North Carolina Opera Presents OPERA IN THE PINES Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2014
North Carolina Opera, under the leadership of General Director Eric Mitchko and Artistic Director & Principal Conductor Timothy Myers, presents 'Opera in the Pines' at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary tonight, May 17 at 7 p.m. Maestro Timothy Myers conducts the North Carolina Opera Orchestra and vocal soloists Hailey Clark, Kate Farrar, Noah Stewart, and Ted Federle in a concert of Broadway and opera favorites.
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2014
North Carolina Opera, under the leadership of General Director Eric Mitchko and Artistic Director & Principal Conductor Timothy Myers, presents 'Opera in the Pines' at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary tonight, May 17 at 7 p.m. Maestro Timothy Myers conducts the North Carolina Opera Orchestra and vocal soloists Hailey Clark, Kate Farrar, Noah Stewart, and Ted Federle in a concert of Broadway and opera favorites.
Cleveland Orchestra Presents Leos Janacek's THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, Now thru 5/24
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2014
Music Director Franz Welser-Most continues his emphasis on operatic and choral repertoire with a compelling new production of Leos Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, performed with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall today, May 17-24. Presented with innovative and original animation, this world premiere production explores the depths of human experience in a charming tale of love, peril, freedom, and family. On the surface, the opera's story is about childish things, but underneath, human emotions boil over and burst apart between the 'animals of the forest' and their human interlocutors.
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2014
Music Director Franz Welser-Most continues his emphasis on operatic and choral repertoire with a compelling new production of Leos Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, performed with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall today, May 17-24. Presented with innovative and original animation, this world premiere production explores the depths of human experience in a charming tale of love, peril, freedom, and family. On the surface, the opera's story is about childish things, but underneath, human emotions boil over and burst apart between the 'animals of the forest' and their human interlocutors.
Downtown Art to Present THE WAISTMAKERS' OPERA, 5/21-23
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2014
Downtown Art's alt rock opera THE WAISTMAKERS' OPERA celebrates the young women who led 'The Uprising of the 20,000', a landmark strike by garment workers in 1909. A remarkable event, the strike brought together women from all classes and backgrounds, became front page news. The show runs at University Settlement for Lower East Side History Month, Wednesday - Friday, May 21-23, 2014.
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2014
Downtown Art's alt rock opera THE WAISTMAKERS' OPERA celebrates the young women who led 'The Uprising of the 20,000', a landmark strike by garment workers in 1909. A remarkable event, the strike brought together women from all classes and backgrounds, became front page news. The show runs at University Settlement for Lower East Side History Month, Wednesday - Friday, May 21-23, 2014.
Tenor Joseph Calleja Stars Opposite Marion Cotillard, in THE IMMIGRANT, Opening Today
by Diana Heisroth - May 16, 2014
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja 'magnificently impersonates' his idol Enrico Caruso in the feature film The Immigrant, which opens today, May 16, in New York City and Los Angeles.
by Diana Heisroth - May 16, 2014
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja 'magnificently impersonates' his idol Enrico Caruso in the feature film The Immigrant, which opens today, May 16, in New York City and Los Angeles.
Central City Opera and Curious Theatre Present RATED 'R' ON STAGE, 6/3
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2014
Central City Opera and Curious Theatre Company present Rated “R” on Stage: Community Panel on Sex, Violence and Nudity in the Performing Arts. The free event will be presented June 3, 2014 from 6-8 pm at Curious Theatre located at 1080 Acoma Street, Denver. Cocktails, snacks and a video presentation featuring the play Venus in Fur and the opera Dead Man Walking will be offered from 5:30 to 6 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2014
Central City Opera and Curious Theatre Company present Rated “R” on Stage: Community Panel on Sex, Violence and Nudity in the Performing Arts. The free event will be presented June 3, 2014 from 6-8 pm at Curious Theatre located at 1080 Acoma Street, Denver. Cocktails, snacks and a video presentation featuring the play Venus in Fur and the opera Dead Man Walking will be offered from 5:30 to 6 p.m.
