Dallas Opera Presents Family-Friendly Programming this Fall
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2013
The Dallas Opera is happy to present three weekends of family-friendly programming guaranteed to introduce you and your loved ones to the big, beautiful world of opera. The Dallas Opera Educational/Family Series, part of The Perot Foundation Education and Community Outreach Programs, is presented by Texas Instruments and made possible with additional support from Lockheed Martin.
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2013
The Dallas Opera is happy to present three weekends of family-friendly programming guaranteed to introduce you and your loved ones to the big, beautiful world of opera. The Dallas Opera Educational/Family Series, part of The Perot Foundation Education and Community Outreach Programs, is presented by Texas Instruments and made possible with additional support from Lockheed Martin.
BWW Reviews: Mostly Mozart Offers 'Enlightenment' on Handel
by Richard Sasanow - August 26, 2013
It's a slippery slope--when an orchestra commemorates the career of a famous singer, featuring other, less well-known artists. That's exactly what the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment did last Thursday at Mostly Mozart in Alice Tully Hall. In an all-Handel concert, the group remembered its long collaboration with the late, celebrated mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, conducted by Laurence Cummings. Would the concert bring the discovery of exciting talent who had yet to make their mark in New York? Would the soloists--both unknown to me--thrill us while paying homage to the person they were celebrating, in music that she made famous? I kept wondering about this before the concert began, with feelings of expectation and exhilaration.
by Richard Sasanow - August 26, 2013
It's a slippery slope--when an orchestra commemorates the career of a famous singer, featuring other, less well-known artists. That's exactly what the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment did last Thursday at Mostly Mozart in Alice Tully Hall. In an all-Handel concert, the group remembered its long collaboration with the late, celebrated mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, conducted by Laurence Cummings. Would the concert bring the discovery of exciting talent who had yet to make their mark in New York? Would the soloists--both unknown to me--thrill us while paying homage to the person they were celebrating, in music that she made famous? I kept wondering about this before the concert began, with feelings of expectation and exhilaration.
Guerilla Opera Presents End-of-Summer Party & NO EXIT Sneak Peek Today
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2013
Tickets for NO EXIT, adapted from the play by Jean-Paul Sartre with music by Andy Vores become available on September 9th, but Guerilla Opera is offering an opportunity to wet your whistle at their End-of-Summer Party & Sneak Preview on on this coming Today, August 26, 2013 at 6:30pm in The Concert Room of The Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway, Boston, MA. RSVP with a minimum donation of $25.00 at http://guerillaopera.com/end-of-summer-party-and-sneak-peek/or by phone at (866) 615-2723 Ext. 3.
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2013
Tickets for NO EXIT, adapted from the play by Jean-Paul Sartre with music by Andy Vores become available on September 9th, but Guerilla Opera is offering an opportunity to wet your whistle at their End-of-Summer Party & Sneak Preview on on this coming Today, August 26, 2013 at 6:30pm in The Concert Room of The Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway, Boston, MA. RSVP with a minimum donation of $25.00 at http://guerillaopera.com/end-of-summer-party-and-sneak-peek/or by phone at (866) 615-2723 Ext. 3.
The Met Summer HD Festival Returns with Live Screenings Today
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2013
The Met's Summer HD Festival returns for its fifth year today, August 24, with ten free outdoor screenings of popular performances from the Met's award-winning Live in HD series.
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2013
The Met's Summer HD Festival returns for its fifth year today, August 24, with ten free outdoor screenings of popular performances from the Met's award-winning Live in HD series.
Verismo Opera Theater Opens LA TRAVIATA Tonight
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2013
Verismo Opera Theater, a professional opera company based in Chicagoland's Oak Park, Illinois, is preparing a production of Verdi's masterpiece “La Traviata” staged in 1915 Oak Park. The sets, costumes and atmospheric elements will all reflect the signature style of world-renowned architect and Oak Park native Frank Lloyd Wright.
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2013
Verismo Opera Theater, a professional opera company based in Chicagoland's Oak Park, Illinois, is preparing a production of Verdi's masterpiece “La Traviata” staged in 1915 Oak Park. The sets, costumes and atmospheric elements will all reflect the signature style of world-renowned architect and Oak Park native Frank Lloyd Wright.
Fire Island Opera Presents L'arbre Enchante at the Pines Today
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2013
'The Pines,' the gay summer vacation destination off the coast of Long Island, is usually known more for groovy disco or throbbing dance music than for Opera, but this weekend, that will change when the Fire Island Opera Festival touches down in the whimsical beach community.
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2013
'The Pines,' the gay summer vacation destination off the coast of Long Island, is usually known more for groovy disco or throbbing dance music than for Opera, but this weekend, that will change when the Fire Island Opera Festival touches down in the whimsical beach community.
MORE Opera Opens AIDA Tonight
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2013
The Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble (MORE Opera) will present a gala benefit concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi's grand opera 'AIDA' tonight, August 24, 2013 at 7:30 PM at The Church of the Most Precious Blood, 109 Mulberry Street at Canal Street in Little Italy.
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2013
The Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble (MORE Opera) will present a gala benefit concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi's grand opera 'AIDA' tonight, August 24, 2013 at 7:30 PM at The Church of the Most Precious Blood, 109 Mulberry Street at Canal Street in Little Italy.
Gotham Chamber Opera to Present Selections from LA HIJA DE RAPPACCINI at Guggenheim-Venice, Aug 26
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2013
Gotham Chamber Opera, in collaboration with Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents selections from Daniel Catán's 1988 opera, La hija de Rappaccini (Rappaccini's Daughter), in A Musical Journey, From Venice to Tuscany and back again 1851-1991 onAugust 26, 2013 at 9pm at the Courtyard at Guggenheim-Venice.
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2013
Gotham Chamber Opera, in collaboration with Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents selections from Daniel Catán's 1988 opera, La hija de Rappaccini (Rappaccini's Daughter), in A Musical Journey, From Venice to Tuscany and back again 1851-1991 onAugust 26, 2013 at 9pm at the Courtyard at Guggenheim-Venice.
LA Opera's CARMEN to be Broadcast Live, 9/21
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2013
Eli and Edythe Broad General DirectorPlácido Domingo announced that LA Opera's season-opening production ofCarmen on September 21, 2013, will be broadcast live on a special presentation of 'LA Opera on Air' on Classical KUSC 91.5fm. The performance, which Mr. Domingo will conduct, will feature Irish mezzo-soprano Patricia Bardon as Carmen, tenor Brandon Jovanovich as Don José, Italian bass-baritone Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Escamillo and South African soprano Pretty Yende in her Company debut as Micaëla. The production, originally created by Spanish director Emilio Sagi and previously seen in Los Angeles in 2004 and 2008, will be directed by Trevore Ross.
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2013
Eli and Edythe Broad General DirectorPlácido Domingo announced that LA Opera's season-opening production ofCarmen on September 21, 2013, will be broadcast live on a special presentation of 'LA Opera on Air' on Classical KUSC 91.5fm. The performance, which Mr. Domingo will conduct, will feature Irish mezzo-soprano Patricia Bardon as Carmen, tenor Brandon Jovanovich as Don José, Italian bass-baritone Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Escamillo and South African soprano Pretty Yende in her Company debut as Micaëla. The production, originally created by Spanish director Emilio Sagi and previously seen in Los Angeles in 2004 and 2008, will be directed by Trevore Ross.
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at MADAME BUTTERFLY, Premiering on the Harbour Stage in Sydney, March 21
by Christina Mancuso - August 23, 2013
Madama Butterfly premières on the harbour stage, on 21 March 2014. Check out a sneak peek below!
by Christina Mancuso - August 23, 2013
Madama Butterfly premières on the harbour stage, on 21 March 2014. Check out a sneak peek below!
Odyssey Opera Presents Five-Hour Concert of Wagner's RIENZI, 9/15
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2013
ODYSSEY OPERA, a new, Boston-based opera company dedicated to presenting adventurous repertoire, debuts Sunday, September 15th at Boston's Jordan Hall offering a five-hour concert performance of Wagner's rarely heard opera “Rienzi.” In celebration of the bicentennial of Richard Wagner's birth (1813-1883), Odyssey salutes one of history's greatest and most controversial opera composers in a spectacular Wagnerian event performed in true Bayreuth fashion. (Program details are below.)
