Gulfshore Opera Announces 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 30, 2021
Gulfshore Opera has planned two full operas and a variety of vocal music concerts for their 2021-22 season. The opera company celebrates its eighth year of serving the three coastal counties of Southwest Florida, touring to seven distinct communities from Punta Gorda to Marco Island.
Cast And Creative Team Announced For Connecticut Lyric Opera's Production Of LA BOHEME
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 21, 2021
Live opera will return this summer with Connecticut Lyric Opera's production of Giacomo Puccini's beloved masterwork La Bohème. The powerful story of love and selflessness, which inspired the Tony and Pulitzer Award-winning rock musical Rent, is presented in partnership with Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra.
BWW Review: New Name, Same Competition as Met Council Awards Morph into Laffont Competition and Announce 2021 Winners
by Richard Sasanow - May 17, 2021
On Sunday afternoon, the winners of what had been the Met’s annual National Council Auditions now, the Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition (charmingly emceed by Ryan Speedo Green), were named. This year’s Fab Five were Korean soprano Hyoyoung Kim (the Birgit Nilsson Award), soprano Raven McMillon (the Faith P. Geier Award), tenor Duke Kim (the Dominique Laffont Award), mezzo Emily Treigle (the Alton E. Peters Award) and mezzo Emily Sierra (the Noreen Zimmerman Award).
IN REAL LIFE Will Be Performed By Opera Memphis This Month
by Stephi Wild - May 3, 2021
Opera Memphis has announced performances of In Real Life, a collection of operatic monologues for soprano, baritone, and chamber ensemble by composer Robert Paterson and librettist David Cote. Performances will be held on Friday, May 21 and Saturday, May 22 at the Clark Opera Memphis Center (6745 Wolf River Blvd) at 8pm.
TOSCA to be Presented by Gulfshore Opera
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 23, 2021
Puccini's Tosca, a grand opera production with professional orchestra and chorus, is scheduled for April 26, 2022 at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Ft. Myers. Gulfshore Opera returns to Barbara B. Mann after their successful debut of La Bohème in January, the first production since Covid-19. T
Opera At Florham Presents SPRING AHEAD TO OPERA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 24, 2021
Opera at Florham presents 'Spring Ahead to Opera.' Join them for an incredibly special Musicale featuring Metropolitan Opera stars Mark Delavan, Baritone, and Kathryn Krasovec, Mezzo-Soprano, with our Artistic Director and piano accompanist Mary Pinto on Sunday April 18, 2021 at 3 p.m. Narration provided by Mariana Karpatova.
Houston Grand Opera Announces Next Season's 2021"22 HGO Studio Artists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 23, 2021
Houston Grand Opera has announced the three new singers and nine returning artists who will train with the HGO Studio for 2021–22. The HGO Studio provides comprehensive career development to young singers and pianist/coaches who have demonstrated potential to make major contributions to the artform.
Utah Opera Announces 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 16, 2021
Utah Opera Artistic Director Christopher McBeth today announced Utah Opera’s 2021-22 season, sponsored by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation. In its upcoming season, Utah Opera presents four full-scale opera productions with live performances at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre.
Julie Hays Appears as Guest on TAWKIN' WITH THE ROSES
by Stephi Wild - Mar 1, 2021
Tawkin' With the Roses, the new weekly talk show hosted by veteran actress Bonnie Rose and cabaret star Stephen S. Miller (aka “Mama Rose”), will welcome Julie Hays as the guest for the next episode of the show on Wednesday, March 3rd.
VIDEO: Alexander Mendoza and Claire Lyon Release New Single, 'Home'
by Stephi Wild - Feb 26, 2021
Originally written by Maury Yeston, 'Home' is from Yeston & Kopit's Phantom: The American Musical Sensation. Mendoza and Lyon recorded from Los Angeles and Melbourne, respectively, and the song was produced by James Thompson of The Writing Room (Kaleena Zanders, Disney World, Showtime) and mastered by Latin Grammy winner Dale Becker of Becker Mastering (Chloe X Halle, Khalid, Adam Lambert).
Donors Enable 'Pay-What-You-Can' For Opera San José's THREE DECEMBERS
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 3, 2021
In keeping with Opera San José's mission to expand accessibility to its work, the company has announced that through the support of generous donors it is able to extend access to its hit virtual production of Jake Heggie's chamber opera, Three Decembers, now making it available on a pay-what-you-can basis for streaming on demand.
Houston Grand Opera Announces Concert of Arias 2021 Finalists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 18, 2021
Houston Grand Opera has announced the nine finalists for this year’s Concert of Arias, the 33rd Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, to be presented live from the Wortham Theater Center on February 5, 2020, at 7 p.m. CT.