Librettist Lila Palmer and Director Chloe Treat join forces this summer on the World Premiere production of HOLY GROUND at the 2022 Glimmerglass Festival. The opera by Damien Geter and Palmer will be performed as part of a “Double Bill” along with Kamala Sankaram and Jerry Dye’s TAKING UP SERPENTS, also directed by Treat.
Misticismo, celebrazione, dubbio, unione, abbattimento delle diversità e dei muri che stanno dividendo il mondo e i suoi abitanti. Questo e molto altro è trapelato nell'allestimento del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma di Mass, l'opera commissionata da Jaqueline Beaumont Kennedy per l'inaugurazione del Kennedy Center di Washington DC nel 1971.
Grammy-winning supergroup Planet Drum is gearing up for two New York area shows, on August 5th and 6th at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. Planet Drum is Mickey Hart (USA), Zakir Hussain (India), Giovanni Hidalgo (Puerto Rico) and Sikiru Adepoju (Nigeria).
Don Giovanni Records has just released the new single from Lee Bains + The Glory Fires titled '(In Remembrance Of The) 40-Hour Week' across all streaming platforms and Bandcamp. It is the second single to be released ahead of the album titled Old-Time Folks, which was produced in Athens, GA by David Barbe (Drive-By Truckers, Sugar, Son Volt).
The Asian Film Festival of Dallas (AFFD) announced the film lineup for this year’s 21st edition of the film festival. AFFD’s Opening Night selection is Wenxiong Xing’s Too Cool to Kill, the Closing Night selection is Roshan Sethi’s 7 Days, Spotlight screenings include Park Hoon-Jung’s The Witch 2: The Other One, and Shô Miyake’s Small, Slow but Steady.
Get a first look here! San Francisco Opera announced a cast and program update for the June 30 Eun Sun Kim Conducts Verdi concert. Due to illness, tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz must withdraw from the concert.
The Warner Theatre has announced the 2022-2023 season of The Met: Live in HD, featuring ten Saturday matinee simulcasts streaming live from The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
The Consul tells a timely story about bureaucracy and immigration during turbulent times. Gian Carlo Menotti was himself an Italian immigrant to the United States, and wrote the opera as a response to refugees fleeing Europe after World War II.
Lookingglass Theatre Company has announced its 35th Season! A partnership with one of this city’s leading Black theatre companies. A homegrown holiday hearth-warmer. Two original CHI-made works each featuring unconventional central characters. A twirl around five extraordinary homespun districts, and more.
The Greek National Opera’s 2022-23 season curated by GNO Artistic Director Giorgos Koumendakis will feature ten new opera and ballet productions, one newly commissioned opera, five revivals of past productions, music concerts, major co-productions with some of the world’s foremost opera houses, collaborations with leading conductors and more.
The video is for the track “I Can’t Shake The Stranger Out Of You,” the timeless anthem of queer love and intimacy. the version of the song that the video highlights is from their historic, long overdue sophomore LP Blackberry Rose released by Don Giovanni earlier in 2022. The track was on their groundbreaking debut album.
Lessons in Survival: 1971, starring Emmy-nominated Carl Clemons-Hopkins (“Hacks”) as James Baldwin and Theatre Award Winner Crystal Dickinson (Tony Award-winning Clybourne Park) as Nikki Giovanni, directed by Tyler Thomas, opened at Vineyard's Theatre. See opening night photos here!
The Worst Person I Know, the debut play from South Asian-Irish playwright Cameron Tharma premieres at New York Theater Festival this week. The play focuses on the, seemingly unrelated, stories of three strangers as they recall memories of the relationships that changed each of their lives forever.
San Francisco Opera today announced a cast and program update for the June 30 Eun Sun Kim Conducts Verdi concert. Due to illness, tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz must withdraw from the concert. Currently performing in Europe,
The South Bend Symphony Orchestra will welcome the return of world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at Morris Performing Arts Center. For one night only, witness the ultimate artistic mastery of Yo-Yo Ma, one of classical music's prominent artists and ambassadors, perform with the full Symphony for the first time since 1979.
Don Giovanni Records has just released the new single and music video from punk rock lifer MIKEY ERG. The track 'Sick As Your Secrets' is available across all streaming platforms and Bandcamp, and you can watch the music video now. Their new album was recorded by Steve Albini at his iconic Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago IL.
From July 5-10, 2022, Classic Lyric Arts will present four concerts celebrating Mozart's Italian operas, performed by the 2022 artists selected for the institution's annual two-week summer training experience in the Berkshires devoted to mastering the artistry of Mozart's Italian operas.
San Diego Opera and La Jolla Music Society have announced the co-presentation of mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard and guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas in concert on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 7:30 PM at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center...
What the Rain Forgives, Running From July 7th - July 24th, is Making the Case for Forgiveness, Redemption, and Self-Love in an Age of Shaming.
What the Rain Forgives, premiering at the Players Theatre in the West Village on July 7th, elevates forgiveness into an act of rebellion. Running for twelve shows in July, this off-Broadway play is tackling big issues - addiction, traditional forms of faith...and even murder. Your notions of good and evil will be challenged, and you will be better for it.
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