Review: Opera Philadelphia's Mimi and Rodolfo Walk Off into the Sunset in Yuval Sharon's LA BOHEME
by Richard Sasanow - May 10, 2023
In an opera filled with gorgeous music, it’s hard to beat the end of LA BOHEME’s Act One, with the trifecta of arias about young love. If only tragedy and sadness weren’t going to catch up with the central pair, Mimi and Rodolfo, and their friends, in the succeeding three “tales from the Bohemian life” (as the work’s source material was called). But wait. Director Yuval Sharon to the rescue, with a version that just finished a successful run at Opera Philadelphia, playing out the story in reverse.
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION On Display At San Francisco International Airport
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 21, 2022
SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport recently unveiled a new exhibition in connection with San Francisco Opera's centennial titled San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration. The curated installation in the Harvey Milk Terminal 1 (located post-security in Departures Level 2) showcases the Company's first century and the art of operatic stagecraft.
Operabox.tv Drops The Ultimate Diva Lip Sync Video
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 13, 2020
Operabox.tv, the new online home for opera and classical music, created by Boston Lyric Opera (BLO), just posted the debut video in its 'Retro+ Short Cuts' series, and it's the ultimate diva lip sync compilation we could use right now.
Cincinnati Opera Announces 2021 SUMMER FESTIVAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2020
Evans Mirageas, The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director of Cincinnati Opera, today announced details of the company's 2021 Summer Festival, which is currently scheduled to open June 13 and continue through July 25. The season marks a return to the stage following the cancellation of the company's 100th Anniversary Season due to the pandemic.
OPERA San Antonio Has Received NEA Art Works Grant
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 15, 2020
OPERA San Antonio is has announced the addition of a winter performance series to commence this February for the first time in the company's five-year history. The Capulets and Montagues is a beautiful interpretation of the iconic love story of Romeo and Juliet by Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini. OPERA San Antonio will present this lesser-known treasure of 19th century Italian opera in an experimental concert version at the University of the Incarnate Word on February 13th and 15th, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.
JACK to Present the Premiere of: TJ LOVES SALLY 4 EVER
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 10, 2020
At a Virginia university established by a founding father, TJ is a university dean and Sally his work-study student. But TJ's power has limits and Sally knows it. In TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever, playwright James Ijames hotwires a ride that leaves history's burdens in the dust and off-roads a trail for the future.
Broadway-Bound OKLAHOMA! Pledges to Take a Stand Against Gun Violence
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 28, 2019
Oklahoma!, which arrives on Broadway this spring, is taking a stand against gun violence. According to Deadline, the incoming revival just announced that it will join Hollywood's Gun Neutral Initiative, pledging that for every visible gun onstage during the show, a donation will be made to help solve gun violence.
Tickets for OKLAHOMA On Sale Saturday, Jan. 5
by Julie Musbach - Jan 4, 2019
Single tickets will go on sale to the public at 10:00 am on Saturday, January 5th for The Bard SummerScape production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, which had a critically acclaimed, sold-out run at St. Ann's Warehouse last Fall and now will open at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre