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As a classical musician of color, Hector Armienta has made his living creating his own opportunities. The COVID pandemic was his new obstacle. And he came up with an unexpected solution: an…

New Zealand tenor Pene Pati and Californian soprano Nicole Cabell had never met until rehearsals began last month for San Diego Opera's upcoming 'Romeo and Juliet', but they admired each other from afar . The two singers said they were also…

On March 18 and 20, Guild Opera Company tells the tragic story of sacrifice, jealousy and revenge. Giuseppe Verdi's groundbreaking three-act opera, Rigoletto, is a wonder of famous arias, duets and ensembles. It includes "La donna è…

United strings of Europe: Renewal Works by Marsh, Shaw, Golijov and Mendelssohn BIS-2549 (auditioned in 24/192). 2021. Matthew Bennet, prod.; Dave Rowell, P.Eng. Performance ****½ Sonics ****½ Here's a superbly executed oddity that…

Galyna Grygorenko, director of the Ukrainian State Agency for Arts and Arts Education, wrote an open letter to European Opera in response to the organization's statement regarding the war in Ukraine. The letter, signed by…

The Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra (CYSO) will hold its gala concert on March 19, 2022 at the Bowie Performing Arts Center at 2:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. 'A celebration of expression' The gala concert will feature CYSO's…

Making opera accessible Photo: Kelowna Opera March is Accessibility Month at Opera Kelowna and it has launched a new program for those who otherwise could not afford the price of a ticket. The new pay what you can program will see…

If there's one mantra by which Leeds-based Opera North is that music is for everyone.Much of its educational component is focused on engaging communities through participation in the arts, and while this work aims to entertain and inspire,…

Lirica Arts Singapore presents its first fully staged opera with Gioacchino Rossini's highly acclaimed one-act masterpiece L'inganno Felice (The Blissful Deception) on 5-6 March 2022 at NAFA Lee Foundation Theatre. This Singapore premiere…

The Saint Petersburg Opera Company makes its stage debut in 2022 with three performances of Semele by George Frideric Handel on Friday, Sunday and Tuesday February 4, 6 and 8 at the Palladium Theatre. The Saint…

"I was learning from scratch." Ballerini explains. “I was a therapist. I played the piano, but I was not so familiar with opera. Something special happened to me. They were doing "Don Pasquale" and the tenor who sang Ernesto fell ill…

Breadcrumb Links Columnists Historian Don Smith writes that Calgary was eager to celebrate the end of World War I and the decline of the Spanish flu pandemic. One of these celebrations was the staging of an opera by…

Following the resounding praise received for Das Rheingold in February 2021, Melbourne Opera continues its triumphant staging of The Ring Cycle, with the second opera in the cycle, Die Walküre, premiering on February 9, 2022.Richard…

NI Opera Artistic Director Cameron MenziesThis epic new production will be directed by NI Opera Artistic Director Cameron Menzies, whose critically acclaimed career spans the worlds of opera, theater, musicals, film and cabaret. The…

Born in 1901, the pretty Emma Jean Arnt grew up in luxury, in the high society of Michigan City, Indiana. Hers was a family of millionaire bankers, her father CE Arnt, director of Citizens Bank since 1894. Emma Jean attended the best…

The Annapolis Opera Company, in consultation with its partner, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, has announced that it is postponing production of La bohème due to the impact the current wave of Covid is having in our…

The new company Opera 21 has released excerpts from their upcoming work, "The Last Castrato". The opera follows the private life…

The numerous performance restrictions imposed by Covid-19 have not appeased the zeal of the seven young recipients of this year's Kiwi music scholarship. Western Bay of Plenty soprano Felicity Tomkins…

Opera Software introduced a new security feature called Paste Protection in the latest Opera 84 Developer update. It is designed to protect the content that is on the clipboard.The contents of the clipboard can contain all kinds of…

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra has launched its 2022 season, which is impressive too. Entitled “Perpetual Emotion,” the program, which opens April 8 at Adelaide City Hall, is certainly one of the…

Opera Saratoga and Proctors Collaborative announce a free New Years Eve concert at Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs, featuring Broadway and opera star Zachary James with pianist Laurie Rogers.The festive concert, which takes…

Two powerful Toronto opera companies have teamed up for the first time to produce a radically new interpretation of a classical work. Against the Grain Theater (AtG), the burgeoning independent opera collective behind last season's famous…

Few operas are as mountainous as "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" by Wagner. The rarely performed work, rich in sonorous rumbles and slobbering glottal fricatives, lasts nearly six hours. It ends with a disturbing hymn…

EDWARDSVILLE - Opera Edwardsville (OE) now has the distinction of being the first local organization to be invited to launch the Arts and Issues series at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, with "Opera Edwardsville at Dunham Hall".…

(Credit: courtesy of Lester Dequaine Collection on Rosa Ponselle, Arthur Friedheim Library, Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University) The customs officer at the wharf was not quite sure what he was seeing. A towering…

