Cantata Profana Fuses Ancient and Modern in a Powerful, Provocative Lucretia

United StatesUnited States Various, Lucretia: Annie Rosen (mezzo-soprano), Paul Max Tipton (bass-baritone), Emily Jo (dancer), Justin Mock (dancer), Jacob Ashworth (Medieval vielle and Baroque violin), Hannah Collins (cello), Nina Stern (recorders and winds), Arash Noori (lute and guitar), I-Jen Fang (percussion), Aya Hamada (harpsichord), Hilda Huang (piano), Cantata Profana, HERE Arts Center, New York, 23.5.2019. (RP)

nnie Rosen (mezzo-soprano) and Emily Jo (dancer) © Russ Rowland
Annie Rosen (mezzo-soprano) and Emily Jo (dancer) © Russ Rowland

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On Site Opera Premieres Murasaki’s Moon at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

United StatesUnited States 2019 New York Opera Fest [5] – Wiancko, Murasaki’s Moon: Soloists, Aizuri String Quartet, Yoko Reikano Kimura (koto), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion), Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese flutes, percussion, taiko)/Geoffrey McDonald (conductor), On Site Opera, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 18.5.2019. (RP)

Kristen Choi (Lady Murasaki) and John Noh (Priest) © Stephanie Berger
Kristen Choi (Lady Murasaki) and John Noh (Priest) © Stephanie Berger

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Rhymes With Opera Explores Loneliness and Love in Two World Premieres

United StatesUnited States 2019 New York Opera Fest [4] – Colin Read, On Loneliness and Solitude; Daniel Thomas Davis, The Impossible She: Soloists, Rhymes With Orchestra / George Lam (conductor), Rhymes With Opera, 124 Bank Street Theatre, New York, 17.5.2019. (RP)

Bonnie Lander, Elisabeth Halliday and Zach Herchen in The Impossible She
© Janette Pellegrini

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The Met: Live in HD Ends Season With a Marvellous Dialogues des Carmélites

United StatesUnited States Poulenc, Dialogues des CarmélitesSoloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor) broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York to the Dundonald Omniplex, Belfast 11.5.2019. (RB)

Dialogues des Carmélites (c) Ken Howard/The Met

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