LA VOIX HUMAINE and SUOR ANGELICA Conclude Seattle Opera's 2012-13 Season, Now thru 5/18 May 04, 2013Seattle Opera's 2012/13 season concludes in May with a double bill of compelling twentieth-century operas, both new to the company: La Voix Humaine, by Francis Poulenc, and Giacomo Puccini's Suor Ange... (more...)
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Puccini's SUOR ANGELIA and GIANNI SCHICCHI Play Opera San Jose, Now thru 4/28 April 13, 2013Opera San Jose continues its 29th season with Giacomo Puccini's, double-bill Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi. (more...)
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LA VOIX HUMAINE and SUOR ANGELICA to Conclude Seattle Opera's 2012-13 Season, 5/4-18 April 09, 2013Seattle Opera's 2012/13 season concludes in May with a double bill of compelling twentieth-century operas, both new to the company: La Voix Humaine, by Francis Poulenc, and Giacomo Puccini's Suor Ange... (more...)
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Nicholas Masters and More Honored at 2013 Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition March 24, 2013The Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center was the scene of a celebration this evening as The Dallas Opera Guild presented a rich variety of homegrown talent competing for top prizes ... (more...)
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Regional Opera Company of the Week: Seattle Opera by Scott Frost - March 21, 2013Seattle Opera has been one of the leading American opera companies since being founded in 1963. Presenting a mixture of European classics as well as new works of American opera, the company's five op... (more...)
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Ernest Revell and Jacqueline Ballarin to Open 2013 Season at Enrico Caruso Room, 3/5 March 01, 2013The Enrico Caruso Room at Grotta Azzurra Ristorante will begin its second season on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 with Tenor Ernest Revell and Soprano Jacqueline Ballarin as Opening Night headliners. Their p... (more...)
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Opera San José Presents Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi in April February 27, 2013Opera San Jose continues its 29th season with Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi,
a double-bill of Giacomo Puccini operas with libretti by Giovacchino Forzano. A young nun struggles with despair in an e... (more...)
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New York City Opera Opens Spring 2013 Season with POWDER HER FACE, Now thru 2/23 February 15, 2013New York City Opera opens its spring 2013 season with a new production of Powder Her Face (1995), composed by Thomas Ades (b.1971) to a libretto by Philip Hensher (b. 1965). (more...)
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Lorin Maazel Returns to the Met to Conduct Verdi's Don Carlo February 05, 2013Renowned conductor Lorin Maazel will make a rare appearance at the Metropolitan Opera-conducting his first Verdi opera with the company-when he leads a revival of Don Carlo, opening February 22. Ramo... (more...)
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OU's Arts-After-Work Series to Continue with GIANNI SCHICCHI and SUOR ANGELICA, 1/17 & 19 January 16, 2013Puccini's two famous operas GIANNI SCHICCHI & SUOR ANGELICA will be presented on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 6 pm, offering an evening of glorious music, powerful drama and comic hijinks at OU. (more...)
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New York City Opera to Open Spring 2013 Season with POWDER HER FACE, 2/15-23 January 08, 2013New York City Opera opens its spring 2013 season with a new production of Powder Her Face (1995), composed by Thomas Adès (b.1971) to a libretto by Philip Hensher (b. 1965). (more...)
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Puccini's SUOR ANGELIA and GIANNI SCHICCHI to Play Opera San Jose, 4/13-28 January 08, 2013Opera San José continues its 29th season with Giacomo Puccini's, double-bill Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi. (more...)
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Opera San Jose Presents IL TROVATORE, 2/9-24 December 13, 2012Opera San Jose continues its 29th season with Giuseppe Verdi's powerful drama,
Il trovatore. Set in 15th-century Spain, Verdi's classic has it all: vengeance, war, jealousy, and passion, with an emot... (more...)
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BWW Interviews: Patrick Carfizzi Spills on His Opera Career and Playing Mustafà by David Clarke - October 31, 2012Patrick Carfizzi has a lot of future projects lined up. Yet, Houston audiences are lucky enough to have the opportunity to see him perform as Mustafa in Rossini's THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS, playing ... (more...)
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Opera Exposures Presents Free Recital 'ROME' at St. Marks Church Today, 10/28 October 28, 2012Opera Exposures, the not-for-profit organization dedicated to presenting concerts and recitals featuring seasoned professional musicians and young operatic artists in accessible venues at affordable p... (more...)
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Opera Exposures Presents Free Recital 'ROME' at St. Marks Church, 10/28 October 02, 2012Opera Exposures, the not-for-profit organization dedicated to presenting concerts and recitals featuring seasoned professional musicians and young operatic artists in accessible venues at affordable p... (more...)
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THE PEARL FISHERS Opens Opera San José's 2012-13 Season Tonight, 9/8 September 08, 2012Opera San Jose General Director Irene Dalis has announced repertoire for the company's 29th season to begin today, Saturday, September 8 with Georges Bizet's exotic romance The Pearl Fishers, one of f... (more...)
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BWW Reviews: TROUBLE IN TAHITI Full of Promise and Proposals by David Fick - August 18, 2012The opening of Leonard Bernstein's TROUBLE IN TAHITI in Cape Town this week was cause for great excitement and justifiably so. Bernstein's opera gets less of an airing both here and internationally th... (more...)
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Justyna Giermola and Michael Padgett Play the Enrico Caruso Room Tonight, 8/7 August 07, 2012Soprano Justyna Giermola and tenor Michael Padgett will share center stage at the Enrico Caruso Room tonight, August 7 at 8 PM as part of the venue's Tuesday Night Opera Series. They will be supported... (more...)
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Justyna Giermola and Michael Padgett to Play the Enrico Caruso Room, 8/7 August 03, 2012Soprano Justyna Giermola and tenor Michael Padgett will share center stage at the Enrico Caruso Room on Tuesday, August 7 at 8 PM as part of the venue's Tuesday Night Opera Series. They will be suppor... (more...)
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Sally Burgess Directs Verdi, UK Premiere of Lord Berners Comedy, and More at Dorset Opera Festival, Now thru 28 July July 25, 2012The Dorset Opera Festival expands its programme to three productions this year. Its annual festival again features an international line-up of opera stars in the stately surroundings of Bryanston's gl... (more...)
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Sally Burgess Directs Verdi, UK Premiere of Lord Berners Comedy, and More at Dorset Opera Festival, 25-28 July June 20, 2012The Dorset Opera Festival expands its programme to three productions this year. Its annual festival again features an international line-up of opera stars in the stately surroundings of Bryanston's gl... (more...)
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Barbara Frittoli to Sing Elisabeth de Valois in the Met's DON CARLO May 23, 2012Barbara Frittoli will sing the role of Elisabeth de Valois in next season's performances of Verdi's Don Carlo. These performances will be Frittoli's Met role debut. (more...)
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Cape Town Opera Announces PORGY & BESS Summer UK Tour Cast - Tsakane Maswanganyi & Xolela Sixaba Star April 26, 2012Cape Town Opera returns to the UK this June & July for a tour of their acclaimed Porgy and Bess, culminating in a two week run at the London Coliseum. Tsakane Maswanganyi, who previously thrilled audi... (more...)
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Metropolitan Opera Announces 2012 National Council Auditions Winners March 18, 2012The Metropolitan Opera today announced the winners of the 2012 National Council Auditions. They are: Janai Brugger, soprano from Darien, IL; Anthony Clark Evans, baritone from Owensboro, KY; Matthew G... (more...)
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