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2013
ODYSSEY OPERA, a new, Boston-based opera company dedicated to presenting adventurous repertoire, debuts Sunday, September 15th at Boston's Jordan Hall offering a five-hour concert performance of Wagner's rarely heard opera “Rienzi.” In celebration of the bicentennial of Richard Wagner's birth (1813-1883), Odyssey salutes one of history's greatest and most controversial opera composers in a spectacular Wagnerian event performed in true Bayreuth fashion. (Program details are below.)
Canadian Opera Company Presents PETER GRIMES, 10/5
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2013
Arguably the greatest opera of the 20th century, Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, comes to the Canadian Opera Company this fall for seven performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on October 5, 8, 11, 17, 20, 23, 26, 2013. Recognized worldwide as the finest dramatic tenor before the public today, Canadian Ben Heppner returns to the COC in one of his favourite roles as the title character in Britten's gripping opera about an alienated fisherman and the seaside village he struggles to inhabit. Peter Grimes is sung in English with English SURTITLES.
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2013
Arguably the greatest opera of the 20th century, Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, comes to the Canadian Opera Company this fall for seven performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on October 5, 8, 11, 17, 20, 23, 26, 2013. Recognized worldwide as the finest dramatic tenor before the public today, Canadian Ben Heppner returns to the COC in one of his favourite roles as the title character in Britten's gripping opera about an alienated fisherman and the seaside village he struggles to inhabit. Peter Grimes is sung in English with English SURTITLES.
STAGE TUBE: The Making of Costumes and Wigs of Canadian Opera's LA BOHEME
by Christina Mancuso - August 22, 2013
The Canadian Opera Company launches its 2013/2014 season with a new production of one of the world's greatest love stories, La Bohème. Puccini's masterpiece of youthful flirtation, passionate love and heartbreaking tragedy returns to the COC for 12 performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on October 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 18, 19, 22, 25, 27, 29, 30, 2013. Check out the behind the scenes video below, featuring a look at costumes and wigs.
by Christina Mancuso - August 22, 2013
The Canadian Opera Company launches its 2013/2014 season with a new production of one of the world's greatest love stories, La Bohème. Puccini's masterpiece of youthful flirtation, passionate love and heartbreaking tragedy returns to the COC for 12 performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on October 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 18, 19, 22, 25, 27, 29, 30, 2013. Check out the behind the scenes video below, featuring a look at costumes and wigs.
The Canadian Opera Launches Season with LA BOHÈME, 10/3
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2013
The Canadian Opera Company launches its 2013/2014 season with a new production of one of the world's greatest love stories, La Bohème. Puccini's masterpiece of youthful flirtation, passionate love and heartbreaking tragedy returns to the COC for 12 performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on October 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 18, 19, 22, 25, 27, 29, 30, 2013.
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2013
The Canadian Opera Company launches its 2013/2014 season with a new production of one of the world's greatest love stories, La Bohème. Puccini's masterpiece of youthful flirtation, passionate love and heartbreaking tragedy returns to the COC for 12 performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on October 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 18, 19, 22, 25, 27, 29, 30, 2013.
The Opera Dinner Comes to Martha's Vineyard, 10/19
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2013
If Opera be the Food of Love, Eat On, starring Chef Matthew Passaclacqua of Lure Grill & Wendy Taucher Dance Opera Theater. The Opera Dinner will be presented on Saturday, October 19th, 2013 at the Winnetu Oceanside Resort – Lure Grill (31 Dunes Road Edgartown, MA 02539). The evening combines opera classics, great food, in a lovely setting for this unique cabaret-style event. This special event is a part of the annual Martha's Vineyard Food & Wine Festival - a celebration of sea, farm and vine (October 17-20, 2013).
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2013
If Opera be the Food of Love, Eat On, starring Chef Matthew Passaclacqua of Lure Grill & Wendy Taucher Dance Opera Theater. The Opera Dinner will be presented on Saturday, October 19th, 2013 at the Winnetu Oceanside Resort – Lure Grill (31 Dunes Road Edgartown, MA 02539). The evening combines opera classics, great food, in a lovely setting for this unique cabaret-style event. This special event is a part of the annual Martha's Vineyard Food & Wine Festival - a celebration of sea, farm and vine (October 17-20, 2013).
