Live From Lincoln Center Presents 'Richard Tucker at 100: An Opera Celebration' Hosted by Audra McDonald, 1/10
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2013
Live From Lincoln Center will broadcast the Richard Tucker Music Foundation's 2013 gala concert, one of the most highly anticipated events of the opera season, from Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. The concert event will celebrate the legendary tenor's centenary with an illustrious all-American group of singers, and honoring this year'sRichard Tucker Award winner Isabel Leonard. The "Richard Tucker at 100: An Opera Celebration" broadcast-hosted byAudra McDonald and featuring interstitial interviews with the artists, segments from backstage, and a short documentary on Richard Tucker's life-is taped from a concert on November 17, and will air on PBS stations on Friday, January 10, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. (ET) (check local listings).
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2013
Live From Lincoln Center will broadcast the Richard Tucker Music Foundation's 2013 gala concert, one of the most highly anticipated events of the opera season, from Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. The concert event will celebrate the legendary tenor's centenary with an illustrious all-American group of singers, and honoring this year'sRichard Tucker Award winner Isabel Leonard. The "Richard Tucker at 100: An Opera Celebration" broadcast-hosted byAudra McDonald and featuring interstitial interviews with the artists, segments from backstage, and a short documentary on Richard Tucker's life-is taped from a concert on November 17, and will air on PBS stations on Friday, January 10, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. (ET) (check local listings).
BWW Reviews: Collegiate Chorale's MEFISTOFELE Makes a Deal with the Devil at Carnegie Hall
by Richard Sasanow - November 11, 2013
It's easy to see why the Collegiate Chorale chose Arrigo Boito's MEFISTOFELE for its season opener at Carnegie Hall last Wednesday. The opera, which is the only one completed by the librettist of Verdi's OTELLO and FALSTAFF, can't be mistaken for any other. Besides providing a rich score and marvelous roles for three soloists--the title character (a bass-baritone), a dramatic soprano and tenor--the choral writing is gorgeous.
by Richard Sasanow - November 11, 2013
It's easy to see why the Collegiate Chorale chose Arrigo Boito's MEFISTOFELE for its season opener at Carnegie Hall last Wednesday. The opera, which is the only one completed by the librettist of Verdi's OTELLO and FALSTAFF, can't be mistaken for any other. Besides providing a rich score and marvelous roles for three soloists--the title character (a bass-baritone), a dramatic soprano and tenor--the choral writing is gorgeous.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Stars in Michael Mayer's RIGOLETTO at the Met Beginning Today
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2013
Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings his first Met performances of the title role in Verdi's Rigoletto beginning today, November 11, in the first revival of Michael Mayer's hit production, set in the decadent world of 1960s Las Vegas.
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2013
Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings his first Met performances of the title role in Verdi's Rigoletto beginning today, November 11, in the first revival of Michael Mayer's hit production, set in the decadent world of 1960s Las Vegas.
TV Preview: Lyric Opera of Kansas City Presents Mozart's The Magic Flute
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2013
Lyric Opera of Kansas City continues its 56th season with a co- production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute November 9, 13, 15 and 17, 2013 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Check out video highlights below!
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2013
Lyric Opera of Kansas City continues its 56th season with a co- production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute November 9, 13, 15 and 17, 2013 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Check out video highlights below!
BWW Reviews: SVADBA (Wedding) Makes US Premiere At Opera Philadelphia
by Marakay Rogers - November 09, 2013
The Queen of Puddings production of Ana Sokolovic's short opera made its US premiere at Opera Philadelphia with the assistance of FringeArts and a raucous reception
by Marakay Rogers - November 09, 2013
The Queen of Puddings production of Ana Sokolovic's short opera made its US premiere at Opera Philadelphia with the assistance of FringeArts and a raucous reception
Eccles Foundation Grants Utah Symphony | Utah Opera $5 Million
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2013
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera (USUO) has announced the launch of "The Campaign for Perpetual Motion," a $20 million public fundraising campaign that will continue to build and showcase the organization throughout the entire state of Utah and beyond as the Utah Symphony prepares to celebrate its 75th anniversary season in 2015-2016.
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2013
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera (USUO) has announced the launch of "The Campaign for Perpetual Motion," a $20 million public fundraising campaign that will continue to build and showcase the organization throughout the entire state of Utah and beyond as the Utah Symphony prepares to celebrate its 75th anniversary season in 2015-2016.
Lyric Opera of Chicago Opens New Production of Wagner's PARSIFAL Today
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2013
Only the greatest opera companies in the world have the resources and orchestral forces to mount the massive and complex masterpieces of Richard Wagner. This month Lyric Opera of Chicago is doing just that with a new production of the German composer's final masterpiece, Parsifal.
