The Hours by Kevin Puts
The Hours by Kevin Puts
Company: The Metropolitan Opera
Conductor: Kensho Watanabe
Role: Kitty/ Vanessa ( cover)
Phoenix
Phoenix (world premiere)
Composer: Sahba Aminikia
Role: Soprano Soloist
Company: Music of Remembrance
Sunday. March 10, 2024 at 5:30 pm
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall
Seattle, WA
MOR is proud to present two new commissions.
Phoenix is composer Sahba Aminikia and librettist Zara Houshmand's powerful musical statement about the current women's rights struggle in Iran.
Closing the program, Spectrum Dance will unite movement with music in composer Betty Olivero's "Seks Yiddishe Lider un Tantz" from The Golem.
Concert Program:
An Elegy (A Cry from the Grave) by Carlos Simon
Phoenix by composer Sahba Aminikia and librettist Zara Houshmand - MOR Commission and World Premiere
In Sleep the World is Yours by Lori Laitman
"Seks Yiddishe Lider un Tantz" from The Golem by Betty Olivero - World Premiere with Spectrum Dance
La Traviata
Opera: La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Company: Eugene Opera
Role: Violetta Valery
Conductor: Andrew Bisantz
Director: Nathan Troup
Performance dates: January 26 @ 7:30pm and January 28 at 2:30pm
Opera in the Park at Opera Idaho
Ticket and Event InfoOpera in the Park
Saturday, July 8, 7:30 pm • free concert
Gene Harris Bandshell in Julia Davis Park
On Saturday, July 8, Opera Idaho will once again perform in the Gene Harris Bandshell at Julia Davis Park. This FREE outdoor concert features world-class soloists, the Opera Idaho Chorus, and a live orchestra under the baton of conductor Andy Anderson.
You’ll enjoy highlights from our upcoming season, opera favorites, and musical theatre selections. Over 2,000 Idahoans came last year to enjoy over two hours of free music at the Gene Harris Bandshell in Julia Davis Park. Also returning this year will be food trucks and a beer garden!
Madama Butterfly
Opera: Madama Butterfly
Company: Lyric Opera of Ireland
Venue: National Concert Hall
Role: Cio-Cio-San
Conductor: Anne Sophie Duprels
Director/Designer: Vivian Coates
La Bohème
La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
Company: Eugene Opera
Role: Mimi
Conductor: Andrew Bisantz
The Metropolitan Opera presents: The Hours
Renée Fleming makes her highly anticipated return to the Met in the world-premiere production of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts’s The Hours, adapted from Michael Cunningham’s acclaimed novel. Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and made a household name by the Oscar-winning 2002 film version starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman, the powerful story concerns three women from different eras who each grapple with their inner demons and their roles in society. The exciting premiere radiates with star power, with Kelli O’Hara and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato joining Fleming as the opera’s trio of heroines. Phelim McDermott—who most recently wowed Met audiences with his staging of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten—directs this compelling drama, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct Puts’s poignant and powerful score.
Oregon Symphony Waterfront Concert
Oregon Symphony is thrilled to bring back Portland’s favorite end of summer celebration and one of the most anticipated free community events, the Waterfront Concert and Festival. Soprano Vanessa Isiguen along with Tenor Anthony Kalil will sing under the baton of David Danzmayr.
World Premiere: Tres Minutos by Nicolas Benavides
Featuring the world premiere of Tres Minutos, the one-act opera that we’ve commissioned from composer Nicolas Benavides and librettist Marella Martin Koch, with dramaturg Hector Vega. Soprano Vanessa Isiguen and baritone José Rubio star in the roles of Nila and Diego, a sister and brother who share family bonds but not citizenship. Allowed a brief supervised reunion at the US-Mexico border that separates them, they wrestle with questions of identity, duty and belonging. The compelling work explores the intimate human dimensions of an important issue for our time.
World Premiere of Chamber Opera: Tres Minutos
Composer: Nicolas Benavides
Company: Music of Remembrance
May 15th: Nordstrom Recital Hall, Seattle, WA
May 22nd: Presidio Theatre, San Francisco, CA
La Bohème
La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
Company: New Orleans Opera
Role: Mimì
Conductor: Joseph Colaneri
Concert- Stormy Seas
Journeys of hope. Journeys in search of freedom.
Rodas Recordada, by Sid Robinovitch, recalls the island of Rhodes’ once-thriving Sephardic Jewish community and reveals a surprising connection with Seattle. Plus a pair of haunting songs based on Ladino poems, and music by three Dutch composers touched by the Holocaust.
Rodas Ricordada, Soprano Soloist
Composer: Sid Robinovitch
Company: Music of Remembrance
Venue: Nordstrom Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Company: Eugene Opera
Role: Cio-Cio-San
Conductor: Andrew Bisantz