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Alaysha Fox & Nathan Granner Headline MUSE/IQUE’s ‘Indivisible: The Glory of Lincoln’s Musical Soul’

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Los Angeles-based MUSE/IQUE is set to present “Indivisible: The Glory of Lincoln’s Musical Soul.” “Audiences will thrill to hear ‘The Battle Cry of Freedom,’ songs from contemporary operettas, traditional spirituals, along with the folk-inspired works of Stephen Foster and traditional Scottish ballads, including excerpts from Lincoln’s many speeches, letters and documents,” says an official press release for the event. The {…}

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Sasha Cooke, Nathan Granner, Sean Kelly, Angela Yam Headline Opera Parallèle’s 2024-25 Season

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Opera Parallèle has announced its 2024-25 season. First up is “Everest,” which will be presented at the California Academy of Sciences, Morrison Planetarium. The immersive opera fuses graphic novel imagery and operatic storytelling to explore the 1996 famed expedition of the landmark. The opera stars Sasha Cooke, Nathan Granner, Kevin Burdette, Hadleigh Adams, Charlotte Fanvu, Shawnette Sulker, Whitney Steele, and {…}

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Jamie Chamberlin Granner, Nathan Granner, & Colin Ramsey Lead Verdi Chorus’ ‘Star Crossed!’

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Soloist Jamie Chamberlin Granner, Nathan Granner, and Colin Ramsey perform in the Verdi Chorus’ 40th Anniversary season finale concert “Star Crossed!” The Verdi Chorus presents selections from Mozart’s “Idomeneo” and “Don Giovanni,” Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor,” Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette,” and Lehar’s “The Merry Widow,” with guest soloists soprano Jamie Chamberlin Granner, tenor Nathan Granner, and bass Colin Ramsey. Artistic {…}

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Alexandra LoBianco, Nathan Granner, Cree Carrico Headline Portland Opera’s 2021-22 Season

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Portland Opera has announced its 2021-22 season. The company revealed that it will be performing three opera productions in addition to several community, digital, and educational programs. “We’ve spent the past year digging deep into our identity, and listening to community members,” said Sue Dixon, General Director in a press release. “The core of our work is to share stories {…}

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Ashley Faatoalia, Jamie Chamberlin, Nathan Granner Headline LAO At Home Slate

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Los Angeles Opera has announced its streaming slate for performances during the week of Oct. 5, 2020. The first event will be another edition of “Opera Family Time” featuring soprano Jamie Chamberlin and tenor Nathan Granner. The duo will celebrate the autumn baking season. Streaming Date: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 at 2 p.m. PDT  Tenor Ashley Faatoalia will perform alongside {…}

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Sarah Vautour, Jamie Chamberlin, Nathan Granner, Nicholas Brownlee Headline LAO At Home Next Week

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The Los Angeles Opera has announced its online events for the week of Sept. 21, 2020. Things will kick off with another edition of “Opera Family Time,” this time starring soprano Jamie Chamberlin and tenor Nathan Granner as they show that music can express a feeling on its own without text. Streaming Date: Sept. 22, 2020 at 2 p.m. PDT  Next {…}

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Nicholas Brownlee, Sydney Mancasola & Nathan Granner Headline LAO At Home

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(Credit: Kristin Hoebermann/Brian Paulette) The LA Opera will continue its LAO at Home series on June 15. Tenor Robert Stahley will perform as part of the Living Room Recital with pianist Jeremy Frank, presenting excerpts from “Die Walküre.” Then Stahley will team up with pianist Brendon Shapiro for Donald Swann’s song cycle “The Road Goes Ever On,” which sets the {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Gordon Getty’s ‘Goodbye, Mr. Chips’

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The score of Gordon Getty’s “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” breathes all the unpretentiously sweet melancholy of its many predecessors – from James Hilton’s 1933 novella of the same title to subsequent adaptations as, among others, radio plays and lavishly cast movie musicals. Yet it is not exactly the feel-good opera advertised in Pentatone’s press release; rather, the eponymous Mr. Chips – {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez, Pene Pati, & Roberto Alagna Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week it’s all about the tenor. Three of opera’s leading tenors release albums that feature their vocal depths and their passion. There are a number of the world premiere recordings and several choral albums. Ways You Went Donald Nally’s chamber choir The {…}