Opera Saratoga will present the world premiere of a new opera by Inti Figgis-Vizuenta on June 30-July 5. The opera, not yet named, will be developed during a summer residency by the composer. https://tickets.proctors.org/TheatreManager/95/tmEvent/tmEvent34373.html
Mozart’s thrilling Idomeneo will get a lavish concert treatment on Aug. 9 at Ravinia as the Chicago Symphony joins forces with conductor James Conlon. Matthew Polenzani takes the title role, with Andrea Carrol as Ilia, Alexandria Shiner as Elettra, and Samantha Hankey as Idamante. https://ravinia.org/Online/Article/080924-CSOIdomeneo
The Aspen Opera Theatre and VocalARTS program presents a fully-staged performance of Mozart’s comic masterpiece Le nozze di Figaro, directed by Sara Erde and conducted by Matthew Aucoin, an award-winning opera composer himself. Only on the first night of the Aug. 12-17 will the performance include all the Act 4 arias commonly cut from the […]
To inaugurate the Project Pipeline initiative at Glimmerglass, the opera-in-progress The House on Mango Street will have its first public performance on Aug. 12. The Pipeline’s purpose is to help composers—in this case, composer Derek Bermel and librettist Sandra Cisneros—develop new works while allowing opera-lovers to witness the process. https://glimmerglass.org/events/pipeline-preview-the-house-on-mango-street/