Opera Philadelphia, Gotham Chamber Opera, and Music-Theatre Group Announce David T. Little as Fourth Composer in Residence
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2014
Opera Philadelphia, in collaboration with Gotham Chamber Opera and Music-Theatre Group in New York, is proud to announce that composer David T. Little has been selected as its fourth Composer in Residence (CIR). Little was chosen from over 100 applicants for the position and now has the opportunity to follow a personalized development track focused on the advancement of his skills as an operatic composer.
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2014
Opera Philadelphia, in collaboration with Gotham Chamber Opera and Music-Theatre Group in New York, is proud to announce that composer David T. Little has been selected as its fourth Composer in Residence (CIR). Little was chosen from over 100 applicants for the position and now has the opportunity to follow a personalized development track focused on the advancement of his skills as an operatic composer.
Opera Lancaster Reports Growth This Season
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2014
Opera Lancaster reported 40% greater attendance for its regular season as well as increases in the number of individual donations, business contributions and grant funding during its 2013/14 fiscal year. When its year ends on June 30, they expect total donations to be up by at least 9.5% from the year prior, grants to be up by at least 37% and business support up by 34%.
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2014
Opera Lancaster reported 40% greater attendance for its regular season as well as increases in the number of individual donations, business contributions and grant funding during its 2013/14 fiscal year. When its year ends on June 30, they expect total donations to be up by at least 9.5% from the year prior, grants to be up by at least 37% and business support up by 34%.
Opera Philadelphia, Gotham Chamber Opera & Music-Theatre Group Name David T. Little as Composer in Residence
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2014
Opera Philadelphia, in collaboration with Gotham Chamber Opera and Music-Theatre Group in New York, is proud to announce that composer David T. Little has been selected as its fourth Composer in Residence (CIR). Little was chosen from over 100 applicants for the position and now has the opportunity to follow a personalized development track focused on the advancement of his skills as an operatic composer.
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2014
Opera Philadelphia, in collaboration with Gotham Chamber Opera and Music-Theatre Group in New York, is proud to announce that composer David T. Little has been selected as its fourth Composer in Residence (CIR). Little was chosen from over 100 applicants for the position and now has the opportunity to follow a personalized development track focused on the advancement of his skills as an operatic composer.
On Site Opera with Figaro Systems Present a Special Performance of Rameau's PYGMALION for Google Glass Users, 6/19
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2014
On Site Opera, which creates immersive, site-specific opera productions, has partnered with Figaro Systems, developer of groundbreaking libretto simultexting technology, to preview a future in which opera is further freed from the opera house. OnThursday, June 19 at Lifestyle-Trimco Showroom in Manhattan, the companies will give a special performance of On Site's new production of Rameau's one-act Pygmalion for users of Google Glass. As the performers move about the space during the performance, audience members will be able to read an English translation of Ballot de Sovot's libretto conveniently in their Glass field of vision.
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2014
On Site Opera, which creates immersive, site-specific opera productions, has partnered with Figaro Systems, developer of groundbreaking libretto simultexting technology, to preview a future in which opera is further freed from the opera house. OnThursday, June 19 at Lifestyle-Trimco Showroom in Manhattan, the companies will give a special performance of On Site's new production of Rameau's one-act Pygmalion for users of Google Glass. As the performers move about the space during the performance, audience members will be able to read an English translation of Ballot de Sovot's libretto conveniently in their Glass field of vision.
STAGE TUBE: Opera Singer Eric Jordan Struggles with Speech After Stroke
by Stage Tube - May 15, 2014
On September 20, 2012, Opera singer Eric Jordan had a life-threatening stroke. The stroke left him with aphasia, which makes it hard to read, write or say what he means and apraxia, which is the inability to execute purposeful movements. Jordan said, Luckily for me, the stroke primarily affected the Broca area of my brain, which is responsible for speech production. I say 'luckily' because I can now sing with better verbal fluency than I can speak.'
by Stage Tube - May 15, 2014
On September 20, 2012, Opera singer Eric Jordan had a life-threatening stroke. The stroke left him with aphasia, which makes it hard to read, write or say what he means and apraxia, which is the inability to execute purposeful movements. Jordan said, Luckily for me, the stroke primarily affected the Broca area of my brain, which is responsible for speech production. I say 'luckily' because I can now sing with better verbal fluency than I can speak.'
