Shostakovich's THE NOSE Set for PBS' GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET, 2/23
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2014
William Kentridge's dazzlingly innovative production of Shostakovich's shocking, unconventional opera about a beleaguered Russian official and his runaway nose airs on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, February 23 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the program at 12:30 p.m.)
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2014
William Kentridge's dazzlingly innovative production of Shostakovich's shocking, unconventional opera about a beleaguered Russian official and his runaway nose airs on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, February 23 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the program at 12:30 p.m.)
NYFOS Next Series Presents THE MUSIC OF JOHN MUSTO, 3/4
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2014
New York Festival of Song celebrates one of its oldest and closest friends with a special evening on its forward-looking NYFOS Next series: The Music of John Musto on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at 7:30pm at Opera America's National Opera Center.
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2014
New York Festival of Song celebrates one of its oldest and closest friends with a special evening on its forward-looking NYFOS Next series: The Music of John Musto on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at 7:30pm at Opera America's National Opera Center.
Opera Philadelphia Announces 2015 World Premiere of Charlie Parker's YARDBIRD
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2014
David B. Devan, General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia, today announced the commissioning of a new opera based on the life of legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920-1955), one of the most influential soloists in the history of jazz and a central figure in the development of bebop. American tenor Lawrence Brownlee will star as Parker in a work written for him by composer Daniel Schnyder, with a libretto by poet and playwright Bridgette A. Wimberly. Soprano Angela Brownwill costar as Charlie's mother, Addie Parker. The opera is being developed in partnership with Gotham Chamber Opera.
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2014
David B. Devan, General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia, today announced the commissioning of a new opera based on the life of legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920-1955), one of the most influential soloists in the history of jazz and a central figure in the development of bebop. American tenor Lawrence Brownlee will star as Parker in a work written for him by composer Daniel Schnyder, with a libretto by poet and playwright Bridgette A. Wimberly. Soprano Angela Brownwill costar as Charlie's mother, Addie Parker. The opera is being developed in partnership with Gotham Chamber Opera.
Charlie Parker's YARDBIRD with Lawrence Brownlee & Opera Philadelphia to Premiere in 2015
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2014
David B. Devan, General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia, today announced the commissioning of a new opera based on the life of legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920-1955), one of the most influential soloists in the history of jazz and a central figure in the development of bebop. American tenor Lawrence Brownlee will star as Parker in a work written for him by composer Daniel Schnyder, with a libretto by poet and playwright Bridgette A. Wimberly. Soprano Angela Brown will costar as Charlie's mother, Addie Parker. The opera is being developed in partnership with Gotham Chamber Opera.
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2014
David B. Devan, General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia, today announced the commissioning of a new opera based on the life of legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920-1955), one of the most influential soloists in the history of jazz and a central figure in the development of bebop. American tenor Lawrence Brownlee will star as Parker in a work written for him by composer Daniel Schnyder, with a libretto by poet and playwright Bridgette A. Wimberly. Soprano Angela Brown will costar as Charlie's mother, Addie Parker. The opera is being developed in partnership with Gotham Chamber Opera.
Paul Nadler to Conduct Metropolitan Opera's DIE FLEDERMAUS, 2/3 & 5
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2014
Nadler, a member of the Met's music staff, has conducted 49 performances with the company since his debut in 1989. Later this season, he will conduct the February 15 performance of Dvo?ák's Rusalka. He has led Met performances of Verdi's Rigoletto, Un Ballo in Maschera, Aida, Don Carlo, and La Traviata; Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Wagner's Tannhäuser; Giordano's Andrea Chénier; Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps, Le Rossignol, and Oedipus Rex; Bizet's Carmen; Beethoven's Fidelio; Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin; Gounod's Roméo et Juliette; and Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2014
Nadler, a member of the Met's music staff, has conducted 49 performances with the company since his debut in 1989. Later this season, he will conduct the February 15 performance of Dvo?ák's Rusalka. He has led Met performances of Verdi's Rigoletto, Un Ballo in Maschera, Aida, Don Carlo, and La Traviata; Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Wagner's Tannhäuser; Giordano's Andrea Chénier; Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps, Le Rossignol, and Oedipus Rex; Bizet's Carmen; Beethoven's Fidelio; Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin; Gounod's Roméo et Juliette; and Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.