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2013
Only the greatest opera companies in the world have the resources and orchestral forces to mount the massive and complex masterpieces of Richard Wagner. This month Lyric Opera of Chicago is doing just that with a new production of the German composer's final masterpiece, Parsifal.
LA Opera Performs Verdi's Falstaff for Six Shows Only Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2013
It's been said that Shakespeare's plays are notoriously hard to translate into opera. Many composers have tried, but out of more than 300 known Shakespearean operas, only a tiny handful have made it into the standard opera repertoire. Verdi wrote three of those: Macbeth, Otello and Falstaff.
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2013
It's been said that Shakespeare's plays are notoriously hard to translate into opera. Many composers have tried, but out of more than 300 known Shakespearean operas, only a tiny handful have made it into the standard opera repertoire. Verdi wrote three of those: Macbeth, Otello and Falstaff.
Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents PARSIFAL, Now thru 11/29
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2013
Only the greatest opera companies in the world have the resources and orchestral forces to mount the massive and complex masterpieces of Richard Wagner. In November Lyric Opera of Chicago will do just that with a new production of the German composer's final masterpiece, Parsifal.
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2013
Only the greatest opera companies in the world have the resources and orchestral forces to mount the massive and complex masterpieces of Richard Wagner. In November Lyric Opera of Chicago will do just that with a new production of the German composer's final masterpiece, Parsifal.
ALT and FWOpera Host 'Living Libretto' Experience for World Premiere Opera JFK Today
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2013
Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of American Lyric Theater, in conjunction with Darren K. Woods, General Director of Fort Worth Opera, announced today a collaboration between the two companies on JFK (working title), a new opera by the acclaimed team of composer David T. Little and librettist Royce Vavrek.
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2013
Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of American Lyric Theater, in conjunction with Darren K. Woods, General Director of Fort Worth Opera, announced today a collaboration between the two companies on JFK (working title), a new opera by the acclaimed team of composer David T. Little and librettist Royce Vavrek.
Minnesota Opera Presents ARABELLA Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2013
Arabella by composer Richard Strauss sung in German with English translations projected above the stage at Ordway, 345 Washington Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102, tonight, November 9, 7:30pm, Tuesday, November 12, 7:30pm, Thursday, November 14, 7:30pm, Today, November 16, 7:30pm, and Sunday, November 17, 2pm.
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2013
Arabella by composer Richard Strauss sung in German with English translations projected above the stage at Ordway, 345 Washington Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102, tonight, November 9, 7:30pm, Tuesday, November 12, 7:30pm, Thursday, November 14, 7:30pm, Today, November 16, 7:30pm, and Sunday, November 17, 2pm.
Photo Flash: First Look at Minnesota Opera's ARABELLA
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2013
Minnesota Opera presents ARABELLA, by composer Richard Strauss, Sung in German with English translations projected above the stage at the Ordway, 345 Washington Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102, opening tomorrow, November 9, and running through November 12. Check out a first look below!
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2013
Minnesota Opera presents ARABELLA, by composer Richard Strauss, Sung in German with English translations projected above the stage at the Ordway, 345 Washington Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102, opening tomorrow, November 9, and running through November 12. Check out a first look below!
Bridge Records Releases CD of LA Opera's DIE GEZEICHNETEN
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2013
(Los Angeles) November 8, 2013 — Today, Bridge Records releases a CD of Franz Schreker's haunting 1915 masterpiece Die Gezeichneten (The Stigmatized) in a live recording from LA Opera conducted by James Conlon. LA Opera presented the work in 2010 as part of its Recovered Voices series, dedicated to reviving operas by composers who were suppressed by the Holocaust. The three-disc set features a complete libretto of the opera in German and English, and annotation by Christopher Hailey.
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2013
(Los Angeles) November 8, 2013 — Today, Bridge Records releases a CD of Franz Schreker's haunting 1915 masterpiece Die Gezeichneten (The Stigmatized) in a live recording from LA Opera conducted by James Conlon. LA Opera presented the work in 2010 as part of its Recovered Voices series, dedicated to reviving operas by composers who were suppressed by the Holocaust. The three-disc set features a complete libretto of the opera in German and English, and annotation by Christopher Hailey.
Kevin Newbury to Direct World Premiere of Lyric Opera of Chicago's BEL CANTO
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2013
Anthony Freud, general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, announced today that the acclaimed American director Kevin Newbury will direct the world-premiere production of Bel Canto during the company's 2015-16 season. Newbury replaces Stephen Wadsworth.
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2013
Anthony Freud, general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, announced today that the acclaimed American director Kevin Newbury will direct the world-premiere production of Bel Canto during the company's 2015-16 season. Newbury replaces Stephen Wadsworth.