The Canadian Opera Company's New Value-Pricing Subscriptions for the 2014-2015 Season Are Halfway to Selling Out
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2014
Ten days before the close of its 2013/2014 season, the COC's acquisition subscription campaign for the 14/15 performance calendar is enjoying great success with half of its allotted new value-pricing subscription packages already sold. Value-pricing subscriptions on the Ring 5 and Orchestra Ring levels of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts are sold out with extremely limited availability on the Grand Ring box level.
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2014
Ten days before the close of its 2013/2014 season, the COC's acquisition subscription campaign for the 14/15 performance calendar is enjoying great success with half of its allotted new value-pricing subscription packages already sold. Value-pricing subscriptions on the Ring 5 and Orchestra Ring levels of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts are sold out with extremely limited availability on the Grand Ring box level.
Opera del West Holds Auditions for Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, Now thru 5/18
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2014
Opera del West will be holding auditions for Chekhov's The Seagull with music by Thomas Pasatieri. This will be the New England première of this neo-romantic opera. It will be stage directed by Brenda Huggins and music directed by Eve Budnick. Performances will be held August 1st and 3rd at The Center for Arts in Natick, MA.
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2014
Opera del West will be holding auditions for Chekhov's The Seagull with music by Thomas Pasatieri. This will be the New England première of this neo-romantic opera. It will be stage directed by Brenda Huggins and music directed by Eve Budnick. Performances will be held August 1st and 3rd at The Center for Arts in Natick, MA.
Singers and Composers Honor Stephen Schwartz at 25th Anniversary Gala for American Opera Projects
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
Brooklyn's AOP (American Opera Projects) celebrated its 25th anniversary of developing and producing opera and music theater on Monday, May 12 with a gala that honored Stephen Schwartz, composer and lyricist of Wicked, Pippin, and Godspell as well as the AOP-developed opera Séance on a Wet Afternoon.
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
Brooklyn's AOP (American Opera Projects) celebrated its 25th anniversary of developing and producing opera and music theater on Monday, May 12 with a gala that honored Stephen Schwartz, composer and lyricist of Wicked, Pippin, and Godspell as well as the AOP-developed opera Séance on a Wet Afternoon.
Stephen Costello to Headline ROBERTO DEVEREUX at Carnegie Hall, 6/5
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
It was in a supporting role at Carnegie Hall with Eve Queler and the Opera Orchestra of New York that Stephen Costello first launched his professional career. Now the Tucker Award-winning tenor makes a hero's return, rejoining the same forces at the storied New York venue to headline a concert performance of Donizetti's Roberto Devereux on June 5.
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
It was in a supporting role at Carnegie Hall with Eve Queler and the Opera Orchestra of New York that Stephen Costello first launched his professional career. Now the Tucker Award-winning tenor makes a hero's return, rejoining the same forces at the storied New York venue to headline a concert performance of Donizetti's Roberto Devereux on June 5.
Guerilla Opera Present a Live Stream of the World Premiere of GALLO, 5/22
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
Guerilla Opera will live stream the World Premiere performance of Gallo, a fable in music in one act, a world premiere chamber opera with music and libretto by Rome-Prize winning composer Ken Ueno, and direction by Metropolitan Opera stage director Sarah Meyers, on Thursday, May 22, 2014, 8:00 p.m. EST from The Zack Box Theater at The Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA. The stream can be viewed at https://new.livestream.com/guerillaopera/gallo and is free of charge to watch. Follow Guerilla Opera on live stream to receive news, updates and behind-the-scenes peeks.
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
Guerilla Opera will live stream the World Premiere performance of Gallo, a fable in music in one act, a world premiere chamber opera with music and libretto by Rome-Prize winning composer Ken Ueno, and direction by Metropolitan Opera stage director Sarah Meyers, on Thursday, May 22, 2014, 8:00 p.m. EST from The Zack Box Theater at The Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA. The stream can be viewed at https://new.livestream.com/guerillaopera/gallo and is free of charge to watch. Follow Guerilla Opera on live stream to receive news, updates and behind-the-scenes peeks.
Guerilla Opera to Live Stream GALLO, 5/22
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
Guerilla Opera will live stream the World Premiere performance of Gallo, a fable in music in one act, a world premiere chamber opera with music and libretto by Rome-Prize winning composer Ken Ueno, and direction by Metropolitan Opera stage director Sarah Meyers, on Thursday, May 22, 2014, 8:00 p.m. EST from The Zack Box Theater at The Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA. The stream can be viewed at https://new.livestream.com/guerillaopera/gallo and is free of charge to watch. Follow Guerilla Opera on live stream to receive news, updates and behind-the-scenes peeks.
