Big news from coast to coast! 🗞️✨ “The Comet/Poppea,” Yuval Sharon's latest project with experimental opera company, The Industry, has hit the newsstands from LA to NY, making waves in both The New York Times and Los Angeles Times ahead of its June premiere! Described as “a radically pared-down ‘Poppea’ and an adaptation of Du Bois’s story,” this innovative mash-up combines Baroque and high-modernist musical styles. The buzz around its spectacular Los Angeles premiere was undeniable, and the performance brilliantly explores themes of morality, power, and love. Stay tuned as "The Comet/Poppea" continues its tour, emphasizing its relevance to contemporary society. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ejZKwNMj
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Earlier this month Arts Council England put out a 115-page document (Ross from Friends - "front and back"!) analysing the state of opera in the UK's biggest nation. The headline-grabbing part of it is the section where the authors express criticism about how many of the most performed works between 2017 and 2023 are by Puccini, Verdi, Mozart or Bizet, i.e. older works from the classic canon. That means, they say ominously, that opera “may find it harder to make an argument for its continued evolution as a cultural practice”. In The Times I argue that not only the methodology is flawed here, but so is the agenda. No operagoers - the general public - were actually consulted for this report. And while it's convenient to blame an ageing or conservative audience for the reliance on core parts of the repertoire, it isn’t borne out by the evidence. Go on to TikTok (before they ban it), search for “opera” and it’s La traviata, Carmen and The Magic Flute that soundtrack the most-watched operatic memes. A clip from the Royal Opera House of The Magic Flute has more than two million likes. Accessibility is supposed to be a watchword of the Arts Council, so what’s wrong with regularly offering audiences the most accessible works? #opera #artsandculture #letscreate https://lnkd.in/dM9FqUAk
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Have you read Brad Cohen's interview in the summer issue of Mindfood's STYLE magazine? Speaking to STYLE's Eleanor Black, our Tumu Whakarae General Director explains his ambitions for NZ Opera and what he's looking forward to in our 2024 season, as well as outlining our jam-packed participation programme for this year. To get the full story, read the article below. https://loom.ly/pSZY1RE
Something for Everyone During New Zealand Opera's 2024 Season
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My review of the Metropolitan Opera's production of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X is up today at the Financial Times and will be in print tomorrow. Bottom line, it's great this is being staged, but needs a better staging https://lnkd.in/eyrktbuW
Metropolitan Opera’s ‘X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X’ is an ambitious portrait of the activist icon
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From Opera to #AppSec! 🎶➡️🔒 Did you know Akira Brand used to be an opera singer? Her journey from the world of classical music to threat modeling is truly inspiring. Dive into her story and discover how she faced challenges head-on, not because they were hard, but because she was passionate about them! 🎤🛡️ #CareerTransition #ThreatModeling https://buff.ly/3RCGESU
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Want to know more about the business side of the opera world? Read below to learn what INO Artistic Director, Fergus Sheil, will be addressing at this years' Business of Opera Summit...
𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: Fergus Sheil, 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, Irish National Opera 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚. 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭'𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒! Fergus has revolutionised the opera scene earning accolades including the Olivier Award and Fedora Digital Prize. His productions have graced prestigious stages worldwide, from the Royal Opera House in London to the Prototype Festival in New York. Join us at the summit to hear Fergus’s insight as part of the "Cost Structures and Inefficiencies: How Can We Disrupt Common Practice to Cut Costs?" working group. INO started with a blank slate in 2018 so was not burdened with current practices. Fergus will explain how INO set the organisational structure and created brand new working models to cut inefficiencies and costs, all while maintaining artistic excellence. Don’t miss Fergus’s invaluable insights on creating a sustainable #FutureofOpera. Join us alongside opera leaders, artists, philanthropists and teachers as we explore the big questions facing opera now. London, 10th October 2024 https://bit.ly/44ZyngR #BusinessOfOpera #LaidlawOperaTrust #OperaSummit2024 #FergusSheil #OperaInnovation #CostEfficiency #IrishNationalOpera #FutureOfOpera
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There’s a trend in modern opera of operatic adaptations of serious, contemporary, books and movies. Heavy, weighty things converted into opera form. Operas like: Dead Man Walking Of Mice and Men The Shining The Handmaid’s Tale Bel Canto Breaking the Waves Cold Mountain Il Postino The Exterminating Angel There are a lot of them. But light, funny, silly films and books never seem to get the same treatment. That’s where you come in. Pitch us an operatic adaptation of a non-heavy, non-deadly-serious book. BUT (here’s the catch) DO give it a heavy, deadly-serious TITLE. So maybe your proposed operatic adaptation of Happy Gilmore would be titled “Gilmore: 18 Holes and a Search for Meaning” Or your proposed operatic adaptation of Step Brothers would be titled “The Bonds of Brotherhood” You can share your proposed serious opera title and the silly, light source you are adapting in the comments to this post.
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Cannot wait for the #opera next month. Listen to this #podcast episode and how this #modernday #composition (2016) connects with the stories and issues of today.
“This is the new way we are looking at our art form. This is not your grandmother’s opera” says Associate Artistic Director Christine Goerke, who first encountered the new opera Breaking the Waves when it premiered in 2016, while she performed the eponymous Turandot in Philadelphia. Join Christine and Arthur White, Director of External Affairs, as they discuss this award-winning opera and talk with the composer Missy Mazzoli, on this latest episode of OperaHERE. You can listen to the full conversation on Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you tune in!
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Last week we started a team work toward the political contextualization of Philip Glass' Opera Satyagraha. We are working toward a video performance providing a live "counter-libretto," with the aim of interrogating/commenting/criticizing/accompanying the original one, constituted by quotes from the Bhagavad Gita. What is non-violent resistance? Were Gandhi's methods and ideas actually non-violent? If so how? How are the concept and practice of Satyagraha speaking to today's challenges? https://lnkd.in/d5maSKMj
ULTIMA 2024: Satyāgraha Redux, i Operaen
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