Over the last few weeks, major opera houses around the world have announced their offerings for 2017-18. Now Opera Tampa has now joined the fray, revealing three major works. To kick off their sixth season, Opera Tampa will showcase Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” on Feb. 2, 2018, with a second performance on Feb. 4, 2018, at the Carol Morsani Hall. {…}
The Des Moines Metro Opera has been awarded a generous gift from the Lauridsen Family Foundation. According to a press release, the gift is for a whopping $1 million in support of the Company’s Words & Music at the Carnegie Capital Campaign. The campaign has been set up to support the “restoration and expansion of DMMO’s headquarters—the historic Carnegie Library {…}
The Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater will showcase four performances of Johann Strauss’ “Der Zigeunerbaron.” The operetta, which is the second most famous work by Strauss, will be conducted by Kynan Johns, directed by Linda Brovsky and sung in German. The work, which premiered in Vienna in October 1885, features an Ignaz Schnitzer libretto based on “Sáffi,” a novella by Hungarian writer {…}
“A lot of the time it’s just like jumping off a cliff because you don’t know how it’s going to go,” said Kimberly Feltkamp, the general manager of OperaRox Productions in a recent conversation with OperaWire. “I didn’t conceive of it as a company when I started it,” Feltkamp added. But strong reception to her initial project with OperaRox in 2015 {…}
You know Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro.” But few know the final piece in the Beaumarchais Trilogy, “The Guilty Mother.” Well, now New Yorkers will get a chance to experience Darius Milhaud’s adaptation known as “La mère coupable,” which will be performed this summer at The Garage on W. 50th Street. Performances will take {…}
In less than one month, opera audiences in New York will be greeted with the New York Opera Fest, a massive celebration of the art form across the city. The festival kicks off on May 1 and runs all the way through the end of June thanks to the New York Opera Alliances (NYOA), a consortium of New York opera companies {…}
This was an April Fool’s Joke, clarified by the company via Twitter. Apologies for anyone that was excited by this announcement. Utopia Opera’s 2017-18 was released on its Facebook page this past week. The company’s productions will be staged by William Remmers, in English, and will have a chamber orchestra accompanying the performances. To kick off the season, “Tosca,” by Giacomo {…}
The Tri-Cities Opera released their new 2017-18 season this past week at its Preview Gala. The company’s resident artists, including Soprano Stacey Geyer, Mezzo-Soprano Mary Beth Nelsom, Tenor Jordan Schreiner, and Baritone Scott, all teased the audience with selections from the upcoming productions. Puccini’s classic “La Bohème” will kickstart the season on Sunday, October 15th at the Fordum Theatre. The next {…}
Whenever someone thinks of opera, children and teenagers aren’t usually their first thought. However, Opera Grand Rapids, in collaboration with their Emerging artists, and Ellington Academy, Creative Connections, has put a program together that reaches out to younger students and introduces them to the art form. “Children’s Sketch Days,” incorporates 50 students that are split up into classes that acclimate {…}
Opera Orlando is opening its new 2017-2018 season in the park! The company’s first production will open on August 21, 2017, at 2 P.M., featuring Mezzo-soprano Amanda Crider. The next weekend “The Three Baritones,” Nathan Stark, Brain Myer, and Gabriel Pressier, will perform. Finally, Tenor Marco Panuccio will end the summer series for Opera Orlando. All of the concerts will {…}
Eugene Opera General Director Mark Beudert will not renew his contract with the company. Beudert said on Monday that he would remain until June 30 but after the tumultuous year, ending in more than $200,000 in debt, he would no longer continue. The company had to cancel two full productions that it had remaining for this current season. Opera board chair {…}