Oakland East Bay Symphony Opens 25th Season with Verdi and Wagner Opera Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2013
Top-of-the-charts Romanticism meets a contemporary fusion of symphony, electronic music and improvisation in a tour-de-force concert that will open Oakland East Bay Symphony's 25th anniversary season tonight, November 8, at 8 pm at the Paramount Theatre. Music Director Michael Morgan has programmed the kind of musical range, interest and innovation for the opening that dynamically demonstrates the orchestra's long-established reputation for audience-captivating and imaginative music.
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2013
Top-of-the-charts Romanticism meets a contemporary fusion of symphony, electronic music and improvisation in a tour-de-force concert that will open Oakland East Bay Symphony's 25th anniversary season tonight, November 8, at 8 pm at the Paramount Theatre. Music Director Michael Morgan has programmed the kind of musical range, interest and innovation for the opening that dynamically demonstrates the orchestra's long-established reputation for audience-captivating and imaginative music.
Utah Opera to Present Cabaret-Style FATAL SONG, 11/14-17
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2013
Utah Opera presents a unique, cabaret-style theater experience featuring some of opera's best known arias in Kathleen Cahill's, irreverent Fatal Song onstage at Rose Wagner Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2013
Utah Opera presents a unique, cabaret-style theater experience featuring some of opera's best known arias in Kathleen Cahill's, irreverent Fatal Song onstage at Rose Wagner Theatre.
The Duesseldorf Opera House Presents THE GYPSY PRINCESS, 12/7
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2013
Düsseldorf, Germany – Widely regarded as Emmerich Kálmán's best work, “The Gypsy Princess” is the story of revue star Sylva Varescu, who loves Edwin, son of a princely Viennese family, but is aware that Edwin is forbidden by his family to marry her due to their differences in social standing.
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2013
Düsseldorf, Germany – Widely regarded as Emmerich Kálmán's best work, “The Gypsy Princess” is the story of revue star Sylva Varescu, who loves Edwin, son of a princely Viennese family, but is aware that Edwin is forbidden by his family to marry her due to their differences in social standing.
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Brent Michael Davids' New Opera, PURCHASE OF MANHATTAN
by Christina Mancuso - November 07, 2013
The new concert opera PURCHASE OF MANHATTAN sings-to-life the drama of New York's hidden beginning. Was the island's price tag really $24 worth of beads? A production of the Lenape Center in Manhattan, the opera's intuitive quality captivates Indian and non-Indian audiences alike with an intelligent and inspired look into the life of Manhattan's first inhabitants, the Lenape. PURCHASE OF MANHATTAN mingles together a perfect blend of operatic and American Indian singing styles about the famous beginnings of “New Netherland,” later becoming “New Amsterdam” and finally “New York.” By keenly re-staging New York's founding from a Lenape perspective, the opera blazes uncharted territory with shrewdness and eloquence. Check out the video below!
by Christina Mancuso - November 07, 2013
The new concert opera PURCHASE OF MANHATTAN sings-to-life the drama of New York's hidden beginning. Was the island's price tag really $24 worth of beads? A production of the Lenape Center in Manhattan, the opera's intuitive quality captivates Indian and non-Indian audiences alike with an intelligent and inspired look into the life of Manhattan's first inhabitants, the Lenape. PURCHASE OF MANHATTAN mingles together a perfect blend of operatic and American Indian singing styles about the famous beginnings of “New Netherland,” later becoming “New Amsterdam” and finally “New York.” By keenly re-staging New York's founding from a Lenape perspective, the opera blazes uncharted territory with shrewdness and eloquence. Check out the video below!
Peter Mattei, Marina Poplavskaya and More to Star in Deborah Warner's EUGENE ONEGIN, Beg. 11/23
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013
On November 23, Deborah Warner's new production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, which opened the current Met season, will return with a new cast in the central roles. Peter Mattei, recently seen at the Met as Amfortas in Wagner's Parsifal and in the title role of Mozart's Don Giovanni, will sing his first Met performances of the brooding title character. Marina Poplavskaya, star of recent Met productions of Verdi's La Traviata and Don Carlo and Gounod's Faust, sings Tatiana, the lovesick girl who evolves into a sophisticated woman over the course of the opera. Rolando Villazón, whose past starring roles at the Met include Rodolfo in Puccini's La Bohème and the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto, returns for his first company performances since 2009 as Lenski, the poet whose friendship with Onegin is destroyed by jealousy. Russian conductor Alexander Vedernikov makes his Met debut leading the opera, which will also star Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova in her Met debut as Tatiana's sister Olga and Štefan Kocán as the wealthy Prince Gremin.
