Charles Court Opera Will Perform THE SORCERER This June
by Stephi Wild - Apr 22, 2024
Hot on the heels of their critically acclaimed production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, this June, Charles Court Opera return to Wilton’s as part of a national tour, with their brand-new production of one of the first Gilbert and Sullivan operas, The Sorcerer.
Review: IOLANTHE, London Coliseum
by Franco Milazzo - Oct 9, 2023
If a revival is akin to colouring in someone else’s artwork, Cal McCrystal’s Iolanthe for the ENO does so with every shade under the sun.
Scottish Opera's New Production of THE GONDOLIERS Comes to Hackney Empire
by Stephi Wild - Mar 2, 2022
A new Scottish Opera production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers opens at London’s Hackney Empire on Wednesday 30 March, following a successful run in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness in 2021. This co-production with D'Oyly Carte Opera and State Opera South Australia also includes the chance to catch G&S’s rarely seen Utopia, Limited in a semi-staged concert performance on Friday 1 April.
BWW Review: CANDIDE at TSO Gives You Permission to Laugh
by Taylor Long - May 1, 2018
Conductor Bramwell Tovey began the evening by saying, 'in light of the way things are… I want to give you permission to laugh.' It didn't take very long before the audience was in stitches with laughter. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra performed Leonard Bernstein's CANDIDE last weekend, accompanied by some of the country's greatest classical voices - Judith Forst and Tracy Dahl - and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. The evening was a spectacular display of fine music, drama, and comedy.
TSO Announces Their April Lineup
by Julie Musbach - Mar 14, 2018
From Sibelius to Bernstein, with a detour by Broadway and a foray into the music of Bruckner and Beethoven, the April lineup at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is refreshing as spring.
THE MIKADO to be Presented by G&S Society and Co-Opera
by Sally Henry Fuller - Jan 31, 2016
For the first time in the long history of two of Adelaide's most celebrated and successful theatre companies The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of SA and Co-Opera are in collaboration!
Deborah Voigt Stars in THE MERRY WIDOW, Beginning Tonight at Michigan Opera Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2015
“Internationally renowned … for her unique combination of exquisite singing and hilarious comic acting” (Vanity Fair), Deborah Voigt turns her talents to operetta next month, when she makes her title role debut in Lehár's The Merry Widow. In a new production from award-winning director Kelly Robinson at Michigan Opera Theatre, the soprano will head a cast that also features Roger Honeywell, Amanda Squitieri, Aaron Blake, and Richard Suart as Baron Mirko Zeta, with Gerald Steichen leading from the pit (tonight, April 11–19).
Deborah Voigt to Star in THE MERRY WIDOW at Michigan Opera Theatre Next Month
by Christina Mancuso - Mar 31, 2015
“Internationally renowned … for her unique combination of exquisite singing and hilarious comic acting” (Vanity Fair), Deborah Voigt turns her talents to operetta next month, when she makes her title role debut in Lehár's The Merry Widow. In a new production from award-winning director Kelly Robinson at Michigan Opera Theatre, the soprano will head a cast that also features Roger Honeywell, Amanda Squitieri, Aaron Blake, and Richard Suart as Baron Mirko Zeta, with Gerald Steichen leading from the pit (April 11–19).
Deborah Voigt to Star in THE MERRY WIDOW at Michigan Opera Theatre Next Month
by BWW News Desk - Mar 26, 2015
“Internationally renowned … for her unique combination of exquisite singing and hilarious comic acting” (Vanity Fair), Deborah Voigt turns her talents to operetta next month, when she makes her title role debut in Lehár's The Merry Widow. In a new production from award-winning director Kelly Robinson at Michigan Opera Theatre, the soprano will head a cast that also features Roger Honeywell, Amanda Squitieri, Aaron Blake, and Richard Suart as Baron Mirko Zeta, with Gerald Steichen leading from the pit (April 11–19).
MADAM BUTTERFLY Celebrates 100th Performance at Royal Albert Hall
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 4, 2015
The cast and company of Madam Butterfly at the Royal Albert Hall, produced by Raymond Gubbay with the Royal Albert Hall, will tonight celebrated the production's 100th performance in the venue. The current revival runs until Sunday 15 March.