Tag: Cincinnati Opera

‘Fellow Travelers’

Aaron Blake and Joseph Lattanzi in "Fellow Travelers"

‘Fellow Travelers’ contains all the classic themes of opera: love, deception, betrayal and political intrigue. It is the universality of this forbidden love story that rings true today – revealed in a story buried deep beneath the American consciousness.

Cincinnati Opera 2016 season

Opera Tosca costume design

For the first time in more than 40 years, fans will hear Cincinnati Opera mainstage productions somewhere other than the Cincinnati Zoo or Music Hall. M&M spoke with Cincinnati Opera artistic director Evans Mirageas, who shared his insights on the coming season.

Marcus Küchle and Annalisa Pappano: RECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES

Marcus Kuchle and Annalisa Pappano

If it’s true, as they say, that opposites attract, Pappano and Küchle are living proof of it. He’s a champion of new music, of pushing – or pulling, perhaps – opera into the 21st century. She, on the other hand, is devoted to early music. For her, 16th- and 17th-century composers like Claudio Monteverdi, Richardo Rogniono and Jacopo Peri are not relics of past cultures. They are very much alive.

Want to be an Opera extra?

Cincinnati Opera is holding an information session and open casting call for nearly 100 non-singing, non-speaking roles in its Summer Festival performances of “Die Fledermaus,” “Tosca” and “Fidelio.”