BRITTEN 100/LA Celebration Comes to a Close with LA Opera's BILLY BUDD, 2/22-3/16
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
Conductor James Conlon, Music Director of LA Opera, concludes his three-year commemoration of the centenary of composer Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) and brings the Britten 100/LA celebration to a close in Los Angeles with LA Opera's production of Billy Budd, which opens on February 22 and continues through March 16, 2014. For more information about this production, please visit www.LAOpera.org.
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
Conductor James Conlon, Music Director of LA Opera, concludes his three-year commemoration of the centenary of composer Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) and brings the Britten 100/LA celebration to a close in Los Angeles with LA Opera's production of Billy Budd, which opens on February 22 and continues through March 16, 2014. For more information about this production, please visit www.LAOpera.org.
The Met: Live in HD Continues at the Warner With Dvorak's RUSALKA, 2/8
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
The Met: Live in HD continues on Saturday February 8 at 1pm in the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre with Dvorak's Rusalka.
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
The Met: Live in HD continues on Saturday February 8 at 1pm in the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre with Dvorak's Rusalka.
Salvatore Cordella to Sing 'Nemorino' in Tonight's L'ELISIR D'AMORE at the Met; Ramon Vargas Out Sick
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
Salvatore Cordella will sing the role of Nemorino in this evening's performance of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore, replacing Ramón Vargas, who is ill.
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
Salvatore Cordella will sing the role of Nemorino in this evening's performance of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore, replacing Ramón Vargas, who is ill.
STREET SCENE, Hartt Symphony, CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN and More to Be Streamed Live at The Hartt School in 2014
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
The Hartt School opens 2014 with an exciting new initiative to share the incredible work of its students and faculty more broadly. Each semester, a schedule of live streaming events will be announced, allowing those near and far to plan ahead to experience some of the 400 performances The Hartt School offers each year. Hartt is already the largest producer of high quality performing arts in Connecticut, and with this initiative, will be sharing that quality with more people through the Internet.
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
The Hartt School opens 2014 with an exciting new initiative to share the incredible work of its students and faculty more broadly. Each semester, a schedule of live streaming events will be announced, allowing those near and far to plan ahead to experience some of the 400 performances The Hartt School offers each year. Hartt is already the largest producer of high quality performing arts in Connecticut, and with this initiative, will be sharing that quality with more people through the Internet.
LA Opera's Britten 100/LA Events for February and March Include BENJAMIN BRITTEN AND LITERATURE and More
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
The centenary of British composer Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) has been observed around the world by musicians and institutions of every kind. Music Director James Conlon, whose lifelong fascination with Britten is reflected in his personal three-year performance cycle of the composer's works in America and Europe, is the inspiration for LA Opera's Britten 100/LA: A Celebration, an extensive collaboration featuring performances, conferences and exhibitions presented by a host of organizations throughout the Southland.
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
The centenary of British composer Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) has been observed around the world by musicians and institutions of every kind. Music Director James Conlon, whose lifelong fascination with Britten is reflected in his personal three-year performance cycle of the composer's works in America and Europe, is the inspiration for LA Opera's Britten 100/LA: A Celebration, an extensive collaboration featuring performances, conferences and exhibitions presented by a host of organizations throughout the Southland.
OPERA America Reveals 2014 National Opera Trustee Recognition Award Recipients
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2014 National Opera Trustee Recognition Award. In its seventh year, this award honors outstanding trustees of U.S. opera companies for exemplary leadership, generosity and audience-building efforts on behalf of their respective opera companies.
