Opera in Concert Presents Canadian Premiere of GLORIANA, 11/24
by BWW News Desk - November 05, 2013
Toronto, 5 November 2013…On Sunday, November 24, 2013, VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert presents the Canadian Premiere of Benjamin Britten's GLORIANA. The work premiered in London at Covent Garden in 1953 and was written in celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, a monarch now in the 50th year of her reign. “We are very excited about this performance” said General Director Guillermo Silva-Marin. “It is rare that we have the opportunity to present the Canadian premiere of a major work by a legendary composer from our own era to our public. I'm sure Toronto's opera lovers will be curious and thrilled by this magnificent work.”
by BWW News Desk - November 05, 2013
Toronto, 5 November 2013…On Sunday, November 24, 2013, VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert presents the Canadian Premiere of Benjamin Britten's GLORIANA. The work premiered in London at Covent Garden in 1953 and was written in celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, a monarch now in the 50th year of her reign. “We are very excited about this performance” said General Director Guillermo Silva-Marin. “It is rare that we have the opportunity to present the Canadian premiere of a major work by a legendary composer from our own era to our public. I'm sure Toronto's opera lovers will be curious and thrilled by this magnificent work.”
SPEAK LOW, SONGS OF LIFE AND LOVE, Tours and More Set for Canadian Opera Company, Nov 2013
by BWW News Desk - November 05, 2013
The Canadian Opera Company has announced its November 2013 lineup. Details below!
by BWW News Desk - November 05, 2013
The Canadian Opera Company has announced its November 2013 lineup. Details below!
WQXR to Present THE MAGIC FLUTE For Kids, 11/23
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2013
As part of 'Month of Mozart', a month long celebration of all things Mozart, WQXR, New York City's all-classical station, will present two 90 minute performances of the beloved classical The Magic Flute by the AMORE OPERA on Saturday, November 23 at 11:30AM and 2:30PM at its live event venue, The Greene Space.
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2013
As part of 'Month of Mozart', a month long celebration of all things Mozart, WQXR, New York City's all-classical station, will present two 90 minute performances of the beloved classical The Magic Flute by the AMORE OPERA on Saturday, November 23 at 11:30AM and 2:30PM at its live event venue, The Greene Space.
Lyric Opera of Chicago to Open New Production of LA TRAVIATA, 11/20
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2013
What's it like to be the most beautiful, most desired young woman who throws the wildest parties in all of Paris - and to be losing your life just as true love finally finds you? Welcome to the glittering, dark, hope-filled, doomed world of the Parisian demimonde, where the romantic tragedy of Verdi's La Traviata takes place.
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2013
What's it like to be the most beautiful, most desired young woman who throws the wildest parties in all of Paris - and to be losing your life just as true love finally finds you? Welcome to the glittering, dark, hope-filled, doomed world of the Parisian demimonde, where the romantic tragedy of Verdi's La Traviata takes place.
Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras Present Fall Concert, 11/18
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2013
The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras (CSOYO) opens their 2013-2014 season on November 18 at 7:30pm at Brainerd Baptist Church with a concert performed by the Symphony Orchestra with Gary Wilkes conducting, featuring a new work by Frank Ticheli, Angels in the Architecture.
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2013
The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras (CSOYO) opens their 2013-2014 season on November 18 at 7:30pm at Brainerd Baptist Church with a concert performed by the Symphony Orchestra with Gary Wilkes conducting, featuring a new work by Frank Ticheli, Angels in the Architecture.
BWW Reviews: Love! Sex! Torture! The Met's TOSCA Has Everything (Great Music, Too)
by Richard Sasanow - November 04, 2013
Maybe next time around, the Metropolitan Opera's General Manager Peter Gelb will hire film director Quentin Tarantino to do a production of Puccini's TOSCA. With its sordid story, self-involved diva and torture-happy, sex-crazed police chief--based on a Sarah Bernhardt vehicle by Victorien Sardou--this is a story that the director of “Pulp Fiction” and “Kill Bill” could sink his teeth into.
by Richard Sasanow - November 04, 2013
Maybe next time around, the Metropolitan Opera's General Manager Peter Gelb will hire film director Quentin Tarantino to do a production of Puccini's TOSCA. With its sordid story, self-involved diva and torture-happy, sex-crazed police chief--based on a Sarah Bernhardt vehicle by Victorien Sardou--this is a story that the director of “Pulp Fiction” and “Kill Bill” could sink his teeth into.