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013
On November 23, Deborah Warner's new production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, which opened the current Met season, will return with a new cast in the central roles. Peter Mattei, recently seen at the Met as Amfortas in Wagner's Parsifal and in the title role of Mozart's Don Giovanni, will sing his first Met performances of the brooding title character. Marina Poplavskaya, star of recent Met productions of Verdi's La Traviata and Don Carlo and Gounod's Faust, sings Tatiana, the lovesick girl who evolves into a sophisticated woman over the course of the opera. Rolando Villazón, whose past starring roles at the Met include Rodolfo in Puccini's La Bohème and the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto, returns for his first company performances since 2009 as Lenski, the poet whose friendship with Onegin is destroyed by jealousy. Russian conductor Alexander Vedernikov makes his Met debut leading the opera, which will also star Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova in her Met debut as Tatiana's sister Olga and Štefan Kocán as the wealthy Prince Gremin.
Vancouver Opera Lights Up Dark Winter Days With ALBERT HERRING, 11/30 - 12/5
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013
The busybodies of proper English village life are brilliantly skewered in Benjamin Britten's devastatingly satirical Albert Herring, onstage at Vancouver Opera for four performances only. Fast-paced, effervescent and musically clever, this sparkling 1950s-style company premiere is a scrumptious treat for Vancouver audiences.
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013
The busybodies of proper English village life are brilliantly skewered in Benjamin Britten's devastatingly satirical Albert Herring, onstage at Vancouver Opera for four performances only. Fast-paced, effervescent and musically clever, this sparkling 1950s-style company premiere is a scrumptious treat for Vancouver audiences.
North Carolina Opera, New Music Raleigh and Cam Raleigh Present John Supko's ALL SOULS, 11/25
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013
Directly following its world premiere at Washington D.C.'s National Gallery of Art, North Carolina Opera, New Music Raleigh and CAM Raleigh will present John Supko's concert piece ALL SOULS, on Monday, November 25, 7:30 pm at CAM Raleigh.
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013
Directly following its world premiere at Washington D.C.'s National Gallery of Art, North Carolina Opera, New Music Raleigh and CAM Raleigh will present John Supko's concert piece ALL SOULS, on Monday, November 25, 7:30 pm at CAM Raleigh.
Opera on Tap Brings SMASHED to Brooklyn, 11/14
by Rosie Hertzman - November 06, 2013
On November 14th, Brooklyn-based company Opera on Tap will bring its hit opera SMASHED: The Carrie Nation Story by composer James Barry and librettist Timothy Braun to Freddy's Bar and Backroom in a new fully-immersive production.
by Rosie Hertzman - November 06, 2013
On November 14th, Brooklyn-based company Opera on Tap will bring its hit opera SMASHED: The Carrie Nation Story by composer James Barry and librettist Timothy Braun to Freddy's Bar and Backroom in a new fully-immersive production.
Behind the Scenes of The LA Opera's Production of FALSTAFF and More
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013
The LAO Wig Shop (currently known as 'Ye Olde Wig Shoppe') is typically the hairiest of work environs at LA Opera. But for Falstaff, some of their space doubles as a special effects make-up shop for facial prosthetics. Here, an epoxy casting of singer Rodell Rosel's face is matched up with a corresponding casting of a sculpted fake nose. Known as the 'positive' and 'negative' molds, they'll be used to cast a silicone or rubber prosthesis to be worn on stage.
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013
The LAO Wig Shop (currently known as 'Ye Olde Wig Shoppe') is typically the hairiest of work environs at LA Opera. But for Falstaff, some of their space doubles as a special effects make-up shop for facial prosthetics. Here, an epoxy casting of singer Rodell Rosel's face is matched up with a corresponding casting of a sculpted fake nose. Known as the 'positive' and 'negative' molds, they'll be used to cast a silicone or rubber prosthesis to be worn on stage.
The North Carolina Opera, New Music Raleigh and CAM Raleigh to Present John Supko's ALL SOULS, 11/25
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013
RALEIGH, N.C.– Directly following its world premiere at Washington D.C.'s National Gallery of Art, North Carolina Opera, New Music Raleigh and CAM Raleigh will present John Supko's concert piece ALL SOULS, on Monday, November 25, 7:30 pm at CAM Raleigh.
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013
RALEIGH, N.C.– Directly following its world premiere at Washington D.C.'s National Gallery of Art, North Carolina Opera, New Music Raleigh and CAM Raleigh will present John Supko's concert piece ALL SOULS, on Monday, November 25, 7:30 pm at CAM Raleigh.
The Indianapolis Opera Presents Gian Carlo Menotti's 'Amahl and the Night Visitors', 12/6
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013
The Indianapolis Opera becomes part of the testament to the power and beauty of American opera this holiday season with the presentation of Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors.
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2013
The Indianapolis Opera becomes part of the testament to the power and beauty of American opera this holiday season with the presentation of Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors.
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