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2014 National Opera Trustee Recognition Award. In its seventh year, this award honors outstanding trustees of U.S. opera companies for exemplary leadership, generosity and audience-building efforts on behalf of their respective opera companies.
Florida Grand Opera to Present NO EXIT
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
Florida Grand Opera's next installment of 'Unexpected Operas in Unexpected Places' is No Exit, a contemporary and edgy one act opera by Andy Vores. 'No Exit is both rich and empty at the same time - and that gave me the chance to make some tight and grizzly musical statements along with sections of dark, acid humor, and others of loss and sadness; a very varied journey in a short span of time,' remarked Vores about his adaptation of Existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre's celebrated play of the same name. No Exit is about three damned souls that are condemned to spend all of eternity together in a room with no exits, which they eventually discover is hell. 'It will be very exciting to bring this opera to a lounge setting on Miami Beach' remarked Susan T. Danis, FGO general director and CEO, 'I can't wait!'
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
Florida Grand Opera's next installment of 'Unexpected Operas in Unexpected Places' is No Exit, a contemporary and edgy one act opera by Andy Vores. 'No Exit is both rich and empty at the same time - and that gave me the chance to make some tight and grizzly musical statements along with sections of dark, acid humor, and others of loss and sadness; a very varied journey in a short span of time,' remarked Vores about his adaptation of Existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre's celebrated play of the same name. No Exit is about three damned souls that are condemned to spend all of eternity together in a room with no exits, which they eventually discover is hell. 'It will be very exciting to bring this opera to a lounge setting on Miami Beach' remarked Susan T. Danis, FGO general director and CEO, 'I can't wait!'
POTIONS, POISONS AND PASSION'S PRESCRIPTIONS Set for Tonight
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
Conductor Jason C. Tramm has announced the addition of noted tenor Alok Kumar and distinguished pianist Michael Fennelly to the concert cast of the January 29th performance of “Potions, Poisons and Passion's Prescriptions” at Opera America's National Opera Center in New York. The concert launches the 2014 season of New York's Arts and Sciences Salon.
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2014
Conductor Jason C. Tramm has announced the addition of noted tenor Alok Kumar and distinguished pianist Michael Fennelly to the concert cast of the January 29th performance of “Potions, Poisons and Passion's Prescriptions” at Opera America's National Opera Center in New York. The concert launches the 2014 season of New York's Arts and Sciences Salon.
POTIONS, POISONS AND PASSION'S PRESCRIPTIONS to Be Broadcast Live from the National Opera Center, 1/29
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2014
'Potions, Poisons and Passion's Prescriptions led by Maestro Jason C. Tramm will be broadcast live via web stream at 7PM on January 29th from New York's National Opera Center. The program featuring dramatic soprano Christina Major and Tenor Alok Kumar accompanied by concert pianist Michael Fennelly will launch the 2014 season of New York's Arts and Sciences Salon.
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2014
'Potions, Poisons and Passion's Prescriptions led by Maestro Jason C. Tramm will be broadcast live via web stream at 7PM on January 29th from New York's National Opera Center. The program featuring dramatic soprano Christina Major and Tenor Alok Kumar accompanied by concert pianist Michael Fennelly will launch the 2014 season of New York's Arts and Sciences Salon.
Entertainment Weekly Features Guerilla Opera's SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2014
Entertainment Weekly published an article yesterday highlighting ten operas based on popular culture. Guerilla Opera's 2009 world premiere production of 'Say It Ain't So, Joe!' by Boston-based composer Curtis K. Hughes with stage direction by Nathan Troup is mentioned along side iconic modern-day operas as 'Brokeback Mountain' by Charles Wuorinen, 'Anna Nicole' by Mark-Anthony Turnage, and 'Lost Highway' by Olga Neuwirth.
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2014
Entertainment Weekly published an article yesterday highlighting ten operas based on popular culture. Guerilla Opera's 2009 world premiere production of 'Say It Ain't So, Joe!' by Boston-based composer Curtis K. Hughes with stage direction by Nathan Troup is mentioned along side iconic modern-day operas as 'Brokeback Mountain' by Charles Wuorinen, 'Anna Nicole' by Mark-Anthony Turnage, and 'Lost Highway' by Olga Neuwirth.