Connecticut Lyric Opera Presents THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, Thru 11/23
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2013
The legend of The Flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship condemned to wander the oceans forever, has fascinated opera lovers for hundreds of years. Wagner's enthralling score is illuminated by striking stage imagery that powers a thrilling journey into an unsettling, mythic world where a tormented spirit seeks true love as his only redemption. Presented in German with English super titles, this fully staged co-production by the Connecticut Virtuosi Orchestra and the Connecticut Lyric Opera features an international cast of singers accompanied by a full orchestra.
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2013
The legend of The Flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship condemned to wander the oceans forever, has fascinated opera lovers for hundreds of years. Wagner's enthralling score is illuminated by striking stage imagery that powers a thrilling journey into an unsettling, mythic world where a tormented spirit seeks true love as his only redemption. Presented in German with English super titles, this fully staged co-production by the Connecticut Virtuosi Orchestra and the Connecticut Lyric Opera features an international cast of singers accompanied by a full orchestra.
Titus Family Gift to Dallas Opera Launches New Art Song Series, 1/4
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2013
The Dallas Opera has announced that, through the generosity of The Titus Family, a brand-new recital series has been created to showcase well-established singers in programs dedicated to preserving the fine art of “art song.” The series launch will take place on Saturday, January 4, 2014 in Dallas City Performance Hall (2520 Flora Street, Dallas) at 7:30 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2013
The Dallas Opera has announced that, through the generosity of The Titus Family, a brand-new recital series has been created to showcase well-established singers in programs dedicated to preserving the fine art of “art song.” The series launch will take place on Saturday, January 4, 2014 in Dallas City Performance Hall (2520 Flora Street, Dallas) at 7:30 p.m.
Toronto Operetta Theatre Opens with THE SAUCY SENORITA Today
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2013
Toronto Operetta Theatre opens the 2013-2014 Season today, November 3 at 2 pm at the St. Lawrence Centre with THE SAUCY SEÑORITA, based on the zarzuela La Revoltosa by Ruperto Chapi. Premiering at the Apolo Theatre in Madrid in 1897, Chapi's scintillating score is one of the masterpieces of the género chico genre. TOT is the only company in Canada devoted to music theatre in all its variety and has been instrumental in raising the profile of this exciting Spanish facet of the music theatre art form. THE SAUCY SEÑORITA will be presented under the Honorary Patronage of Don Francisco Pascual de la Parte, Consul General of Spain in Toronto and the Club Hispano of Toronto.
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2013
Toronto Operetta Theatre opens the 2013-2014 Season today, November 3 at 2 pm at the St. Lawrence Centre with THE SAUCY SEÑORITA, based on the zarzuela La Revoltosa by Ruperto Chapi. Premiering at the Apolo Theatre in Madrid in 1897, Chapi's scintillating score is one of the masterpieces of the género chico genre. TOT is the only company in Canada devoted to music theatre in all its variety and has been instrumental in raising the profile of this exciting Spanish facet of the music theatre art form. THE SAUCY SEÑORITA will be presented under the Honorary Patronage of Don Francisco Pascual de la Parte, Consul General of Spain in Toronto and the Club Hispano of Toronto.
Merola Opera and San Francisco Public Library Continue 'Merola Goes to the Movies' Series with OTELLO Today
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2013
The Merola Opera Program and the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch are teaming up for Merola Goes to the Movies, a new, free series that presents great opera-themed movies.
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2013
The Merola Opera Program and the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch are teaming up for Merola Goes to the Movies, a new, free series that presents great opera-themed movies.
Emerging Opera Star Jamie Barton Set for PACE Presents at Schimmel Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2013
Tonight, November 3 2013, Pace Presents welcomes JAMIE BARTON, curated by Matthew A. Epstein, at The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts. Doors at 2:00pm, Show at 3:00pm. Tickets: $35.
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2013
Tonight, November 3 2013, Pace Presents welcomes JAMIE BARTON, curated by Matthew A. Epstein, at The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts. Doors at 2:00pm, Show at 3:00pm. Tickets: $35.
