| 单词 | opera company |
| 例句 | As the head of two major opera companies, and a star singer who could fill houses, Domingo was a power broker. Perspective | Plácido Domingo’s reputation as a performer enabled the opera world to ignore his predatory behavior 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z According to Marc Scorca, president and CEO of Opera America, an industry umbrella organization, Seattle Opera was one of only a handful of opera companies in the nation to present its entire planned season digitally. How Seattle Opera became one of few companies nationwide to pull off an all-digital season 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Bill Bankes-Jones, artistic director of opera company Tête à Tête, called it "shameful". Parliamentary arts debate: is this bland point-scoring as good as it gets? 2013-06-20T10:23:53Z “I had first thought that City Opera was a great solution, that it was really going to pave the way for creating an opera company in L.A.,” How Plácido Domingo taught L.A. to love opera 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Some small opera companies are short-lived; all seven of the companies I mentioned in a 2010 article on small opera in Baltimore, including AOT, are now gone. Perspective | In opera, small is the new grand: The revamped In Series shows the way 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Observers have long decried the lack of opportunities given to female conductors and composers at leading opera companies. Stark Gender Imbalance at U.S. Opera Companies Extends Beyond Podiums 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z From an artistic standpoint, that mission translates to urging major opera companies to cool it with the “Porgy and Bess” for a bit and make space for stories from Black creators. Perspective | If classical music keeps one thing from the pandemic, let it be the opera short 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Daniel Kramer, an American theater and opera director, has been appointed the artistic director of English National Opera, one of London’s two major opera companies. English National Opera Names New Artistic Director 1465-12-04T05:00:00Z The place is a monolith, housing more than three thousand employees, including members of several orchestras, choruses, workshops, an opera company, and a ballet troupe of more than two hundred and fifty dancers. The Power Plays at the Bolshoi, On Film 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Like many opera companies in the U.S., the Met has been struggling with graying audiences, soft donations and dwindling public interest in the art form. Metropolitan Opera reaches tentative agreement with biggest unions 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Seeing promise, the Zurich company gave him the lead role in Rossini’s comedy “L’Italiana in Algeri” in 2007, a run that happened to coincide with a conference of European opera company administrators. Critic’s Notebook: Javier Camarena to Sing in ‘La Cenerentola’ 2014-04-20T22:05:39Z Orchestra music directors, as opposed to those at an opera company, generally have a greater influence on a season, shaping repertory, approving guest conductors and soloists, and overseeing new orchestra hires. Levine to Leave Boston Symphony 2011-03-02T23:29:59Z In many respects, the opera company must be rebuilt from scratch: Most of what the old company did not sell off during its fiscal crisis was later auctioned off during bankruptcy. New York City Opera, on the Rebound With a Boost From Bernstein 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z "Producing the Ring is a rite of passage which every opera company aspires to undertake," said Opera North's general director, Richard Mantle. Opera North tackles Wagner's Ring Cycle – minus the financial dramas 2012-06-12T16:15:28Z “I never had the goal of starting an opera company that would become a fixture in New York,” Mr. Goren said. Gotham Chamber Opera Has Rare Works and Many Venues 2013-12-24T21:40:58Z It took until 1986 for the city to develop, in the Los Angeles Opera, a serious, stable opera company. Music Review: ‘Don Giovanni,’ Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel 2012-05-27T22:36:40Z She sang with opera companies in Essen and Saarbrucken, Germany, before returning to the United States to embark on a teaching career. Charlotte Holloman, concert singer and voice teacher, dies at 93 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z No other American opera company has produced "The Perfect American." 'The Perfect American,' controversial opera about Walt Disney, to get U.S. premiere at Long Beach 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Hugo Valverde didn’t think he’d make it when he auditioned for the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, the nation’s largest performing arts organization and its most prestigious opera company. Opera Has Vanished. So Have Their Dream Jobs at the Met. 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Other opera companies with which she appeared include the Houston and Fresno Grand Operas; the San Diego, Pittsburgh, Utah and Cincinnati Operas; the Welsh National Opera; and l’Opéra de Nice. Frances Ginsberg, American Soprano, Dies at 55 2010-12-29T04:21:11Z Mr. Catán, who had four operas produced in the United States, was most closely associated here with the opera companies of Houston, San Diego and Seattle. Daniel Cat?n, Composer of Operas in Spanish, Dies at 62 2011-04-12T02:28:20Z She was unavailable for interview, a spokeswoman for the London opera company said. Beleaguered English National Opera Announces New Artistic Director 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Orchestras and opera companies have announced plans to perform works by composers of color and to find ways to make their ensembles more reflective of the diverse communities they serve. Best Classical Music of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Leech joined the Houston Grand Opera as chief operating officer in 2010, after a 27-year career in production at theaters and opera companies that include the English National Opera and the Welsh National Opera. Houston opera conductor named new music director 2011-05-26T03:52:08Z It is rare for the leader of an opera company to be described in these terms. The ‘Prince of Opera’ Bids Munich Farewell 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z But as the audience quickly realized, it’s never good news to see the general director of an opera company — as Domingo is of Los Angeles Opera — before a performance. The opera villain was forced to lip-sync and a new star couple emerged at L.A. Opera's 'Tales of Hoffmann' 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z “When we started this relationship, most opera companies were not doing new work,” Morrison said. The Los Angeles Opera, Post-Plácido Domingo 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Putting productions onstage is what an opera company is supposed to do. City Opera Faces Hard Times With Daring 2010-12-18T23:20:19Z Occasionally, a singer’s voice squeaks in the upper register on the Max stage; the score is of such an advanced level that the musical has been absorbed into the repertory of several opera companies. Review | Signature opens season with ‘A Little Night Music,’ one of Sondheim’s precious gems 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z But there are also emerging opera companies like the Industry and Four Larks. Opera is here to stay, says 'Dead Man Walking' composer Jake Heggie 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “I never ended up being prime minister of New Zealand” — an early aspiration — “and I never ended up running an opera company,” she said. Sarah Billinghurst on Her Tenure at the Met 2014-05-09T21:50:45Z A: I was speaking to the Trilogy Opera Company, a primarily African American opera company based in Newark, about an opera. ‘The Central Park Five,’ in song: composer Anthony Davis on his new opera 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z I was once told that the good opera company directors are those who lose money responsibly. Critic’s Notebook: How Hollywood Films Are Killing Opera 2012-08-16T21:49:50Z Ms. Zimmerman’s incoherent but entertaining production uses the conceit of a rehearsal by a modern-day opera company in which the show’s romantic leads are also lovers in real life. Opera Review: Diana Damrau Takes On ‘La Sonnambula’ at the Met 2014-03-17T22:21:46Z The truth is I’d never actually encountered a repertory program, except the kind at ballet and opera companies, until I got the bucket-list chance to visit Stratford for the first time. A First-Time Visitor Inhales Stratford’s Theatrical Perfume 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Freeman, who lived from 1869 through 1954, grew up in Cleveland, organized his own opera company in Denver, conducted, taught music, wrote criticism and became a well-known figure in Harlem. Long-Unheard Harlem Renaissance Opera Coming in June 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Festivals provide a break from the routines that opera companies and orchestras contend with during the regular season. The Man Who Gives Form to the Sprawling Salzburg Festival 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z He decided at 14 that he wanted to run an opera company. Anthony Freud to become new general director of Lyric Opera 2011-04-21T15:56:00Z And with the Industry, an avant-garde opera company in Los Angeles, he workshopped an adaptation of Brecht’s “Life of Galileo.” One Composer, Four Players, ‘Seven Pillars’ 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Attendance has been steadily declining in recent years, a problem faced by many opera companies. She’s Making History in Opera. Can She Help Ensure Its Future? 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The seeming end of the line for this San Diego institution, the country’s 10th-largest opera company, gave fresh cause for alarm about the future of opera, and particularly regional opera. Death Knell for Opera in San Diego After 49 Years 2014-04-13T21:46:55Z Perhaps the biggest problem with “Porgy and Bess,” panelists said, is that it allows opera companies to feel they’re covering their bases when it comes to diverse programming. Beloved yet problematic: Seattle Opera tackles the cultural controversies behind ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The Zurich Opera House, which Mr. Pereira has run for 20 years and will continue to run during the 2011-2012 season, offers approximately 14 new productions every season, probably more than any other opera company. Music: New Director of Salzburg Festival Plans an Adventurous Course 2011-08-31T11:00:06Z Chinese orchestras and opera companies now tour the Far East, too—previously the domain of touring Western outfits. China’s newest export hit is classical music 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z She sang internationally at major opera companies and concert halls and was executive director and later president of the Harlem School of the Arts. Second Season Is Set for New York City Opera and Schomburg Center 2010-09-29T14:56:00Z Ms. Stickann said opera companies in Houston, Chicago and San Francisco had embraced change with no harm to their reputation. Death Knell for Opera in San Diego After 49 Years 2014-04-13T21:46:55Z They’re also older and more experienced than the norm in many of the small chamber opera companies that are popping up around the country. Opera as midlife crisis: A new company takes a fresh look at a classic. 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Several years is a long time for an opera company to wait. Is Yannick Nézet-Séguin Worth the Wait at the Met? 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z That's pretty much where it's at – though there is also a symphony orchestra, an opera company, and a big summer rock festival that attracts bands such as Metallica and Iron Maiden. Could Dundee be the new Bilbao? 2010-10-03T19:00:00Z Google the words “opera isn’t about horned helmets” and you will find large and respectable professional opera companies perpetuate the image as a straw man, which they then hope to knock down. Put a lid on the operatic Viking helmet cliché 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Among opera companies, putting on musicals is all the rage. Va. Opera’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ rides on operatic voices, despite miking Within less than a quarter of a mile in London there is a concentration of scarce resources of about £46.6m and two opera companies competing for audiences. Letters: Arts funding, opera and all that jazz 2013-01-21T21:00:01Z He is the only composer to have been commissioned by the state's three leading opera companies. Long Beach Opera puts its own spin on 'Thérèse Raquin' 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Next season “Brokeback Mountain” will finally make its way to New York, to the opera company that commissioned it. City Opera, No Longer Broke, Will Finally Stage ‘Brokeback Mountain’ 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z I was music director at the time and we were the first British opera company to go there. Corinne Bailey Rae, Sir Mark Elder and other musicians' greatest on-stage moments 2010-08-05T20:30:00Z "There's not an opera company on the planet which is doing anything close to that," said Terracini. Sydney Opera House goes Broadway with South Pacific 2012-08-07T21:00:01Z Two other major American opera companies are looking: The San Francisco Opera is seeking a successor for Nicola Luisotti, who conducted his final performance as music director there in October. Keeping Score of Who’s in Charge of America’s Orchestras 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z He taught literature at Columbia University and founded an opera company in New York. “The Marriage of Figaro” at the Met 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z On that night, the Met seemed the most cohesive and artistically purposeful opera company in the world. Let’s Talk About Risk at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z As he became better known, performers, ensembles and even opera companies asked him to write scores, so he did. A dean of Japanese music talks boundaries, John Cage and life with Yoko Ono 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Concert opera companies often end up specializing in a form of opera akin to an athletic event: The focus is turned from the drama onto the physical feat of producing the sound. Stars dimmer than expected in the concert Rossini opera ‘Semiramide’ 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z The Opera Platform is a partnership between Opera Europa, which represents opera companies and festivals; Arte, the cultural broadcasting channel, and the participating opera companies. 15 European Opera Houses to Offer Free Online Streaming 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The orchestra and chorus, barometers of any opera company large or small, sounded crisp and passionate. A Hotbed of Operatic Innovation Wins With Tradition 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Leaving behind a wake of disappointed fans, it is the kind of record that might have drawn the wrath of opera companies in the past. Jonas Kaufmann: A Tenor in Demand, Now in Short Supply 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z It was perhaps naïve to assume that “Klinghoffer” would be greeted, at its arrival at the world’s most prominent and influential opera company, by a few annoyed emails. ‘The Death of Klinghoffer’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z The stakes are high for Kim, who in August became the first woman to hold the post of music director at one of the country’s largest opera companies. She’s Making History in Opera. Can She Help Ensure Its Future? 