Barnes, Mouton, and Sankaram Among Opera America Grant Recipients
Jasmine Arielle Barnes, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, and Kamala Sankaram OPERA America announced the recipients of five grants in support of...
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Sep 20
Tenor Errin Duane Brooks Debuts Otello this Weekend
...love, joy, jealousy, despair, anger or wrath, he goes through all the basic human emotions. Otello is demanding both physically and...
Sep 10
Rave Reviews for Lewek at the Salzburg Festival
Superstar soprano Kathryn Lewek returned to the esteemed Salzburg Festival last month for Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann . Ms. Lewek...
Aug 28
Kenneth Overton's "What Dreams We Have" Out this Friday
Baritone Kenneth Overton's latest album on Lexicon Classics debuts this Friday, August 30. What Dreams We Have: The Poetry of Paul...
Aug 21
Ricky Ian Gordon's "Sycamore Trees" to Get Cast Album
The 2010 Ricky Ian Gordon musical Sycamore Trees is finally getting a cast album, via a hybrid of live and studio recordings. The...
Jul 1
A Polished and Meaningful Premiere for "Two Corners"
The creative team of composer B.E. Boykin and librettist Jarrod Lee's had a triumphant world premiere of their latest work Two Corners at...
May 22
Rave Reviews for Two Important Ricky Ian Gordon Débuts
The début memoir from "noted composer and doyen of modern opera" Ricky Ian Gordon chronicles not only his years as the wunderkind of...
May 10
Askren, Howard, and Patiño Receive Grants from Opera America
Three incredible UIA artists were named recipients of the 2024 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors from OPERA America....
May 9
Grimsley, Martin, and Nansteel Triumph in Atlanta Opera's 'Soaring' and 'Sumptuous' Walküre
The Ride of the Valkyries | Die Walküre, The Atlanta Opera | © Raftermen Photography The Atlanta Opera just completed its run of the...
Apr 25
Marcus Amaker to Be Inducted Into South Carolina Literary Hall of Fame
Writer and librettist Marcus Amaker served as the first Poet Laureate of Charleston from 2016 to 2022. On Saturday, May 4, he will be...
Apr 25
Héctor Armienta's Zorro Receives Rave Reviews in Santa Barbara
Opera Santa Barbara closed out their season with a sold-out run of Héctor Armienta's "roundly entertaining" Zorro. Santa Barbara...
Apr 25
Sidney Outlaw is OperaWire's Artist of the Week
Baritone Sidney Outlaw will be making his role début in the title role of Mozart's masterpiece Don Giovanni in a new production with...
Mar 26
Composers Barnes and Sankaram Featured on Liverman's 'Show Me The Way'
Inspired by his mother's self-produced gospel cassettes which were a fixture of his childhood, baritone Will Liverman's new album "Show...
Mar 25
Marino, Thelwell, Potter, and Zacher Shine in A Midsummer Night's Dream
OperaWire recently reviewed The Atlanta Opera's innovative new production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring four...
Feb 14
Lili Elbe Wins Best World Premiere at the Opera! Awards
The 2023 Theater St. Gallen premiere of Tobias Picker and Aryeh Lev Stollman’s Lili Elbe has won Best World Premiere at the 2024 Oper!...
Dec 14, 2023
Kathryn Lewek is "the People's Diva!"
Kathryn Lewek's reign as opera's foremost Queen of the Night continues with avengence. Playbill recently featured Katie after her 54th...
Dec 13, 2023
Melissa Zgouridi Featured in Kleine Zeitung
Rising star and mezzo-soprano Melissa Zgouridi sat down with Austria's largest regional newspaper for a feature on her starring role as...
Dec 1, 2023
Black Excellence on Full Display with Jasmine Barnes, Damien Geter, and the Blacknificent 7
A Covid-era conversation with soprano and advocate Karen Slack planted the seed that has grown into the composer collective known as the...
Nov 16, 2023
Kyle Albertson and Peter Volpe Shine in a "Brilliant" Pittsburgh Dutchman
"Bass-baritone Kyle Albertson, in his Pittsburgh Opera debut, made a colossal first impression. Commanding in presence and gifted with a...
Oct 24, 2023
Rave Reviews for Scotting in Seattle's Alcina
Though still mid-run, Seattle Opera's production of Handel's Alcina is getting rave reviews, including for countertenor Randall Scotting...
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