South Bend Symphony Presents A NIGHT AT THE OPERA This April
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 6, 2024
Join the South Bend Symphony for A NIGHT AT THE OPERA on April 6, featuring beloved arias, duets, trios, and choruses from renowned composers. Enjoy performances by the South Bend Lyric Opera, Vesper Chorale, and soloists Anya Matanovič, Emanuel Cristian-Caraman, and Morgan Smith.
Verdi Chorus Presents CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, January 20
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 13, 2023
The Verdi Chorus' 40th Anniversary season continues with its first opera, Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana for one performance only at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica on January 20, 2024.
Amanda Reckonwith to Perform Final Show At Pangea in December
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 4, 2023
AMANDA RECKONWITH bids farewell to her 15-month residency at PANGEA with her LAST SHOW on Dec 16. Don't miss this internationally notorious opera diva and Broadway legend in her own mind before she heads to Puerto Vallarta.
Regents Opera Continues Ring Cycle With SIEGFRIED
by Stephi Wild - Nov 27, 2023
After the terrific success of last November's production of Das Rheingold and May's Die Walküre, Regents Opera pushes forward into the second half of Wagner's epic Ring cycle with their fresh take on Siegfried. A bold undertaking for a chamber opera company, Regents Opera has set out to perform every note of Wagner's masterpiece in its entirety over the span of three years.
Review: Plenty of High Notes at Unusually Low-Key Richard Tucker Awards Gala
by Richard Sasanow - Nov 1, 2023
An historic recording of golden age tenor Richard Tucker singing “Sound an Alarm” from Handel’s JUDAS MACCABEUS” set the tone for the Richard Tucker Music Foundation’s Gala concert at Carnegie Hall. There was wonderful singing ahead of us—but of a certain kind.
Like many other classical organizations, the Tucker Foundation, has found that, as Charles Dickens said in “A Tale of Two Cities,” “It was the best of times, the worst of times.” The “best” is for the quality of the singers that the foundation has supported through varying kinds of grants. The “worst”? Money from the usual donor pool is in shorter supply than usual, which meant a less elaborate evening