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The Isango Ensemble, one of the world's most unusual, interesting and important theater and opera companies, doesn't distinguish between African theater and European opera. A 'Flute' from Africa renews Mozart's musical magic 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z That has all made it a very frugal opera company. Brooklyn’s Unconventional LoftOpera Takes on Puccini 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z “In a perfect world, opera companies would start producing some of these more artistically aspirational musicals,” Fleming said, and in turn, opera singers should be lining up to perform at spaces such as National Sawdust. Backstage: Renée Fleming to present a new concert series at the Kennedy Center 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z “Because a world-class opera company needs a world-class orchestra. That is now in danger.” Chicago Lyric Opera Musicians Walk Out as Season Opens 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z He performed widely in Europe, appearing at La Scala in Milan, at La Monnaie in Brussels and with opera companies in Paris, London, Vienna, Berlin and elsewhere. Vincenzo La Scola, Italian Tenor, Dies at 53 2011-04-23T02:02:29Z Unable to kill off the image, opera companies embrace it. Put a lid on the operatic Viking helmet cliché 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Under that structure, he said, the company would “not be an opera company worth existing,” and guild members “would not work for that sort of company.” New York City Opera Plans to Leave Lincoln Center 2011-05-21T00:04:16Z Best known for his work with Spanish orchestras and opera companies, he is also a composer, in the tradition of his father, Cristóbal Halffter, who is prominent in the field. Music Review: Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid Plays Boulez and Mahler 2014-01-31T21:19:43Z “But we don’t believe Putin is masterminding cyberattacks on opera companies. And if he is, that is a good reason that the Russians are losing the war.” A Cyberattack Shuts the Met Opera’s Box Office, but the Show Goes On 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z “It represents the challenges that opera companies face in wooing an audience,” Mr. Gelb said in a telephone interview on Tuesday. Met Opera Reports Falling Attendance 2014-01-28T22:52:36Z No major American opera company has produced it since. The opera about Walt Disney, and how Long Beach landed the U.S. premiere of 'The Perfect American' 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z The idea might sound familiar: An opera company leaves its home for an itinerant life performing a handful of new or rare operas each year at venues across New York. Gotham Chamber Opera Has Rare Works and Many Venues 2013-12-24T21:40:58Z “This is where the change is happening: Taking over administrative duties for major opera companies and making the change from within,” Williams said. Seattle Opera’s ‘Aida’ spurs discussion of ways black people are misrepresented — or not represented — in opera 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z For many opera companies and orchestras, the pandemic has accelerated the decline of the subscription model for selling tickets, which was once a major source of revenue. Pandemic Woes Lead Met Opera to Tap Endowment and Embrace New Work 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Mozart composed what there is of “Zaide” in 1779-80, hoping to win favor with Emperor Joseph II, who was planning a new German opera company for Vienna. Music Review: In Unfinished Mozart Opera, Berio Provides the Last Word 2011-04-01T22:32:50Z In the 1980s, it became the first British opera company to tour the United States. Britain’s Major Opera Companies Suffer in Arts Spending Shake-Up 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Together, MasterVoices and St. Luke’s could form the backbone of America’s first true comic opera company. America Needs Its Own Comic Opera Company 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z “It was then, during the Olympics, that it was decided to form an opera company.” How Plácido Domingo taught L.A. to love opera 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z “In a year that has been so difficult, the fact that an opera company faced with closure was rescued is very much a good news story.” San Diego Opera Downsizes to Survive 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z The same goes for opera companies the world over, and it's arguable that the very least we could do is to pay the respect of turning up for the occasion dressed like we care. It's not elitist to dress up for the opera 2012-10-04T09:48:12Z Heggie says that changes at big opera companies, from New York to San Diego, are a necessary part of opera's vitality. Opera is here to stay, says 'Dead Man Walking' composer Jake Heggie 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Bureaucratic benign neglect likewise sustains dozens of German opera companies, whose proliferation is a point of national pride. 2010-01-21T08:58:00Z Not only does Germany have more than 80 full-time opera companies; the country’s free education system — including music education — and the availability of paid internships make breaking into opera comparatively democratic and egalitarian. American Directors Bring Fresh Visions to Europe’s Opera Stages 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The opera company had shared the theater with the ballet, and Mr. McGarty said it had been the driving force behind using the room for HD broadcasts and other programming, a position the opera disputed. Media Suite at David H. Koch Theater Goes Unused 2011-11-27T22:54:50Z Every new production of this profound and challenging work is a major venture for an opera company. Opera Review: A Winning, Cautious, ?Don Carlo? at the Met 2010-11-23T12:39:00Z Rome is not the only Italian opera company in trouble. Riccardo Muti’s Departure Is a Sign of Rome Opera’s Troubles 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Orange County no longer has an opera company and needs one. Musco Center's sound decision pays dividends in hall's debut 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z “Regina” went on to be staged with great success by many opera companies, notably City Opera. Brenda Lewis, Versatile American Soprano, Is Dead at 96 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z It’s a rare opera company that can keep audiences hanging around after the curtain. Art, Music and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Just saying that all contemporary opera is going to change the fortunes of the Met and other opera companies, I think, would be misleading. The Met Is Planning a Big Bet on Contemporary Opera 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z "The climate remains challenging for all opera companies in this economy, including Lyric," the general director said. Lyric Opera plays it safe upcoming season 2011-02-01T19:28:52Z It's a commendable undertaking, especially at a time when many opera companies are opting for safe repertory choices. Review: Meyerbeer's rare 'Robert' staged in London 2012-12-13T11:21:08Z The final constituent was Music Center Opera Assn., an office, not an opera company. How the Music Center broke new ground for major arts institutions 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z More and more opera companies are presenting classic musicals with casts of opera singers. Review: Kelli O’Hara’s Operatic Turn in ‘Dido and Aeneas’ 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z “L.A. Opera is doing very, very well,” said Marc A. Scorca, the president of Opera America, a nonprofit service organization for opera companies. The Los Angeles Opera, Post-Plácido Domingo 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The opera tells the story of a famous singer who returns to her hometown to perform with an opera company that faces myriad organizational problems. A cost-cutting San Diego Opera ready to regroup 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Many opera companies and orchestras present summer seasons called festivals that are essentially more of the same. She Made Glimmerglass a True Festival. Now She’s Moving On. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z An earlier version, called simply “Five,” was given its premiere in Newark in 2016 by the opera company Trilogy before it was reworked and renamed. This Summer, Opera Grapples With Race 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z New Zealand Opera is a relatively new organization, created in 2000 by the merger of opera companies in Auckland and Wellington. Seattle Opera’s new general director: Aidan Lang 2013-06-19T22:23:22Z The increased presence of Baroque operas on the international scene in the past few decades has benefited Mr. Costanzo and his peers; countertenors are now actively sought by major opera companies worldwide. Anthony Roth Costanzo Exists to Transform Opera 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z In the pages of Beijing Daily, the culture critic Li Hongyan bemoaned the fact that it took a North Korean opera company to remount a major production of a Chinese classic. North Korean Opera Draws Acclaim in China 2010-07-28T11:49:00Z Those people weren’t too excited at many other major American opera companies either, Houston Grand Opera being the notable exception. Critic's Pick: 'Ghosts of Versailles' 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Gerard Mortier, a visionary opera company leader whose bold theatricality and updatings of the canon helped define the art form’s modern history, died on Saturday at his home in Brussels. Gerard Mortier, Opera Visionary, Dies at 70 2014-03-09T12:08:40Z “Sweeney Todd” has accordingly joined the repertoire of many opera companies, where it holds its own with such 20th-century titans as the Gershwins’ “Porgy and Bess” and Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw.” Who Needs a Shave? ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Back. 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Having administrative offices next to a performance space is both convenient and unusual in the opera world, said Marc A. Scorca, president and CEO of Opera America, a national association of opera companies. Seattle Opera has big plans for its new headquarters at Seattle Center 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Major orchestras and opera companies must make fostering relationships with living composers a top priority, and work harder to empower female and minority artists. What Shouldn’t Change About Classical Music 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z But others question the plan’s feasibility and whether the ideal savior of a bankrupt opera company is an impresario whose old company went bust. New York City Opera’s Name and Other Assets Attract Suitors 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Then again, things may have shifted economically and aesthetically in such a way that New York, cultural capital though it claims to be, will no longer be home to two major opera companies. Critic's Notebook: With City Opera?s Woes, Other Small Companies Step Up 2012-01-04T14:47:57Z A brief statement from the opera company said it expected talks to continue into the small hours. Met Opera in late union talks 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Yet Nagano is inexplicably absent from the guest conducting lists of major American orchestras or opera companies. Expect the unexpected on recordings of Kent Nagano and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z When he was named general director in 1957, he took it as a given that an American opera company should have an American profile. Music: Julius Rudel, Still Keeping Tabs on City Opera 2010-03-17T21:03:00Z The move is intended to stabilize the opera company, which in recent years has reduced its season and borrowed against its endowment. ArtsBeat: Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center Agree to Merge 2011-01-20T15:01:36Z After retiring from the D’Oyly Carte in 1979, he performed and directed Gilbert and Sullivan with opera companies in the United States and elsewhere. John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan?s Patter Songs, Dies at 94 2010-02-28T04:19:00Z Throughout the U.S., women hold about 44% of top leadership positions at opera companies, according to research by Opera America. Why are there so few women at the top in classical music? What’s being done about it in Seattle and elsewhere? 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Some kind of merger between the opera company and the Kennedy Center has been discussed for years. ArtsBeat: Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center Agree to Merge 2011-01-20T15:01:36Z Sought after by regional opera companies across the United States, she became known for her expert, sensitive command of music in a genre historically led by men. Fiora Corradetti Contino, trailblazing female conductor, dies at 91 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z But long after most theater companies stopped using dark makeup for their Othellos — seeing it as an uncomfortable vestige of minstrelsy — leading opera companies around the world continued to use dark makeup for their Otellos. Metropolitan Opera Says Its 'Otello' Tenor Will Not Wear Blackface 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z For months when orchestras and opera companies would have dominated the classical calendar, the spotlight shifted to individual performers. For Classical Music, Spring Was the Season of Solos 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Christie worked to broaden Glyndebourne’s reach by starting a touring opera company in the late 1960s. George Christie, heir to Glyndebourne opera, dies at 79 But while Mr. Domingo performs at the Met, staffs at two other important American opera companies are working away on their own, without the presence of their general director, Plácido Domingo. 