#Turandot seattle opera update#

Turandot's famous aria, 'In questa reggia' ('In this palace'), is one of the most difficult pieces of music in the modern repertoire, and the soprano sings it the first moment she walks onstage in act two. It requires only about thirty minutes of singing over the course of a nearly three-hour opera, yet the tessitura requires a soprano with the dexterity to shift from punishingly high notes to a luxurious lower register within a single aria. The role of Turandot is short but difficult. In the interim, she has become one of the most sought after dramatic sopranos in the United States and abroad. Once a frequent guest artist with the company, Goerke has not appeared at the Academy of Music since 2008. In a casting coup, Christine Goerke sings the title role. Opera Philadelphia opens its 2016-2017 season with a revival of Puccini's final opera, Turandot, directed and choreographed by Renaud Doucet. Photo by Kelly & Massa for Opera Philadelphia Admission is $25, including refreshments.Review by Cameron Kelsall | Season ScheduleĪlso see Rebecca's reviews of Stupid Fucking Bird and South Pacific

Special attention will be given to the extraordinary interpreters of the title role. An internationally recognized authority on opera, Jenkins will explore the opera’s background and provide musically illustrated commentary on the characters in the drama. to 4:00 p.m., in the Alki Room, one of the Northwest Rooms at Seattle Center. “Opera Unabridged” Norma Seminar General Director Speight Jenkins will give a seminar on Bellini’s Norma on Saturday, February 15, from 1:00 p.m. Antonio Nagore to Sing Pollione American tenor Antonio Nagore joined Seattle Opera’s Norma cast Tuesday, February 4, after tenor Paul Charles Clarke had to withdraw from the production for medical reasons. Magiera Stabilization Fund Seattle Opera P.O. The Seattle Symphony and Opera Players’ Organization, in addition to playing the Siegfried Idyll, is making a $5,000 contribution to this fund. All the gifts Seattle Opera has received in memory of Kathy Magiera have been allocated to this fund. “We wanted to give something back for all she’d done for us,” said Rodger Burnett “and knowing how much she loved Wagner and how important Wagner is to Seattle Opera, we felt that playing the Siegfried Idyll would be an especially meaningful way for us to honor her memory.” In appreciation of its former administrative director and her strong opposition to deficits, Seattle Opera has established the Kathy A.

Norma, as a new production of one of the great operas, seemed to me the right work to recognize her remarkable dedication to the company.” Musicians from the Seattle Symphony and Opera Players’ Organization will play Richard Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll before the Saturday, March 1, performance of Norma to express their respect for Kathy Magiera. Explaining the dedication, Jenkins said, “Kathy made an enormous contribution to the success of Seattle Opera. The opera opens February 22, 2003, at Mercer Arts Arena. Magiera, the company’s administrative director from 1992 to 2002, who died in December after a long battle with cancer.

Magiera Musicians to Pay Tribute with the Siegfried Idyll Antonio Nagore to Sing Pollione Jenkins to Give Norma Seminar on February 15 Seattle-Seattle Opera General Director Speight Jenkins has announced that Seattle Opera’s new production of Bellini’s Norma will be dedicated to the memory of Kathy A.

#Turandot seattle opera update#

For Release Thursday, FebruPress Contact: Tina Ryker, 20 Visuals Contact: Monte Jacobson, 20 Seattle Opera 2002/03 Season Update Norma Opens February 22 New Production Dedicated to Kathy A.