THE TALES OF HOFFMAN, CASANOVA: DON GIOVANNI & More Set for Seattle Opera's 2014-15 Season
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2014
From the depths of hell to the heights of paradise, the four great operas of Seattle Opera's 2014/15 season will take operagoers on a fantastic journey. During this important season, leadership will pass from Speight Jenkins, who has been General Director of Seattle Opera for a remarkable 31 years, to Aidan Lang, who was announced as Jenkins' successor in June, 2013.
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2014
From the depths of hell to the heights of paradise, the four great operas of Seattle Opera's 2014/15 season will take operagoers on a fantastic journey. During this important season, leadership will pass from Speight Jenkins, who has been General Director of Seattle Opera for a remarkable 31 years, to Aidan Lang, who was announced as Jenkins' successor in June, 2013.
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Opera, With Libretto by Annie Proulx, Premieres Tonight in Madrid
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2014
Gerard Mortier and the New York City Opera have commissioned Charles Wuorinen, an American composer, to turn Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain into a work for the operatic stage. Proulx wrote the libretto, and Wuorinen completed the opera in 2012. The premiere was postponed after New York City Opera's General Director, Gerard Mortier, resigned. The project was then again taken up by Mortier at the Teatro Real in Madrid and is set to premiere today, January 28, 2014.
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2014
Gerard Mortier and the New York City Opera have commissioned Charles Wuorinen, an American composer, to turn Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain into a work for the operatic stage. Proulx wrote the libretto, and Wuorinen completed the opera in 2012. The premiere was postponed after New York City Opera's General Director, Gerard Mortier, resigned. The project was then again taken up by Mortier at the Teatro Real in Madrid and is set to premiere today, January 28, 2014.
OperaDelaware Announces Sell Out of Final Performance of THE PEARL FISHERS
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2014
OperaDelaware announced today that the final performance of its popular Inside the Opera Studio series, Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) is sold out for 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 9. A limited number of tickets remain for the Friday, March 7 performance, which will be held at 7:30 at the OperaDelaware studios at 4 Poplar Street, Wilmington. Patrons are urged to visit www.operade.org or call 302-442-7807 and purchase tickets for the Friday show as soon as possible. Ticket prices range from $25 to $60.
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2014
OperaDelaware announced today that the final performance of its popular Inside the Opera Studio series, Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) is sold out for 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 9. A limited number of tickets remain for the Friday, March 7 performance, which will be held at 7:30 at the OperaDelaware studios at 4 Poplar Street, Wilmington. Patrons are urged to visit www.operade.org or call 302-442-7807 and purchase tickets for the Friday show as soon as possible. Ticket prices range from $25 to $60.
Photo Flash: First Look at the Minnesota Opera's Production of MACBETH with Greer Grimsley and Brenda Harris
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 27, 2014
Minnesota Opera is pleased to announce its first production of 2014. Verdi's dark-hued Macbeth examines the corrosive consequences of tyranny. At the urging of his wife, Macbeth murders the king to claim the crown. His desperate and deadly reign of terror devastates his country and hastens his doom in this masterwork based upon Shakespeare's classic thriller. The Show Premieres Saturday, January 25th, and runs through February 2nd at Ordway, 345 Washington Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102. The show is sung in Italian with English surtitles projected above the stage.
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 27, 2014
Minnesota Opera is pleased to announce its first production of 2014. Verdi's dark-hued Macbeth examines the corrosive consequences of tyranny. At the urging of his wife, Macbeth murders the king to claim the crown. His desperate and deadly reign of terror devastates his country and hastens his doom in this masterwork based upon Shakespeare's classic thriller. The Show Premieres Saturday, January 25th, and runs through February 2nd at Ordway, 345 Washington Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102. The show is sung in Italian with English surtitles projected above the stage.
