Houston Grand Opera Announces Bold New 2022-2023 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2022
Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2022–23 season, featuring a new production of Dame Ethel Smyth's rarely-performed masterpiece The Wreckers, the triumphant return of HGO-commissioned mariachi opera El Milagro del Recuerdo, the U.S. premieres of Opéra National de Paris and Royal Opera House's production of Werther and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía of Valencia's production of Salome, and beloved HGO classics La traviata, The Marriage of Figaro, and Tosca.
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2022
Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2022–23 season, featuring a new production of Dame Ethel Smyth's rarely-performed masterpiece The Wreckers, the triumphant return of HGO-commissioned mariachi opera El Milagro del Recuerdo, the U.S. premieres of Opéra National de Paris and Royal Opera House's production of Werther and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía of Valencia's production of Salome, and beloved HGO classics La traviata, The Marriage of Figaro, and Tosca.
BWW Review: Now in the Original French, Met's New Production of Verdi's DON CARLOS Shows Off Impressive Cast
by Richard Sasanow - March 01, 2022
DON CARLOS--Verdi’s original French language version, for the first time at the Met, of the opera better known in these parts as the Italian DON CARLO--was as grim as its setting in the Spanish inquisition in the new David McVicar production introduced last night. And about as long (though for once it ended earlier than expected)--Verdi's longest opera.
by Richard Sasanow - March 01, 2022
DON CARLOS--Verdi’s original French language version, for the first time at the Met, of the opera better known in these parts as the Italian DON CARLO--was as grim as its setting in the Spanish inquisition in the new David McVicar production introduced last night. And about as long (though for once it ended earlier than expected)--Verdi's longest opera.
VIDEO: First Look At Verdi's DON CARLOS At The Met Opera Presented In French
by Alan Henry - February 28, 2022
For the first time in company history, the Metropolitan Opera will present the original five-act French version of Verdi’s Don Carlos, with eight performances February 28–March 26. Verdi’s epic opera about doomed love during the Spanish Inquisition first premiered in French at the Paris Opera in 1867.
by Alan Henry - February 28, 2022
For the first time in company history, the Metropolitan Opera will present the original five-act French version of Verdi’s Don Carlos, with eight performances February 28–March 26. Verdi’s epic opera about doomed love during the Spanish Inquisition first premiered in French at the Paris Opera in 1867.
BWW Review: Opera Schmopera. Taylor Mac and His Collaborators Will Help You Get THE HANG of It
by Richard Sasanow - February 27, 2022
When this year’s PROTOTYPE Festival was put off for a year because of Covid concerns, some of the pieces went into mothballs. Taylor Mac’s THE HANG, under the auspices of HERE, one of New York’s major downtown arts organizations, based in Tribeca, decided to, uh, hang around.
by Richard Sasanow - February 27, 2022
When this year’s PROTOTYPE Festival was put off for a year because of Covid concerns, some of the pieces went into mothballs. Taylor Mac’s THE HANG, under the auspices of HERE, one of New York’s major downtown arts organizations, based in Tribeca, decided to, uh, hang around.
George London Award Winners Announced
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2022
The winners of the 50th George London Foundation Competition for young American and Canadian opera singers were announced at the conclusion of the competition’s final round this evening, which took place at Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. While the event is usually held with in-person audience, this year’s audience was virtual. Susanna Phillips, international opera star and 2005 George London Award winner, was the livestream host.
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2022
The winners of the 50th George London Foundation Competition for young American and Canadian opera singers were announced at the conclusion of the competition’s final round this evening, which took place at Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. While the event is usually held with in-person audience, this year’s audience was virtual. Susanna Phillips, international opera star and 2005 George London Award winner, was the livestream host.
VIDEO: Go Inside Rehearsals For Atlanta Opera's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
by Alan Henry - February 25, 2022
Whet your appetite for Atlanta Opera's upcoming production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville as their film studio gets up close and personal with the cast running rehearsals in preparation for this amazing opera buffa! The Barber of Seville runs March 5-13, 2022 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
by Alan Henry - February 25, 2022
Whet your appetite for Atlanta Opera's upcoming production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville as their film studio gets up close and personal with the cast running rehearsals in preparation for this amazing opera buffa! The Barber of Seville runs March 5-13, 2022 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
Wexford Festival Opera Celebrates 70th Anniversary With Debut New York Performance, April 14
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2022
Wexford Festival Opera is celebrating its 70th anniversary with its debut New York concert on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 7:30pm at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center.
