Category: Atlanta Opera
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June 2011 Opera News: Review of Atlanta Opera’s Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess ATLANTA Atlanta Opera 2/26/11 George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess is a period piece that provides a glimpse of life on Catfish Row — a former Charlestown mansion converted to a black tenement house — and a goldmine of early-twentieth-century music that remains as lyric and operatic as ever. Atlanta Opera presented…
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Kudos for Opera Education!
Atlanta Opera’s HS Opera Institute Students to Perform in Spring Concert Read more: http://atlanta.broadwayworld.com/article/Atlanta-Operas-HS-Opera-Institute-Students-to-Perform-in-Spring-Concert-65-20110519#ixzz1MtMBH000 On Sunday, June 5 at 4pm at the Morningside Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, graduates from The Atlanta Opera’s High School Opera Institute will be showcasing their work in a performance featuring arias and small ensemble pieces from some of opera’s greatest…
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Atlanta Opera Commission: Rabbit Tales by Nicole Chamberlain
http://www.artscriticatl.com/2011/05/breaking-news-atlanta-opera-commissions-local-talent-for-%E2%80%9Cbr%E2%80%99er-rabbit%E2%80%9D-opera-its-first-commission/ I wrote a piece for Atlanta magazine a few years ago called, “The Context” and within it I discussed the national standing of The Atlanta Opera. At that time AO had just become a resident company at the sparkling Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and had increased its annual budget to $6 million. During my…
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Atlanta Opera review: Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” and the joys of lovely young singers
http://www.artscriticatl.com/2011/04/atlanta-opera-review-mozarts-cosi-fan-tutte-and-the-joys-of-lovely-young-singers/
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Soprano Kiera Duffy
I met soprano Kiera Duffy for lunch yesterday at Six Feet Under to talk about her career and current role in The Atlanta Opera’s production of Cosi fan tutte. You can find the interview in an upcoming issue of Classical Singer. Duffy was featured in the Susan Froemke documentary The Audition, a film which revealed the behind-the-scenes experiences of 12…
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The Importance of Philanthropy
http://www.artscriticatl.com/2011/02/breaking-news-atlanta-opera-is-here-to-stay-with-9-million-gift/ Breaking news: Atlanta Opera is “here to stay” with $9 million gift from long-time benefactor
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Gershwin’s Folk Opera: Porgy and Bess
I’ll be reviewing the Atlanta Opera’s production of Porgy and Bess in a week and have posted a rendition of one of the opera’s hits, “Summertime.” Porgy and Bess premiered on Broadway in 1935, but it wasn’t until Houston Grand Opera produced it in 1976 that it began to be recognized as opera. Gershwin’s opus is ultimately…
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Atlanta Opera’s 2011-12 season highlighted by new version of Willy Wonka’s magical Chocolate Factory | ArtsCriticATL.com
Atlanta Opera’s 2011-12 season highlighted by new version of Willy Wonka’s magical Chocolate Factory | ArtsCriticATL.com.
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The Golden Ticket
The Atlanta Opera just announced that its 2011-12 season will include Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and Mozart’s Don Giovanni, as well as a new comic opera based on the Roald Dahl children’s book Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Composer Peter Ash will conduct his new opera The Golden Ticket in Atlanta next March. There are operas about historical…
Stephanie Adrian 