Lyric Opera of Chicago to offer its first ASL interpretation for Italian opera

The Lyric Opera of Chicago is giving audience members with hearing impairments a new way to experience foreign-language opera with American Sign Language interpretation during an upcoming performance ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Composer Missy Mazzoli filters her opera 'The Listeners' through a contemporary lens

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NOLA.com

In the opera 'Blue,' wrenching conflicts are tackled head-on by an all-Black cast

In a work that echoes tragic stories from the daily news, the New Orleans Opera will present “Blue,” a two-act, English-language opera with an all-Black cast. Composed by Tony Award-winner Jeanine ...
insider.si.edu

Opera for the people : English-language opera and women managers in late 19th-century America / Katherine K. Preston

"Opera for the People is an in-depth examination of a forgotten chapter in American social and cultural history: the love affair that middle-class Americans had with continental opera (translated into ...
NOLA.com

Opera's virtual 'Medium' is the message as association takes Menotti masterwork online

After several unsuccessful attempts over the past three seasons, the New Orleans Opera Association is finally presenting Gian Carlo Menotti’s English-language opera “The Medium.” However, it won’t be ...
New York Magazine

Hey, I Can Follow This!

John Blow composes Venus and Adonis, considered the first English-language opera, for King Charles II’s court. 1695 England’s champion of serious opera, Henry Purcell, dies at 36. The Italians will ...