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
Guerilla Opera will live stream the World Premiere performance of Gallo, a fable in music in one act, a world premiere chamber opera with music and libretto by Rome-Prize winning composer Ken Ueno, and direction by Metropolitan Opera stage director Sarah Meyers, on Thursday, May 22, 2014, 8:00 p.m. EST from The Zack Box Theater at The Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA. The stream can be viewed at https://new.livestream.com/guerillaopera/gallo and is free of charge to watch. Follow Guerilla Opera on live stream to receive news, updates and behind-the-scenes peeks.
Catherine Foster, Nina Stemme, Daniel Brenna and More Set in WNO's THE RING Directed by Francesca Zambello
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
Washington National Opera (WNO) today announced principal casting and performance dates for its first complete presentation of Richard Wagner's four-part Ring cycle. Three full cycles will be presented from April 30 to May 22, 2016 and will be directed by Artistic Director Francesca Zambello and conducted by WNO Music Director Philippe Auguin.
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
Washington National Opera (WNO) today announced principal casting and performance dates for its first complete presentation of Richard Wagner's four-part Ring cycle. Three full cycles will be presented from April 30 to May 22, 2016 and will be directed by Artistic Director Francesca Zambello and conducted by WNO Music Director Philippe Auguin.
Odyssey Opera Opens 2014 Season With 4 Nights of UN GIORNO DI REGNO, ZANETTO, and IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA, 6/11-14
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
ODYSSEY OPERA, a new, Boston-based opera company dedicated to exploring the full spectrum of adventurous repertoire, presents a set of three fully staged operas: Verdi's Un giorno di regno, Pietro Mascagni's Zanetto, and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's Il segreto di Susanna. With a mission of bringing to life the finest rare operas with stellar artists, Odyssey offers an ambitious line-up of works to supplement the traditional operatic repertoire. This new season follows Odyssey's debut last September in a critically acclaimed concert performance of Wagner's Rienzi, and offers for the first time a mini-festival of fully-staged productions. (See below for complete program details.)
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
ODYSSEY OPERA, a new, Boston-based opera company dedicated to exploring the full spectrum of adventurous repertoire, presents a set of three fully staged operas: Verdi's Un giorno di regno, Pietro Mascagni's Zanetto, and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's Il segreto di Susanna. With a mission of bringing to life the finest rare operas with stellar artists, Odyssey offers an ambitious line-up of works to supplement the traditional operatic repertoire. This new season follows Odyssey's debut last September in a critically acclaimed concert performance of Wagner's Rienzi, and offers for the first time a mini-festival of fully-staged productions. (See below for complete program details.)
BWW Reviews: From Kaufmann and Florez to Beczala and Camarena, It's the Year of the Tenor
by Richard Sasanow - May 13, 2014
“The party's over,” wrote Betty Comden & Adolph Green in BELLS ARE RINGING. “It's time to call it a day.” The opera season at the Metropolitan said its farewells to 2013-2014 on May 10 with a bel canto doubleheader of Rossini's LA CENERENTOLA (a shot heard round the world via radio and The Met's LIVE IN HD) and Bellini's IL PURITANI--not a bad swan song, considering the singing talent involved.
by Richard Sasanow - May 13, 2014
“The party's over,” wrote Betty Comden & Adolph Green in BELLS ARE RINGING. “It's time to call it a day.” The opera season at the Metropolitan said its farewells to 2013-2014 on May 10 with a bel canto doubleheader of Rossini's LA CENERENTOLA (a shot heard round the world via radio and The Met's LIVE IN HD) and Bellini's IL PURITANI--not a bad swan song, considering the singing talent involved.
OPERA IN EDEN Set for Symphony Space, 6/16
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2014
Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of American Lyric Theater (ALT), has announced that OPERA IN EDEN, an evening of one act operas written by Resident Artists from ALT's Composer Librettist Development Program, will return to the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space on Monday, June 16th, 2014, at 7:00 PM. Tickets to OPERA IN EDEN are $20 in advance, or $25 on the day of the performance, and are available from www.symphonyspace.org or by calling (212) 864-5400. Student and senior discounts are available at the box office.
