by Gregory Moomjy Call me old fashion, but I love bel canto opera and I don’t care who knows it. And yes, I say that with full knowledge of the implications. Put an insane and/or sleepwalking soprano on stage and have her ornament her 20-minute progress towards death in fluent florid Italian and I’m there.…Continue reading Review: Uncovered
The Hours: Kevin Puts & Greg Pierce
Kevin Puts, composer & Greg Pierce, librettist (This interview was originally recorded to support performances of the concert version of the opera in March 2022 presented by The Philadelphia Orchestra.) ABOUT the world premiere production of this opera: November 22, 2022 through December 15, 2022, Metropolitan Opera, NYC Run time: approximately 2 hours, 55 minutes.…Continue reading The Hours: Kevin Puts & Greg Pierce
Review: Medea
By Gregory Moomjy Whether you like opera or not, everyone knows the old cliché that the leading lady always ends up dead at the end. Some of us opera lovers might even find ourselves in the position of having to refute that and coming up against the dearth of works with happy endings. But the…Continue reading Review: Medea
Podcast 91: Roundtable, Opera and Community
Listen to the Audio Only Version Here We welcome ourselves back to discuss opera productions we’ve seen this summer all over the country, as well as some that we are waiting for with bated breath. Letters That You Will Not Get: Women’s Voices from the Great War at AOP and Quamino’s Map at Chicago Opera Theater are both operas that opened recently whose…Continue reading Podcast 91: Roundtable, Opera and Community
OperaFix: Juana at dell’Arte Opera Ensemble
August 21-27 dell’Arte Opera Ensemble is presenting the professional premiere of Carla Lucero’s opera Juana at The Rose Nagelberg Theater In New York. We’ve followed this project over the years, and in honor of this premiere, we’re collecting clips from our shows beginning with when the project won OPERA America Opera Discovery Grants for Female…Continue reading OperaFix: Juana at dell’Arte Opera Ensemble