The 2019-20 season was supposed to be a period of transition for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, with the search for a new music director taking front and center, and then a grand finale season in 2020-21 for outgoing music director Robert Spano. The Atlanta Opera had grand intentions of its own, a “season of all…
“When I started out — being a big black guy from the South — people wanted to see me sing ‘Old Man River’ and be cast as Porgy,” says Atlanta-born opera singer Morris Robinson. “I wanted to dissolve that mentality.” After a couple of successful decades, he’s helped erase some of the racial stereotypes. Robinson…
Each Wednesday, we’ll round up our top sonic picks for the week ahead — from performances by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to the bands of East Atlanta Village, these concerts have captured our critics’ attention as worth adding to your calendar. View ARTS ATL’s comprehensive calendar of events here. Thursday, April 25 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Elgar Cello…
The Atlanta Opera has announced its 2019–20 lineup, which holds tight to the sweeping theme of “Dangerous Liaisons.” The upcoming season also celebrates the Opera’s 40th anniversary. The Atlanta Opera inaugurates the 2019–20 mainstage season with several eccentric works, all of which continue its new annual commitment to showcasing quality operatic voices in musical theater. Additionally,…
Charleston’s Spoleto Festival USA is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the grand reopening of the Gaillard Center, its major large venue, after a three-year renovation. Opera is always front and center here and the big event this season, mounted in the Gaillard, was the festival’s first-ever production of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, an opera…
The Atlanta Opera has announced its 31st season, 2010-11. In shorthand: Bohème, Porgy, Così. As previously reported, the opera’s near future will be smaller and less ambitious, at least in repertoire. Next year holds three operas on a budget of $5.3 million, which is 21.5 percent down from the current season’s four operas on a…
Former Atlanta Symphony Orchestra music director Yoel Levi doesn’t have much opera under his belt, relatively speaking, but he’s making up for it at the Atlanta Opera. Announcing details of its 30th anniversary, the opera revealed that the Romanian-born, Israeli-raised conductor will lead two productions in 2009-2010 — or 50% of the season. Although he…
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