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2022
Wexford Festival Opera is celebrating its 70th anniversary with its debut New York concert on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 7:30pm at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center.
George London Foundation Competition Finalists Announced
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2022
After a pandemic-induced postponement of one year, one of the opera world’s oldest and most prestigious competitions is back on and will mark a milestone in 2022: the George London Foundation Competition will hold its 50th anniversary event in February, in-person for the singers and judges, in New York City.
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2022
After a pandemic-induced postponement of one year, one of the opera world’s oldest and most prestigious competitions is back on and will mark a milestone in 2022: the George London Foundation Competition will hold its 50th anniversary event in February, in-person for the singers and judges, in New York City.
Sarasota Opera Announces Performance Cancellations and Rescheduling of TOSCA & More
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2022
Sarasota Opera is rescheduling the 7:30 pm Thursday, February 24 performance of Tosca in response to COVID exposures in the Chorus. The Tosca performance is rescheduled for Wednesday, March 2 at 7:30 pm.
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2022
Sarasota Opera is rescheduling the 7:30 pm Thursday, February 24 performance of Tosca in response to COVID exposures in the Chorus. The Tosca performance is rescheduled for Wednesday, March 2 at 7:30 pm.
Wexford Festival Opera to Celebrate 70th Anniversary With Debut New York Performance
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2022
Wexford Festival Opera is celebrating its 70th anniversary with its debut New York concert on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 7:30pm at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center, featuring renowned soprano Angela Meade, together with pianist Myra Huang, in works by Wagner, Meyerbeer, Amy Beach, and others.
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2022
Wexford Festival Opera is celebrating its 70th anniversary with its debut New York concert on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 7:30pm at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center, featuring renowned soprano Angela Meade, together with pianist Myra Huang, in works by Wagner, Meyerbeer, Amy Beach, and others.
San Diego Opera's Season Closes With The West Coast Premiere Of AGING MAGICIAN
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2022
San Diego Opera's 2021-2022 will close with the West Coast Premiere of Aging Magician a hybrid opera/theatre piece that combines singing, choral work, puppetry, and performance art to create an incredibly unique theatrical experience. Originally scheduled for our 2019-2020 season, and postponed because of COVID-19, San Diego Opera is delighted to finally be able to reschedule this opera for this season.
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2022
San Diego Opera's 2021-2022 will close with the West Coast Premiere of Aging Magician a hybrid opera/theatre piece that combines singing, choral work, puppetry, and performance art to create an incredibly unique theatrical experience. Originally scheduled for our 2019-2020 season, and postponed because of COVID-19, San Diego Opera is delighted to finally be able to reschedule this opera for this season.
Tickets On Sale For OPERA NAPLES II FESTIVAL UNDER THE STARS, March 11-20
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2022
Opera Naples, one of Naples' leading performing arts organizations, has announced tickets are on sale for the II Festival Under the Stars. Conducted by Artistic Director Ramón Tebar and featuring the Naples Festival Orchestra, the II Festival Under the Stars will take place March 11-20 with performances at Cambier Park and the Wang Opera Center.
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2022
Opera Naples, one of Naples' leading performing arts organizations, has announced tickets are on sale for the II Festival Under the Stars. Conducted by Artistic Director Ramón Tebar and featuring the Naples Festival Orchestra, the II Festival Under the Stars will take place March 11-20 with performances at Cambier Park and the Wang Opera Center.
Houston Grand Opera Open's Robert Wilson Production Of TURANDOT April 22
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2022
On April 22, 2022, Houston Grand Opera will open a new production of Puccini's Turandot created by world renowned artist Robert Wilson.
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2022
On April 22, 2022, Houston Grand Opera will open a new production of Puccini's Turandot created by world renowned artist Robert Wilson.
