opera company in Roanoke, Virginia, US
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2019-10-07 00:10:00
The Roanoke Star.comRoanoke, VirginiaOctober 4, 2019 As part of its commitment to diverse programming, Opera Roanoke will present Desire of the Soul: A Recital of African American Art Song on November 3, 2019 at Mill Mountain Theatre, sponsored by a grant from the Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia. Soprano and Metropolitan Opera soloist, Dr. Christine Jobson and pianist Dr. Gregory Thompson will guide audiences on an inspiring journey through the poignantly profound music and poetry that is the beautifully rich landscape of African American Art Song. Dr. Jobson has received praise and critical acclaim for her research and interpretation of these important works including a special judges’ citation in the 2019 American Prize Competition and first place in the 2019 George Shirley vocal competition, a competition named after the first black tenor to have a lead role at the Metropolitan Opera. […]
2017-09-11 09:35:12
Opera Roanoke will offer a preview of the company's 2017-18 season, "Puccini is Passion," in a free performance Sunday at Hollins University.
2012-07-03 15:12:25
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[…] the Pittsburgh Symphony. Conducting became my profession, and the compositions had to be done in-between. Around 1985, I discovered that the horse and the cart had been put in reverse positions, and I was having less and less time to compose, whereas I started conducting simply to conduct my own compositions–It kind of took over my life. At the point when I was music director of the Roanoke Symphony in VA, and artistic director of Opera Roanoke, and doing a lot of guest conducting, that’s when I decided instead of being a conductor-composer to be a composer-conductor, and just reversing those two titles made a huge difference. I earn a lot less money now, but I’m definitely in the right direction. This is really the lifestyle that I want, is to be spending the majority of my time as a composer, and conducting, but much less than I was before. […]
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