Orchestra Of St. Luke's Celebrates 50th Anniversary In 2024-25
Orchestra of St. Luke’s (OSL) will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an ambitious 2024-25 season featuring 13 performances at Carnegie Hall, including a series in each of Carnegie’s three halls, and innovative presentations of contemporary music and world premieres both at the orchestra’s home, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, and with partners in all five boroughs.
Feature: Director Mary Birnbaum Readies EMIGRE"Oratorio by Zigman, Campbell and Walsh"for US Debut
“I think the story is about survival, and about people sheltering one another,” director Mary Birnbaum told me in our conversation about EMIGRÉ, the oratorio that features what she called “composer Aaron Zigman’s sweeping score” and the “complex storytelling” by librettist Mark Campbell and lyricist Brock Walsh. The work makes its US debut on February 29 at the New York Philharmonic in Geffen Hall, under conductor Long Yu.
Dallas Opera Closes Season With COSI FAN TUTTE, March 24- April 1
The Dallas Opera is set to close their 65th Anniversary Season with the new-to-Dallas production of Mozart's Così fan tutte. The production from San Francisco Opera opens at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House (2403 Flora St., Dallas, TX) on Friday, March 24, at 7:30pm with three performances to follow on March 26 (m), 29, and April 1.
Dallas Opera Announces 2022-23 Season
Programming for The Dallas Opera’s 2022/2023 Season was announced today by Ian Derrer, The Dallas Opera’s Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO, and Emmanuel Villaume, the Mrs. Eugene McDermott Music Director, in celebration of the company’s 65th Anniversary.
The Dallas Opera to Stream THE MAGIC FLUTE
The Dallas Opera will make the company’s popular 2019 production of Mozart’s family-friendly The Magic Flute available free for home viewing for a limited time. This fanciful, wildly colorful production was originally simulcast live in high definition to a Dallas audience at Klyde Warren Park.
Colburn School Announces April Events
The Colburn School continues its 2018-2019 season with an exciting array of free or low-cost performances that bring together today's greatest artists with members of the extraordinary Colburn School faculty and students in programs on campus and throughout the community.
Lyric's RING Cycle Continues With SIEGFRIED
Join the fearless young Siegfried on his adventure-filled journey to manhood (and discovery of love) over the course of this playful, musically magnificent opera. This is the third part of Richard Wagner's epic four-part Ring of the Nibelung cycle, of which each opera is a feast on its own. No prior Ring experience is necessary.
Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents Rising Stars in Concert
The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago will present its annual Rising Stars in Concert program on Saturday, April 7, at 7:30pm at the Lyric Opera House. The concert will include the talented artists and pianist of the 2017/18 Ensemble performing with members of the acclaimed Lyric Opera Orchestra.
Lyric's Ryan Opera Center Announces 2018/19 Ensemble
Dan Novak, director of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, the professional artist development program at Lyric Opera of Chicago, is pleased to announce that soprano Emily Pogorelc, mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Decker, tenor Eric Ferring, baritones Christopher Kenney and Ricardo Jos Rivera, and bass-baritone David Weigel, have been accepted into this prestigious program for its 2018/19 Ensemble.
Photo Flash: First Look at THE MAGIC FLUTE, Opening Tomorrow at the Lyric Opera
Lyric Opera of Chicago presents a new production of The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote), Mozart's enchanting opera about the triumph of good over evil. The Magic Flute opens tomorrow, December 10, with eleven performances through January 27 at Lyric's Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!