLESTM, The Barber of Seville runs for 13 performances on April 17, 19, 21, 26, 29, May 2, 7, 9, 13, 15*, 19, 21, 22, 2015 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
New Rochelle Opera to Celebrate 30th Anniversary with Spring Gala, 4/24 by BWW News Desk
- March 16, 2015 New Rochelle Opera will celebrate its 30th anniversary at the Company's annual Spring Gala on Friday, April 24, 2015 at 6:30 pm at The Fountainhead, located at 55 Quaker Ridge Road, New Rochelle, NY. In conjunction with this milestone, the Company will honor renowned Metropolitan Opera basso Ferruccio Furlanetto. The annual event is the Company's largest fundraiser.
Seattle Opera & Pacific Northwest Ballet Hope to Build Audiences with National Case Studies by BWW News Desk
- March 16, 2015 NEW YORK—Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet's efforts to build and deepen relationships with audiences were highlighted in two national case studies released today by The Wallace Foundation. The case studies, available online as part of the Wallace Studies in Building Arts Audiences series, include work completed by Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet during the Wallace Excellence Awards initiative, aim to generate effective audience-engagement practices that can be applied to arts organizations across the country.
San Francisco Opera Guild Teams with Saks Fifth Avenue to Present FASHION FORWARD Evening, 3/25 by BWW News Desk
- March 16, 2015 SAN FRANCISCO (March 12, 2015) – San Francisco Opera Guild and Saks Fifth Avenue San Francisco present Fashion Forward: An Evening with Erdem on Wednesday, March 25 at Pier 27, the new San Francisco Cruise Terminal. The event marks the celebrated designer's first runway fashion show in San Francisco and showcases his Fall/Winter 2015 collection, unveiled last month at London Fashion Week. “Erdem easily won the award for most-oohed-over show this morning with a sublime collection that showed the Canadian-born designer to be up there with the very best” (The Telegraph, UK).
LA Opera Presents GREAT OPERA CHORUSES Tonight by BWW News Desk
- March 14, 2015 LA Opera will present two freeGreat Opera Choruses concerts tonight, March 14, with Resident Conductor Grant Gershon leading the LA Opera Chorus. As part of the Figaro Unbound celebration, highlights will include a suite of choral excerpts from The Marriage of Figaro and famous choruses from a number of other popular operas. Best of all, audience members of all ages-and of any musical ability-will have the exciting opportunity to join in the fun by singing along with the pros to such famous pieces as the Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore and the Toreador Song from Carmen. The Great Opera Choruses concerts will be accompanied by LA Opera Assistant Conductor Jeremy Frank and will feature soloists from LA Opera's Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program.
IL TRITTICO to Launch Opera Holland Park's 2015 Season; Lineup Announced by BWW News Desk
- March 13, 2015 Opera Holland Park is one of the most popular and highly-acclaimed events in London's musical calendar and their 19th season includes a mixture of five new productions and revivals in 36 main-stage public performances. The City of London Sinfonia will accompany all these productions for their 12th year as house orchestra. A particular highlight is the first-ever professional London performance of Jonathan Dove's contemporary opera Flight. THe season runs Tuesday 2nd June - Saturday 1st August 2015.