Lucia Lucas

SENSORIUM EX Will Make its World Premiere Next Year
by Stephi Wild - Aug 19, 2024

Paola Prestini and Brenda Shaughnessy's expansive, multi-modal opera Sensorium Ex will have its world premiere May 22-25, 2025, presented by Omaha's Common Senses Festival in a co-production by VisionIntoArt and Beth Morrison Projects, directed by Jerron Herman and Jay Scheib. 

Tobias Picker's New Opera LILI ELBE To Stream On OperaVision, December 8
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 2, 2023

Tobias Picker's new opera 'Lili Elbe' will be streaming on OperaVision starting on December 8. Don't miss this captivating production.

Tobias Picker's New Opera LILI ELBE Will Stream on OperaVision
by Stephi Wild - Dec 1, 2023

Grammy Award–winning composer Tobias Picker and Lambda Literary Award–winning librettist Aryeh Lev Stollman's latest opera Lili Elbe — premiered on October 22, 2023 at the Konzert und Theater St. Gallen in Switzerland — will stream on OperaVision beginning December 8, 2023.

LILI ELBE Comes to Theater St. Gallen in October
by Stephi Wild - Aug 10, 2023

Die weltweit erste grosse Oper über eine trans Person eröffnet das renovierte und erweiterte Grosse Haus. Lili Elbe ist das neuste Werk des mit einem Grammy ausgezeichneten amerikanischen Komponisten Tobias Picker und des Librettisten Aryeh Lev Stollman, das im Auftrag von Konzert und Theater St. Gallen entstand.

What You Need to Know About the World Premiere of PROXIMITY at Lyric Opera of Chicago
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2023

See details about the world premiere of Proximity at Lyric Opera of Chicago!

Photos: In Rehearsal For TOSCA At English National Opera
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 23, 2022

Opening the 2022/23 Season at the London Coliseum, the English National Opera (ENO) presents Puccini’s much-loved thriller, Tosca. Receiving its UK premiere, this staging was last seen at The Finnish National Opera in 2018. See photos from inside rehearsal!

The ENO Presents the UK Premiere of a New Production of Puccini's TOSCA
by Stephi Wild - Sep 6, 2022

This September, opening the 2022/23 Season at the London Coliseum, the English National Opera (ENO) presents Puccini's much-loved thriller, Tosca. Receiving its UK premiere, this staging was last seen at The Finnish National Opera in 2018. 

OPERA America Welcomes Six New Members to Its Board of Directors
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 11, 2022

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, has welcomed a new class of six board members that includes creators, administrators, artist managers, and opera company trustees. They join the Board of Directors under the ongoing leadership of Chair Carol F. Henry, esteemed philanthropist and founding trustee of Los Angeles Opera.

Tulsa Opera Announces 75th Anniversary Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 31, 2022

 General Director Ken McConnell and Artistic Director Tobias Picker today announced Tulsa Opera’s 75th anniversary season, which opens October 28 & 30 with the company premiere of Rossini’s The Italian Girl (L’italiana in Algeri).

Pacific Opera Returns To Victoria's Royal Theatre With New Season
by Stephi Wild - Nov 19, 2021

The company's long-awaited productions of Carmen and Don Giovanni, originally scheduled in 2020 and 2021, are complemented by The Garden of Alice and For A Look Or A Touch, operas produced and filmed by Pacific Opera Victoria while live theatres were closed.

The Atlanta Opera Releases GLORY DENIED Audio Recording & Short Film in November
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 10, 2021

Reflecting its deep commitment and connection to the veteran community, The Atlanta Opera will honor veterans in November with the release of two works centered on Tom Cipullo's Glory Denied, a distinctly American saga about the nation's longest-held prisoner of war, who returns from the jungles of Southeast Asia to a suburban home he barely recognizes.

The Atlanta Opera Presents CABARET and AS ONE In Discoveries Series
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 17, 2021

The Atlanta Opera returns to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre this season for its four mainstage productions: Handel's Julius Caesar in Egypt, Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, Rossini's Barber of Seville, and Mason Bates's The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.

Renée Fleming, Paola Prestini, Du Yun & More to be Featured in CONTEMPLATIONS FROM NATIONAL SAWDUST
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 1, 2021

Now, in celebration of the organization's belated five year anniversary, National Sawdust and The WNET Group's ALL ARTS present Contemplations from National Sawdust, a six-episode retrospective presenting an overview of National Sawdust's impressive past, ambitious present and hopeful future.

Des Moines Metro Opera Receives $1 Million Gift from Frank R. Brownell III
by Stephi Wild - Jun 1, 2021

Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO) today announced a $1 million leadership gift commitment from long-time patron, opera lover, and friend Frank R. Brownell III to secure the future of one of the Company’s flagship programs – the Apprentice Artist Program for young singers.

Des Moines Metro Opera Receives $1 Million Gift From Frank R. Brownell III
by A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2021

Des Moines Metro Opera today announced a $1 million leadership gift commitment from long-time patron, opera lover, and friend Frank R. Brownell III to secure the future of one of the Company's flagship programs – the Apprentice Artist Program for young singers.

VIDEO: James Kicklighter and Lucia Lucas Join TAWKIN' WITH THE ROSES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2021

Tawkin’ With the Roses, the weekly talk show hosted by veteran actress Bonnie Rose and cabaret star Stephen S. Miller (aka “Mama Rose”), has welcomed James Kicklighter, director of the new documentary “The Sound of Identity” and the film’s protagonist, world renowned opera star Lucia Lucas, as the guests on today’s episode, which is also the season finale.

James Kicklighter Directs Documentary THE SOUND OF IDENTITY
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Mar 31, 2021

His work has been featured by the world’s press including The Hollywood Reporter, The Times of India and FilmInk Australia. Kicklighter has served as a panelist at the Oscar-qualifying Hollyshorts Film Festival and Director's Guild of America.

Phillipa Soo, Lucia Lucas and Monica McCarthy Open Season 2 Of THE VORACIOUS STUDENT Podcast
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 4, 2021

The podcast begins its second season with Tony Award nominee Phillipa Soo (Hamilton, Over the Moon), actress/writer/coach Monica McCarthy (Time Stands Still) and baritone Lucia Lucas, the first transgender singer to sing a principal operatic role on a US stage.

VIDEO: Watch A Trailer For THE SOUND OF IDENTITY - A Documentary On Opera Star Lucia Lucas
by Alan Henry - Aug 24, 2020

Check out a new trailer for THE SOUND OF IDENTITY, a documentary following transgender opera star Lucia Lucas. The documentary will be streaming at the OUTshine Film Festival to Florida devices only.

National Sawdust's Digital Discovery Festival Presents Meredith Monk, Robert Wilson, Tyondai Braxton and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 30, 2020

With over sixty total events featuring more than 100 artists over a four month span, National Sawdust's ongoing Digital Discovery Festival is the rarest sort of story in NYC's post-COVID live music world: an unalloyed success.