Opera Orlando Announces 'More of the Mainstage' Events for Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE by BWW News Desk
- October 12, 2022 Opera Orlando MainStage season begins this month, and preparations are underway for The Magic Flute. In the lead-up to this gorgeous new production in Steinmetz Hall, Opera Orlando audiences are invited to take a peek behind the scenes with special More of the MainStage events.
Ukrainian Soprano Yulia Lysenko to Headline LA TRAVIATA at Piedmont Opera by BWW News Desk
- October 12, 2022 Piedmont Opera will open its 45th anniversary season with one of the world's most beloved operas, Verdi's La traviataPiedmont Opera's production of Verdi's La traviata is performed at the Stevens Center of the UNCSA on Friday, October 21st at 8:00 p.m., Sunday, October 23rd at 2:00 PM and Tuesday, October 25th at 7:30 p.m.
Houston Grand Opera's Popular Mariachi Opera, El Milagro Del Recuerdo, Returns On December 8 by BWW News Desk
- October 11, 2022 On December 8, 2022, Houston Grand Opera (HGO) welcomes the holiday season with the return of composer Javier Martínez and librettist Leonard Foglia's heartwarming, family-friendly, company-commissioned mariachi opera, El Milagro del Recuerdo/The Miracle of Remembering.
Review: That Was No LADY, in Mtsensk or Anywhere Else, But Boy Was She Spectacular! by Richard Sasanow
- October 10, 2022 Afraid of Shostakovich? Don’t be. LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK is a glory to behold, in Graham Vick’s knockout production, designed and costumed by Paul Brown, staged this time by Paula Suozzi, with Ron Howell’s choreography. And there were times when the music, with the Met orchestra under the firm, smart baton of Keri-Lynn Wilson, almost sounded like, yes, Puccini, while it was clearly expressionist as well.
Cincinnati Opera to Present OPERA GOES TO CHURCH in November by BWW News Desk
- October 08, 2022 Back by popular demand, Cincinnati Opera's free community concert series, Opera Goes to Church, will present its next event Thursday, November 3, 2022, at 7 p.m. at Allen Temple A.M.E. Church. The concert will feature Cincinnati Opera artists performing alongside the Allen Temple A.M.E. Church Choir, and WLWT News 5 anchor Courtis Fuller will emcee.
Warner Theatre To Screen The Metropolitan Opera Live In HD MEDEA by BWW News Desk
- October 07, 2022 The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera's award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts, will begin its 16th season with the company premiere of Cherubini's Medea on Saturday, October 22, at 12:55 pm ET.
Experiments In Opera's 10-Part TV Series EVERYTHING FOR DAWN Begins Tonight by BWW News Desk
- October 07, 2022 Experiments in Opera (EIO)—the mad scientists behind Video Operas, Radio Operas, Binge Operas, Podcast Operas—announces the launch this week of its new and free 10-episode serial opera EVERYTHING FOR DAWN.
Review: A Singular Sensation Returns to Philadelphia Opera with the O22 Festival by Richard Sasanow
- October 06, 2022 O22, as Opera Philadelphia's festival was called this year, wasn’t exactly “something old, something new” but more like big fat sandwich cookie. On one side, there was a kind of “traditional” contemporary opera, Hosokawa’s THE RAVEN , a big filling of Rossini’s OTELLO opera seria in the middle, and finished with the Little-Waldman BLACK LODGE, a rock opera that was half ear-blasting concert performed live, half film.
Tenor Allan Clayton to Star Benjamin Britten's PETER GRIMES The Met Beginning This Month by BWW News Desk
- October 06, 2022 Tenor Allan Clayton, who made his acclaimed Met debut in the title role of Brett Dean’s Hamlet last season, will headline Britten’s haunting masterpiece Peter Grimes when the work returns to the Met for eight performances October 16–November 12, 2022.
New Amsterdam Opera to Present LUCREZIA BORGIA This Spring by BWW News Desk
- October 05, 2022 New Amsterdam Opera has announced its spring 2023 opera production: Lucrezia Borgia (Gaetano Donizetti, composer / Felice Romani, librettist). This One-Night-Only performance will be presented on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at 7:00 PM, at The Center at West Park
Yulia Matochkina to Replace Anita Rachvelishvili in Metropolitain Opera's DON CARLO by BWW News Desk
- October 05, 2022 Yulia Matochkina will make her Met role debut as Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlo, replacing Anita Rachvelishvili. Russian mezzo-soprano Yulia Matochkina, who made her Met debut last season as Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoletto, has previously sung Eboli at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, and the New National Theatre in Tokyo.
Opera North Announces New Academic in Residence by BWW News Desk
- October 04, 2022 Opera North has announced Professor Edward Venn of the School of Music, University of Leeds, as its new Academic in Residence.
The Met Launches New Streaming Platform, Making Live Simulcasts Available for Home Audiences by BWW News Desk
- October 03, 2022 The Metropolitan Opera has announced the launch of The Met: Live at Home, a streaming platform that allows audiences to watch the Met’s acclaimed series of live simulcasts from any device in the comfort of their homes—the latest effort by the company to reach as broad a public as possible.
Wilmington Concert Opera to Present GIRONDINES This Month by BWW News Desk
- October 01, 2022 Wilmington Concert Opera will present the world premiere of “Girondines,” a two-act ensemble chamber opera for six women, and scored for piano, violin, cello, and electronics. Composer Sarah Van Sciver set the libretto by WCO's co-founder and artistic director, Kirsten C. Kunkle.
Madison Opera Presents SALOME By Richard Strauss by BWW News Desk
- September 30, 2022 A scandalous dance and a shocking kiss. Madison Opera opens its 62nd season with Richard Strauss' Salome on Friday, November 4 at 8pm and Sunday, November 6 at 2:30pm in Overture Hall at the Overture Center for the Arts.
Vancouver Opera And Vancouver Public Library Launch OPERA ADVENTURES by BWW News Desk
- September 29, 2022 In partnership with the Vancouver Public Library (VPL), Vancouver Opera announces Opera Adventures, a new program series that invites the public to get to know opera with a tantalizing taste of opera's history, its stories, and colourful possibilities.