VIDEO: Inside Rehearsals For Opera Orlando's KING FOR A DAY
by Alan Henry - February 22, 2022
Verdi goes “On the Town” as Opera Orlando presents his comic King for a Day at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando, March 4 and 5.
by Alan Henry - February 22, 2022
Verdi goes “On the Town” as Opera Orlando presents his comic King for a Day at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando, March 4 and 5.
VIDEO: Go Inside Rehearsals For Atlanta Opera's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
by Alan Henry - February 22, 2022
Whet your appetite for Atlanta Opera's upcoming production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville as their film studio gets up close and personal with the cast running rehearsals in preparation for this amazing opera buffa! The Barber of Seville runs March 5-13, 2022 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
by Alan Henry - February 22, 2022
Whet your appetite for Atlanta Opera's upcoming production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville as their film studio gets up close and personal with the cast running rehearsals in preparation for this amazing opera buffa! The Barber of Seville runs March 5-13, 2022 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
Dancing, Healing, Telling Stories: Opera North Announces RESONANCE 2022 Artists
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2022
Opera North today announces the five lead artists who will develop new work in this year's Resonance programme for minority ethnic music-makers, supported by PRS Foundation's Talent Development Partnership, at residencies in Leeds over the next three months: musician Azizi Cole, whose workshop last year was postponed due to the pandemic; flautist Naomi Perera; Persian percussionist Arian Sadr; composer and 'Afro-psychedelic funk' multi-instrumentalist Hannabiell Sanders; and tabla player Mendi Mohinder Singh.
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2022
Opera North today announces the five lead artists who will develop new work in this year's Resonance programme for minority ethnic music-makers, supported by PRS Foundation's Talent Development Partnership, at residencies in Leeds over the next three months: musician Azizi Cole, whose workshop last year was postponed due to the pandemic; flautist Naomi Perera; Persian percussionist Arian Sadr; composer and 'Afro-psychedelic funk' multi-instrumentalist Hannabiell Sanders; and tabla player Mendi Mohinder Singh.
DON CARLOS, Brett Dean's HAMLET & More to Headline the Met's Spring Season
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2022
After the successful first half of the 2021–22 season and a planned February break, the Metropolitan Opera will return with a slate of three new productions and 12 classic revivals for its spring season that runs February 28–June 11.
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2022
After the successful first half of the 2021–22 season and a planned February break, the Metropolitan Opera will return with a slate of three new productions and 12 classic revivals for its spring season that runs February 28–June 11.
Cincinnati Opera Announces $1.3 Million Gift to Support the Creation of New Operas Celebrating Black Stories
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2022
Cincinnati Opera is proud to announce that the company has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (“Mellon Foundation”).
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2022
Cincinnati Opera is proud to announce that the company has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (“Mellon Foundation”).
VIDEO: Get A First Look At ELEKTRA at The Met Opera
by Alan Henry - February 17, 2022
Soprano Nina Stemme brought down the house when she headlined the premiere of visionary director Patrice Chéreau’s 2016 staging of Elektra. Now she returns to Strauss’s unhinged heroine, opposite one of today’s most in-demand artists, soprano Lise Davidsen, as her sister, Chrysothemis. Donald Runnicles is on the podium for one of opera’s most blistering scores, leading a cast that also includes mezzo-soprano Michaela Schuster as Klytämnestra, tenor Stefan Vinke as Aegisth, and bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as Orest.
by Alan Henry - February 17, 2022
Soprano Nina Stemme brought down the house when she headlined the premiere of visionary director Patrice Chéreau’s 2016 staging of Elektra. Now she returns to Strauss’s unhinged heroine, opposite one of today’s most in-demand artists, soprano Lise Davidsen, as her sister, Chrysothemis. Donald Runnicles is on the podium for one of opera’s most blistering scores, leading a cast that also includes mezzo-soprano Michaela Schuster as Klytämnestra, tenor Stefan Vinke as Aegisth, and bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as Orest.
