q4 2017 vocal and opera news
UD Opera Theatre stages David Conte's The Gift of the Magi with Michael Ching's Speed Dating Tonight on November 12, 2017.
Several works from Juliana Hall's vocal catalog were featured in performances in October and November.
October 1: Renee Calvo, soprano, presented selections from Night Dances in a recital at the University of San Diego. Click here to learn more.
On November 10-12, 17, and 19, Tri-Cities Opera will stage Glory Denied by Tom Cipullo.
On November 6 and 9, Houston Grand Opera presents Tom Cipullo's Glory Denied, as part of the Veterans Songbook Project. Opera attendees can donate a ticket to allow a Houston Veteran to attend the performance for free.
Based on the book by Tom Philpott, Glory Denied takes place during the Vietnam War and tells the true story of Colonel Floyd Joel Thompson, America’s longest-serving Prisoner of War from 1964-73. The opera details Thompson’s imprisonment in southeast Asia and his personal struggles following liberation.
UrbanArias presents a new production of the Hagen-Muldoon opera Shining Brow at the Paul Sprenger Theatre of the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C. This new production has been dubbed the Usonian Version. It reinstates choruses and other material previously excised by the composer for the Fallingwater Version staged (by director Jonathan Eaton and conductor Robert Frankenberry) and toured last season by Pittsburgh Festival Opera. Two other versions of the opera exist: the original opera house version commissioned and premiered by the Madison Opera,
Sep 27 2017Brian Thorsett performs David Conte
David Conte's Elegy for Matthew will be performed by tenor Brian Thorsett on Saturday, October 7. The performance is part of the Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin's Candelight Concert Series. Elegy for Matthew was commissioned in memory of Matthew Shepard by James Geiger for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus, Barry Oliver, conductor. The work received its premiere performance on June 17th, 1999 at Carnegie Hall, New York City.
Sep 21 2017Cory Schantz performs Daron Hagen song cycle
Baritone Dr. Cory Schantz will perform Daron Hagen's cycle Songs of Experience alongside the music of Jacques Ibert, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Mitch Leigh. The performance is part of a Guest Faculty Voice Recital at the University of South Alabama on September 24. Songs of Experience are six musical settings of texts by Walt Whitman, Gardner McFall, Sara Teasdale, Stephen Dunn, Emily Lawless, Emily Dickinson.Dr. Cory Schantz, baritone, is Director of Opera and Assistant Professor of Voice at Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia. His teachers have included Marilyn Horne, Sharon Mabry, John Gillas, Kenneth Shaw, and Linda DiFiore. He has sung under the batons of notable conductors such as Arthur Fagen, Joseph Resigno, Craig Kier, and Keith Chambers.
On September 29, a new opera from Cerise Jacobs and Julian Wachner, Rev. 23, premieres at Boston's John Hancock Theater. The premiere kicks off the Boston New Music Festival and features White Snake Projects production company, who shares new, relevant opera based on the stories of Cerise Jacobs. Rev. 23 will be available soon from E. C. Schirmer.
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The Modern Singer recently interviewed and featured Juliana Hall. The interview, led by Editor-in-Chief Ellen Hinkle, touched on Hall's passion for Art Song, her inspiration for new music, and favorite composition in her catalog.
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