Mark Campbell News

Atlanta Opera Announces 2020-21 Season: Three New Productions, SE Premiere And More

by Stephi Wild — January 23, 2020

The Atlanta Opera has announced its 41st season.

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock Announces 2020–21 Season Repertory And Casting

by A.A. Cristi — January 22, 2020

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock today announced the Company's 98th season, which opens on September 11, 2020 with an Opening Night Celebration featuring soprano Albina Shagimuratova and tenor Pene Pati in concert with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra conducted by Music Directo

Opera Philadelphia's DENIS & KATYA Makes UK Premiere In February

by A.A. Cristi — January 21, 2020

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??Opera Philadelphia scored a hit at O19, a?oeits increasingly essential September festivala?? (New Yorker), with the world premiere of Denis & Katya.

The Dramatists Guild Of America's 'Librettists Initiative' Premieres 'Credit The Librettist' Film At Opera America's New Works Forum

by Stephi Wild — January 16, 2020

The Dramatists Guild Opera Committee's Librettist Initiative premieres the short film a?oeCredit the Librettist: Conversations with Today's Opera Makersa?? at Opera America's New Works Forum on Thursday, January 16 at 10am at the National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York.

BWW Insight: The Dramatists Guild Wants to Make Sure You 'Credit the Librettist' in Contemporary Opera

by Richard Sasanow — January 15, 2020

It may surprise you to learn that Stephen King didn't write 'The Shining' and Sister Helen Prejean didn't write 'Dead Man Walking.

Works & Process at the Guggenheim to Present Bartlett Sher- Directed INTIMATE APPAREL

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 15, 2020

Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, will present Lincoln Center Theater: Intimate Apparel by Ricky Ian Gordon and Lynn Nottage with Bartlett Sher on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 7:30pm.

BWW Overview: The People, the Places, the Operas that Spelled Pleasure in 2019

by Richard Sasanow — January 13, 2020

I admit this is an absolutely personal, totally one-sided view of what gave one man opera thrills last year and what I will look back on with delight.

The Second City Announces Casting For E.t.c.'s 44th Revue

by A.A. Cristi — January 10, 2020

The Second City is proud to announce casting for The Second City e.

The Dramatists Guild of America's 'Librettists Initiative' to be Featured at Opera America's New Works Forum

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 9, 2020

Opera America will feature a public discussion with The Dramatists Guild's Opera Committee's Librettist Initiative at their New Works Forum on Thursday, January 16 at 10am at the National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York.

Naxos Records to Release SANCTUARY ROAD, Oratorio Society of New York's World Premiere Performance

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 9, 2020

The 2018 world premiere performance by the Oratorio Society of New York of the Paul Moravec/Mark Campbell work Sanctuary Road is now a Naxos Records release (January 10, 2020).

Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Receives Missouri Humanities Council Grant

by Chloe Rabinowitz — December 20, 2019

Utah Opera Presents 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winner SILENT NIGHT

by A.A. Cristi — December 19, 2019

Witness rare and poignant moments of humanity during the world's most brutal war in this stunning musical depiction of the legendary Christmas truce of 1914.

Ring in the new year at The Second City's New Year's Eve Celebration

by Chloe Rabinowitz — December 13, 2019

Come ring in the new year at The Second City's NYE Celebration with special performances of Do You Believe in Madness, Grinning from Fear to Fear and Deck the Hallmark: A Greeting Card Channel Original.

Opera America Repertoire Development Grants Awarded

by A.A. Cristi — December 11, 2019

OPERA America has awarded $220,000 in Repertoire Development Grants to The American Opera Project (New York, NY) in consortium with Seagle Music Colony (Schroon Lake, NY), Beth Morrison Projects (New York, NY), Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Diego Opera and The Dallas Opera.

BWW Review: Heartbeat Opera's Take on Weber's FREISCHUTZ Hits the Mark

by Richard Sasanow — December 10, 2019

Since it's highly unlikely that the Met will take on Carl Maria von Weber's DIE FREISCHUTZ (frequently translated as THE MARKSMAN) anytime soon--or even in the lifetime of any baby born this year--we should be grateful to Heartbeat Opera for bringing it to New York audiences through December 15, in

Lauren Snouffer Replaces Leslie Fagan as Soprano Soloist in Oratorio Society of New York Performance of MESSIAH

by Chloe Rabinowitz — December 4, 2019

In 1874, a one-year-old organization called the Oratorio Society of New York performed Handel's Messiah on Christmas night at Steinway Hall, then on East 14th Street.

Lyric Opera Of KC Announces 2020 Exploration Series

by Stephi Wild — November 18, 2019

General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler today announced that an innovative new work celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.

NYFOS Unearths Rare Songs From Harlem's Gay Underground

by A.A. Cristi — November 15, 2019

THE NEW YORKER NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG presents a new show that sheds light on Harlem's gay underground: Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do: Songs from Gay Harlem

Oratorio Society of New York to Present Handel's MESSIAH at Carnegie Hall

by Chloe Rabinowitz — November 7, 2019

In 1874, a one-year-old organization called the Oratorio Society of New York performed Handel's Messiah on Christmas night at Steinway Hall, which was then on East 14th Street.

OPERA America Kicks Off Nationwide Celebration In 2020

by A.A. Cristi — October 24, 2019

a?oeI am very optimistic about opera in America,a?? says OPERA America President/CEO Marc A.