2010-01-13T22:49:00Z Because the Munich opera company is state-run, rehearsals were allowed to continue even after most private employees in Germany were told to stay at home. The Coronavirus Derails Marina Abramovic’s Maria Callas Opera 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The original will always remain available for opera companies, Marc Gershwin noted, “but that doesn’t mean it has to be a museum piece.” With ?Porgy? on Broadway, Gershwin Heirs Flex Their Rights 2012-01-09T13:27:40Z She’s straightforward about the priorities in her life, which include, very much, her family — she has two grown children and a baby granddaughter — and her opera company. Wolf Trap Opera Company: The house that Kim built 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The opera company needs a venue; the owners of the home need to offset expenses and, potentially, taxes. For Opera Fans, a Grand Day Out 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z “It is unfair to blame any individual for the financial problems existing in an opera company in the United States,” he said. 2010-01-13T22:49:00Z "Very few opera companies in the world are immune to the financial pinch," Allison said, adding that this could stifle creativity and tempt opera companies "to play it safe". Frankfurt, Kaufmann, Stemme top opera honors 2013-04-22T21:52:58Z It’s a privilege to be involved in a community and opera company where such debates are going on.” Cultural controversy swirls around Seattle Opera’s ‘Madame Butterfly’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z When asked what these challenges were, Mr. Steel said, “I don’t know whether you’ve read the paper, but there’s a downturn that’s affected opera companies all around the country.” For New York City Opera Season, Bernstein, Strauss and New Works 2010-03-09T18:29:00Z His departure leaves two of America’s leading opera companies looking to sign new music directors. Music Director of San Francisco Opera to Step Down 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z DiChiera thinks it’s significant that Brown is the only African American leading a major opera company. Forget retirement. Wayne Brown returns to Detroit to run an opera. 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Where Columbus excels, though, is high-culture: an opera company that features vocalists from Juilliard, an arts center at Ohio State University and a museum that has long treated fashion as art. We Settle a Big Fashion Rivalry: Nashville vs. Columbus 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z He taught Italian at Columbia, founded an opera company, staged “Don Giovanni,” and died here in 1838 at the age of eighty-nine. The Revelations of “Don Giovanni” at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Typically the productions have come from opera companies, as with those of the American Opera Theater in 2007 and the English National Opera in 2009. Music Review: ?Messiah? by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Review 2011-12-05T23:25:14Z Domingo remains active running Operalia, the contest he founded that funnels young singers into opera companies all over the world. How Plácido Domingo taught L.A. to love opera 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z In later years, Welles received many inquires from opera companies, but refused them. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Tuggle volunteered to conduct ballets when he was working with an opera company in Berlin. In ballet, conductors are the dancers’ guardian angels 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z While northern hemisphere opera companies kick into their high-gear winter season, Opera Australia unfurls its lighter summer offerings. What’s On This Week Around the World 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z This, of course, is the hope of most opera companies and orchestras. A tenor looks beyond opera and explores being a black man in America 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z “Donations to college football teams, opera companies and rare-bird sanctuaries are eligible for the same tax deduction as a donation to a homeless shelter,” complains Quigley. How philanthropy benefits the super-rich 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z “The Magic Flute” presents a perennial problem for opera companies: In the public’s mind, it is a lighthearted adventure tale, with a good prince, a bad queen and a damsel in distress. A challenge for the arts: Stop sanitizing and show the great works as they were created Many European opera companies turned to Emerging Pictures, a New York-based company that was founded in 2003 to distribute high density transmissions of independent films and special events, including rock concerts, dance and even opera. 2010-01-13T05:54:00Z But Ms. Young fared well, which was no surprise, given the depth of her experience with major orchestras and leading opera companies throughout Europe and her native Australia. Review: She Returns to Lead the Philharmonic. For Real, This Time. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “But other opera companies have soldiered on through creative reinvention, cutbacks in order to stabilize. They are going forward with a more diverse public program and a more diverse audience.” Death Knell for Opera in San Diego After 49 Years 2014-04-13T21:46:55Z “But in comparison to sectors like the theater, some of these opera companies are less fragile — provided that they can hold on to the philanthropy.” The Metropolitan Opera Cancels All Fall Performances 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z In early August, when she took the reins at Seattle Opera, Scheppelmann also became one of only two women heading up a major opera company in the United States. Why are there so few women at the top in classical music? What’s being done about it in Seattle and elsewhere? 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z In an interview Mr. Gergiev mentioned a desire to bring Italian opera companies to the new theater to perform Italian operas, German companies to do German ones, and so on. Mariinsky II Is Set to Open in St. Petersburg 2013-05-01T21:48:51Z And there is special resonance in a great opera company performing this score, so redolent of the music-theater repertory, especially Mahler’s beloved Wagner. Review: The Met Opera Reunites, With Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Altinoglu will take on his new role at La Monnaie, one of Europe’s most innovative opera companies, as the theater has been grappling with budget cuts and musical upheaval. La Monnaie, in Brussels, Names New Music Director 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z But this week “Balls” will be one of six new operas featured in “First Take,” the biennial workshop co-produced by the Industry, the innovative L.A. opera company, and wild Up, the contemporary music ensemble. Why it took two women to write 'Balls,' the opera about Billie Jean King's 'Battle of the Sexes' 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z London's second opera company, which is rebounding from a huge deficit in the 2011-2012 season, is counting on popular productions like this to fill seats and carry the can for more esoteric offerings. Hit "Butterfly" gets loving touch in vital ENO revival 2013-10-25T12:13:24Z To get people out at a reasonable hour, many opera companies, including the Met, now have fewer intermissions. The Met Opera Is Struggling. How Can It Fill Those Empty Seats? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z He said that other arts institutions that perform on Sundays — including opera companies, Broadway shows and ballet companies — find them among their most popular days. Sunday Performances Continue to Elude the Met 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z In Anna Nicole Smith, the opera’s creators tapped the ideal muse to inject a dose of reality television pizzazz and horror into an out-moded opera company. Buxom and Doomed: The Odd Marriage of Opera and Anna Nicole 2013-09-27T14:09:14Z “A lot of water came in,” Perryn Leech, the opera company’s managing director, said flatly with exquisite understatement. Forced Out By Flooding, Houston’s Opera Gets On With the Show 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z This will enable the company to offer one-acts and smaller works often neglected by professional opera companies but which would get lost in McCaw Hall. Seattle Opera’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ takes advantage of more intimate venue 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z So why go where no opera company has gone before? Captain Kirk, Klingons and an aria: How the Pacific Opera Project remade Mozart, 'Star Trek'-style 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Last year she became music director of a small opera company in Salzburg, Austria, the Landestheater. The L.A. Phil's mesmerizing Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla leaps to the Birmingham orchestra 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z That’s something any opera company has to treat pretty gingerly these days, and Seattle Opera’s new filmed performance, though skillful, tends to avoid rather than address Don Giovanni’s challenges. A ‘comedy’ about a seducer? Seattle Opera tackles new version of ‘Don Giovanni’ with skill and caution 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The end of Ms. Netrebko’s engagements, which the Met announced on Thursday, came after the opera company, citing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, said it would no longer hire artists who support Mr. Putin. Anna Netrebko, Russian Diva, Is Out at the Metropolitan Opera 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z The debate over directorial style has taken on added resonance in recent years as a number of leading opera companies, including the Met and the English National Opera in London, have struggled with falling attendance. Hollywood? Nope. The Met Will Do for David McVicar. 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z “A world-class opera company needs a world-class orchestra,” the musicians said in a statement. Strike Over, Lyric Opera of Chicago Can Resume Business 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z “I’m so impressed with how the opera company handled it,” she says. Assaults in dressing rooms. Groping during lessons. Classical musicians reveal a profession rife with harassment. 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Around early June, orchestras and opera companies close out their seasons, and music making begins to take on new, liberated forms. For Classical Music, Every Summer Is a Liberation 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Since starting at the company, she said she had been discussing how to turn ENO into a “truly national company” that collaborates with regional opera companies to stage major productions. For This Opera Director, a Lot Is Riding on a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z In an interview Ms. Morrison said that there have been moves toward organizing the city’s small opera companies. Critic's Notebook: With City Opera?s Woes, Other Small Companies Step Up 2012-01-04T14:47:57Z They decided that working with an opera company was too constrictive, so they amicably parted ways with Opera Philadelphia, which had initially agreed to mount the production, and set about building their own team. How Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter Realized His Dream: an Opera 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z My own example: a major opera company wanted me for a production when I was already contracted to another, smaller, house. Debate: have modern opera singers got the wrong attitude? 2013-03-16T18:00:02Z The singer performed with the world’s leading opera companies, including La Scala, the Paris Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Royal Opera in London and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. In second Honors this year, Kennedy Center to recognize Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, Lorne Michaels, Berry Gordy and Justino Díaz 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Now, at 81, Díaz, a bass-baritone who has performed for opera companies across the globe, will return to the opera house to see artists pay tribute to his career. Kennedy Center Taps Joni Mitchell and Berry Gordy for Awards 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z He regularly sings at the major opera companies around the world, and at 46, he’s at the peak of his career. A tenor looks beyond opera and explores being a black man in America 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Details on what transpired were not included in either opera company’s statement. Royal Opera, The Met removes tenor Vittorio Grigolo 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Sharon’s potential rested primarily on the work he has done in Los Angeles as artistic director of the experimental opera company the Industry, he said by phone Tuesday. MacArthur fellow Yuval Sharon: Opera's man of the moment on how he will use his $625,000 award 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z A new adaptation of “Shuffle” would be fitting for an American opera company, and more viable outside the profit-driven confines of Broadway. America Needs Its Own Comic Opera Company 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z And Italian opera companies, now opening their seasons under stressful pandemic conditions, are looking to these works for the cathartic secrets of the heart. Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z And in a move that a number of opera companies are experimenting with, but which is eyed warily by purists, the company plans to mount productions of musical theater. ArtsBeat: Mike Leigh to Direct ‘Pirates of Penzance’ for English National Opera 2014-04-29T14:56:31Z And opera companies have taken steps in recent years to bring more racial diversity to the stage. Opera’s Lack of Diversity Extends to Offstage, a Study Shows 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z “I say to my agent: ‘If you don’t get me this Papageno, I will buy a whole opera company and try it because I have to do that again, it’s so wonderful.’ ” Michael Volle’s Opera Profile Is Rising 2014-03-26T14:04:25Z People here were certainly aware that their opera company, like so many others, was struggling with declining attendance and revenues. Death Knell for Opera in San Diego After 49 Years 2014-04-13T21:46:55Z But the idea caught on big time and sent opera companies around the world scrambling to get their product into cinemas. 2010-01-13T05:54:00Z The second section, "Earth," opens with the sounds of a Hong Kong street opera company, a captivating tape made by Tan of a dying tradition. American Youth Symphony and National Children's Chorus members rise to 'Heaven Earth Mankind' 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z And aside from small, specialized troupes — a local Gilbert & Sullivan society, or Ohio Light Opera — the United States doesn’t really have any comic opera companies. America Needs Its Own Comic Opera Company 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z As Glass’ friendliest major American opera company, Los Angeles Opera mounts this acclaimed new production, created by the English National Opera. 11 don't-miss classical picks: 'Breaking the Waves,' John Adams' 70th, Philip Glass' 'Akhnaten' 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z The question was whether the current recession is serious but temporary, or whether it represents a permanent change in the ambitions and expectations of U.S. opera companies. Opera companies, notably in Seattle, face money trouble 2012-08-09T00:41:03Z It was one short walk for a music director and one surprising leap for an opera company. Booed in Vienna, Dudamel makes revelatory L.A. Opera debut to frenzied cheers 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z You can do unusual works, because you don’t have to sell tickets to multiple performances: Most concert opera companies present one-night stands. The sorely neglected opera that, performed like WCO did, could make opera a hit 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z What opera company cannot tell you today exactly what it will be doing in the summer? Critic?s Notebook: City Opera Begins Season With Rufus Wainwright 2011-11-18T21:43:07Z “I think they are all playing at running an opera company. Martyn Brabbins is the most solid, but even he hasn’t previously had an opera position.” A Newcomer to Opera Tries to Tame a Tempest 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z It seems inexplicable that the board of a major New York opera company and one of the most experienced arts administrators in Europe did not understand how the finances worked in their different domains. Critic’s Notebook: Gerard Mortier, in Rare Interview, Weighs His Recent Past 2014-02-02T21:48:51Z “Like opera companies all over, there is a little bit of rethinking that has to happen. “ San Diego Opera Downsizes to Survive 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Indeed, the idea of balance recurs like a leitmotif whenever he speaks of running opera companies. What's next for Lyric Opera? 