Central City Opera and ISO Kick Off Tiny Tots Program Today
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2013
Central City Opera (CCO) partners for the fifth year with Inside the Orchestra (ISO) on their 2013 Fall Tiny Tots Inside the Orchestra program. CCO will bring opera to the 28th annual program, which takes place today, Aug. 22 through Oct. 21 at venues throughout the Denver metro area ranging from Boettcher Concert Hall to City Park Pavilion (a complete list of performances is below and at www.insidetheorchestra.org).
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2013
Central City Opera (CCO) partners for the fifth year with Inside the Orchestra (ISO) on their 2013 Fall Tiny Tots Inside the Orchestra program. CCO will bring opera to the 28th annual program, which takes place today, Aug. 22 through Oct. 21 at venues throughout the Denver metro area ranging from Boettcher Concert Hall to City Park Pavilion (a complete list of performances is below and at www.insidetheorchestra.org).
The Arrata Opera Centre Presents THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, Now thru 8/25
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2013
The Arrata Opera Centre is abuzz as rehearsals begin for Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, the centrepiece of Canada's first outdoor summer opera festival - Opera in the Village, tonight, August 22 - 25, 2013 - on RiverWalk Plaza in Calgary's East Village.
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2013
The Arrata Opera Centre is abuzz as rehearsals begin for Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, the centrepiece of Canada's first outdoor summer opera festival - Opera in the Village, tonight, August 22 - 25, 2013 - on RiverWalk Plaza in Calgary's East Village.
Minnesota Opera Announces Updates to 2013-14 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2013
Minnesota Opera is pleased to announce casting updates for the 2013–2014 season, which boasts three company premieres and five productions new to Minnesota audiences. Based on anticipated demand, the boundary-busting production of The Magic Flutewill receive nine performances. Other season highlights include James Valenti starring in the premiere of a revised The Dream of Valentino by Dominick Argento as part of Minnesota Opera's New Works Initiative; Kelly Kaduce in an opulent production of Puccini's soulful Manon Lescaut; Jacquelyn Wagner, Elizabeth Futral, Brian Jagde and Craig Irvin in a stylish production of Strauss' romantic comedy, Arabella; and Verdi's chilling take on the Shakespearean thriller, Macbeth, starring Brenda Harris and Greer Grimsley. Minnesota Opera is also pleased to announce the roster for the 2013–2014 Resident Artist Program, as well as unveil a new website.
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2013
Minnesota Opera is pleased to announce casting updates for the 2013–2014 season, which boasts three company premieres and five productions new to Minnesota audiences. Based on anticipated demand, the boundary-busting production of The Magic Flutewill receive nine performances. Other season highlights include James Valenti starring in the premiere of a revised The Dream of Valentino by Dominick Argento as part of Minnesota Opera's New Works Initiative; Kelly Kaduce in an opulent production of Puccini's soulful Manon Lescaut; Jacquelyn Wagner, Elizabeth Futral, Brian Jagde and Craig Irvin in a stylish production of Strauss' romantic comedy, Arabella; and Verdi's chilling take on the Shakespearean thriller, Macbeth, starring Brenda Harris and Greer Grimsley. Minnesota Opera is also pleased to announce the roster for the 2013–2014 Resident Artist Program, as well as unveil a new website.
Pinchgut Presents Chatting with Chas, Director of Cavalli's Giasone
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2013
We welcome back Chas Rader-Shieber to direct this year's Giasone. Here's your chance to read his thoughts about all things Pinchgut, Cavalli and opera… naturally!
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2013
We welcome back Chas Rader-Shieber to direct this year's Giasone. Here's your chance to read his thoughts about all things Pinchgut, Cavalli and opera… naturally!
LA Opera Launches 28th Season with Speical Gala, 9/21
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2013
On Saturday, September 21, LA Opera's 2013/2014 Season begins with a one-night-only special event as the Music Center Plaza is transformed into a glamorous setting for the launch of our 28thSeason.
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2013
On Saturday, September 21, LA Opera's 2013/2014 Season begins with a one-night-only special event as the Music Center Plaza is transformed into a glamorous setting for the launch of our 28thSeason.