Works by Zorn, Pavone, Welch & Cady Set for Experiments in Opera's CHORUS OF ALL SOULS Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2013
Experiments in Opera (www.ExperimentsInOpera.com) announces their upcoming quadruple bill, Chorus of All Souls to be held tonight November 2, 8pm at Abrons Art Center Playhouse, 466 Grand Street, New York.
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2013
Experiments in Opera (www.ExperimentsInOpera.com) announces their upcoming quadruple bill, Chorus of All Souls to be held tonight November 2, 8pm at Abrons Art Center Playhouse, 466 Grand Street, New York.
Opera Philadelphia Presents SVADBA-WEDDING, Now thru 11/7
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2013
Opera Philadelphia is once again expanding its civic footprint – and its 2013-2014 Season – by launching an annual series that will offer fully staged operas in unexpected venues around the city, diversifying operatic experiences for Philadelphia audiences.
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2013
Opera Philadelphia is once again expanding its civic footprint – and its 2013-2014 Season – by launching an annual series that will offer fully staged operas in unexpected venues around the city, diversifying operatic experiences for Philadelphia audiences.
LA Metropolitan Opera Performs Verdi's IL TROVATORE Today
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2013
Live opera, 'up close and personal,' returns for four days to Southern California with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Opera's (LAMet) November 2013 production of Verdi's fiery masterpiece, IL TROVATORE. The mad gypsies and love-sick troubadours of Verdi's imagination will come bristling to life at All Soul's Chapel at Good Samaritan Hospital downtown today and Sunday, November 2nd and 3rd at 3pm.
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2013
Live opera, 'up close and personal,' returns for four days to Southern California with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Opera's (LAMet) November 2013 production of Verdi's fiery masterpiece, IL TROVATORE. The mad gypsies and love-sick troubadours of Verdi's imagination will come bristling to life at All Soul's Chapel at Good Samaritan Hospital downtown today and Sunday, November 2nd and 3rd at 3pm.
Strauss's 'Der Rosenkavalier' Returns with Met Opera to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of U.S. Premiere, Beg. 11/22
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
To commemorate the centennial of the opera's 1913 U.S. premiere at the Met, Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier returns for a series of performances conducted by Edward Gardner and featuring a cast of international singers making company debuts and role debuts. Viennese soprano Martina Serafin sings her first Met performances of one of her signature roles, the Marschallin. Alice Coote, who currently stars as Detective Anne Strawson in the North American premiere of Nico Muhly's Two Boys, sings the trouser role of the Marschallin's young lover, Octavian, while Mojca Erdmann makes her company role debut as Sophie, the innocent young woman who comes between the two. Peter Rose reprises his acclaimed interpretation of the Marschallin's oafish cousin, Baron Ochs; Hans-Joachim Ketelsen sings Sophie's protective father, Faninal; and Eric Cutler returns to the role of the Italian Singer. On December 3, German mezzo-soprano Daniela Sindram will make her Met debut as Octavian, a role she will also sing on December 7 and 10. On December 13, French mezzo-soprano Géraldine Chauvet will sing her first company performance of Octavian. At the December 3 performance, two graduates of the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program will sing principal roles: Erin Morley as Sophie and Mario Chang as the Italian Singer.
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
To commemorate the centennial of the opera's 1913 U.S. premiere at the Met, Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier returns for a series of performances conducted by Edward Gardner and featuring a cast of international singers making company debuts and role debuts. Viennese soprano Martina Serafin sings her first Met performances of one of her signature roles, the Marschallin. Alice Coote, who currently stars as Detective Anne Strawson in the North American premiere of Nico Muhly's Two Boys, sings the trouser role of the Marschallin's young lover, Octavian, while Mojca Erdmann makes her company role debut as Sophie, the innocent young woman who comes between the two. Peter Rose reprises his acclaimed interpretation of the Marschallin's oafish cousin, Baron Ochs; Hans-Joachim Ketelsen sings Sophie's protective father, Faninal; and Eric Cutler returns to the role of the Italian Singer. On December 3, German mezzo-soprano Daniela Sindram will make her Met debut as Octavian, a role she will also sing on December 7 and 10. On December 13, French mezzo-soprano Géraldine Chauvet will sing her first company performance of Octavian. At the December 3 performance, two graduates of the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program will sing principal roles: Erin Morley as Sophie and Mario Chang as the Italian Singer.
