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According to The New York Times chief classical music critic Anthony Tommasini, the real distinguishing detail between a musical and an opera is that “in opera, music is the driving force; in musical theater, words come first.” While listening to an opera, it typically doesn’t matter what language it’s sung in, so long as you know the basic plot—but in musical theater, the nuance comes from the lyrics.
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With The(R)evolution of Steve Jobs, premiering July 22 at the Santa Fe Opera Festival in New Mexico, San Francisco-based composer DJ Mason Bates showcases “a redemption story” as channeled through a conflicted baritone (opera vet Edward Parks).
Whenever Steve is singing, you hear quick electronica with fast, finger-picked acoustic guitar. That represents his busy inner soul, whereas with his wife, Laurene, you hear oceanic strings. That difference is what the opera is about in many ways — she is able to slow down his music.
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Sony Classical has announced has Juan Diego Flórez’s new CD.
The new album, entitled “Mozart,” will see the tenor exploring arias from the composer’s famed works. The album will also mark his first album for Sony Classical and his first album since 2015 when Decca released “Italia.”
The album is slated for Oct. 6, 2018.
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“Otello” the opera created by Giuseppe Verdi based on Shakespeare’s play Othello will run through July 15, 2017, at Royal Opera House, London.
Based on the play by William Shakespeare, ‘Otello’ narrates the story of love, jealousy, betrayal, and death. The tragedy of Otello is the plot as he seeps into jealousy and murders his faithful wife Desdemona manipulated by the trickery of a cunning Iago. Through the confessions of Iago’s accomplices and his unknowing wife Emilia his plot is revealed and Otello grief-stricken takes his own life.
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International star tenor and conductor Placido Domingo will head a newly formed advisory council to the Fort Worth Opera, officials announced.
The Fort Worth Opera National Artistic Council will be composed of renowned artists, classical musicians and directors who will help support and guide the company in its artistic and educational efforts, according to a statement Friday.
“This extraordinary ensemble of creative minds and operatic entrepreneurs will keep FWOpera informed of larger trends within the opera world, as the company embarks upon its 72nd year and writes its next great chapter,” the statement said.
The artistic council will seek and evaluate suggestions from the community and serve as a resource and advocate for the opera company.
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That’s the scene for perhaps Manchester International Festival’s most ambitious arts world premiere yet – Bambino, an opera for babies.
Written by Scottish Opera’s acclaimed composer in residence Lliam Paterson and directed by Improbable theatre’s Phelim McDermott, BambinO is billed as a twin celebration of the possibilities of music and the power of the infant imagination.
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