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Read MorePosts Categorized: 2016 Season
Spring at Evermay
Yesterday was a wonderful day of feeling connected to the DC-area arts community. The afternoon was spent in discussions with colleagues about the upcoming 2017-2018 Leonard Bernstein centennial. (Lots of exciting things, likely to be announced by this time next year.) And the evening was devoted to our new partnership with the S&R Foundation, which does
Read MoreWTO at Evermay on Friday
An exciting concert at the Evermay Estate will kick off our season (and our new partnership with the S&R Foundation) this Friday night. Sarah Larsen and Reginald Smith, Jr. will collaborate with S&R’s Artist in Residence Ryo Yanagitani for Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Ravel, Quilter and Mahler. When Sarah and Reggie arrived last week, I had the privilege of playing
Read More2 Weeks till Blier!
If you’re a fan of Steven Blier’s concerts at The Barns (and let’s be serious, if you’re not, you should be…), please note that Steve is performing in May this year! Yes, he arrives for rehearsals this Monday, and he will join with Clarissa, Summer, Jonas and Shea for From Lute Song to the Beatles: Songs of the British Isles on May
Read MoreSummer 2016: The Coffeehouse Chat
Official Call To Action: Tickets on sale tomorrow morning (Saturday, March 19) at 10 am!!! Start here. Now I shall take off my official promotional General Director hat. And even though I can’t actually sit down with all of you at Vienna’s lovely Caffè Amouri, I’m going to grab a cup of tea (and invite you to do the same:)) and give
Read MoreSummer 2016, Here We Come…
Today, March 3, I finally get to tell you all about the operatic goodness that will be WTO’s 2016 Season! I’ve been wanting to bring back Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia ever since I started producing at The Barns, and this is the year. A perfect cast of 8 returning artists in a thought-provoking, compelling and beautiful new
Read MoreCalling All Artists: Survey on career, health, and well-being
I’m blowing the cobwebs off the blog on this Leap Day to pass a request from Opera America and the Mellon Foundation. They’re conducting an important survey and would love to hear from you if you are a professional performing artist currently working and living in the U.S. See below for complete info. (Lots more
Read MoreSave the Dates!
Planning your summer opera travel? Even though our full season won’t be announced until late winter, I am happy to share our performance dates for your consideration as you make plans for 2016: PRODUCTIONS Opera at The Barns June 10, 12, 15 & 18 July 15, 17, 20 & 23 Opera at the Filene Center August 5 with the National Symphony
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