Orchestra opera
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Review of the Zingari / Tosca suite, Opera Rara, Rizzi, Cadogan room
Give me Rachmaninoff’s memory any day, but at least Leoncavallo’s hokum enjoyed top singers and conductors at Cadogan Hall last night. The quality was assured before ... -
LOST ARIAS RESEARCHERS at the Wroclaw Opera
Usually when we get to the opera house we see the action, awesome sets, dancers, singers, we hear the orchestra. Music guides and changes perception. It’s ... -
Review: “Tosca” catches fire at the Met Opera
Sometimes, for reasons that no one can fully explain, an opera performance simply catches fire. This is what happened at the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday, when ... -
Donizetti Opera Festival 2021 Review: Medea in Corinto
Giovanni Simone Mayr was the maestro di Cappella of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo, and a prolific opera composer during the first half of the 19th ... -
Luther College Opera Wins First Place in Division II of the National Opera Association Opera Production Competition | Securities
Luther’s spring 2021 opera production “Dido and Aeneas” won first place in Division II of the 2020-21 National Opera Association (NOA) Opera Production Competition. The competition ... -
Before La Scala, Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi: opera, director, direction and distribution
Milan, December 2, 2021 – It’s a matter of days: Milan is getting ready for the Prima della Scala, Tuesday December 7 day of Sant’Ambrogio. On ... -
AMERICAN THEATER | What is opera, director?
Natalie Dessay in the production of “Lucia di Lammermoor” by Mary Zimmerman at the Metropolitan Opera. (Photo by Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) Taken on February ... -
The national opera house organizes the tour “The Lighthouse” in Bray
The Irish National Opera will stage ‘The Lighthouse’ at the Mermaid Arts Center in Bray on December 7 as part of a nationwide tour. Written by ... -
Looking back and forward as SF Opera prepares to celebrate 100 years
Tosca in the brand new War Memorial Opera House in 1932 | Credit: SF Opera Archive San Francisco Opera will be 100 years old in the ... -
54 Below Review: Paulo Szot: Una Noche Encantada
On November 25, 2021, baritone Paulo Szot performed a special Thanksgiving concert at Feinstein’s / 54 Below. Audiences were treated to a special menu and selections ... -
The conductor of the Met Opera abandons the “Figaro”
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, musical director of the Metropolitan Opera, will not conduct, as planned, a revival of Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” in January, the company announced Monday ... -
A Life Risen – an opera about AIDS and life …
Tuesday November 30, eve of World aids day, is the 23rd anniversary of the death of Simon nkoli. Simon died of AIDS. He was an assortment ... -
The International Opera Conducting Competition announces a second edition at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
The second edition of the International Opera Conductors Competition – Polycarpe Foundation, organized at the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège, will be held from August 16 to ... -
“A Christmas Story” by Croswell Opera House, a heartwarming production
ADRIAN – Last Christmas season, as the pandemic gave me time that I wouldn’t have had otherwise, I decided to watch some of those holiday movies ... -
The Boston Ballet is finally back at the Opera with “The Nutcracker”
After a forced absence by COVID in 2020, the Boston Ballet’s heartwarming production of “The Nutcracker” is back at Citizens Bank Opera House. Well, most of ... -
Janet Thomson, 91, performed with Troupers Opera Company, then Darien
Janet Elizabeth Thomson, 91, died on Friday November 12, 2021 in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Janet Thomson, 91, died on November 12. A funeral service will be ... -
Make room for a new kind of “Mozart Requiem”, an opera project with an indie twist made in Toronto
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 ... -
Donizetti Opera Festival 2021 Review: The Daughter of the Regiment
On November 21, the final production of the 2021 Donizetti Opera Festival began. The work was “La Fille du Régiment” in co-production with the Teatro Nacional ... -
Stephen Sondheim reflected on opera and musicals in a free press interview in 2009
Editor’s note: Stephen Sondheim, one of the most influential figures in the history of American musical theater, died Friday morning at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, ... -
Dress rehearsal before the opera “Koroghlu” [PHOTO/VIDEO]
November 26, 2021 4:37 PM (UTC + 04: 00) 393 By Laman Ismayilova A dress rehearsal was held at the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater ... -
Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall 2021 review: AI variation
Hao Weiya’s The one-act “AI variation” is the lyrical embodiment of a single idea: that the greatest danger posed by rapid advancements in technology are the ... -
Orchestra of Opera North: Appalachian Spring – Assembly Room, Leeds
Even in the Twilight concerts at the Howard Assembly Room, modest in length, resources, and even more pricing policy, Opera North’s season planners show their usual ... -
The opera “Koroghlu” will be staged in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO]
November 25, 2021 14:58 (UTC + 04: 00) 294 By Laman Ismayilova Uzeyir Hajibayli’s opera “Koroghlu” will be staged at the National Opera and Ballet Theater ... -
Eurydice from the Metropolitan Opera has fun in hell
