Record Attendance Expected for THE BARBER OF SEVILLE During Opera in the Outfield 9/12
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 12, 2009
Washington National Opera's General Director Plácido Domingo today announced the second Target FREE Opera in the Outfield, a live simulcast of Rossini's beloved comic opera The Barber of Seville to Nationals Park on September 12, 2009. Made possible by the support of local and national sponsors, the free community event is expected to attract up to 25,000 people for free opera and 'pre-game' activities in the festive ballpark atmosphere.
WNO Opens 54th Season With THE BARBER OF SEVILLE 9/12-20 At Kennedy Center Opera House
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 12, 2009
Washington National Opera (WNO), under the leadership of General Director Plácido Domingo, opens its 54th season with Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville (Il Barbiere de Siviglia) in eight performances, September 12 to 20 at the Kennedy Center Opera House. This light-hearted opera buffa, or comic opera, features an all-star cast, including American tenor Lawrence Brownlee in his WNO debut as Count Almaviva and Bolognese bass-baritone Simone Alberghini returning as Figaro.
Record Attendance Expected for THE BARBER OF SEVILLE During Opera in the Outfield 9/12
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Sep 10, 2009
Washington National Opera's General Director Plácido Domingo today announced the second Target FREE Opera in the Outfield, a live simulcast of Rossini's beloved comic opera The Barber of Seville to Nationals Park on September 12, 2009. Made possible by the support of local and national sponsors, the free community event is expected to attract up to 25,000 people for free opera and 'pre-game' activities in the festive ballpark atmosphere.
The Met: Live in HD Kicks Off 10/10 With a New Production of Puccini's TOSCA
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Sep 9, 2009
Tickets for the fourth season of The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera's popular, award-winning series of live transmissions in movie theaters around the world, are now on sale to the general public in the U.S. The 2009-10 season, featuring nine live opera transmissions, kicks off on Saturday, October 10 at 1:00 p.m. ET with a new production of Puccini's Tosca starring Karita Mattila.
Single Tickets For WNO 2009-10 Season Goes On Sale To Public 8/2
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 2, 2009
Single (non-subscription) tickets for Washington National Opera's 2009-10 season will go on sale to the public on Sunday, August 2, 2009 via an online pre-sale at www.dc-opera.org; tickets will be available in-person and over the phone beginning at 10 a.m.
Single Tickets For WNO 2009-10 Season Goes On Sale To Public 8/2
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Jul 30, 2009
Single (non-subscription) tickets for Washington National Opera's 2009-10 season will go on sale to the public on Sunday, August 2, 2009 via an online pre-sale at www.dc-opera.org; tickets will be available in-person and over the phone beginning at 10 a.m.
WNO Opens 54th Season With THE BARBER OF SEVILLE 9/12-20 At Kennedy Center Opera House
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Jul 6, 2009
Washington National Opera (WNO), under the leadership of General Director Plácido Domingo, opens its 54th season with Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville (Il Barbiere de Siviglia) in eight performances, September 12 to 20 at the Kennedy Center Opera House. This light-hearted opera buffa, or comic opera, features an all-star cast, including American tenor Lawrence Brownlee in his WNO debut as Count Almaviva and Bolognese bass-baritone Simone Alberghini returning as Figaro.
The Met Expands Its Repertory In The 2009-10 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Feb 10, 2009
Eight new productions, four of which are company premieres, will highlight the Metropolitan Opera's 2009-10 season. General Manager Peter Gelb and Music Director James Levine jointly announced plans that include: the Met premieres of Rossini's Armida, Verdi's Attila, Jan?ček's From the House of the Dead, and Shostakovich's The Nose; new productions of Bizet's Carmen, Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Thomas's Hamlet, and Puccini's Tosca; and 18 revivals from the company's repertory. The season is the first to be entirely planned under Gelb's leadership, in collaboration with Levine (the past three seasons were planned before Gelb became General Manager in 2006-07 but included some productions, repertoire, and casting changes made by Gelb).
National CineMedia Teams Up With The Met For Third Season of 'Live in HD'
by Faetra Petillo
- Aug 20, 2008
National CineMedia (NCM) LLC, operator of the largest digital in-theatre network in North America for cinema advertising and alternative entertainment and events, and the Metropolitan Opera are proudly partnering to bring a third season of the critically-acclaimed The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD series transmitted live, in high-definition, to more than 440 movie theatres and performing arts centers in the United States.
Seattle Opera Announces Artist of the Year Awards
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 17, 2008
On Tuesday, July 15, during its Annual Meeting at McCaw Hall, Seattle Opera General Director Speight Jenkins announced that the company's Artist of the Year awards went to tenor Lawrence Brownlee, who performed the role of Arturo in Seattle Opera's production of Bellini's I Puritani in May 2008, and to Thomas Lynch, set designer for Seattle Opera's production of Wagner's Flying Dutchman in August 2007 and Seattle Opera's co-production with the Metropolitan Opera of Gluck's Iphigenia in Tauris in October 2007.
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