Matthew Aucoin joins us in the studio to talk about “Crossing”, his opera about the Civil War experiences of Walt Whitman, and we recap Opera Philadelphia’s festival O17, Sweeney Todd at the Barrow Street Theater, and “Norma” at the Metropolitan Opera. NOTES Norma Metropolitan Opera The Star Spangled Banner Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano…Continue reading Episode 42: Matthew Aucoin’s “Crossing”
Month: September 2017
OperaFix September 25, 2017
Get your weekly Opera Fix! Become a patron on PATREON NOTES Philadelphia Opera’s festival O17 David B. Devan General Director & President Mark Campbell Elisabeth Cree Opera on the Mall The Magic Flute The Dream of the Red Chamber San Francisco Opera The Hong Kong Arts Festival Replace two South Korean cast members with Chinese…Continue reading OperaFix September 25, 2017
OperaFix September 18, 2017
Get your weekly Opera Fix! Become a patron on PATREON NOTES Opera Philadelphia‘s festival O17 We Shall Not Be Moved The passing of Brenda Lewis Birdie Hubbard in “Regina,” Marc Blitzstein’s adaptation of Lillian Hellman’s drama “The Little Foxes,” title role in “Lizzie Borden,” by Jack Beeson. LIZZIE, the Rock Opera New Line Theatre Marcelle…Continue reading OperaFix September 18, 2017
OperaFix September 11, 2017
Get your weekly Opera Fix! Become a patron on PATREON NOTES Grindr, the opera Orlando’s Footlight Theatre Parliament House resort Friday, Sept. 15 Two Yosemites Opera Theater Oregon Justin Ralls Dallas Opera Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s The Ring of Polykrates Michel van der Aa’s Sunken Garden Boston Lyric Opera The Nefarious Immoral but Highly Profitable Enterprise of…Continue reading OperaFix September 11, 2017