2011-04-27T13:19:00Z The musical’s opera-house setting allowed Lloyd Webber to keep a foot in high culture as the fictional opera company struggles to put on its elephantine productions. Not your granny’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ at the Kennedy Center 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z In Germany, even provincial opera companies have the wherewithal to put together full and challenging seasons. American Directors Bring Fresh Visions to Europe’s Opera Stages 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “We’re aware that opera companies are now doing musicals,” she said, “and we want them to be prepared.” Music Review: Schubert?s ?Verschworenen? at Manhattan School of Music 2012-04-01T21:50:30Z Before long, he began to work his way up through Germany’s regional opera companies. Michael Volle’s Opera Profile Is Rising 2014-03-26T14:04:25Z Serota, the Arts Council chairman, said in a telephone interview that the body had not targeted cuts at opera companies specifically. Britain’s Major Opera Companies Suffer in Arts Spending Shake-Up 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z As it closed its season on Saturday night, it was one of the only major opera companies in the world not to miss a curtain this season because of the pandemic. Never Missing a Curtain This Season, the Met Opera Takes a Final Bow 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z All the works had in common was that none, as so many American opera companies now seem to want, had a Hollywood movie tie-in. Exploratory 'First Take' presents six operas in progress 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z While Broadway shows have many, many weeks of rehearsals and previews before opening night, a repertory opera company like the Met must do everything on a much tighter schedule. ‘La Traviata’ Opens a New Era at the Metropolitan Opera 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Opera America, the New York-based national service organization for opera companies, named Bienkowski as one of four winners of its annual National Opera Trustee Recognition Award, which gives behind-the-scenes supporters a turn in the spotlight. Long Beach Opera leader wins national award for opera trustees 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Can opera companies, many of them struggling at the box office, broaden their appeal by cutting without alienating their core audience of connoisseurs, who tend to view such cuts as disfigurements close to vandalism? Could You Shorten That Aria? Opera Weighs Cuts in the Classics 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Michael Capasso, who would be the company’s new general director, ran an opera company that is disbanding with debts to its musicians. Tribute to Julius Rudel Aims to Aid City Opera Revival 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z And he strengthened the two opera companies he ran: Houston Grand Opera, which he led for 33 years, and San Francisco Opera, where he has been for the last decade. David Gockley, Opera Impresario, Hangs Up His Cloak 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Artistic directors of orchestras, opera companies and chamber ensembles struggled to placate tradition-bound subscribers while also enticing those eager for challenging, even confounding modern music. New York City Ballet Uses Contemporary Classical Music 2010-06-11T14:17:00Z The Lyric Opera of Chicago will hold a high-culture rummage sale of sorts potentially featuring more than 3,000 pieces of costumes dating to the 1960s, opera company officials said. Early start on Halloween costume? Lyric Opera holds sale 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Concert opera companies, therefore, tend to be good at putting on opera galas, since, in effect, all of their performances are galalike. The 30th birthday for Washington Concert Opera: Where voice junkies can get their fix 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z A production of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle has become the entry card for any opera company that wants to be considered big time. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z For major new productions of a scale like "Ghosts," opera companies typically team to shoulder the financial burden. L.A. Opera goes for the epic with 'The Ghosts of Versailles' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Awards will be given to best female singer, male singer, conductor, opera company, and chorus, and there is also a life-time achievement award and a readers' award. Opera world stages its own awards as faces budget crunch 2013-02-15T13:38:46Z He declined to elaborate but acknowledged that no other opera company had been banished from its pages. Opera News Will Stop Reviewing Metropolitan Opera 2012-05-22T03:06:11Z She shared it with her husband, who happened to be the music director of a small opera company in the Seattle area. He Quit Singing Because of Body Shaming. Now He’s Making a Comeback. 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The conductor Anne Manson said, “There was one conversation my agent had with one of the opera companies in Britain and they said, ‘We could never put a woman in front of this orchestra.’ Female Conductors Search for Equality at Highest Level 2013-12-20T20:33:48Z Most opera company blogs, when they exist, are updated occasionally by a staffer or intern. Wolf Trap Opera Company: The house that Kim built 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z In collaborations with traditional opera companies; with orchestras here and in Los Angeles; and with his own experimental company, the Industry, this director is ambitiously reorienting the future of opera. Review: Debussy’s ‘Pelléas,’ but This Time All Boxed In 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Huge opera companies furloughed orchestras and choruses; tiny groups like string quartets were threatened with collapse. Neither Big Nor Small, Music Ensembles Struggle in a Pandemic 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z In recent years, the opera company has cut back to five productions a season from eight. ArtsBeat: Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center Agree to Merge 2011-01-20T15:01:36Z One night in Japan, the opera company hierarchy were obliged to calm a Twitter storm of protest about their apparently heavy-handed response to a copyright issue on the opera blog Intermezzo. The Royal Opera on tour in Japan 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z The opera company, founded in 1989 at Garsington Manor near Oxford, moved to its current location about five years ago and built a dramatic glass pavilion to house productions. For Opera Fans, a Grand Day Out 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z I’ve seen other opera companies and orchestras give this kind of work to a specialist or someone else. The Met Is Planning a Big Bet on Contemporary Opera 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Which is not exactly surprising: He is something of a “Doctor Atomic” groupie and has seen staged productions by 11 opera companies in seven countries. Bringing ‘Doctor Atomic’ to the Birthplace of the Bomb 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z But there’s also a larger question: Can New York, like London and Berlin, sustain more than one major opera company? How People?s Opera Orchestrated Its Peril 2011-06-15T13:37:18Z The Metropolitan Opera, the largest opera company in the United States, is struggling. HD broadcasts, once the future of opera, are now seen by some as its demise 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z New productions usually take months to implement at top opera companies. La Traviata in Vienna shines but staging weak 2011-10-10T13:33:08Z Touring opera companies that resumed their seasons apparently saw extraordinary ticket sales. The 1918 Pandemic’s Impact on Music? Surprisingly Little 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, Thielemann, now 63 and one of the world’s most acclaimed maestros — as well as one of the most divisive and drama-prone — appeared regularly with American orchestras and opera companies. One of the World’s Great Maestros Is Suddenly a Free Agent 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z At the last funding round for arts organisations, announced in 2011, opera companies' grants were "salami sliced" rather than subjected to detailed strategic scrutiny, pending the review. Arts Council considers opera shakeup as ENO posts £2.2m loss 2013-01-16T17:32:45Z Our region’s orchestras, opera companies, chamber groups and choruses can’t perform live and in person at this time. What to look for in Seattle’s fall 2020 arts scene 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Domingo became an opera company’s rarely realized dream: an effortlessly bankable star. Plácido Domingo, Opera Superstar, Achieves the Unthinkable: 150 Roles 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z And serious havoc was played on touring orchestras and opera companies. The 1918 Pandemic’s Impact on Music? Surprisingly Little 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z “I think this is a story about one opera company,” he said. Death Knell for Opera in San Diego After 49 Years 2014-04-13T21:46:55Z However in their letter, top directors argued it was "not the fault of the ENO that it is suffering from the same financial woes that many international opera companies are facing these days." Major opera directors defend ENO 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z "I must have sent it to every opera company in the U.S. — and this was before email," says Bielawa. How 'Arrested Development' and a Santa Ana residency led composer Lisa Bielawa to make an online opera 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z The most creative operatic work is still happening at smaller opera companies. Perspective | In classical music it was a year of building, deconstructing and, occasionally, rescuing 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It usually requires a leap of faith for an opera company to present a new piece. In a Laboratory, Turning Traditional Notions of Opera Upside Down 2010-05-07T20:15:00Z Through his writings, and his administration of major opera companies and music festivals, Lord Harewood was considered significant in broadening the reach of opera in Britain. George Lascelles, Lord Harewood, Dies at 88; Wrote Opera Reference 2011-07-26T22:29:27Z Britain’s major opera companies have a unique funding model that is halfway between American companies’ reliance on philanthropy and European houses’ dependence on state funding. An Opera Company’s Precarious Future Has Some Worried About a Ripple Effect 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Still, as I have argued before, nothing matters more to the legacy of an opera company than its record at fostering new works. Review: The Met Orchestra’s Season Concludes Under James Levine’s Soaring Baton 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Each summer since 1996, the Lincoln Center Festival has taken over the campus with visiting theater troupes, dance companies, orchestras, opera companies and performance artists. The 10 Biggest Upheavals of Lincoln Center’s Tumultuous Year 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z An opera company producing “Omar” is already likely to have to recruit Black cast members. With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Muti’s is the second recent departure of an Italian conductor from a major Italian opera company. Muti quits as Rome Opera conductor 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z American opera companies, trying to create new work, have come up with a formula involving dramaturges and libretto workshops; the results often seem formulaic. Perspective | Reexamining opera, one classic at a time 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z He then became the resident maestro for symphony orchestras in Britain, the United States, and elsewhere, and conducted for several top-level opera companies. Setting the Tempo With One Eye on the Stage 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The answer is simple: It’s time for this country to create a comic opera company of its own. America Needs Its Own Comic Opera Company 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z “If other opera companies can find some equivocation or rationalization,” he added, “that’s their problem.” The Netrebko Question 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Conductors — and the orchestras and opera companies that hire them — usually lock in their schedules years ahead. Scrambling at the Met Before James Levine?s Surgery 2010-04-05T22:24:00Z Among American opera companies, only the Metropolitan so far has created its own streaming channel. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in October 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Now Spark, a tiny and enterprising opera company, plan to premiere his The Headless Soldier in Derry's Ebrington Barracks, a former British army base, as part of Derry-Londonderry City of Culture. The Flying Dutchman; Medea – review 2013-02-24T00:07:18Z It was the Lyric’s first performance since the closing of Opera Boston, this city’s “second” opera company, at the end of last year. Music Review: ?The Lighthouse,? From Boston Lyric Opera 2012-02-09T23:07:11Z Last month, Kim made history at the San Francisco Opera as the first woman music director of a major American opera company. Review: In Her Met Debut, a Conductor Leads a Fresh ‘La Bohème’ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The opera’s president, Kenneth R. Feinberg, called the arrangement “a godsend” that “ensures a very bright future” for the opera company. ArtsBeat: Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center Agree to Merge 2011-01-20T15:01:36Z One hundred years after his birth, Benjamin Britten has been firmly propelled into the canon through his acceptance by major opera companies and orchestras. Music Review: Britten in Juilliard’s Spotlight at Alice Tully Hall 2013-12-04T22:33:18Z Even more important, their talented graduates, who in recent years have benefited from a much broader curriculum, populate the orchestras, ensembles and opera companies that are the foundation of the UK's musical life. Bakewell, Bragg and Puttnam speak out as Lords debate arts funding cuts 2011-02-04T11:32:01Z And watching this immaculate revival by the small-scale opera company, Tête à Tête, one is forced to ask what the secret is of the show's enduring appeal. Salad Days ? review 2011-01-05T21:30:00Z For the employees of one of the state’s largest arts organizations, and one of the nation’s largest opera companies, it’s a welcome move from their inefficient and uninspiring old space in South Lake Union. Seattle Opera has big plans for its new headquarters at Seattle Center 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Her great-grandfather and his siblings were part of a Yiddish opera company in Poland at the turn of the century. Julia Lester on Her ‘More Knowing’ Little Red Riding Hood 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z At the same time, opera companies around the world have been called on to make their staffs, artists and productions more representative. Gustavo Dudamel, Superstar Conductor, Will Lead Paris Opera 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Freud knows that running a major opera company is a balancing act of sometimes conflicting forces – art and finances, bread-and-butter repertory and new works. What's next for Lyric Opera? 