BWW Interview: Reginald Smith, Jr. in SAN DIEGO OPERA'S COSI FAN TUTTE at San Diego Civic Center
by Ron Bierman - Feb 10, 2022
'I'm just Reggie from Atlanta' baritone Reginald Smith, Jr. explained during our hour-long discussion on Zoom. That may be how he would like to view himself, but it's hardly how most others do since he's also a Grammy winning opera star who's performed at the Met.
Until high school, neither opera, much less the Met were in his plans. Then when 13 he saw an Atlanta Opera production of Tosca. 'A classical voice was not new to me.' But the spectacle of unamplified voices together with theatrical staging, an orchestra, and eye-catching scenery was a revelation. 'I vividly remember the show going along, the tenor comes out, the soprano. But when Scarpia made his first big entrance, I thought Whoa, that's a different voice. It just went, boom, you know, like, like an arrow right into my heart. And I thought, what is this person?'
San Diego Opera's Main Stage Season Begins With COSI FAN TUTTE At The San Diego Civic Theatre Next Month
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 13, 2022
Mozart's opera, Così fan tutte, opens on Saturday February 12, 2022 for four performances at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Additional performances are February 15, 18, and 20 (matinee), 2022. These performances mark the Company's safe return to the Civic Theatre since February of 2020 and the first time Così fan tutte has been presented by the Company since 2005 in a new production directed by “opera provocateur” Timothy Nelson.
San Diego Opera's Main Stage Season Begins February 2022 With New Production Of COSI FAN TUTTE
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 14, 2021
Mozart's opera, Così fan tutte, opens on Saturday February 12, 2022 for four performances at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Additional performances are February 15, 18, and 20 (matinee), 2022. These performances mark the Company's safe return to the Civic Theatre since February of 2020 and the first time Così fan tutte has been presented by the Company since 2005 in a new production directed by “opera provocateur” Timothy Nelson..
El Teatro Real prepara su carroza para el Día Mundial de la Ópera
by Angeles Diaz - Oct 21, 2021
El Teatro Real se une, un año más, a las celebraciones del Día Mundial de la Ópera, que se conmemora el próximo lunes, 25 de octubre. Ese día, a las 13.00 y a las 19.00 horas, habrá dos actuaciones en la Carroza del Teatro Real instalada, en esta ocasión, en la Plaza de Isabel II (Ópera).
Grand Rapids Symphony Announces 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 21, 2021
The Grand Rapids Symphony has announced their 2021-22 concert season of live music planned for in person audiences at DeVos Performance Hall beginning this fall!
Ferruccio Furlanetto to Make Washington National Opera Debut in COSI FAN TUTTE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 3, 2021
Legendary Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto will make his Washington National Opera debut as Don Alfonso in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Così fan tutte. Furlanetto has sung at every major opera house and festival in the world, and has been praised by critics for his vast range, thundering vocal power, and renowned acting.
Pittsburgh Opera Reschedules and Revises 82nd Season, Announces 83rd
by Stephi Wild - Aug 4, 2020
In response to on-going COVID-19 uncertainty and concerns, Pittsburgh Opera is modifying its 2020-21 season, the companya??s 82nd. Rather than perform six operas at a total of four different venues, the season will consist of four operas all at the same location.