RPI And Opera Saratoga to Present THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 24, 2024
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Opera Saratoga, and the Bergamot Quartet will present a free workshop performance of THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE, a new opera for synthetic and acoustic voices, inspired by Mark Steidl. Learn how to purchase tickets.
RPI and Opera Saratoga Will Collaborate For THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE
by Stephi Wild - Sep 24, 2024
In a unique collaboration, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Opera Saratoga, and the Bergamot Quartet join forces this to present a free workshop performance of THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE by librettists Mark Steidl and Katherine Skovira and composer Robert Whalen.
Brooklyn Art Song Society Performs CIRCLES II: THE WAGNERIANS in November
by Stephi Wild - Oct 6, 2023
Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) continues its 2023–24 season on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 7:30PM at First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn with Circles II: The Wagnerians, the second of a six-part series exploring connections between composers throughout music history. Learn more about the performance here!
Brooklyn Art Song Society Announces 2023"24 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 11, 2023
Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) announced its 2023-24 season, which features Circles, a six-part series following friendships between composers throughout history, as well as the return of the Dichter Project and New Voices Festival. Led by Artistic Director Michael Brofman, the organization, which plays a vital role in keeping the tradition of art song alive, presents ten full-length concerts highlighting 37 composers and 56 performers.
Victory Hall Opera to Present Deaf Opera Production of ORPHEUS & ERICA in March
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 11, 2023
The culmination of VHO's 2020 Breaking the Sound Barrier workshop, Orpheus and Erica is a fully-staged, full-length Deaf opera production. Taking the themes of the Orpheus myth into the 21st century, we witness a young couple (played by prominent deaf stars of film, television and stage, John Maucere and Amber Zion) battle illness and fertility, intervening with fate using modern medicine, in the hands of Warren “Wawa” Snipe as their doctor.
Noah Marlowe to Present BROADWAY AND BORSCHT at The Green Room 42 This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 6, 2022
Broadway performer Noah Marlowe (Book of Mormon, Mary Poppins, Elf, Act One) announces a benefit concert celebrating Jewish voices in the Broadway community. The concert, produced by Marlowe, will be performed live at The Green Room 42 on November 21 at 9:30pm, and will also be live-streamed to viewers outside of NYC. Money raised from the concert will go directly to support the organizations ADL and StandWithUS.
Conductor and Organist Kent Tritle Announces Spring Concerts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 18, 2022
Kent’s spring concert schedule has undergone a few shuffles, but is going ahead largely as planned, featuring Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Oratorio Society of New York and soloists Susanna Phillips, Lucia Bradford, Isaiah Bell, and Justin Austin at Carnegie Hall (May 9) and more.
On Site Opera Extends Run of TO MY DISTANT LOVE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 24, 2020
On Site Opera, New York's pioneering opera company rooted in site-specific storytelling and the immersive experience, will extend To My Distant Love, the world's first telephone-based opera experience with sixty additional performances through August 6.
VIDEO: Jackie Hoffman, Lea Salonga and More Join WE ARE HERE: A Celebration Of Resilience, Resistance, And Hope
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 15, 2020
This Sunday, Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Sing for Hope, and Lang Lang International Music Foundation presented 'We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope.'
Whoopi Goldberg, Renée Fleming and More Join WE ARE HERE: A CELEBRATION OF RESILIENCE, RESISTANCE, AND HOPE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2020
This Sunday, June 14, Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Sing for Hope, and Lang Lang International Music Foundation will come together to present “We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope.”
On Site Opera Presents World's First Telephone-Based Opera TO MY DISTANT LOVE
by A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2020
a??a??a??a??a??a??a??On Site Opera, New York's pioneering opera company rooted in site-specific storytelling and the immersive experience, will present To My Distant Love, the world's first telephone-based opera experience, June 18-July 6, 2020. Featuring Beethoven's influential song cycle An die ferne Geliebte, with text by poet Alois Isidor Jeitteles and additional new English dialogue by Monet Hurst-Mendoza, the company will offer 100 intimate performances for one audience member at a time by a live singer and pianist duo.
OPERA America Invites Artists, Administrators and More to A TOAST TO 50 YEARS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 15, 2020
OPERA America is inviting artists, administrators, trustees, and audiences to 'A Toast to 50 Years,' a celebration of opera's progress and of OPERA America's 50th Anniversary, taking place today, Friday, May 15, from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. EDT.