BWW Review: San Diego Opera's MOZART'S COSI FAN TUTTE at San Diego Civic Center
by Ron Bierman - February 17, 2022
I admire the plucky inventiveness of the San Diego Opera. On an annual budget of roughly three percent of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, it has managed to mount a consistently appealing and entertaining variety of productions, traditional and contemporary, in both good times and plague times. The latter even forcing an excellent performance of a much-edited La bohème in a hockey-rink parking lot with an audience seated in an armada of vehicles. But although it was an enjoyable performance over all, now and then I was glad to be wearing a California-mandated mask so that no one would know I was at the current Civic Center staging of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte.
by Ron Bierman - February 17, 2022
I admire the plucky inventiveness of the San Diego Opera. On an annual budget of roughly three percent of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, it has managed to mount a consistently appealing and entertaining variety of productions, traditional and contemporary, in both good times and plague times. The latter even forcing an excellent performance of a much-edited La bohème in a hockey-rink parking lot with an audience seated in an armada of vehicles. But although it was an enjoyable performance over all, now and then I was glad to be wearing a California-mandated mask so that no one would know I was at the current Civic Center staging of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte.
San Diego Opera's Season Continues With ROMEO ET JULIETTE
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2022
Gounod's masterpiece of grand French opera, Roméo et Juliette, continues San Diego Opera's 2021-2022 season when it opens on Saturday, March, 26, 2022 for four performances at the San Diego Civic Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2022
Gounod's masterpiece of grand French opera, Roméo et Juliette, continues San Diego Opera's 2021-2022 season when it opens on Saturday, March, 26, 2022 for four performances at the San Diego Civic Theatre.
New York City Opera Presents GOODBYE MR. CHIPS Opera Film New York Premiere
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2022
A new opera by Gordon Getty, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, will receive its New York premiere-as an opera reimagined for film-on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at 7 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2022
A new opera by Gordon Getty, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, will receive its New York premiere-as an opera reimagined for film-on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at 7 p.m.
BWW Review: FIDELIO at the Met – Not THE MET – Proves Beethoven's Only Opera Is No Museum Piece
by Richard Sasanow - February 16, 2022
It’s no secret that many of the standard repertoire’s most famous operas had troubled premieres but Beethoven’s FIDELIO had more than its share. Thanks to the efforts of Heartbeat Opera, which performed its revised version at New York’s Met Museum this past weekend (before a short tour), we can see the forest for the trees, with many of the work’s problems dealt with in a surprisingly effective way and the story brought up to date without destroying its integrity.
by Richard Sasanow - February 16, 2022
It’s no secret that many of the standard repertoire’s most famous operas had troubled premieres but Beethoven’s FIDELIO had more than its share. Thanks to the efforts of Heartbeat Opera, which performed its revised version at New York’s Met Museum this past weekend (before a short tour), we can see the forest for the trees, with many of the work’s problems dealt with in a surprisingly effective way and the story brought up to date without destroying its integrity.
VIDEO: Inside Rehearsals For Opera Orlando's KING FOR A DAY
by Alan Henry - February 16, 2022
Verdi goes “On the Town” as Opera Orlando presents his comic King for a Day at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando, March 4 and 5.
by Alan Henry - February 16, 2022
Verdi goes “On the Town” as Opera Orlando presents his comic King for a Day at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando, March 4 and 5.
VIDEO: Watch A New Trailer For The Met Opera's MADAMA BUTTERFLY
by Alan Henry - February 16, 2022
Soprano Eleonora Buratto takes on the touchstone title role of the tragic geisha, following earlier Met successes as Norina in Don Pasquale and Liù in Turandot. Tenor Brian Jagde is the callous American naval officer who betrays her, alongside mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as her devoted maid Suzuki and baritone David Bizic as the consul Sharpless. Alexander Soddy conducts Anthony Minghella’s evocative, ever-popular staging.
by Alan Henry - February 16, 2022
Soprano Eleonora Buratto takes on the touchstone title role of the tragic geisha, following earlier Met successes as Norina in Don Pasquale and Liù in Turandot. Tenor Brian Jagde is the callous American naval officer who betrays her, alongside mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as her devoted maid Suzuki and baritone David Bizic as the consul Sharpless. Alexander Soddy conducts Anthony Minghella’s evocative, ever-popular staging.
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