Erin Morley as Eurydice, in the two hells and she feels. Photo: Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera Maybe the Met can make it a habit. For ... -
Day – Trans-Siberian Orchestra hits Mohegan Sun on Sunday
The idea of ”rock opera”, as most people know it, started with the Pretty Things and their album “SF Sorrow” in 1968. The Who quickly followed ... -
The Classical Review »» Washington’s concert opera returns triumphantly with Rossini’s “Maometto II”
Ashraf Sewailam in title role and Leah Crocetto as Anna in Rossini Maometto II, presented by Washington Concert Opera Sunday evening at the Lisner Auditorium. Photo: ... -
Lyric Opera’s “The Magic Flute” is a contemporary and inventive adaptation that lets the music shine
Magic Flute, a German opera by Mozart, first performed in Vienna in 1791; Mozart himself conducted the orchestra that evening. In the more than 200 years ... -
The Metropolitan Opera and Yannick Nézet-Séguin top classic Grammy nominees
Grammy nominations have been announced with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Metropolitan Opera leading the opera nominations. The nominees for Best Opera Recording included Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” ... -
Tosca, live screening from the Royal Opera
Tosca, live screening from the Royal Opera Tosca, live screening from the Royal Opera Claudia pritchard When Puccini’s opera Tosca was first performed in Rome in ... -
Vermont Fiddle Orchestra performs on December 4 at Barre Opera House – Waterbury Roundabout
The Vermont Fiddle Orchestra will present its first live concert in two years on Saturday December 4 at the Opéra de la Barre. The orchestra will ... -
Matthew Aucoin’s ‘Eurydice’ opens at Metropolitan Opera: Deceptive cadence: NPR
Erin Morley (Eurydice), Joshua Hopkins (Orpheus) and Jakub Józef Orliński (Orpheus’s Double) in Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice, at the Metropolitan Opera. Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera ... -
Washington National Opera Presents 2021 Marian Anderson Singing Award Winner Frederick Ballentine
Named in honor of the revolutionary African-American contralto, the Marian Anderson Vocal Award recognizes a young American singer in an opera, oratorio or recital repertoire with ... -
Review: LA Opera stages an incongruous but successful “La Cenerentola”
“La Cenerentola” is Rossini’s second most performed opera, along with “The Barber of Seville” be a runaway # 1. TO los angeles opera, he made regular ... -
English National Opera creates TIGER KING TikTok Opera
Prior to the launch of Tiger King 2, the English National Opera partnered with Netflix to produce “Tiger King 2: The TikTopera”, the world’s first lyrical ... -
Daniel Harding’s tenure as Music Director of the Swedish Radio Orchestra extended
(Credit: Julian Hargreaves) The Swedish Radio Orchestra has announced that Daniel Harding will extend his post as music director of the orchestra until 2025. “From the ... -
Kazuki Yamada appointed conductor of Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra
(Credit: Zuzzana Specjal) The Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra has announced that Kazuki Yamada has been appointed as the next conductor. Yamada will succeed Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla in ... -
Bramwell Tovey appointed Musical Director of the Sarasota Orchestra
The Sarasota Orchestra has announced the appointment of celebrated conductor Bramwell Tovey as Music Director. His five-year contract will begin on September 1, 2021, as appointed ... -
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra issues statement regarding Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
The Vienna Philharmonic has issued a statement regarding the current situation of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. In an open letter, Daniel Froschauer, director of Philadelphia said, ... -
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla extends contract with Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra
(Credit: Frans Jansen) The Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra has announced that conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla will extend her commitment to the orchestra. Gražinytė-Tyla will continue to serve ... -
Riccardo Muti issues statement regarding the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Riccardo Muti weighed in on the situation of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra by issuing a statement in favor of the orchestra. Muti said, “The closure of ... -
Orchestral and opera musicians face severe pay cuts, time off and uncertainty amid pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc in artistic and cultural life. However, as the WSWS has repeatedly argued, the pandemic is in many ways acting ... -
Fabio Luisi extends contract with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
(Credit: Monika Rittershaus) The Danish National Symphony Orchestra has announced that it will extend the contract of its conductor Fabio Luisi until 2026. Luisi will conduct ... -
Simone Young appointed conductor of Sydney Symphony Orchestra
(Credit: (c) Jay Patel) The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has announced that Simone Young will be the conductor of the orchestra from 2022. Following a global search, ... -
Orchestra and opera to unite in performance at Simpson College
The Simpson College Community Orchestra is teaming up with a local opera star to perform excerpts from “Xerxes”. The performance will feature Professor Simpson and mezzo-soprano ...
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