It’s almost time for changeover on the video streaming site, but you have one more week to catch our 2016 Lucretia production! Sample some highlights: Tarquinius’ Aria Give him this orchid (Lucretia’s aria) Tarquinius’ Ride to Rome Time Treads Upon the Hands of Women Collatinus’ Forgiveness Or immerse yourself in the whole thing at wolftrap.org/streaming Next up:
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Touchstone: The Recipe
Many rarely produced serious operas by Rossini have enjoyed recent outings in the U.S.: La donna del lago (Santa Fe and The Met), Ciro in Babilonia and Aureliano in Palmira (Caramoor), and Mosè in Egitto (NYCO) have been among them. But La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone) has been largely neglected*, and we’re about to change that. As always, the path to this show is
Read MoreKickoff!
What a summer it will be. And finally, it’s Facebook Official, and all spelled out on wolftrap.org. No matter what you’re craving (well, almost no matter what…), we’ve got you covered: In search of raw emotional arias and gutsy grand opera? Try Tosca How about vocal acrobatics, comedy, and the chance to cross a rarity off that opera bucket
Read MoreT Minus 48 Hours and Counting
Yes, opera fans and friends, just two days until we rip the lid off our fantastic 2017 season! Watch this space and wolftrap.org/opera on Thursday, March 2. This blog has been quiet while we’ve been in our silent phase, but that’s all about to end. And just in case you can’t wait till then for your
Read MorePoe, Glass, Halcyon & WTO
Wolf Trap Opera is thrilled to announce a new collaboration for summer 2017! We’re partnering with Halcyon Stage to produce Philip Glass’s The Fall of the House of Usher at Dock 5 at Union Market in Washington, D.C. this coming June. Returning artist Jonas Hacker joins first-year artists Ben Edquist and Madison Leonard in this new, one-night-only production directed
Read MoreThe Beauty of Song
Ailyn Pérez is in the heart of an astonishing career. She comes to The Barns between her run of Mimìs in La bohème at the Met and an engagement for Violetta in La traviata at La Scala. She’s just as excited about her upcoming Wolf Trap performance as she is about its starry book-end engagements. (Tickets here.) Wolf Trap Opera
Read MoreSave the Dates: Summer 2017
Planning your summer opera travel? Even though our season won’t be announced until early March, I am happy to share our performance dates for your consideration as you make plans for next summer. (As some folks remind me every year, it’s not nearly as helpful as having actual repertoire and casting information. But it’s something, right? :)) 2017 PRODUCTIONS
Read MoreSpeedo, Ailyn & Alyson Back at The Barns
We love it when WTO alumni come back to the Trap, and we’re looking forward to welcoming 3 of them over the next couple of months! In just a little over a week, Ryan Speedo Green will talk about his new book and sing a few arias as part of “Voices Uplifted!” – a December 12
Read MoreThe Road to 2017: From the Marathon to the Math
The singing is over, and the work has begun. The Marathon: Audition Tour By the Numbers 21 days on the road 822 arias heard (at an average of 4 minutes per aria, that’s 55 hours; roughly 4 Ring cycles.) 10,344 miles traveled 9 airplanes, 2 rental cars, dozens of cabs and Ubers 95,724 words written as audition
Read MoreThe Road to 2017: Houston
We love Houston, and its auditions are always a game-changer for us. A bonus this week was dress rehearsal of the HGO Elixir of Love, which featured 4 Trappers in the cast! We loved seeing Dimitri Pittas, Nicole Heaston, Michael Sumuel and Alicia Gianni onstage at the Wortham. Aria Talk It’s hard to believe but it took until Day
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