2011-04-27T13:19:00Z And for a moment one of the nation’s top opera companies felt mom-and-pop personal. The opera villain was forced to lip-sync and a new star couple emerged at L.A. Opera's 'Tales of Hoffmann' 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z As they work to draw in broader audiences and throw off their stodgy reputation, opera companies stress that you get to define what a glamorous night, and even what opera itself, means to you. Think opera is just for hoity-toity rich people? Not so! Here’s a beginner’s guide to this grand art form. 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The State Opera’s programming is extensive — it has held more performances than any major opera company in recent years, by some counts — and inventive. Hungary Turned Far Right. That’s Meant Millions for Its Opera. 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Photograph: Stephen Dobbie It is a case of the UK's most talked about experimental theatre group joining forces with one of its mightiest opera companies – and the results could be spectacular. ENO joins pioneering theatre company for East End opera 2010-03-31T14:40:00Z The jury described the production as "bold in imagination and brilliant in accomplishment", giving the pioneering opera company its third RPS Music Award in 12 years. Sarah Connolly wins UK classical music's top live singing award 2013-05-14T21:06:15Z Mr. Gelb rightly points to the serious structural challenges that have long been undermining American opera companies and orchestras. Let’s Talk About Risk at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Both the opera company and the leaseholder declined to discuss the details. For Opera Fans, a Grand Day Out 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z But Turin’s opera company was becoming known for weathering the austerity era, and even expanding its horizons. Turin Opera’s Music Director Threatens to Leave 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z He was guest conductor of orchestras and opera companies all over the place. Russia's secret weapon? Valery Gergiev and the rapturous music of the Mariinsky Orchestra 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z It’s not that everyone does operas in cars — that’s not the point — but maybe opera companies think beyond the proscenium. Bayreuth’s First American Director Made Wagner a Feminist. What Now? 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z “We were a highly regarded opera company that suddenly went belly up. It got everyone’s attention. The formula wasn’t sustainable.” San Diego Opera Downsizes to Survive 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Now two major local opera companies take their turns. With 'Thumbprint,' witness an opera's power to empower women 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Mears said the size gap was “in some ways almost immaterial,” because “the principles of leadership and the principle of leading an opera company are the same, whatever the scale you work on.” Oliver Mears Takes a Big Leap to the Royal Opera 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z This ETO staging of Figaro unfolds the action clearly, and for a production that is bound for parts of this country that few other opera companies reach, that's no bad thing. The Marriage of Figaro 2010-04-09T21:05:00Z They could go from being a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it novelty to something that New York desperately lacks: a standing, smashing comic opera company. Review: ‘Carmen’ Returns to Its Comic Opera Roots 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Negotiations to bring in opera companies from Mannheim and Seville as co-producers fell through, Mr. Domingo said, cutting off a source of funds. Los Angeles Opera Company?s ?Ring? Festival 2010-06-20T23:29:00Z In 1975, Houston became the first professional opera company to stage a full production of Scott Joplin’s “Treemonisha,” just as the ragtime revival was taking off. David Gockley, Opera Impresario, Hangs Up His Cloak 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Holding his coalitions together was not always easy; in opera companies, for example, soloists have different priorities from chorus members. Alan S. Gordon, Longtime Union Leader, Dies at 70 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The seminal opera companies of Dallas, San Francisco, Chicago and New Orleans, born in its wake, are all Italian in provenance and aesthetics, and all thriving. When Puccini Rode Tall In the Saddle 2010-12-03T19:38:00Z That seems to me to be a more serious opera company. City Opera?s New Chairman Is Singing an Uplifting Aria 2011-02-14T23:02:14Z It’s actually about creating a totally different audience, and really, that’s so important for opera companies these days. Prototype, an Essential New York Opera Festival, Turns 10 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The Duesseldorf opera company insisted that it never aimed to hurt viewers' feelings. Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th 2013-05-22T10:41:08Z Weekends like this, dominated by female performers, provided a reminder that almost every orchestra and opera company has a ways to go to achieve gender equity, particularly in leadership roles. Review: ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ by Unsuk Chin, Told With Restraint 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z To be sure, many opera companies are hurting in the recession. 2010-01-13T22:49:00Z Now Lyric, like other major American opera companies, as well as symphony orchestras, theater troupes and many sports teams, is grappling with a long-term decline in season subscribers. Opera Has a Problem: Fans Aren’t Subscribing 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z American opera companies quickly distanced themselves from him, but European companies generally stuck by him. Plácido Domingo Walks Back Apology on Harassment Claims 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z “When the opera company goes to Kennedy Center next season, it will go with its endowment,” he said. ArtsBeat: Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center Agree to Merge 2011-01-20T15:01:36Z “A lot of opera companies face the same challenges,” said Marc A. Scorca, president of Opera America, an advocacy organization. Death Knell for Opera in San Diego After 49 Years 2014-04-13T21:46:55Z Since then, ever more extreme politicizing of Mozart’s no-longer innocent work has become de rigueur for any self-respecting opera company, large or small, overseas. Abducting Mozart's 'Abduction From the Seragilo' to another time 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z How does an opera company keep an ambitious production vibrant and vital when it’s revived? Review: Spruce and Taut, the Met Opera’s ‘Fidelio’ Looks Good at 17 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The composer Christopher Cerrone’s gorgeous “Invisible Cities” did not fit “the framework of a traditional opera company,” Mr. Cerrone said in an interview. Opera’s Disrupter in Residence, Heading to Bayreuth 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z At first glance, the Web site of the Wolf Trap Opera Company looks like many other opera company Web sites. Wolf Trap Opera Company: The house that Kim built 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Attendance has been a concern in recent seasons, not just at the Met but also in a number of other opera companies around the nation and the world. Met Opera's Credit Rating Left Unchanged by Moody's 1459-05-31T05:00:00Z Seventy more productions will take the stage before the end of the year, from middle schools to light opera companies. To life! ‘Fiddler’ is 50, lyricist Harnick is 90 But opera companies remained unwilling to take a risk on an unknown singer. Local singer Marcy Stonikas stakes a claim on Seattle Opera’s main stage 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Not many opera companies have a full-time director of productions. Peter Gelb?s Tenure at Metropolitan Opera 2011-11-25T15:13:27Z From the United States we can only look on with envy as European opera companies continue their seasons. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in February 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The national organization Opera America says San Diego’s was the 10th biggest opera company in the country. San Diego Opera to shut down 2014-03-20T16:59:04Z That excludes him from the Puccini, Verdi and Wagner that dominate many opera companies’ programming. The falsetto pharoah: The story behind the powerfully high voice in L.A. Opera's 'Akhnaten' 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z “Boards don’t understand how opera companies work,” he said. City Opera Departure Brings Questions 2011-05-23T22:17:06Z That is what it means to build an opera company over the long term. For James Levine, The Twilight Of a Conductor 2011-05-20T20:25:13Z Mr. Kramer’s sudden departure is the latest high-profile resignation to trouble the English National Opera, one of the two main opera companies in London. Daniel Kramer Quits at English National Opera 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z I’ve argued for years that orchestras and opera companies inordinately beholden to standard repertory are not speaking to younger people who are instinctively curious about new, more adventurous work in all of the arts. Classical Music Attracts Older Audiences. Good. 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z “Back in 1989, I was doing a lot of what we like to refer to as ‘normal’ conducting,” he said—for ballets, opera companies, and symphony orchestras. Wuvwy Music 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z The opera company, which splits its season between the Sydney Opera House and the Arts Center Melbourne, dives into an epic staging of Wagner’s “The Ring Cycle” in Melbourne this fall. Opera, Ballet and More Treats for Fall: Global Arts Guide 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Despite his work at major American opera houses, Heggie insists that much of what inspires him today is happening at smaller opera companies. Opera is here to stay, says 'Dead Man Walking' composer Jake Heggie 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Major opera companies tend to cast several years in advance, so when Ms. Goerke dropped the roles she was known for, she had to prove herself all over again — and wait for openings. After a Soprano’s Crisis, a Brünnhilde Is Born 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Levine has helped maintain lofty musical standards at the busiest opera company in the United States. The Dilemma of James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera 2011-09-24T04:29:45Z Although most of the world’s biggest opera companies, including the Royal Opera, in London; the Paris Opera; and La Scala, in Milan, have resident ballet troupes, those ensembles operate differently from the Met. Metropolitan Opera Disbands Its Ballet Corps 2013-05-20T21:43:54Z This leading American opera company has staked out the position that the art form's future is in remaking its past, the way other cities restore their old towns or Disneyland hangs on to Main Street. San Francisco Opera looks backward with the World War II-set 'Two Women' 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Despite much effort and good work by the big opera companies to make the art form less elitist and daunting, it still has a way to go to overcome its exclusive image problem. An opera conquest: Don Giovanni chases new audiences 2011-08-17T11:19:17Z More to the point, opera companies aren't what they used to be. A predicament right out of a melodramatic opera 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z For “The Turn of the Screw” to work, the opera company has to create a real sense of creepiness; Seattle Opera’s production succeeds, steadily building tension and a sense of uncertainty. Seattle Opera’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’ is tense, spooky — and not for everyone 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Of course, even if ticket prices came down, it wouldn’t solve all of the problems faced by orchestras and opera companies seeking to build their audiences and secure their donor bases. How Much Would You Pay to Hear Great Music? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z It should be required viewing for all leaders of American opera companies, and sent to the members of every board. Opera Can No Longer Ignore Its Race Problem 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Again, he circulated the work among opera companies, “this time with a Pulitzer star on it,” he said. Santa Fe Opera to Stage Lewis Spratlan?s ?Life Is a Dream? 2010-04-11T21:56:00Z That of course comes as good news to opera companies and audiences. 2010-01-13T22:49:00Z Mr. Brandstrup dissolved his company in 2006, by which time he had established a thriving career as a freelance choreographer, working frequently with opera companies. Kim Brandstrup Brings ‘Jeux’ and Follows a Different Path to City Ballet 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z “I had written to all these opera companies that I wanted to do opera, so the next thing I did was ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ with Minnesota Opera. One Opera Opening Would Make Any Composer Happy. He Has Two. 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z This is particularly frustrating given that the chamber music field is exploding with new work and, relatively inexpensive to present, offers far easier opportunities for experimentation than orchestras or opera companies. Review: Chamber Music Society Returns, Unchanged 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Whatever, the result is that Scottish Opera is now an opera company without a full-time orchestra or a chorus. The band plays on ? part-time ? but Scottish Opera is sinking 2010-09-17T11:04:00Z The opera company did not immediately respond on Thursday to a request for comment on the fresh accusations. Eleven more women accuse tenor Placido Domingo of sexual misconduct 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z She performed mezzo roles with several opera companies in the 1960s and ’70s. Barbara Smith Conrad, Singer at Center of Integration Dispute, Dies at 79 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Two small and ambitious opera companies bring their own summer theater. Summer opera: Wine, women and Gassmann 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z That said, "Show Boat" does not suit an opera company quite as easily as might be hoped. 