In 1980, the Metropolitan Opera commissioned composer John Corigliano to write an opera celebrating the company’s one-hundredth anniversary. It was to be ready in 1983.
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Arizona Opera presents Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
Arizona Opera presented Eugene Onegin during and 1999-2000 season
and again on February 1 of this year as part of the 2014-2015 season. In this
country Onegin is not a crowd pleaser like La BohËme or
Carmen, but its story is believable and its music melodic and
memorable. Just hum the beginning of the “Polonaise” and your friends will
know the music, if not where it comes from.
San Diego Celebrates 50th Year with La BohËme
On Tuesday January 27, 2015, San Diego Opera presented Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme. It is the opera with which the company opened in 1965 and a work that the company has faithfully performed every five years since then.
LA Opera Presents Figaro 90210
Figaro 90210 is Vid Guerrerio’s modern version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo DaPonte’s 1786 opera, The Marriage of Figaro.
Florencia in el Amazonas Makes Triumphant Return to LA
On November 22, 2014, Los Angeles Opera staged Francesca Zambello’s updated version of Florencia in el Amazonas.
Radvanovsky Sings Recital in Los Angeles
Every once in a while Los Angeles Opera presents an important recital in the three thousand seat Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
Arizona Opera Presents First Mariachi Opera
Houston Grand Opera commissioned Cruzar la Cara de la Luna from composer JosÈ “Pepe” MartÌnez, music director of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitl·n, who wrote the text together with Broadway and opera director Leonard Foglia. The work had its world premier in 2010. Since then, it has traveled to several cities including Paris, Chicago, and San Diego.
Los Angeles Opera Opens with La traviata
On September 13, Los Angeles Opera opened its 2014-2015 season with a revival of Marta Domingo’s updated, Art Deco staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata. It starred Nino Machaidze as Violetta, Arturo Ch·con-Cruz as Alfredo, and Pl·cido Domingo as Giorgio Germont. The conductor was Music Director James Conlon.
San Diego Opera Opens 2014-2015 Season
On Friday evening September 5, 2014, tenor Stephen Costello and soprano Ailyn PÈrez gave a recital to open the San Diego Opera season. After all the threats to close the company down, it was a great joy to great San Diego Opera in its new vibrant, if slightly slimmed down form.
A Chat with Anita Rachvelishvili
Anita Rachvelishvili recently performed the title role in Carmen broadcast by The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD. Here she drops by for a little chat with our Maria Nockin.