An Extraordinary, Subterranean Dido and Aeneas from The Angel’s Share

United StatesUnited States 2019 New York Opera Fest [7] – Purcell, Dido and Aeneas: Soloists, Jude Ziliak (violin), Isabelle Seula Lee (violin), Danika Paskvan (viola), Anthony Albrecht (cello), Arnie Tanimoto (viola da gamba) / Elliot Figg (conductor and harpsichord), Death of Classical – The Angel’s Share, The Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs, Brooklyn, 8.6.2019. (RP)

Daniela Mack (Dido) and Molly Quinn (Belinda) in Dido and Aeneas © Kevin Condon

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Experiments in Opera Premieres the Zany, Crazy and Touching Chunky in Heat

United StatesUnited States 2019 New York Opera Fest [6] – Various Composers, Chunky in Heat: Soloists, Contemporaneous / David Bloom (conductor), Experiments in Opera, The Flea Theater, New York, 2.6.2019. (RP)

 Sarah Daniels (Chunky) © Reuben Radding

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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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LOTNY Presents the New York Premiere of Benjamin Britten’s Owen Wingrave

United StatesUnited States 2019 New York Opera Fest [3] – Britten, Owen Wingrave: Soloists, Orchestra / Richard Cordova (conductor), the little OPERA theatre of ny, GK Arts Center, Brooklyn, 11.5.2019. (RP)

Robert Balonek (Owen Wingrave) © Tina Buckman

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