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Photos: Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s BLUE Opens At Chicago Lyric Opera
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 16, 2024

An intimate look at family, faith, and community in times of grief and healing, Blue makes its Chicago premiere at Lyric Opera of Chicago from November 16 to December 1, 2024. See photos of the production.

Opera Theatre of St. Louis Announces Their 50th Anniversary Festival Season
by James Lindhorst - Jun 11, 2024

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) announced repertory and celebrations for a landmark 50th season in 2025, celebrating five decades of artistic innovation and discovery since the company’s founding in 1976. The 2025 Festival Season opens on May 24, 2025, with Johann Strauss II’s effervescent Die Fledermaus, which has not been seen at Opera Theatre since 1989. The season continues with the company’s 44th world premiere, This House, with music by Ricky Ian Gordon and libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage and her daughter Ruby Aiyo Gerber. Next, Opera Theatre will present an all-new staging of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale — the very first opera that the company ever performed. Britten’s enchanting adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream rounds out the season. In addition to four mainstage productions, Opera Theatre will continue to present the annual young artist showcase, Center Stage. This concert shines a spotlight on the members of OTSL’s highly selective Young Artist Programs, accompanied onstage by members of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, which has served as OTSL’s Festival Season orchestra since 1978.

 American Symphony Orchestra and Bard Festival Chorale Perform Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 15, 2024

Music Director Leon Botstein leads the American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and the Bard Festival Chorale in a rare performance of Schoenberg’s massive cantata, Gurre-Lieder, at Carnegie Hall next month.

VIDEO: Director James Robinson on Blanchard's CHAMPION
by Joshua Wright - Jan 9, 2024

Learn about the world champion boxer and see how his story inspired Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard's first foray into opera in this interview with director James Robinson in an all-new video.

What You Need to Know About Blanchard and Cristofer's CHAMPION at Lyric Opera of Chicago
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 14, 2023

Lyric Opera of Chicago is presenting the Lyric premiere of Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard and Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning librettist Michael Cristofer’s knockout opera Champion. Learn more about this opera!

Composer, Conductor & Bass-Baritone Damien Geter Reveals His 2023-2024 Season Featuring a World Premiere & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 28, 2023

Composer, conductor, and bass-baritone Damien Geter has revealed his 2023-2024 season.

Exclusive: Watch 'No One Does It For Us' From PBS' INTIMATE APPAREL Live Capture
by Michael Major - Sep 20, 2022

BroadwayWorld has exclusively shared a video clip of Great Performances' upcoming live capture of the recent Off-Broadway production of Intimate Apparel. In 'No One Does It For Us,' Esther (Kearstin Piper Brown) and Mayme (Krysty Swann) imagine a world in which they can achieve their dreams for the future. 

VIDEO: PBS Shares First Look at Filmed INTIMATE APPAREL
by Michael Major - Aug 24, 2022

PBS has shared a first look video of the filmed capture of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Intimate Apparel. Set in turn of the century New York, GREAT PERFORMANCES 'Intimate Apparel' tells the story of Esther (Kearstin Piper Brown), a lonely, single African American woman who makes her living sewing corsets and ladies' undergarments.

INTIMATE APPAREL to Premiere on PBS in September
by Michael Major - Jul 18, 2022

Set in turn of the century New York, Intimate Apparel tells the story of Esther (Kearstin Piper Brown), a lonely, single African American woman who makes her living sewing corsets and ladies’ undergarments. Featuring a libretto by Lynn Nottage, based on her play, and music by Ricky Ian Gordon, the opera is directed by Bartlett Sher.

The Harlem Chamber Players Present 'The Ordering of Moses' Concert
by Stephi Wild - Jun 15, 2022

Having been on pause since the pandemic, Liz Player (Founding Executive and Artistic Director, Harlem Chamber Players) is pleased to announce the rare NYC performance of Harlem Renaissance composer Nathaniel Dett's (1882-1943) masterpiece oratorio The Ordering of Moses. 

Tulsa Opera's GREENWOOD OVERCOMES To Be Broadcast Nationally
by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2022

Public media producer GBH presents Greenwood Overcomes, a special two-hour radio broadcast of the Tulsa Opera's 2021 concert commemorating the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

The Harlem Chamber Players Present THE ORDERING OF MOSES
by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2022

Having been on pause since the pandemic, Liz Player (Founding Executive and Artistic Director, Harlem Chamber Players) is pleased to announce the rare NYC performance of the Harlem Renaissance composer Nathaniel Dett's (1882-1943) masterpiece oratorio The Ordering of Moses, which was cut short during a radio broadcast in 1937.

Lincoln Center Theater's INTIMATE APPAREL Will Be Recorded This Week For PBS 'Great Performances'
by Stephi Wild - Mar 3, 2022

Tonight's, Thursday, March 3, and the Saturday evening March 5 performances of Lincoln Center Theater's acclaimed production of the new opera Intimate Apparel will be recorded for future broadcast by Great Performances – on PBS as part of #PBSForTheArts – a multiplatform campaign that celebrates the arts in America. 

BWW Review: An INTIMATE Look at the New Gordon-Nottage Opera at Lincoln Center Theater
by Richard Sasanow - Feb 1, 2022

INTIMATE APPAREL appeared this week at LCT’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater, directed adroitly by Bartlett Sher, with a thoughtful libretto by Lynn Nottage based on her award-winning play and a ragtime-inflected score by composer Ricky Ian Gordon.

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of Lincoln Center Theater's INTIMATE APPAREL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 1, 2022

Lincoln Center Theater’s INTIMATE APPAREL, a new opera with music by Ricky Ian Gordon, libretto by Lynn Nottage, based on her acclaimed play, and directed by Bartlett Sher, officially opened on Monday, January 31 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater after it shuddered during previews when the theaters shutdown in 2020.

Photos: Check Out New Images of Bartlett Sher-Helmed INTIMATE APPAREL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 19, 2022

Lincoln Center Theater's INTIMATE APPAREL, a new opera with music by Ricky Ian Gordon and libretto by Lynn Nottage, based off of her play of the same name, and direction by Bartlett Sher began previews on January 13 ahead of a Monday, January 31 opening at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

Sing for Hope Hosts Concert for IFAC at Little Island
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 14, 2021

This week, Sing for Hope welcomed to New York City the organization’s esteemed Founders’ Circle members and dear friends, The International Foundation for Arts and Culture (Dr. Haruhisa Handa, Chair, Sing for Hope Global Patron).

THE MUSIC OF JAMES BOND Announced at Swing 46
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 23, 2021

Join stars of Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera, and Bond Girl Lana Wood in a thrilling evening featuring the music of James Bond with two hours open bar cocktails, a four course dinner and dancing following the concert!

Celebrates 50th Season With Tazewell Thompson's Landmark Opera BLUE At The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 16, 2021

Celebrating 50 years, and the first full season under the artistic leadership of Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director Yuval Sharon, Michigan Opera Theatre is poised to mount its first fully staged opera in nearly two years.

MOT to Celebrate 50th Season with Tazewell Thompson's BLUE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 16, 2021

The first full production in its 2021-2022 season, the opera company will present Tazewell Thompson’s powerful opera, BLUE for two performances, September 11 & 12 both at 7PM at The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre.