BWW Q&A: Kimberly Christie on RUDDIGORE at Young Victorian Theatre Company
by Joshua Wright - Jul 1, 2024
Soprano, Kimberly Christie, is a dynamic and versatile singer, equally skilled in opera, oratorio, recital and musical theater. She performs primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region with a wide variety of companies including Washington National Opera, Maryland Opera, Washington Concert Opera, Live Arts Maryland and NJ MasterChorale among others.
PAGLIACCI Comes to Seattle Opera in August
by Stephi Wild - Jun 21, 2024
Seattle Opera will open its 2024/25 season with the “clown prince” of Italian verismo, Pagliacci. Ruggero Leoncavallo’s gritty tale of jealousy and unbridled rage holds a mirror up to a violent society, and features one of opera’s most iconic arias, the tenor’s “Vesti la giubba.”
Single Tickets on Sale 6/20 for Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2024/25 Season
by Stephi Wild - Jun 20, 2024
Single tickets go on sale Thursday, June 20 at 10 a.m. Central Time for Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2024/25 Season, an exciting mix of four classic operas, two contemporary works never before performed in Chicago, three unmissable special concerts and recitals featuring the biggest names in the vocal arts, and the return of a popular event providing an insider's glimpse into opera for all ages.
Feature: Lucky To Be Me: MSMT Singers Perform Around the State
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Jun 8, 2024
“We perform in parking lots, restaurants, tents, bandshells, and lovely venues like this one,” declares Maine State Music Theatre’s Artistic Director Curt Dale Clark. He is addressing a full house in the Lunt Auditorium at Oceanview at Falmouth on May 30. It is only one of over 95 free public outreach events that MSMT offers in the course of each year, but today is special because it introduces the new 2024 crop of MSMT Singers in their second public performance since arriving in the state.
An outgrowth of the company’s former intern program, the MSMT Singers are an elite group of young (college age) professionals selected by Clark in an annual nationwide search that has holds over 3000 auditions for eight spots. “These young artists have to sing, dance and act on a scale of at least an 8 out of 10 when they come here,” Clark explains, “and when they leave, I expect that they will have grown into the stars they are going to be.”
TOSCA Comes to the Royal Opera House This July
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2024
This July, The Royal Opera will present Jonathan Kent’s classic production of Puccini’s Tosca. The composers most dramatically charged work; this timeless staging receives its 15th revival since its premiere in 2006 with two leading international casts.