by Roseann Cane Today one of the most frequently performed operas in the world, La Bohème premiered in 1896 in Turin, conducted by the 28-year-old Arturo Toscanini. Set in Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1830s, it focuses on four young, impoverished bohemian artists, Marcello, a painter (baritone Benjamin Taylor);…
RODELINDAOctober 20, 24, 26, 28 at 7pmOctober 22, 29 at 3pm at Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY Performances in Italian with English supertitlesRunning Time: Approx. 2 hours and 15 minutesOpera by G.F. Handel, premiered at the King’s Theater in London, 1725Direction and Production R.B. SchlatherWith early music band Ruckus Hudson, NY…
The dynamic fall program also celebrates 15 years of experimental media and performing arts at EMPAC with a lively schedule of free talks, work-in-progress demonstrations, tours, and more including artists Antonia Barnett-McIntosh, Jessie Marino, Alexis Blake, Petra Kuppers, and the newly added album release event from Christopher Fisher-Lochhead with Ben…
New Experimental Opera at Hubbard Hall! Sorry John Henry the song has no end Join us for a FREE one night only event on Friday, August 18 at 7pm in the Freight Depot Studio (green building in the back of the Hubbard Hall campus in Cambridge NY). Artist Ian Askew and company…
The “innovative, clever and thoroughly professional” (Bachtrack) Berkshire Opera Festival continues its 2023 summer season with a mainstage production of La Bohème on August 26, August 29, and September 1 at The Colonial Theater in Pittsfield, MA. One of the most beloved operatic love stories of all time, La Bohème is based on Henri Murger’s 1851 novel, Scènes de la vie de…
Berkshire Opera Festival opens its 2023 summer season with Breaking the Mold: Baroque, Bel Canto, and Beyond, a concert of arias and ensembles spanning 300 years, on July 22 at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. The program traverses a vast range of musical eras and styles, from Handel to Heggie. The afternoon’s selections are sung by strong characters who each…
Hudson, NY —Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House announces RODELINDA as the first in an ambitious multi-year series of operas by G.F. Handel with the daring, internationally acclaimed director (and Hudson resident) R.B. Schlather. Six performances take place October 20, 24, 26, 28 at 7pm and October 22 and 29 at 3pm. Tickets start at $25 and go…
Da Camera Singers, the adult chamber choir located in the Pioneer Valley, will present the Western Massachusetts premiere of Craig Hella Johnson’s oratorio Considering Matthew Shepard on May 21 at 4 PM in the auditorium at Greenfield High School, 21 Barr Ave, Greenfield, MA. Considering Matthew Shepard tells the story…