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2014
Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of American Lyric Theater (ALT), has announced that OPERA IN EDEN, an evening of one act operas written by Resident Artists from ALT's Composer Librettist Development Program, will return to the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space on Monday, June 16th, 2014, at 7:00 PM. Tickets to OPERA IN EDEN are $20 in advance, or $25 on the day of the performance, and are available from www.symphonyspace.org or by calling (212) 864-5400. Student and senior discounts are available at the box office.
Opera Philadelphia Presents A COFFIN IN EGYPT, 6/6-15
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2014
Legendary mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade has performed many of opera's greatest roles in her storied career that began in 1970. In June, she makes her Opera Philadelphia debut in an incredible new role written just for her, in the East Coast Premiere of A Coffin in Egypt by composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist/director Leonard Foglia.
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2014
Legendary mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade has performed many of opera's greatest roles in her storied career that began in 1970. In June, she makes her Opera Philadelphia debut in an incredible new role written just for her, in the East Coast Premiere of A Coffin in Egypt by composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist/director Leonard Foglia.
The Met: Live in HD Presents LA CENERENTOLA Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2014
Joyce DiDonato sings her first Met performances of the title character in Rossini's Cinderella story, La Cenerentola, with bel canto master Juan Diego Flórez as her dashing prince. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads a cast that also includes Pietro Spagnoli in his Met debut as the servant Dandini, Alessandro Corbelli as Cenerentola's stepfather Don Magnifico, andLuca Pisaroni as Don Ramiro's tutor, Alidoro.
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2014
Joyce DiDonato sings her first Met performances of the title character in Rossini's Cinderella story, La Cenerentola, with bel canto master Juan Diego Flórez as her dashing prince. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads a cast that also includes Pietro Spagnoli in his Met debut as the servant Dandini, Alessandro Corbelli as Cenerentola's stepfather Don Magnifico, andLuca Pisaroni as Don Ramiro's tutor, Alidoro.
VIDEO: Behind the Scenes of Cleveland Orchestra's THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2014
Music Director Franz Welser-Most continues his emphasis on operatic and choral repertoire with a compelling new production of Leos Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, performed with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall, May 17-24. Presented with innovative and original animation, this world premiere production explores the depths of human experience in a charming tale of love, peril, freedom, and family. On the surface, the opera's story is about childish things, but underneath, human emotions boil over and burst apart between the 'animals of the forest' and their human interlocutors. Click below to go behind the making of the production!
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2014
Music Director Franz Welser-Most continues his emphasis on operatic and choral repertoire with a compelling new production of Leos Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, performed with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall, May 17-24. Presented with innovative and original animation, this world premiere production explores the depths of human experience in a charming tale of love, peril, freedom, and family. On the surface, the opera's story is about childish things, but underneath, human emotions boil over and burst apart between the 'animals of the forest' and their human interlocutors. Click below to go behind the making of the production!
Cleveland Orchestra to Present Leos Janacek's THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, 5/17-24
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2014
Music Director Franz Welser-Most continues his emphasis on operatic and choral repertoire with a compelling new production of Leos Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, performed with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall May 17-24. Presented with innovative and original animation, this world premiere production explores the depths of human experience in a charming tale of love, peril, freedom, and family. On the surface, the opera's story is about childish things, but underneath, human emotions boil over and burst apart between the 'animals of the forest' and their human interlocutors.
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2014
Music Director Franz Welser-Most continues his emphasis on operatic and choral repertoire with a compelling new production of Leos Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, performed with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall May 17-24. Presented with innovative and original animation, this world premiere production explores the depths of human experience in a charming tale of love, peril, freedom, and family. On the surface, the opera's story is about childish things, but underneath, human emotions boil over and burst apart between the 'animals of the forest' and their human interlocutors.
Opera Company of Middlebury to Present THE ITALIAN GIRLS IN ALGIERS, 5/30-6/7
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2014
A critic once wrote that if the Three Stooges had written an opera libretto, it would look something like Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers (L'Italiana in Algeri).
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2014
A critic once wrote that if the Three Stooges had written an opera libretto, it would look something like Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers (L'Italiana in Algeri).
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