Guerilla Opera's Community Series Begins This Month
Guerilla Opera's Community Series will begin this month with the first two of several monthly workshops in their 17th Season, that explore how opera interacts with other art forms. These workshops explore Guerilla Opera's groundbreaking productions and include fascinating guest speakers pushing the boundaries of opera.
Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month With BAHUE
The voice and percussion duo, Bahué, will make their East Coast debut touring three cities in Massachusetts with the works of seven Latin composers kicking off National Hispanic Heritage Month. Learn more about where the performances will take place, and how to attend, here!
Bahué to Virtually Premiere 7 New Works as Part of Their Latinx Composer Miniature Challenge
Community is at the heart of Bahué's Latinx Composer Miniature Challenge. The bi-coastal duo, Aliana de la Guardia and Ariel Campos, whose mission is to advocate for and uplift Latinx artistry and culture through music, challenged Latinx composers to write miniature pieces of 60 seconds or less. Now, the dynamic new voice and percussion duo will virtually premiere seven new works, posting them at 8:30 AM on Thursdays from July 20th through August 31st on their social media and on the Bahué website.
The Guerillas Drop a New Album and World Premiere Film!
In celebration of Women's History Month, Guerilla Opera drops a new studio album and presents the world premiere of an operatic film of I Give You My Home, a monodrama with music and original libretto by local composer Beth Wiemann and is brought to life by the acclaimed filmmaker, Cara Consilvio.
BMOP/sound Releases Carlos Surinach: Acrobat of Gods
Known as the nation's foremost label launched by an orchestra and devoted exclusively to new music, Grammy Award-winning BMOP/sound releases Carlos Surinach: Acrobat of Gods, the debut recording of three Martha Graham ballets by Spanish-American composer Carlos Surinach. Within a decade of arriving to the United States in the 1950s,
Goethe-Institut Boston to Host Two-Day Symposium on Diversity and Cultural Inclusion in the New Music Canon
In conjunction with Ensemble Recherche (Freiburg) and Castle of our Skins (Boston), Goethe-Institut Boston will bring together local and international creatives actively working to diversify new music repertoire in Boston, Germany and beyond. Through a mix of virtual and in-person panels, brainstorming sessions and performances, the symposium aims to inspire cross-cultural action and coalition, building around the topic of diversity in new classical music.
OPERA America Welcomes Six New Members to Its Board of Directors
OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, has welcomed a new class of six board members that includes creators, administrators, artist managers, and opera company trustees. They join the Board of Directors under the ongoing leadership of Chair Carol F. Henry, esteemed philanthropist and founding trustee of Los Angeles Opera.
The Guerillas to Open Their 16th Season With SALT at the 2022 Ice Factory Festival
The Guerillas of Boston will take SALT, their most experimental work to New York’s 2022 Ice Factory Festival. The newly expanded work features an electronic score composed by Bahar Royaee, is written & directed by Deniz Khateri, and plays for four performances Wednesday, August 17 through Saturday August 20, 2022 at 7:00PM in the New Ohio Theatre.
Boston's Guerilla Opera and the Nichols House Museum Co-Present I GIVE YOU MY HOME
Boston's Guerilla Opera and the Nichols House Museum co-present I Give You My Home, a world premiere site-specific chamber opera inspired by the life of Rose Standish Nichols, a true-life Women's Peace Party and Suffrage Activist and professional landscape architect. I Give You My Home features music and original libretto by local composer Beth Wiemann and is brought to life by acclaimed theater and film director Cara Consilvio.