SENSORIUM EX Will Make its World Premiere Next Year
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 Will Stream on OperaVision
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
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.
Photos: In Rehearsal For TOSCA At English National Opera
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!
OPERA America Welcomes Six New Members to Its Board of Directors
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
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).
The Atlanta Opera Releases GLORY DENIED Audio Recording & Short Film in November
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
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.
VIDEO: James Kicklighter and Lucia Lucas Join TAWKIN' WITH THE ROSES
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
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.