City Opera Vancouver Presents the World Premiere of Margret Atwood's PAULINE, 5/23
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
We write to advise that City Opera Vancouver is giving the world premiere of PAULINE at the York Theatre in Vancouver at 8pm, Friday 23 May 2014.
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
We write to advise that City Opera Vancouver is giving the world premiere of PAULINE at the York Theatre in Vancouver at 8pm, Friday 23 May 2014.
OPERA IDOL, SOUTHERN BELLES AT SILVER BELLS and More Set for St. Petersburg Opera, Now thru Feb 2014
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
St. Petersburg Opera Company presents it's Fall/Winter listings from November 2nd to February 4th, including seasonal festivities, and Opera Idol, like the television show, only highlighting the opera talents of local youth.
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
St. Petersburg Opera Company presents it's Fall/Winter listings from November 2nd to February 4th, including seasonal festivities, and Opera Idol, like the television show, only highlighting the opera talents of local youth.
Photo Flash: First Look at Wagner's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN with Connecticut Opera
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
The legend of The Flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship condemned to wander the oceans forever, has fascinated opera lovers for hundreds of years. Wagner's enthralling score is illuminated by striking stage imagery that powers a thrilling journey into an unsettling, mythic world where a tormented spirit seeks true love as his only redemption. Presented in German with English super titles, this fully staged co-production by the Connecticut Virtuosi Orchestra and the Connecticut Lyric Opera features an international cast of singers accompanied by a full orchestra. Check out the photos below!
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
The legend of The Flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship condemned to wander the oceans forever, has fascinated opera lovers for hundreds of years. Wagner's enthralling score is illuminated by striking stage imagery that powers a thrilling journey into an unsettling, mythic world where a tormented spirit seeks true love as his only redemption. Presented in German with English super titles, this fully staged co-production by the Connecticut Virtuosi Orchestra and the Connecticut Lyric Opera features an international cast of singers accompanied by a full orchestra. Check out the photos below!
The LA Opera Presents a New MAGIC FLUTE, Opening 11/23
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
(Los Angeles) October 31, 2013 — Ethereal swaths of smoke combine to form familiar yet odd images: flowers that grow in slow motion as if by magic, elephants floating in cocktail glasses, flying flutes, dancing bells, an enigmatic black cat—anything is possible in LA Opera's new staging of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Created by the British theater group 1927 in collaboration with Barrie Kosky, artistic director of the Komische Oper in Berlin, the staging had its production premiere in that city last year, playing to sold-out houses and rave reviews. London's The Guardian described 1927's distinctive aesthetic: “A perfect mixture of all the things worth loving: silent films, the cabaret of the Weimar Republic, David Lynch and the Brothers Grimm.” To view a video preview, please click here.
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
(Los Angeles) October 31, 2013 — Ethereal swaths of smoke combine to form familiar yet odd images: flowers that grow in slow motion as if by magic, elephants floating in cocktail glasses, flying flutes, dancing bells, an enigmatic black cat—anything is possible in LA Opera's new staging of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Created by the British theater group 1927 in collaboration with Barrie Kosky, artistic director of the Komische Oper in Berlin, the staging had its production premiere in that city last year, playing to sold-out houses and rave reviews. London's The Guardian described 1927's distinctive aesthetic: “A perfect mixture of all the things worth loving: silent films, the cabaret of the Weimar Republic, David Lynch and the Brothers Grimm.” To view a video preview, please click here.
MOBY-DICK Opera Broadcast on THIRTEEN's Great Performances Today
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer's award-winning opera Moby-Dick, will be broadcast on THIRTEEN's Great Performances tonight, November 1, 2013 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), as part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival.
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer's award-winning opera Moby-Dick, will be broadcast on THIRTEEN's Great Performances tonight, November 1, 2013 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), as part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival.
Atlanta Opera Hosts 24-HOUR OPERA PROJECT This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
In celebration of National Opera Week, The Atlanta Opera hosts its fourth annual 24-Hour Opera Project, a whirlwind creative science project where Verdi meets reality TV! Composers and lyricists, randomly paired together, are tasked with writing an opera in 12 hours. In the subsequent 12 hours, stage directors, singers and accompanists stage and rehearse the new piece. The Project culminates in a free showcase where judges and audience alike get to name the top piece.
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
In celebration of National Opera Week, The Atlanta Opera hosts its fourth annual 24-Hour Opera Project, a whirlwind creative science project where Verdi meets reality TV! Composers and lyricists, randomly paired together, are tasked with writing an opera in 12 hours. In the subsequent 12 hours, stage directors, singers and accompanists stage and rehearse the new piece. The Project culminates in a free showcase where judges and audience alike get to name the top piece.
TOSCA, NABUCCO and More Set for Lyric Opera Baltimore's 2013-14 Season
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
The Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric's Artistic Director James Harp has announced the third annual opera season at the new Modell Lyric. Two grand operas will be featured-Puccini's Tosca and Verdi's Nabucco-and Toujours L'Amour, the third in our gala concert series celebrating French grand opera.
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
The Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric's Artistic Director James Harp has announced the third annual opera season at the new Modell Lyric. Two grand operas will be featured-Puccini's Tosca and Verdi's Nabucco-and Toujours L'Amour, the third in our gala concert series celebrating French grand opera.
Verdi's JERUSALEM and More Set for Sarasota Opera's 55th Season
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
Sarasota Opera has announced its 2013 - 2014 Fall and Winter programming which will mark the company's 55th consecutive season of performing grand opera on the Florida gulf coast. Highlights will include the return of some of Sarasota Opera's most acclaimed productions, the Sarasota Opera premiere of Verdi's Jerusalem as part of the ongoing Verdi Cycle, and the debut of new concerts to the Sarasota Opera Concert Series.
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2013
Sarasota Opera has announced its 2013 - 2014 Fall and Winter programming which will mark the company's 55th consecutive season of performing grand opera on the Florida gulf coast. Highlights will include the return of some of Sarasota Opera's most acclaimed productions, the Sarasota Opera premiere of Verdi's Jerusalem as part of the ongoing Verdi Cycle, and the debut of new concerts to the Sarasota Opera Concert Series.
The Houston Grand Opera Presents the American Premiere of THE PASSENGER, 1/18
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2013
Houston, October 31, 2013 -- In January 2014, Houston Grand Opera (HGO) presents the American premiere of The Passenger(1968), a powerful opera exploring the Holocaust by exiled Polish-Jewish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Reinforcing the immense significance of this historic event, HGOco–Houston Grand Opera's community collaboration and education initiative–will present a series of concerts and films throughout the city, focused on remembrance of the past and prominent themes explored in the gripping story of genocide. HGOco partners with the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Holocaust Museum Houston, and the Asia Society Texas Center to produce several concerts and films, inviting audiences to explore the connection from past to present through music, community conversation, and art.
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2013
Houston, October 31, 2013 -- In January 2014, Houston Grand Opera (HGO) presents the American premiere of The Passenger(1968), a powerful opera exploring the Holocaust by exiled Polish-Jewish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Reinforcing the immense significance of this historic event, HGOco–Houston Grand Opera's community collaboration and education initiative–will present a series of concerts and films throughout the city, focused on remembrance of the past and prominent themes explored in the gripping story of genocide. HGOco partners with the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Holocaust Museum Houston, and the Asia Society Texas Center to produce several concerts and films, inviting audiences to explore the connection from past to present through music, community conversation, and art.
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum to Celebrate Ezio Pinza's Life, 11/17
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2013
On Sunday, November 17 at 2 p.m., Nick Dowen will present an hour-long program on the life of opera great Ezio Pinza. Dowen, who has been collecting records since he was 13 years old, will share some of his thousands of recordings in a powerpoint presentation about the life of one of the most prolific singers in the history of music. A bass with a rich, smooth and sonorous voice, Pinza spent 22 seasons at New York's Metropolitan Opera, appearing in more than 750 performances of 50 operas. A popular recording star, Pinza went on to appear on Broadway, in Hollywood movies, and on television in his own series and daytime variety shows that were popular in the 1950s.
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2013
On Sunday, November 17 at 2 p.m., Nick Dowen will present an hour-long program on the life of opera great Ezio Pinza. Dowen, who has been collecting records since he was 13 years old, will share some of his thousands of recordings in a powerpoint presentation about the life of one of the most prolific singers in the history of music. A bass with a rich, smooth and sonorous voice, Pinza spent 22 seasons at New York's Metropolitan Opera, appearing in more than 750 performances of 50 operas. A popular recording star, Pinza went on to appear on Broadway, in Hollywood movies, and on television in his own series and daytime variety shows that were popular in the 1950s.
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