American Lyric Theater to Present Work by Vavrek and Vrebalov, 2/23
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2014
American Lyric Theater (ALT) presents the work of two of its distinguished alumni from the Composer Librettist Development Program (CLDP) in concert at The National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue in New York City, on Sunday, February 23, 2014 at 3:00 PM. Librettist Royce Vavrek and Composer Aleksandra Vrebalov were both Resident Artists in the inaugural season of the CLDP in 2007-08. Since that time, both artists have established themselves as unique and compelling voices in the opera field, creating visceral work for stages around the world.
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2014
American Lyric Theater (ALT) presents the work of two of its distinguished alumni from the Composer Librettist Development Program (CLDP) in concert at The National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue in New York City, on Sunday, February 23, 2014 at 3:00 PM. Librettist Royce Vavrek and Composer Aleksandra Vrebalov were both Resident Artists in the inaugural season of the CLDP in 2007-08. Since that time, both artists have established themselves as unique and compelling voices in the opera field, creating visceral work for stages around the world.
BWW Reviews: An Unrivaled Performance from the Bronx Opera
by Richard Sasanow - January 27, 2014
If your musical taste runs to Elliott Carter--or even Nico Muhly, whose TWO BOYS premiered at the Met this fall--then Kirke Mechem's THE RIVALS, which had its NY premiere this month at the Bronx Opera Company, may not be your cup of tea. But for a rollicking good time, this operatic adaptation of the great Restoration comedy of the same name by Richard Brinsley Sheridan has few rivals among its contemporaries.
by Richard Sasanow - January 27, 2014
If your musical taste runs to Elliott Carter--or even Nico Muhly, whose TWO BOYS premiered at the Met this fall--then Kirke Mechem's THE RIVALS, which had its NY premiere this month at the Bronx Opera Company, may not be your cup of tea. But for a rollicking good time, this operatic adaptation of the great Restoration comedy of the same name by Richard Brinsley Sheridan has few rivals among its contemporaries.
San Diego Opera's 'Pagliacci' Stands On Its Own
by Erica Miner - January 27, 2014
This season's San Diego Opera Opening Night incited passion, drama, and nonstop thrills for the audience. The festive atmosphere at the Civic Theatre provided the perfect complement for the exciting intensity of one of opera's grittiest dramas, 'Pagliacci.'
by Erica Miner - January 27, 2014
This season's San Diego Opera Opening Night incited passion, drama, and nonstop thrills for the audience. The festive atmosphere at the Civic Theatre provided the perfect complement for the exciting intensity of one of opera's grittiest dramas, 'Pagliacci.'
St. Petersburg's Opera Central Presents Dinner with Carlisle Floyd on January 30
by BWW News Desk - January 26, 2014
by BWW News Desk - January 26, 2014
Minnesota Opera Presents Verdi's MACBETH, Now thru 2/2
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2014
Minnesota Opera is pleased to announce its first production of 2014. Verdi's dark-hued Macbeth examines the corrosive consequences of tyranny. At the urging of his wife, Macbeth murders the king to claim the crown. His desperate and deadly reign of terror devastates his country and hastens his doom in this masterwork based upon Shakespeare's classic thriller.
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2014
Minnesota Opera is pleased to announce its first production of 2014. Verdi's dark-hued Macbeth examines the corrosive consequences of tyranny. At the urging of his wife, Macbeth murders the king to claim the crown. His desperate and deadly reign of terror devastates his country and hastens his doom in this masterwork based upon Shakespeare's classic thriller.
CMASH to Present CURRENTS as Part of 2014 Winter Tour at National Opera Center, 2/6
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2014
CMASH will present Currents as a part of its 2014 Winter Tour in concert celebrating the album's release at the National Opera Center on February 6, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2014
CMASH will present Currents as a part of its 2014 Winter Tour in concert celebrating the album's release at the National Opera Center on February 6, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
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