The Arts Partnership Presents FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 23, 2025
The Arts Partnership will present the excerpts from the opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones in concert featuring seven-time Grammy Award-winner Terence Blanchard on Feb. 23. This will be the show's Midwest premiere.
Review: Prototype’s EAT THE DOCUMENT Brings Back the Activism of the ‘70s
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 14, 2025
The lobby of the HERE Theatre in SoHo was buzzing after Saturday’s performance of the new opera EAT THE DOCUMENT—not just for the performance we’d just watched but for the memories of the age that the piece evoked for many in the audience. Based on the novel of the same name by Dana Spiotta, DOCUMENT is a story of the ‘70s underground, with its activism, and a tale of sacrifice and living a secret.
Preview: EAT THE DOCUMENT Premiere Kicks Off PROTOTYPE Festival 2025 Lasting through January 19
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 8, 2025
New York’s annual PROTOTYPE Festival—produced by Beth Morrison Projects and HERE, which has been showcasing visionary, nontraditional opera-theatre and music-theatre pieces since 2013—kicked off its 2025 edition on January 9 followed by BLACK LODGE/BARDO, IN A GROVE, POSITIVE VIBRATION NATION, AROOJ AFTAB: NIGHT REIGN, ART BATH, through January 19.
Opera On Tap Announces Lead Producer Partnership With Adrienne Danrich's Music As The Message
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 3, 2023
Opera on Tap has announce their formal partnership with Adrienne Danrich's Music as the Message, offering interactive, hybrid performances. Music as the Message (MaM) was created in 2020 by Emmy Award-winning soprano Adrienne Danrich, in response to the need for communal sharing and healing, despite our physical isolation, during the height of the pandemic, and in the wake of George Floyd's murder.
DACAMERA Announces Ambitious, Diverse New 2023-24 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2023
DACAMERA, the Houston-based producer and presenter of chamber music and jazz concerts, gace announced its 2023-24 season. Highlighting the season are two world premieres, presented as part of UNSILENT SPRING, a two-day interdisciplinary exploration of our evolving human responses to the environment.