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4 天之前 · (Photo credit: Louis Chan / David Allen) What does the future look like for female directors in opera? Opera San José, the opera company in the heart of Silicon Valley, California, now entering its 41st season, gives OperaWire a look at two young trailblazers: the current CEO and General Director, Shawna Lucey, and Michelle Ainna Cuizon, presently in residence and {…}
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2024年12月7日 · Navasard Hakobyan. The Armenian baritone has been the toast of the competition circuit over the past two years. In 2023 he won the third Prize and Don Plácido Domingo Ferrer Prize of Zarzuela at the Operalia World Opera Competition and in 2024 he won the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition and the Dallas Opera’s National Vocal Competition. He also participated in the Queen Sonja ...
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2024年12月16日 · (Photo: Jakob Jira) Alongside the headline operas, the Janáček Brno Festival stages a number of student and alternative projects. One of the works on offer this year was a piece entitled “The Other City,” performed by Ensemble Opera Diversa, written by Czech composer and librettist, Ondřej Kyas, based on a 1993 novel of the same name by Michal Ajvaz.
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2024年1月6日 · Photo Credit: Concerto Köln Much like his contemporaries during the 18th century, Leonardo Vinci, a highly important but relatively overlooked Italian composer from the first-half of the 18th century whose 40 operas have gone relatively ignored by contemporary opera and early opera alike, used mythology and extant fiction like everyone else at his time.
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Coro Allegro will present “From Darkness to Light” on March 9, 2025. The showcase, which kicks off at 3 p.m. at the Church of the Covenant in Boston, will feature guest artist and French horn player Michael Bellofatto who performs in the world premiere of “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Kareem Roustom; this is the third time the company {…}
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4 天之前 · Dec 20, 2024 Paris Opera Play Unveils Streaming Slate for January & February 2025
Cape Town Opera 2024 Review: Porgy and Bess - OperaWire
4 天之前 · Cape Town Opera’s “Porgy and Bess” created an extraordinary cultural confluence in its Chinese premiere at the Poly Theatre.Closing the 27th Beijing Music Festival on 12 October 2024, this production brings together 39 singers and 75 musicians as Gershwin’s South Carolina masterpiece, reimagined through South African artistry, finds new resonance on the Beijing stage.
National Sawdust 2024 Review: Silent Light - OperaWire
2024年10月6日 · National Sawdust’s 10th Anniversary opening season kicked off with Artistic Director/Co-Founder & composer Paola Prestini and librettist Royce Vavrek‘s foley chamber opera world premiere “Silent Light,” featuring director & scenic designer Thaddeus Strassberger and conductor Christopher Rountree.. The cast includes powerhouse soprano Brittany Renee as Esther, bass-baritone Daniel ...
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2022年12月17日 · After a bumpy 2021, which still had numerous COVID cancelations, 2022 saw opera companies almost return to normalcy. There were setbacks like cyberattacks, a war that has destroyed a country, and companies losing funds from government agencies. But in all, it also showed how opera companies could unite through benefit concerts and through sheer artistry. And after releasing our favorite {…}