The Met: Live in HD 2013-14 Season to Kick Off 10/5 with EUGENE ONEGIN
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2013
The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera's award-winning series of live transmissions to movie theaters, will reach its widest-ever global audience in its eighth season, which begins on October 5 with a new production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Met Music Director James Levine makes his highly-anticipated return to the screen with Verdi's Falstaff on December 14 and the first Live in HD performance of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte on April 26. The Live in HD series, the world's largest provider of alternative content, reaches more than 1,900 theaters in 64 countries, and offers subtitles in nine languages, including Swedish for the first time this season. To accommodate audience demand in Europe, more than 85 cinemas have been added to the HD network in Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2013
The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera's award-winning series of live transmissions to movie theaters, will reach its widest-ever global audience in its eighth season, which begins on October 5 with a new production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Met Music Director James Levine makes his highly-anticipated return to the screen with Verdi's Falstaff on December 14 and the first Live in HD performance of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte on April 26. The Live in HD series, the world's largest provider of alternative content, reaches more than 1,900 theaters in 64 countries, and offers subtitles in nine languages, including Swedish for the first time this season. To accommodate audience demand in Europe, more than 85 cinemas have been added to the HD network in Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF MARIA CALLAS
by Christina Mancuso - August 21, 2013
Inside the Opera Studio starts off the season on Friday, September 6 (7:30 pm) and Sunday, September 8 (2pm) with The Life and Music of Maria Callas. This one-of-a-kind program by SopranoFrancesca Mondanaro and narrator Fabrizio Melano (world renowned director and close personal friend of Maria Callas) is not to be missed. Check out a sneak peek below!
by Christina Mancuso - August 21, 2013
Inside the Opera Studio starts off the season on Friday, September 6 (7:30 pm) and Sunday, September 8 (2pm) with The Life and Music of Maria Callas. This one-of-a-kind program by SopranoFrancesca Mondanaro and narrator Fabrizio Melano (world renowned director and close personal friend of Maria Callas) is not to be missed. Check out a sneak peek below!
New Zealand Opera Presents DON GIOVANNI at Christchurch, Now thru Aug 24
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2013
Opera, in all its thrilling glory, returns to Christchurch in August when New Zealand Opera presents Mozart's masterpiece, Don Giovanni, a work that shows the art form at its very best. The production will pay CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch from tonight 21, Thu 22 August - 7:00pm to Sat 24 August - 2:00pm.
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2013
Opera, in all its thrilling glory, returns to Christchurch in August when New Zealand Opera presents Mozart's masterpiece, Don Giovanni, a work that shows the art form at its very best. The production will pay CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch from tonight 21, Thu 22 August - 7:00pm to Sat 24 August - 2:00pm.
Listen to Tippett's THE MIDSUMMER MARRIAGE at the Royal Opera Hall
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2013
Last heard at the Proms in 1977, The Midsummer Marriage is Tippett's answer to Mozart's The Magic Flute, an opera rich in symbolism and psychology, trials and transformations. Paul Groves and Erin Wall are Mark and Jenifer, Ailish Tynan and Allan Clayton, Bella and Jack, two couples tested by a series of supernatural interventions on the shortest night of the year.
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2013
Last heard at the Proms in 1977, The Midsummer Marriage is Tippett's answer to Mozart's The Magic Flute, an opera rich in symbolism and psychology, trials and transformations. Paul Groves and Erin Wall are Mark and Jenifer, Ailish Tynan and Allan Clayton, Bella and Jack, two couples tested by a series of supernatural interventions on the shortest night of the year.
Amore Opera Announces 2013-14 Season - THE MAGIC FLUTE, THE MAGIC FLUTE II: DAS LABYRINTH and More!
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2013
Amore proudly presents the American Premiere of Das Labyrinth, the 1798 sequel to The Magic Flute. With lyrics by the same original librettist, Emanuel Shikaneder, and story by Peter von Winter, the plot continues with the same cast of loveable and formidable characters as they face new obstacles and adventures. Having had its first modern revival last season in Salzburg, Amore is thrilled to present its American debut. Das Labyrinth will be performed in tandem with a new production of The Magic Flute. This is an enchanting series is not to be missed!
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2013
Amore proudly presents the American Premiere of Das Labyrinth, the 1798 sequel to The Magic Flute. With lyrics by the same original librettist, Emanuel Shikaneder, and story by Peter von Winter, the plot continues with the same cast of loveable and formidable characters as they face new obstacles and adventures. Having had its first modern revival last season in Salzburg, Amore is thrilled to present its American debut. Das Labyrinth will be performed in tandem with a new production of The Magic Flute. This is an enchanting series is not to be missed!
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