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Vancouver Opera Announces 2022-2023 Season by BWW News Desk
- May 12, 2022 Vancouver Opera has announced the 2022-2023 season. Returning to the Vancouver Opera stage after 28 years is The Pearl Fishers in October. A company premiere alights the Queen Elizabeth Theatre with ethereal magic in A Midsummer Night's Dream in February. Concluding the season is the long-awaited return of a legend with Wagner's The Flying Dutchman.
Arizona Opera Announces Casting For Its 2022/23 Season by BWW News Desk
- May 11, 2022 Arizona Opera announced casting today for their vibrant 2022/23 Season, which will feature an exciting array of productions, ranging from beloved classics to new works, including a return to five in-theater shows in both Phoenix and Tucson.
OPERA America Awards Opera Grants For Women Stage Directors And Conductors by BWW News Desk
- May 09, 2022 OPERA America has announced the second round recipients of the 2022 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors. The program incentivizes companies to hire women in these key artistic roles. These hires enrich the production and performance of new operas and works from the inherited repertoire; introduce audiences to the talent and insight of new artists; and inspire future generations of creative artists who identify as women.
Opera Orlando to Host Annual Gala VIVA L'OPERA! by BWW News Desk
- May 06, 2022 Opera Orlando's annual gala and season celebration is finally here after two years of postponements. Viva L'Opera! at The Alfond Inn at Rollins on May 21, 2022, will be the party of the year and a feast for the senses, combining culinary art and opera from around the world. The event is open to the public and only a few seats remain. RSVP by May 13 to be a part of all the operatic festivities.
New York Opera Alliance Presents NYOA Next! by BWW News Desk
- May 06, 2022 The NEW YORK OPERA ALLIANCE (NYOA) presents NYOA NEXT! on Monday, May 16 at 7:30pm at Christ & Saint Stephen’s Church in New York City.
Grace Chorale Of Brooklyn In Collaboration With Vertical Player Repertory Presents THE CONSTITUTION, A SECULAR ORATORIO by BWW News Desk
- May 05, 2022 Grace Chorale of Brooklyn (Jason Asbury, Music Director), in collaboration with Vertical Player Repertory (Judith Barnes, Artistic Director), presents the in-person premiere of The Constitution, a Secular Oratorio by Benjamin Yarmolinsky, a musical performance of our nation's foundational document, accompanied by a chamber orchestra on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 7pm and Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 3pm at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights, NYC.
Metropolitan Opera to Present Company Premiere of Brett Dean's HAMLET by BWW News Desk
- May 05, 2022 On May 13, the Metropolitan Opera will present the company premiere of Australian composer Brett Dean’s Hamlet, a bold adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless drama, with six additional performances through June 9.
Nevill Holt Opera Head To Lincoln Cathedral For Special Performance, 18 June by BWW News Desk
- May 04, 2022 Nevill Holt Opera Leicestershire's award-winning opera company, will perform for the first time in the breath-taking Lincoln Cathedral, with a concert version of Puccini's heartbreaking La bohème. This special one-off performance will follow a run of La bohème at NHO's home on the beautiful Nevill Holt estate.
Review: Nina Campos, with Guest Gerald Santos, In Concert at Pinto Art Museum by Vince Vicentuan
- May 04, 2022 A summer night couldn’t be more propitious: an amphitheatre sitting loftily atop rugged Antipolo terrains adorned with humongous homalomenas, philodendrons, and alocasias growing uninterruptedly, a buzzing crowd of guests gushing over the museum’s Castillan-influenced architecture jutting into the night sky, and an impressive lineup of performers headlined by one of the most exciting classical singers to have emerged in the past decade joined by an international musical theater artist-guest who has won countless hearts with his dashing good looks and smooth, dramatic voice.
Pittsburgh Opera To Broadcast World Premiere Opera IN A GROVE Free On YouTube May 15 by BWW News Desk
- May 04, 2022 Pittsburgh Opera will broadcast a video recording of its world premiere production of Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann's In a Grove-directed by Mary Birnbaum and conducted by Antony Walker-in its entirety, for free, on YouTube Sunday, May 15th at 7:00pm.
BWW Review: (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS by Bates and Campbell under Zvulun Closes the Circle on Apple's Creation by Richard Sasanow
- May 03, 2022 On Saturday night, Version 2.0 of the Mason Bates-Mark Campbell opera, THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS, opened brilliantly as a mainstage production of the Atlanta Opera, in its East Coast premiere, under Tomer Zvulun’s taut direction and Michael Christie’s smart baton. To say the audience greeted the work joyfully would be an understatement.
Premiere of Jonathan Dawe's BEING ARIODANTE to Premiere at Columbia University by BWW News Desk
- May 03, 2022 Columbia University's Italian Academy for Advanced Studies has announced the May 13 & 14 premiere performances of BEING ARIODANTE, the opera by American composer Jonathan Dawe (Cracked Orlando, 2010; Nero and the Fall of Lehman Brothers, 2016) originally scheduled for April 2020.
Works & Process At The Guggenheim Presents The Metropolitan Opera: HAMLET By Brett Dean by BWW News Desk
- May 03, 2022 A riveting contemporary masterpiece and the third Metropolitan Opera premiere in the company's 2021-22 season, Hamlet, composed by Brett Dean with a libretto by theater and opera director Matthew Jocelyn, won extraordinary praise for its premiere run in the United Kingdom.