On Wednesday, July 23 at 7:00 p.m., the Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University will host a rebroadcast of The Met: Live in HD production of “The Enchanted Island.”
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On Wednesday, July 23 at 7:00 p.m., the Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University will host a rebroadcast of The Met: Live in HD production of “The Enchanted Island.”
MidAtlantic Opera's fully-staged production of Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" hits SOPAC this weekend for four performances.
Verdi's “La traviata” was the first fully-staged work that Boheme Opera NJ mounted in its first season in 1989. CV writer Patricia Kiernan Johnson explores this popular opera and the modern updates made in BONJ's production of this timeless tragic tale.
The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera presents two one-act operas on Sunday, October 20. The performance, taking place at the Bergen Performing Arts Center, will include Puccini's “Suor Angelica” and Mascagni's “Cavalleria Rusticana.”
Boheme Opera NJ presents Gounod’s “Faust” at TCNJ's Center for the Arts on Saturday, April 20 and Sunday, April 21. This production of the opera, which is based on a French play that is based on the first part of Goethe’s play, will be sung in French but will feature projected English translations.
Visionary director Robert Wilson brings the one act opera “Zinnias: The Life of Clementine Hunter” to Montclair’s Peak Performances.
Producer Eric Schultz chats with Richard Russell, General Director of Opera New Jersey, about the company’s 2011 summer season at McCarter Theatre in Princeton.
2010 marks the 75th anniversary of this landmark work and there are plenty of opportunities to catch it this year. And so you should! My opportunity was the great 75th anniversary tour, presented by Michael Capasso, at the State Theater in New Brunswick Thursday night.
“I don’t really know anything about this piece,” Jonathan said, before we entered the Great Auditorium. “Just wait,” I replied. “If nothing else, I guarantee that you’ve heard the ‘Dies irae’ before. Like a lot of classical music, you just didn’t know you knew it.”
John Hoomes travels throughout the world directing opera. He has staged more than 75 productions.