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[…] works were inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s 1839 Gothic horror story, “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Getty’s major stage works also include The Canterville Ghost, which was presented by Leipzig Opera in 2015 and as part of a double bill with Usher House in Los Angeles and New York City, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips, an opera which had its premiere in cinematic form in 2021 at the Mill Valley Film Festival and has since been screened by New York City Opera, Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O22 and OPERA America. Getty’s operas, along with his other vocal, instrumental and orchestral works, are available on the Pentatone label. San Francisco Opera’s Spirit of the Opera award was created in 1995 as a tribute to individuals whose devotion to the Company epitomizes a high level of commitment to advancing the success of San Francisco Opera and supporting the art form. Past recipients include Bob and Terri Ryan, Jeannik […]
2023-08-24 06:45:00
The Bayreuth Festival is thrust into a new age, the digital age, by the application of Augmented Reality in a ground-breaking new production of Wagner's Parsifal
Wagner: Parsifal - Georg Zeppenfeld - Bayreuth Festival (Photo: Bayreuther Festspiele / Enrico Nawrath)Wagner: Parsifal; Ekaterina Gubanova, Tobias Kehrer, Andreas Schager, Jordan Shanahan, Derek Welton, Georg Zeppenfeld; dir: Jay Scheib; cond: Pablo Heras-Casado; Bayreuth FestivalReviewed by Tony Cooper, 23 August 2023Through my 3D glasses I found myself wrapped up and entwined in an abundance of floating objects that seemingly one could touch! The 2023 season at the Bayreuth Festival opened with a ground-breaking new production of Parsifal directed by 53-year-old Jay Scheib, an American of international standing in the hi-tech world and a technological wizard like no other! A couple of his credits include Thomas Adès’ Powder Her Face (New York City Opera) and the Jim Steinman/Meat Loaf musical, Bat Out of Hell (Capitol Theatre, Düsseldorf). The production also feature conductor Pablo Heras-Casado's debut at the festival.Wagner: Parsifal - Andreas Schager, Elina Garanca - Bayreuth Festival (Photo: Bayreuther Festspiele / Enrico Nawrath)A […]
2023-04-27 17:27:21
Kintsugi for Sugihara
“A Concert for Sugihara”—presented at Carnegie Hall by New York City Opera and The American Society for Yad Vashem on Wednesday, April 19—marked 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
2022-11-17 22:35:00
[…] Tito), Micaëla (Carmen), Norina (Don Pasquale) of which Opera Canada said she “brought an edgy intensity to her role [and] augmented her vocal prowess with enviable acting skills,” Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) with Venture Opera and, while at Manhattan School of Music, performed The Fox (The Cunning Little Vixen), Pamina and Second Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Orphée aux Enfers and La Fée (Cendrillon). Further highlights include a performance at David Geffen Hall with the New York Philharmonic and Rossini's Mosè in Egitto with New York City Opera. Sponsored by Anna & Steven Fieler Marika Yasuda(Williamsburg, Virginia)Pianist Marika Yasuda is a recent graduate of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University where she is a doctoral candidate in Collaborative Piano. As a soloist, she has received top prizes at competitions, including the Hellam Young Artists’ Competition, Virginia Waring International Piano Competition and Julia Crane International Piano Competition and was named a winner of the 2015 Oberlin Conservatory Concerto Competition. As a collaborative […]
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