dell’Arte Opera Ensemble Elyse Anne Kakacek, Soprano Liz Bouk, Mezzo-Soprano Whitney George, Composer/Co-Conductor Sarah Young, Director Karen Rich, Managing Director dell’Arte Opera Ensemble 2019 Summer Festival: Voices From the Tower Summer Shares at La MaMa Experimental Theater August 10th to 25th ELYSE ANNE KAKACEK – soprano Princess Maleine in PRINCESS MALEINE BIO: Elyse Anne Kakacek…Continue reading dell’Arte Opera Ensemble
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Podcast 63: Vivien Schweitzer, Author and Journalist
Indie Opera Podcast’s usual suspects sit down for a engaging conversation with author Vivien Schweitzer about her delightfully informative book, A Mad Love: an Introduction to Opera, her varied career as a journalist, a critic and her return to live performance as an accompanist. NOTES Recorded at the National Opera Center 6/17/19 Vivien Schweitzer, author/journalist/critic/pianist…Continue reading Podcast 63: Vivien Schweitzer, Author and Journalist
Soprano Ashley Galvani Bell, Antón Armendariz Diaz of Divaria Productions
LA VOIX HUMAINE – Divaria Productions Divaria Productions presents La Voix Humaine by composer, Francis Poulenc and librettist, Jean Cocteau in a bi-lingual production sung in French and spoken in English combining the operatic monodrama with the original play as part of the 2019 New York Opera Fest Performances are: June 25th & 27th at…Continue reading Soprano Ashley Galvani Bell, Antón Armendariz Diaz of Divaria Productions
Podcast 62: Winners of the 2019 OPERA America Women Composers Discovery Grants
The crew sits down to DJ music from the recipients of the OPERA America 2019 Opera Discovery Grants for Female Composers. Including: Sarah Taylor Ellis, Donia Jarrar, Gina Leishman, Carla Lucero, Kristin Norderval, Niloufar Nourbakhsh and Celka Ojakangas. NOTES Sarah Taylor Ellis: Composer The Trojan Women Excerpt: I Dream of a City The libretto is…Continue reading Podcast 62: Winners of the 2019 OPERA America Women Composers Discovery Grants
Jacob Ashworth, Artistic Director of Cantata Profana
The audacious stars of New York’s Cantata Profana—as comfortable on period instruments as they are on modern ones—juxtapose masterpieces from the medieval era to the 21st century in lovingly curated shows filled with unexpected works and daring theater. On May 23, 24, and 25 they premiere their most dramatically and politically charged creation yet: LUCRETIA…Continue reading Jacob Ashworth, Artistic Director of Cantata Profana