Stefan Vinke is widely regarded as the world’s pre-eminent heldentenor, and he’ll mark his 130th performance in the title role at this weekend’s opening night. :: When one considers heldentenors, those burly gentlemen who essay the monumental operatic roles penned by composer Richard Wagner, certain impressions come to mind. We think of power. We think…
The tuberculosis, AIDS and Covid epidemics devastated communities, but they have also inspired great art, including novels, plays, operas and Broadway musicals, two of which can be seen in Atlanta this month. :: In the fall of 2020, when the world was shut down and many of us were conducting isolated existences of quiet desperation,…
Robert Spano returns to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to revisit Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Over many years, the man has helped to define the music; but the music has also come to define the man. :: Conductor Robert Spano assumes the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s podium again this month, his first appearances here since…
The women in Wagner’s “Die Walküre” defy opera stereotypes. Atlanta Opera is putting them at center stage. :: Atlanta Opera’s Die Walküre, which bows at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on April 27, is a notable event for multiple reasons. Not only is this the first time the work has been produced in the American…
An alumnus of Atlanta Opera’s Glynn Studio Artist program and now a principal artist at the Metropolitan Opera, Susanne Burgess returns to the stage of Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on March 2 as the besotted lover Helena in Benjamin Britten’s magical operatic confection A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Based on Shakespeare’s delightful classic, Atlanta Opera’s…
The world of classical music has fostered a substantial number of committed romantic couples throughout history. One immediately thinks of famous pairs like Gustav and Alma Mahler, Robert and Clara Schumann or Benjamin Britten and his lifelong muse and companion, Peter Pears. And patrons of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra who peruse their program before concerts may…
Atlanta Opera bridges the gap between the magic of the holidays and the romance of February with a revival of Giacomo Puccini’s perennial classic La Bohème. The opera opens at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on January 20 for a run of four performances. Since its world premiere at Italy’s Teatro Regio in 1896, La…
The Atlanta Opera celebrates the Halloween season in a big way on Saturday, with a special one-night-only showing of the 1931 film classic Frankenstein at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. The film will be accompanied by an acclaimed new musical score by Michael Shapiro, performed live by The Atlanta Opera Orchestra and the young…
Atlanta’s WABE radio, 90.1 FM, made its air debut on September 13, 1948. It was a notable year for world and local news, and major events occurred in the arts world as well. The United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Israel was declared an independent state, and pacifist leader Mahatma…
For Atlanta native Gabrielle Beteag, 2020 turned out to be a banner year. At a time when most of us were at home trying out new recipes or streaming Netflix, the gifted young mezzo-soprano — who makes her solo recital debut at Morningside Presbyterian Church on Saturday — not only entered The Atlanta Opera’s studio…
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