Photo credit: Luke Koch from Gooreynd The Cambridge Handel Opera Company (CHOC) has announced that it will be staging Handel's…

OSWEGO - The fall production of the Oswego Opera Theater will be “HMS Pinafore; or, The…

Christina Chevalier | October 29, 2021 The Oratorio: a documentary with Martin Scorsese premieres Friday, November 5, from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., followed by Da Ponte's oratorio: a concert for New York, 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. A new…

Queenslander Dane Lam will step onto the podium on Monday when his quarantine is over and he will be able to rehearse for four concerts in two weeks with the WA Symphony Orchestra.The Australian-Chinese associate director of Opera…

The Ministry of Culture applies all precautionary and preventive measures with daily sterilization of the rooms in order to ensure the safety of the public, artists and workers. The 30 Arab Music Festival and Conference (November 1-15)…

Classically trained pianist Elizabeth Brubeck taught two sons to play the family piano before her youngest boy, David, kissed the instrument, tells the story, but she couldn't have known then that he would be the one who would create…

Karen VanderKloot DiChiera, who co-founded the Michigan Opera Theater in the early 1970s with her former husband and directed its educational programming for decades, has died after years of complications with Alzheimer's disease. She was…

When conductor Simone Young takes the podium at the newly renovated Sydney Opera House, it will be more of a homecoming than many people think.Young is the new conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and will be in place on July 20 for…

IN Series will screen the free premiere of its latest opera film, Black flute, Friday, October 8, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Sylvan Theater on the grounds of the Washington Monument on the National Mall. Mozart's timeless music…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, opera has failed to live up to its status as a “total art form” for four centuries. Of course, there were online concerts and movies created during…

Jennie Coles remembers the time a man she was dating asked her to marry him. She was barely in her twenties and presumably flattered by the proposal, but she wasn't sure how to respond. She turned to her mother, former opera singer…

No sooner were we told to shut down our cell phones than Buffalo Philharmonic Music Director JoAnn Falletta nearly ran to the podium, the orchestra jumped to its feet, and the traditional season opener "O Canada…

Classical music and opera events for the week of September 20-26 This is a list of amazing concerts that we attend, wish we could attend or plan to attend between September 20-26, 2021. For more details on what is happening with our…

By Lawrence A. Johnson Craig Colclough stars in Verdi's film Macbeth at the Chicago Lyric Opera. Photo: Ken Howard Chicago's Lyric Opera opened its 2021-22 season Friday night with Verdi's Macbeth, the first performance on its…

Breadcrumb Links Local News Author of the article: Trevor Wilhelm Release date : August 31, 2021 • 16 minutes ago • 3 minutes to read • Join the…

The Franklin Light Opera Company has announced its first production of Cinderella by Pauline Viardot, at the Williamson County Performing Arts Center in Academy Park, 112 Everbright Ave, Franklin, TN 37064. The production will run for…

Many of the world's most popular opera houses are full of misogyny and gender-based violence - and things aren't much better for the women behind the scenes. Opera production has long been dominated by male directors and designers,…

Although lead opera director Sir Graham Vick, who died of complications from Covid-19 at age 67, has worked on many of the world's most prestigious stages, he has led the way with his own brand of productions on a low budget in…

LONDON - Graham Vick, a British opera director who has worked at prestigious houses like the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala while seeking to broaden the appeal of opera by staging works in abandoned rock clubs and old factories and…

Chosen by: Kristine Opolais, soprano Tosca is the opera that has always been in my heart - I always come back to it. Floria Tosca is my favorite character, because you get everything from her. She is like a…

(Credit: Tyler Fayose) Femi Elufowoju Jr practices many trades. He's a film actor with 15 credits, a director who has directed myriads of productions and a director. But a part was missing. Elufowoju Jr is a music lover…

Arrived early for the opening performance of “Man of La Mancha” at the Saratoga Opera House on July 8, in the amphitheater of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, I went through the excellent program…

A top-level Kiwi tenor accuses NZ Opera of "predatory" behavior, offering young singers low performance fees. Your!-->…

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Rady Shell of the San Diego Symphony OrchestraThe classic San Diego music scene has coped with the COVID-19 invasion by swapping closed concert halls for parking lots and online media. Appreciative bravos and bravas have been replaced by…

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The Houston Grand Opera has announced the appointment of Khori Dastoor as the new CEO and CEO of the company and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair. She will assume her new role at HGO full-time from January 2022.Dastoor began his opera career…

The Brixton-based Pegasus Opera Company will kick off its season of live performances this year with a two-night concert at London's Royal Opera House in its Linbury Theater in July.Pegasus is one of the!-->!-->!-->…

The Vienna Summer Music Festival, an international program for teaching and performing classical music and opera, will be held in St. Petersburg from June 6 at Price Hall, a large ballroom at the headquarters of the St. Petersburg Opera…