'Show Boat' keeps rollin' along fine style in San Francisco 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Now New York City’s other other opera company is closing. Gotham Chamber Opera Announces That It Will Close 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Performing only in English, the English National Opera is the smaller of London’s two major opera companies. Amid Turmoil and Cuts, Support for English National Opera 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z These days, the work is almost never performed, and there are very few compositions by women in the repertory of opera companies and symphony orchestras. The Troubadour and the Lady 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z But that must not keep opera companies from leading audiences in new directions. Music Review: Bernard Uzan, Director, Adds Context to Seattle?s ?Attila? 2012-01-26T22:27:32Z The operatic directorial debut of Mr. Leigh is one of a number of new initiatives the opera company plans to undertake in the 2014-15 season. ArtsBeat: Mike Leigh to Direct ‘Pirates of Penzance’ for English National Opera 2014-04-29T14:56:31Z In a statement, Plácido Domingo, the company's general director, called it "a vast and challenging undertaking for any opera company." L.A. Opera goes for the epic with 'The Ghosts of Versailles' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z But his vision to make West Horsley Place a trust — similar to a U.S. nonprofit organization — is intact, and the opera company, a separate charity, has a 99-year lease on the estate. A Key to Opera’s Future May Lie in England’s Past 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Men accounted for 95 percent of the conducting credits at the 11 largest American opera companies between 2005 and 2021, the researchers found. Stark Gender Imbalance at U.S. Opera Companies Extends Beyond Podiums 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Now, three years past due and way over budget, the hall, which dates to 1825, will reopen next month with a gala performance of the ballet and opera companies’ greatest hits. T Magazine: Russian Drama 2011-09-16T13:00:47Z Much of this intelligence, sensibility and brilliance emerged during his brief abortive attempt to run the opera company in Athens: the Greeks have themselves to blame that they squandered such an astounding talent. Stefanos Lazaridis obituary 2010-05-16T17:48:00Z Recent years have been tough economically for orchestras, ensembles and opera companies. Emboldened Orchestras Embracing the New Music 2011-12-09T17:01:08Z San Francisco Opera will next month welcome Eun Sun Kim, a South Korean conductor, as its music director, the first woman to hold such a post at a major American opera company. Asians Are Represented in Classical Music. But Are They Seen? 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Last month, a crowd demonstrating against the opera jeered operagoers in evening dress as they made their way into the Met's season gala opening, and the opera company has scrapped plans to broadcast "Klinghoffer" internationally. New York's Met Opera braces for 'Death of Klinghoffer' protests 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Already the most adventurous major symphony orchestra in the country, it has set its sights on being the most adventurous opera company too, with an enviable portfolio of new and recent works. Music Review: ‘Don Giovanni,’ Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel 2012-05-27T22:36:40Z Seattle Opera is one of the nation’s largest and most respected opera companies. Think opera is just for hoity-toity rich people? Not so! Here’s a beginner’s guide to this grand art form. 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Queer, Jewish, entertaining and executed at a high level, the show is a quintessential production of the Komische Oper, the city’s most reliably interesting and revelatory opera company. After 10 Years, Barrie Kosky Leaves His Opera House Dancing 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Most opera companies fix such issues well in advance. City Opera Director Defends New Season 2011-07-12T23:00:30Z This year, the opera company, which had been struggling financially, left Lincoln Center because it could no longer afford to operate there. Irwin Schneiderman, Philanthropic Guide for City Opera, Dies at 88 2011-11-17T04:15:06Z It’s a big opportunity, especially given how rarely opera companies hire black directors. Beloved yet problematic: Seattle Opera tackles the cultural controversies behind ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z For opera companies the situation is now much the same: increasingly, the only way to fund a new show is to co-produce it with an opera house abroad. Arts in Britain Weather a Financial Storm 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z She has performed with major orchestras and opera companies ever since. Opera and Classical Music Listings for Jan. 31-Feb. 6 2014-01-31T00:02:45Z What does this mean for our region’s orchestras, opera companies, chamber groups and choruses — and the music lovers who want to hear and see them? Seattle’s classical music groups get creative this fall 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Like every opera company in America, the Lyric Opera has taken a hit from the economic downturn. Music Review: ?Cos? Fan Tutte? at Lyric Opera of Kansas City - Review 2011-11-14T22:14:30Z Most opera companies in this country these days boast young-artist programs. Wolf Trap Opera, Castleton Festival launch unevenly but laudably on same weekend On the same day, the Arts Council also slashed funding to other major opera companies including the Royal Opera House, by 10 percent, and Glyndebourne Productions, by over 30 percent. An Opera Company’s Precarious Future Has Some Worried About a Ripple Effect 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z But an opera company cannot reduce the personnel required to put on “Die Meistersinger.” Let’s Talk About Risk at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z These are crucial questions as opera companies across America, fighting the same economic headwinds as the rest of the country, struggle simply to survive. Critic’s Notebook: How Hollywood Films Are Killing Opera 2012-08-16T21:49:50Z Called "Hopscotch" and presented by the experimental opera company the Industry, the breathtakingly complex production is shaping up to be one of the most audacious cultural events of the year. Industry's 'Hopscotch' opera will take to L.A. streets in cars 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Its roots are in a 1998 staging Robinson created for Wolf Trap Opera, outside Washington, D.C., and later turned into a full-fledged co-production among five U.S. opera companies. Abducting Mozart's 'Abduction From the Seragilo' to another time 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Castronovo immediately landed leading parts at smaller American opera companies. An American Tenor Is ‘at Home Everywhere’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z It was not your conventional opera house, but then again for this opera company — Brooklyn’s LoftOpera — that is the point. Brooklyn’s Unconventional LoftOpera Takes on Puccini 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies. ArtsBeat: Jessye Norman Talks About ‘Stand Up Straight and Sing!’ 2014-05-06T16:27:37Z Mason's 15 years at the helm of one of the world's leading opera companies has been marked by an artistic conservatism that is reflected in the 2011-12 schedule. Lyric Opera plays it safe upcoming season 2011-02-01T19:28:52Z And at the moment, scale is a particular problem for opera companies trying to manage a return amid the coronavirus pandemic. A Grand History of Small Operas 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z With the Verdi anniversary approaching in October 2013, opera companies around the world are planning tributes. Domingo in Verdi rarity `I Due Foscari' in LA 2012-09-16T17:51:10Z And the conductor James Levine, who was fired by the Metropolitan Opera over allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied, is suing the opera company for breach of contract and defamation. City Ballet Ordered to Reinstate Male Dancers Fired Over Inappropriate Texts 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z He figured opera company directors would recognize its worth and come knocking. Santa Fe Opera to Stage Lewis Spratlan?s ?Life Is a Dream? 2010-04-11T21:56:00Z Symphony orchestras and opera companies must accept that there is no musical mainstream, either, so institutions should try to reach “as many people as possible by catering to different tastes,” he said. Esa-Pekka Salonen Says Tweak the Orchestra, Don’t Blow it Up 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Marc Scorca, president and CEO of Opera America, noted that the Met is benefitting from the vision and risk-taking of other opera companies that mounted these operas originally. In break with the past, Met opera is devoting a third of its productions to recent work 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z “Star Choir,” an “interstellar chamber opera,” will be presented by L.A.’s acclaimed experimental opera company the Industry inside Mt. You can see the stars at Mt. Wilson Observatory — and a celestial sci-fi opera 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The opera company will take over the education program that allows about 12,000 school children each year to attend dress rehearsals. US-focused Opera News, to cease publication in November after 87 years 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The opera company has been told by ACE to relocate from the capital by 2026 or lose its public funding. English National Opera's deadline to move from London extended 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Aviva Studios could also be one venue, along with The Lowry in Salford, for the English National Opera if the opera company chooses Manchester for its impending relocation from London. Yayoi Kusama's polka dot art opens Manchester's £211m arts venue Aviva Studios 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Belgium’s national opera company, it was founded in 1700 and has a budget nearly three times that of Seattle Opera. Seattle Opera head to step down 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The opera company has been told by Arts Council England to relocate from London or lose its public funding. English National Opera move must be transparent, say Liverpool politicians 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The Met said 20 Guild employees will get severance packages but the opera company hoped to hire several. US-focused Opera News, to cease publication in November after 87 years 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z In November last year, ACE said it would axe the opera company's £12.6m core annual grant, replacing it with £17m over three years - effectively halving the funding - as part of a plan to relocate. English National Opera's deadline to move from London extended 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Lowbrow Opera Collective, now in its fourth season, is a nonprofit opera company dedicated to making opera accessible and relevant to younger, more diverse audiences and performers. Frustrated by limited opportunities, 3 Seattle friends started own opera company 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The opera company has been told by Arts Council England to relocate from the capital or lose its public funding. English National Opera names five cities on relocation shortlist 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z But opera companies are producing contemporary works that tell true stories about our diverse communities. New opera takes on Tacoma's past expulsion of Chinese residents 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z That would have been unheard-of even a decade ago, but opera companies are warming to a new generation of Americans with fresh takes. A Translation Problem 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The people, from Nottingham, Manchester and London, will take part in performances organised by the charity Streetwise, an opera company that works with people who have been homeless. 'How opera changed my life after homelessness' 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Other than New York, Mehta has kept his ties with all his former orchestras and opera companies, along with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, which he conducts regularly. Commentary: At 86, Zubin Mehta reflects on his career, Mahler and the 'Mehta Sound' 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The Arts Council suggested Manchester, the biggest city in Europe without a resident opera company, as a possible destination. English National Opera names five cities on relocation shortlist 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The opera company didn’t win the grant, but by then Youtz and Zhang were already captivated by the idea of an opera that would illuminate a part of Washington’s history that had been erased. New opera takes on Tacoma's past expulsion of Chinese residents 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Falconer was also a designer of sets and costumes for ballet and opera companies around the world including numerous productions by the New York City Ballet. Author Ian Falconer of ‘Olivia’ books for children dies 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Several other major opera companies have also had big cuts to their Arts Council England grants. English National Opera gets 'one year's reprieve' after funding cut 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Moving the ENO to a location that is already served by an opera company would be "a nonsense", Opera North's chief executive Richard Mantle says. English National Opera: Where next after being told to move out of London? 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z "If there's already an opera company there, like Birmingham Opera, how can we partner with them." English National Opera names five cities on relocation shortlist 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z "So straight away you've got a situation which is really hard, to pull up the really deep roots of an opera company and just transport it," Mr Murphy said. English National Opera fights 'absurd' plan to relocate to Manchester 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The Arts Council grant accounts for more than double the opera company's box office income before Covid. English National Opera hit by major funding cut and may move to Manchester 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The company is one of two major opera companies in the capital, along with the Royal Opera. English National Opera gets 'one year's reprieve' after funding cut 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z "From a personal point of view, I would love for there to be an opera company in Manchester." English National Opera: Where next after being told to move out of London? 