Teatro Grattacielo announces a casting change in the title role of Don Giovanni as part of the Phoenicia International Festival of The Voice on August 5, 2022 at 8:30pm at Saint Ursula Place, Phoenicia, NY.
The Pittsburgh Festival Opera is changing things up with exciting new programming that will run from May through December 2021. This year's festival lineup features the following: 'Cendrillon', Open Air Series (Flagstaff Hill in Schenley Park), 'Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess' and more.
Pittsburgh Opera has announced its 2020-21 Resident Artists. This season, given the companya??s COVID-related programming changes, the Resident Artist singers will be the primary cast for all four of Pittsburgh Operaa??s productions.
Pittsburgh Opera has announced its 2019-20 Resident Artists
Pittsburgh Opera will finish its 80th season with a fresh take on Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale, one of history's greatest comic operas, in a 1950s Hollywood production that has never been performed in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Opera returns to the Benedum Center with Puccini's La boheme, opera's biggest tear-jerker, March 30-April 7.
Pittsburgh Opera has announced its 2018-19 Resident Artists.
Before trick-or-treating begins, start the fun this October with Seattle Opera's "riotously funny" (The Australian) The Barber of Seville. Following The Wicked Adventures of County Ory ('16), stage director Lindy Hume and Maestro Giacomo Sagripanti return to create yet another colorful, eye-catching production with toe-tapping melodies-including one of the most iconic overtures of all time. The performance also includes an appearance by Juilliard-trained burlesque sensation, Marc Kenison, who performs in Seattle and beyond as Waxie Moon. Kenison will bring his comedic and dance stylings to the highly physical role of Ambrogio.
Opera is for everyone-and so is Seattle Opera's 2017/18 season! There's a new bilingual performance for elementary-school students, new performance venues such as Georgetown Steam Plant, a new mainstage collaboration with ACT Theatre and Seattle Symphony leaders, and even an outdoor performance offered free of charge. Regardless of background or socioeconomic status, this season offers ways for a broad audience to be able to experience opera; it's an open invitation for the Pacific Northwest.
Figaro! Figaro! Figaro! It's hard not to sing his name over and over again as the barber did effortlessly in Pittsburgh Opera's production. Having produced the show twelve times in its history, Pittsburgh Opera delivered a captivating twist on the Rossini classic, The Barber of Seville.
Rossini's madcap comedy is guaranteed to send you out laughing and humming a tune.
Count Almaviva is in love with the beautiful Rosina. Rosina is essentially being held captive by the slimy Bartolo, who wants to marry her himself. With the help of the barber Figaro, Almaviva and Rosina attempt to outwit Bartolo and live happily ever after.
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE is the perfect introductory opera. It features recognizable music, comedic staging, fun costumes and a happy ending.
You will love the amazing ensemble cast – which includes two former Resident Artists with tremendous personalities, Kevin Glavin and Jonathan Beyer – and the Pittsburgh debut of Michele Angelini, who has received superlative reviews around the world in his role. Antony Walker conducts.
Pittsburgh Opera presents THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, now playing thru April 10. Rossini's madcap comedy is guaranteed to send you out laughing and humming a tune. Check out some video highlights of the performance below!
Rossini's madcap comedy is guaranteed to send you out laughing and humming a tune.
Florida Grand Opera (FGO) with its new artistic vision, is proud to announce casting for the four productions of its 2015-16 Season, which include Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Vincenzo Bellini's Norma, Mieczys?aw Weinberg's The Passenger (Passazhirka), and Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale.
Now it its 19th season, Crested Butte Music Festival (CBMF) continues its bold new approach in presenting music that is elevating, entertaining and transforming. Opera In Paradise (July 15-26), one of four 'mini' festivals taking place during the Festival, is no exception, as some of the biggest names on the opera world, along with top-tier emerging talent through CBMF's acclaimed training program, the Crested Butte Opera Studio, join the Festival for a six-week residency.
Pittsburgh Opera concludes its 76th season with a colorful, charming production of Donizetti's comic opera DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT (La fille du régiment). On stage tonight, May 2, 5, 8, and 10, and sung in English, DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT brings a bit of whimsy and plenty of vocal fireworks to the Benedum Center.
What: Donizetti's comic opera DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT
Where: Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, Downtown Pittsburgh
When: Saturday, May 2, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, May 8, 7:30 p.m.* Sunday, May 10, 2:00 p.m.
Now in its 19th season, Crested Butte Music Festival (CBMF) continues the tradition of presenting bold new approaches to music that is as exceptional as the picturesque mountain setting of Crested Butte, Colorado. 'Over a seven-week period, we will be introducing two new mini-festivals and inspiring artists who are transforming their arts and offering captivating events, educational programs for all ages and more. The 2015 season will engage, enthrall and leave audiences asking, 'What's next?' says CBMF Director Alexander Scheirle.
Composer William Maselli presents the world premiere of his opera, Draculette, at Merkin Concert Hall on Saturday, October 4th at 8pm. Featuring an all-star cast of Olga Zhuravel, Micaela Oeste, Brad Cresswell, John Bellemer and Kevin Glavin led by Conductor Charles Coleman.
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