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Handel's GIULIO CESARE Announced At Hudson Hall This Spring
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2024

Opera director and Hudson resident R.B. Schlather reunites with early music band Ruckus for six performances of Handel's baroque blockbuster GIULIO CESARE at Hudson Hall from April 19-May 2, 2025.

Jennifer Holliday & More to Perform With The San Francisco Symphony This Holiday Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 6, 2024

The San Francisco Symphony’s 2024 holiday season, December 1–21, will feature a festive lineup of programs, including performances of traditional Christmas classical music, family-friendly events and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Review: ACIS AND GALATEA at Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre
by Keira Grant - Oct 27, 2024

Opera Atelier’s production of G. F. Handel’s Acis and Galatea was a fun and fresh take on an opera that has delighted audiences since its premiere in 1718. Handel referred to it as his “little opera.” This production is a very “user-friendly” introduction to Baroque opera and historically informed performance.

Opera Atelier to Launch 2024/25 Season with Handel's ACIS AND GALATEA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2024

Opera Atelier will open its 2024/25 season with a fully-staged production of George Frideric Handel’s beloved and widely accessible opera, Acis and Galatea. Learn how to purchase tickets.

OrpheusPDX Presents ACIS, GALATEA & POLYPHEMUS (ACI, GALATEA E POLIFEMO)
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 16, 2024

Portland's professional opera company OrpheusPDX kicks off its third season with George Frideric Handel's Acis, Galatea & Polyphemus (Aci, Galatea e Polifemo).

Boyz II Men Joins the San Francisco Symphony For Two Holiday Performances
by Stephi Wild - Jul 1, 2024

Legendary Grammy Award-winning group Boyz II Men will join conductor Edwin Outwater and the San Francisco Symphony for two special holiday performances, December 17 and 18, 2024, as part of the San Francisco Symphony’s 2024 Holidays with the Symphony season.

Hudson Hall & Stage Director R.B. Schlather Announce Second Opera In HANDEL ON THE HUDSON Series
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 21, 2024

R.B. Schlather and Hudson Hall will present GIULIO CESARE in Spring 2025, the second installment in their series of Handel operas designed to be accessible to the public.

BWW Q&A: Kenny Ingram on FUNNY GIRL at Maine State Music Theatre
by Joshua Wright - Jun 18, 2024

Maine State Music Theatre is the first - and only - regional theatre to be granted the rights to produce Funny Girl since the Broadway National Tour launched. We chat with Kenny Ingram about the upcoming production.

Interview: Jenna Lea Rosen on Doing Justice to Fanny Brice's Legacy
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Jun 18, 2024

“There was no one else like Fanny Brice!  Since I was a child, I have identified with her in so many ways,” enthuses Jenna Lea Rosen, who makes her MSMT debut and role debut this week in the first regional revival since the Broadway show’s recent closing.

Ars Lyrica Houston Reveals 2024/25 Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - May 1, 2024

Ars Lyrica Houston has announced their 21st anniversary season, Ties That Bind. Learn more about the six mainstage subscription programs here.

Opera Atelier to Present ALL IS LOVE This Spring at Koerner Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 12, 2024

Opera Atelier will present the return of ALL IS LOVE, the fully staged mixed program celebrating love in all its splendour at Koerner Hall. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Opera Atelier Reveals 2024/25 Season Featuring a North American Premiere & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 7, 2024

Opera Atelier has unveiled the 2024/2025 season: A Miracle, A Metamorphosis, A Masterpiece Reborn. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

VIDEO: Go Inside The Making Of An Opera With Opera Atelier
by Joshua Wright - Jan 9, 2024

Go inside the making of an opera with a new featurette from Opera Atelier. All is Love will be presented in the superb acoustics of Toronto’s Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, April 11 and 13 at 7:30 pm, and April 12 and 14 at 2:30pm.

A Look Back on HARMONY's Journey to Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Nov 3, 2023

Harmony, the original musical  with music by Barry Manilow and book and lyrics by Bruce Sussman, is finally making its long-awaited Broadway premiere! Learn more about Harmony's long journey to the Broadway stage here!

World Premiere of Juliette Dunn's THE PUZZLE Extended at Hedgerow Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 1, 2023

Hedgerow Theatre announced both a one-week extension and a virtual streaming option of the company's Barrymore Recommended world premiere production of The Puzzle by Juliette Dunn.

Opera Atelier Reveals 2023/24 Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - May 30, 2023

Opera Atelier's founding Co-artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg announced the company's celebratory 2023/24 season, featuring the 1774 French version of Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice - written expressly for Marie Antoinette - on stage October 26 to November 1, 2023, followed by the groundbreaking mixed program, featuring music by Debussy, Hahn, Handel, Lully, Purcell and Rameau in All Is Love, on stage April 11 to 14, 2024.

R.B. Schlather & Hudson Hall Announce RODELINDA, October 20-29
by A.A. Cristi - May 25, 2023

​​​​​​​Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House announces RODELINDA as the first in an ambitious multi-year series of operas by G.F. Handel with the daring, internationally acclaimed director (and Hudson resident) R.B. Schlather. Six performances take place October 20, 24, 26, 28 at 7pm and October 22 and 29 at 3pm.

An All Black Cast Will Star in InterAct Theatre's PAY NO WORSHIP
by Stephi Wild - Mar 1, 2023

InterAct Theatre Company, now celebrating its 35th season, has announced the cast of pay no worship. pay no worship is a “world premiere” by   francisca da silveira and will be directed by the director of last seasons THIS BITTER EARTH, Tyrone L. Robinson.

Opera Atelier Celebrates Spring With Fully-Staged Premiere of Handel's THE RESURRECTION
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2023

Opera Atelier has announced the much anticipated finale of its 2022/23 season Handel's The Resurrection, on stage April 6 and 8 at 7:30pm and April 9 at 2:30pm at Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning.

Purcell's DIDO AND AENEAS, Handel's THE RESURRECTION & More Announced for Opera Atelier's 2022/23 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 3, 2022

Opera Atelier’s Founding Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski C.M. and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg C.M. today announced the company’s powerful 2022/23 season with a live subscription series titled Passion Returns.