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z The Arts Council handed major cuts to other opera companies like Glyndebourne and Welsh National Opera, while the BBC recently announced reductions for its English orchestras and the possible closure of the BBC Singers choir. English National Opera names five cities on relocation shortlist 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The ENO is based at the London Coliseum in Covent Garden and is one of two major opera companies in the capital, along with the Royal Opera. English National Opera fights 'absurd' plan to relocate to Manchester 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z "After George Floyd died, we started having difficult, different dialogues with the opera companies, and they see things differently and optically, at least, they are doing the right thing." Black History Month: Opera must be more accessible say theatre leaders 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Partly that was for replicability: They didn’t want any opera company stymied by the requirement of a special banjo or djembe player. How Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels turned an enslaved man's narrative into an opera 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z "There's plenty of available audience who'd be interested in a world-class opera company in and around Manchester," she says. English National Opera: Where next after being told to move out of London? 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z What a boon this development could be, enabling opera companies to change the entire set within seconds to reflect what the singers are feeling and singing. Seattle Opera presents a gorgeous ‘Tristan and Isolde’ 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Masked but undaunted, orchestras, ensembles and opera companies are forging forward with busy seasons that I can barely scratch the surface of here. Perspective | Live classical music is picking up steam, with robust fall seasons 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z There are no art galleries, opera companies, or theaters or university buildings emblazoned with his name in his hometown of Chicago. Secretive billionaire handed his fortune to architect of the right-wing takeover of the courts 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The opera company signed a new lease at the Kennedy Center, and the building sat vacant until 1999, when it was sold for $28 million. Betty Brown Casey, Washington philanthropist, dies at 95 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The MacArthur fellow and founding artistic director of L.A.’s avant-garde opera company the Industry will stage his own interpretation of Act III of “Die Walkürie.” 8 ways the Hollywood Bowl is reviving historic stage moments for a modern audience 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Back then, they provided the chorus for visiting opera companies from places such as New York or Berlin. This tenor has sung in more than 150 L.A. Opera shows. After 'Aida,' he'll take a final bow 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The four Wagner operas are considered the most demanding repertoire for an opera company, and a concert version of the complete Ring is rarely performed. Luisi to conduct Ring Cycle with Dallas Symphony in 2024 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z When the City and County of San Francisco imposed strict lockdowns back in 2020, Matthew Shilvock says that keeping an opera company going proved "extremely challenging". The AI software that could turn you in to a music star 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z By 2010, the year before the opera company merged with the Kennedy Center, her donations constituted “between one-half and two-thirds” of the total endowment, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Betty Brown Casey, Washington philanthropist, dies at 95 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z In 2010 he unsuccessfully urged a touring Cape Town opera company not to perform in Israel, invoking South Africa’s struggle against apartheid in criticizing Israel’s policy toward Palestinians. Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z “I’ll unwind from thirty-four years in the opera company in Vienna,” he says with a sigh. This tenor has sung in more than 150 L.A. Opera shows. After 'Aida,' he'll take a final bow 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z It is not the first time tragedy has struck the renowned theater, home to one of Russia's most famous ballet and opera companies. Bolshoi performer killed in onstage accident during opera 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Yuval Sharon, artistic director of the avant-garde opera company the Industry, shook up the organization’s status quo by creating an artistic director cooperative that includes two additional leaders. Paul Crewes to step down as artistic director of the Wallis 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z In a statement, the opera company said it was "devastated". Covid: Pioneering opera director Sir Graham Vick dies 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z This was, we were told, the first time since the pandemic shutdown that an American opera company was performing for an audience inside its opera house. Review: L.A. Opera is first in the U.S. to return to its home stage. Emotions flow 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Phil’s artistic leader has been appointed music director in Paris, where he will join one of the most celebrated opera companies in the world. Theater gets its weird back. How REDCAT and CAP UCLA shows celebrate the offbeat 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z It’s not an anomaly for a symphony orchestra and an opera company to share a music director. Gustavo Dudamel is Paris Opera's next music director. What does this mean for L.A.? 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z As supertitles became popular at other opera companies, including the New York City Opera next door to the Met in Lincoln Center, Mr. Levine argued that his house’s informed patrons would find them distracting. James Levine, Former Met Opera Maestro, Is Dead at 77 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z “It’s important that opera companies and those that are leading them today start grooming the next generation of leaders in the arts world.” Tenor Russell Thomas is named L.A. Opera's artist in residence 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z A small team from several departments formed a digital content task force to brainstorm around the resources available, best ideas they saw from other opera companies and what would best represent Santa Fe Opera. Virtual performances span the world from Santa Fe 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z In the quest for better Black representation, orchestras and opera companies are improving diversity in superficial ways. The pandemic of 2020, our first panhuman event 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Dudamel, who remains artistic and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will join one of the world’s largest and most celebrated opera companies. Gustavo Dudamel is Paris Opera's next music director. What does this mean for L.A.? 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Well before the presidential election, Yuval Sharon’s innovative opera company, the Industry, had to cut short its run of “Sweet Land,” an acute questioning of America’s foundation myths, exposing our democracy’s fragility. Commentary: Best classical music of 2020: 10 heroes who came to our rescue in a horrendous year 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Thomas plans to use his forthcoming experience to run an opera company one day. Tenor Russell Thomas is named L.A. Opera's artist in residence 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Early this year, the experimental opera company the Industry staged the critically acclaimed “Sweet Land,” an opera that picked apart the tropes of Western expansion and rugged individualism. Column: U.S. individualism isn't rugged, it's toxic — and it's killing us 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z A burlesque impresario tries to help a failing opera company. Movies on TV this week, Sept. 13: 'The Silence of the Lambs' 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Sharon, who is founder of experimental Los Angeles opera company the Industry and increasingly a sought-after director in Europe, just happens to be a car guy. News Analysis: Can Yuval Sharon make Detroit an opera haven? In a new post, he'll try 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z It’s a piece she was slated to perform with her school’s opera company several weeks ago. High school performing arts were shut down by coronavirus. Will it derail students' careers? 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z He’s been meeting with leaders from other opera companies to discuss other funding ideas. AB 5 forced arts groups to evolve. For some, COVID-19 made the change 'catastrophic' 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z The opera company’s orchestra, chorus and stagehands will not be paid past March, though they will retain their health benefits. Metropolitan Opera Cancels Season Over Virus and Faces $60 Million Loss 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Besides that, everywhere you turn you can find orchestras, concert halls and opera companies streaming from their archives, and now a few are giving live concerts online without an audience. A classical concert to soothe a coronavirus-rattled soul: Our critic's streaming picks 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Although he has led major productions at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany and Vienna State Opera in Austria, Sharon has remained too edgy to have staged anything with a major American opera company. News Analysis: Can Yuval Sharon make Detroit an opera haven? In a new post, he'll try 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The Industry, the experimental opera company led by artistic director Yuval Sharon, challenges the traditional narrative of the founding of America in the new work “Sweet Land.” 8 best things to do in L.A. and O.C. on Leap Day weekend: Ballet BC, Ebersole, Chaplin 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The idea that Four Larks, the self-described junkyard opera company, would adapt Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” seemed predestined. 'This is the ultimate creature': How 'Frankenstein' comes alive in Beverly Hills 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z But Mr. Gelb said that would be impossible for an opera company the size of the Met, which despite its $308 million annual budget has little financial cushion. Metropolitan Opera Cancels Season Over Virus and Faces $60 Million Loss 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z He also directed for leading opera companies — including the Royal Opera and English National Opera in London, the Metropolitan Opera in New York and La Scala in Milan — despite being unable to read music. Jonathan Miller, British polymath who restaged theater classics, dies at 85 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z “Any other opera company in America would be completely blindsided by the projects that I’m proposing,” Sharon told Gelt “with mischievous glee.” Essential Arts: MOCA becomes SoCal arts biggest unionization target 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z “Any other opera company in America would be completely blindsided by the projects that I’m proposing,” Sharon said over the phone with mischievous glee. A Long Beach Opera coup: Star director Yuval Sharon will plan 2021 season 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Other American opera companies got wind, and the production has been making the rounds ever since. Review: L.A. Opera brings back Barrie Kosky's 'Magic Flute' with madcap cinematic style 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Opera to the second tier of our nation’s opera companies, at best. Why David Henry Hwang defends theater's Michael Ritchie and 'bravest act of producing' 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The allegations of misconduct by Domingo at Los Angeles and other opera companies around the U.S. were first reported in August by The Associated Press. Organizers: Plácido Domingo to be absent from Batuta Prizes 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z It is the smallest and far-and-away least fancy of Berlin’s three major opera companies. Commentary: Where Barrie Kosky, Europe's hot opera director, wants to make his American splash 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z “Every other opera company would turn ghost white at the thought of this kind of season. I think it’ll be great.” A Long Beach Opera coup: Star director Yuval Sharon will plan 2021 season 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Now, at 28, the soprano has mentors in the world’s foremost opera companies and is to appear at Glyndebourne as Gilda, daughter of the hunchback jester, in Verdi’s Rigoletto, opening on 11 October. Opera’s newest star taught herself to sing by copying divas on DVDs 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Petrenko had never before headed an orchestra, only opera companies and only one big one, Bavarian State Opera in Munich, where he remains for two more seasons. Review: A shy Siberian conductor in Berlin may be just what the music world needs 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z His appearance with London’s Royal Opera at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival helped galvanize the Music Center to start L.A.’s first major opera company, further nurtured by Domingo’s advocacy. Commentary: What sexual harassment allegations against Placido Domingo could mean for opera culture 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Small by Berlin opera company standards is not small. Commentary: Where Barrie Kosky, Europe's hot opera director, wants to make his American splash 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z Sharon, a MacArthur fellow, already leads his own avant-garde L.A.-based opera company, the Industry, which has brought audacious thinking to how and where opera can be made and consumed. A Long Beach Opera coup: Star director Yuval Sharon will plan 2021 season 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The alleged harassment took place at venues including opera companies where the musician held top positions. Plácido Domingo accused of sexual harassment 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The city is proud of its symphony and opera companies, and mariachi music is also always in demand. ‘A town of love and peace’: El Pasoans support each other in wake of attack 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z To tell our audience they should now look to fund shoestring opera companies or orchestras such as the Alexandria and Fairfax symphonies was frankly insulting. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: It’s not about optics — unless it’s photos of Trump 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z There may not have been any notable local performances since Simon Rattle conducted it with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, but the opera is, in fact, done by opera companies and orchestras all the time. Review: For Pacific Symphony, a Ravel opera and a tribute to a cellist, delivered with soul 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z American opera companies do now and then stick their toes into new and adventurous work, so long as it’s not too challenging or controversial or chance-taking or expensive. Want the West Coast’s best in opera? You have to go to Europe 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The ENO, which is based at the London Coliseum and whose productions are performed in English, is one of the two main opera companies in London, along with the Royal Opera House. English National Opera artistic head quits 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Grey, however, happens to be a composer in his own right, and his first opera, “Frankenstein,” will be given its premiere Friday night by the Belgian national opera company, La Monnaie. Review: ‘Girls of the Golden West’ gets an Amsterdam remake, more powerful and profound 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z That’s not, of course, the way opera companies — nor the Ace — normally operate. Review: David Lang’s ‘the loser’ brought to brilliant life through the hypnotic Rod Gilfry 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Lend Me a Tenor An opera company in 1930s Cleveland scrambles to fill an important role in Ken Ludwig’s classic backstage farce. SoCal theater listings, Feb. 17-24: ‘The Bourgeois Gentleman’ at City Garage and more 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z But America’s major opera companies presumably view Sharon as a troublemaker, whereas Berlin’s most important opera company was willing to entrust this cheeky young American with work that is a national pastime in Germany. Want the West Coast’s best in opera? You have to go to Europe 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Bosco was a Broadway veteran who won a Tony Award in 1989 for best actor for his role as the head of an opera company in the comedy “Lend Me a Tenor.” Philip Bosco, Tony-winning actor, dies at 88 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z His idea was for the opera company to delight in all that it had. Review: As L.A. voted, John Cage's anarchic 'Europeras 1 & 2' set the tone for election day - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The opera company also wants to cut the pay of remaining musicians by 8 percent and the number of working weeks by two weeks to 22 weeks. Lyric Opera musicians go on strike, threatening opera season 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z At 20, Ms. Caballé graduated from the conservatory with its gold medal for voice and embarked on auditions with Italian opera companies. Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Unless American opera companies get a very loud and insistent wake-up call, we’ll never see 18th century opera characters disguised as Astro Boy and Girl wondrously flying around the stage, eventually gaining surprisingly touching humanity. Want the West Coast’s best in opera? You have to go to Europe 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The only American opera company to regularly program Philip Glass, Los Angeles Opera this year turns to the prolific composer’s second, and most popular, opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ LA Phil’s centennial season and 71 more arts events to check out this fall 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z In the wake of the triumph of “Written on Skin,” “Lessons” had been co-commissioned by half a dozen of the world’s leading opera companies. How the Composer George Benjamin Finally Found His Voice 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z They say changes are necessary to ensure the opera company’s survival as a “world-class” opera company. Lyric Opera musicians go on strike, threatening opera season 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z In St. Louis, thanks to the opera company’s active involvement, it created interfaith discussion groups that are still active seven years later. Perspective | Timothy O’Leary, WNO’s new leader, brings idealism, pragmatism and fundraising chops 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Mark Grey, the exceptional sound designer of “Girls,” had his opera “Frankenstein” premiering at one of the historically most imaginative European opera companies, La Monnaie, in Brussels. Want the West Coast’s best in opera? You have to go to Europe 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z This explains why Sharon has yet to work with a major American opera company. Unorthodox L.A. opera genius Yuval Sharon arrives on the world stage 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Full summer opera seasons in the amphitheater once drew sizable crowds long before there was alfresco amplification or L.A. had a major opera company. With pomp and power, Dudamel fits Verdi's 'Otello' into the Hollywood Bowl 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Plus, just about every opera company everywhere has inexpensive seats, often as low as $20. Before ‘Hamilton,’ 100 years of American music theater and how it’s told the story of who we are 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z And yet, with its timeless comedy, instantly hummable tunes and contemporary themes, it might just be a perfect fit for this 21st century opera company and audience, too. Irreverent Pacific Opera Project takes on 'La Gazetta' 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z He was born in San Francisco in 1940, during the hour and year of the dragon, while his father was touring the U.S. with an opera company. ‘Bruce Lee: A Life’: a remarkable life, from Seattle to Hong Kong 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Guthrie wrote in 1942 that the opera company almost had to pack up when two "absolutely indispensible" singers were refused further military deferment. When Burnley was Britain's theatre capital 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, the town's symphony and opera companies appear newly energized, while the Music Academy of the West, the training program in Montecito, has become wildly ambitious. Jennifer Koh and the 'Shared Madness' of coming between a violinist and her violin 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z It took an additional 16 years for Anderson to break the color barrier at American's most important opera company. Kathleen Battle, Julia Bullock and the saga of opera singers of color 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z His lawsuit was filed Thursday and says the renowned opera company used baseless allegations to tarnish him and then fired him Monday without so much as a phone call. The Latest: Met Opera says Levine’s suit full of ‘untruths’ 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z His lawsuit was filed Thursday and says the renowned opera company conducted a one-sided inquiry into baseless allegations to tarnish him and then fired him Monday without so much as a phone call. Conductor Levine, ousted after sex abuse inquiry, sues Met 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Hungary’s state opera company has defended itself against charges of racism after it staged Porgy and Bess with a largely white cast in open defiance of the wishes of its composers, the Gershwin brothers. Hungarian opera boss defends using white cast to stage Porgy and Bess 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z “Tabasco: a Burlesque Opera” had been stuck in an attic for more than a century when conductor Paul Mauffray found a program from its 1894 tour in archives for the opera company and its predecessors. Tabasco, 19th century comic opera, for New Orleans 300th 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z However, the opera company was satisfied with the improvements to the structure and the sound quality • • The opera season opens on December 7th, the feast of Milan’s patron saint • • Know more? Accidentally Wes Anderson: Instagram finds stylised symmetry in real cities 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z McNair, who went on to perform with many of the world’s major orchestras and opera companies, said she does not feel traumatized by Dutoit’s behavior 32 years ago. AP Exclusive: Famed conductor accused of sexual misconduct 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z McNair went on to perform with many of the world’s major orchestras and opera companies and said she does not feel traumatized by Dutoit’s behavior 32 years ago. AP Exclusive: Famed conductor accused of sexual misconduct 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Months after the Met acknowledged learning of the sex allegations in the Illinois police report, the opera company honoured Levine with the title of music director emeritus. New York Met opera suspends James Levine over sexual allegations 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z I look forward to the day when Sondheim's musicals begin being performed regularly by major opera companies. Stephen Sondheim, Theater’s Greatest Lyricist 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The opera company said casting non-Asian roles for parts such as these was "still widespread within the opera world". Opera cancelled over non-Asian roles 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z A lively Southern blonde, Ms. Jeffreys sang with opera companies in New York and worked as a Powers model before film scouts spotted her in a Hollywood musical revue. Anne Jeffreys, vivacious ‘ghostess with the mostest’ on TV’s ‘Topper,’ dies at 94 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The old model of asking customers to buy subscription packages that committed them months ahead has long been failing - an experience shared by most U.S. opera companies. Philadelphia offers binge-watching opera festival 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The old model of asking customers to buy subscription packages that committed them months ahead has long been failing — an experience shared by most U.S. opera companies. Philadelphia offers binge-watching opera festival 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z It has hosted sustained intimidation campaign against perceived potential gentrifiers, including an opera company which tried to perform in a local park, a student-led walking tour and a string of galleries. Hipster-bashing in California: angry residents fight back against gentrification 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Music Theatre Wales describes itself as "the UK's leading national contemporary opera company, dedicated to bringing the finest in contemporary opera to the public". Opera cancelled over non-Asian roles 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z “It’s important to note,” she added, “that most American opera companies do not operate their own scene shops but rely on others to build their new productions.” Seattle Opera cuts six full-time jobs, closes Renton scene shop 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z “For this opera, I will be contacting other opera companies and schools who might be interested. They would then perform it at their location.” Oklahoma Baptist University Professors debut musical 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z It’s as if two distinct opera companies shared the same name. Modern Opera Thrives in L.A. 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z She makes costumes for area theater, dance and opera companies. She invented a premium dog diaper, but the world hasn’t beaten a path to her door 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z He and mezzo-soprano Corrie Stallings, who just completed her second year in the program, will perform Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide” at the French opera companies of Toulouse in December and Bordeaux in January. Pittsburgh programs help build better opera singers 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z An opera company which tried to stage a performance at the park was drowned out by shouts, whistles and a brass band. 'Hope everyone pukes on your artisanal treats': fighting gentrification, LA-style 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Could it be that the money needed to make sense of the concept of a "people's opera company" is too great in our austerity times? Why the ENO needs a Fergie - BBC News 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Hired by local Chinese shrines, opera companies in Bangkok’s Chinatown perform mythical stories in Mandarin to round off celebrations marking the Lunar New Year in the Thai capital. Bangkok’s Chinatown: a night at the opera 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Later, Bologna moved to Anoka to become conductor of an opera company there. Former opera singer, 63, drives bus for Rochester schools 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Competition is intense for young-artists programs, which are now offered at most major opera companies. Pittsburgh programs help build better opera singers 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z The avant garde opera company Industry deployed 24 cars as well as a small army of composers, writers, singers, musicians, drivers and technicians to turn downtown and eastern LA into a storytelling fantasy realm. Tinseltown's comeback: Los Angeles' resurgence as America's cultural capital 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z "Imagine producing 24 musicals at once, imagine an opera company having 24 operas on at exactly the same time," says Michael Harrison, managing director of Qdos pantomimes. Pantomime - a true theatrical survivor - BBC News 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z "All our marvellous regional opera companies are in real trouble and struggling." British opera 'in crisis' says renowned director Graham Vick - BBC News 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z It is strange to say, but even in Germany, which is the largest market outside the US, the Met has effectively become some people’s local opera company.” Not only in New York – how the most powerful man in opera took the Met to the world 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Additionally, Twist has worked with ballets, opera companies, choreographers and playwrights. Ta-Nehisi Coates leads diverse group of MacArthur 'genius' grant recipients 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z But long after most theater companies stopped using dark makeup for their Othellos — seeing it as an uncomfortable vestige of minstrelsy — leading opera companies around the world continued to use it for their Otellos. Metropolitan Opera First: ‘Otello’ Without Blackface 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z After he spent two summers in Santa Fe as an apprentice with the opera company, Mr. Tanner’s career took flight. Carl Tanner, opera tenor, returns to D.C. area, where trucking, bounty hunting career began 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z "So for those people who are worried, is San Diego Opera going to turn into some kind of experimental opera company, that's not going to happen," Bennett said. David Bennett, new leader of San Diego Opera, brings bigger picture into view 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z |
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