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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis To Premiere THIS HOUSE In May
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 23, 2025

This summer, This House, a new opera by Ricky Ian Gordon, Lynn Nottage, and Ruby Aiyo Gerber, will receive its world premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as part of the company's landmark 50th season.

Justin Austin to Star in World Premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s THIS HOUSE
by Josh Sharpe - Apr 23, 2025

Acclaimed baritone Justin Austin will return to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s This House from May 31 to June 29, 2025.

Music Director Carl St.Clair Leads Pacific Symphony In Three Semi-Staged Performances Of Wagner's DAS RHEINGOLD
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 27, 2025

Under the baton of Music Director Carl St.Clair-one of today's foremost Wagner interpreters-audiences can experience the raw power and gripping narrative of Richard Wagner's majestic opera, performed for the first time by Pacific Symphony.

Photos: Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s BLUE Opens At Chicago Lyric Opera
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 16, 2024

An intimate look at family, faith, and community in times of grief and healing, Blue makes its Chicago premiere at Lyric Opera of Chicago from November 16 to December 1, 2024. See photos of the production.

Opera Theatre of St. Louis Announces Their 50th Anniversary Festival Season
by James Lindhorst - Jun 11, 2024

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) announced repertory and celebrations for a landmark 50th season in 2025, celebrating five decades of artistic innovation and discovery since the company’s founding in 1976. The 2025 Festival Season opens on May 24, 2025, with Johann Strauss II’s effervescent Die Fledermaus, which has not been seen at Opera Theatre since 1989. The season continues with the company’s 44th world premiere, This House, with music by Ricky Ian Gordon and libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage and her daughter Ruby Aiyo Gerber. Next, Opera Theatre will present an all-new staging of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale — the very first opera that the company ever performed. Britten’s enchanting adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream rounds out the season. In addition to four mainstage productions, Opera Theatre will continue to present the annual young artist showcase, Center Stage. This concert shines a spotlight on the members of OTSL’s highly selective Young Artist Programs, accompanied onstage by members of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, which has served as OTSL’s Festival Season orchestra since 1978.

VIDEO: Director James Robinson on Blanchard's CHAMPION
by Joshua Wright - Jan 9, 2024

Learn about the world champion boxer and see how his story inspired Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard's first foray into opera in this interview with director James Robinson in an all-new video.

What You Need to Know About Blanchard and Cristofer's CHAMPION at Lyric Opera of Chicago
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 14, 2023

Lyric Opera of Chicago is presenting the Lyric premiere of Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard and Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning librettist Michael Cristofer’s knockout opera Champion. Learn more about this opera!

The Harlem Chamber Players Present 'The Ordering of Moses' Concert
by Stephi Wild - Jun 15, 2022

Having been on pause since the pandemic, Liz Player (Founding Executive and Artistic Director, Harlem Chamber Players) is pleased to announce the rare NYC performance of Harlem Renaissance composer Nathaniel Dett's (1882-1943) masterpiece oratorio The Ordering of Moses. 

Tulsa Opera's GREENWOOD OVERCOMES To Be Broadcast Nationally
by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2022

Public media producer GBH presents Greenwood Overcomes, a special two-hour radio broadcast of the Tulsa Opera's 2021 concert commemorating the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

BWW Review: An INTIMATE Look at the New Gordon-Nottage Opera at Lincoln Center Theater
by Richard Sasanow - Feb 1, 2022

INTIMATE APPAREL appeared this week at LCT’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater, directed adroitly by Bartlett Sher, with a thoughtful libretto by Lynn Nottage based on her award-winning play and a ragtime-inflected score by composer Ricky Ian Gordon.