Yale Opera announces performance night casts for Iolanta
Yale Opera has announced the performance night casts for its upcoming production of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta. The opera, which will be performed May 3 and 4, tells the story of a blind princess who experiences the transformative power of love. The up-and-coming director Michael Gieleta makes his Yale Opera debut as the stage director. Timothy Shaindlin is [...]
Yale Opera announces casting for Iolanta
Yale Opera has announced the casting for its upcoming production of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta. The opera, which will be performed May 3 and 4, is a fairy tale about a princess who experiences the transformative power of love. The rising young director Michael Gieleta makes his Yale Opera debut as the stage director for Iolanta. Timothy Shaindlin [...]
Alumnus David Pershall wins Marcello Giordani Vocal Competition
On March 30, 2013, baritone David Pershall ’10MM, 11AD won the Marcello Giordani Foundation International Vocal Competition in Vero Beach, Florida. In collaboration with and under the sponsorship of the Vero Beach Opera, the primary objective of the competition is to “lead talented young singers toward a successful career on the operatic stage.” The first [...]
Yale Opera performs Tchaikovsky rarity May 3–4
Michael Gieleta directs, Timothy Shaindlin is musical director The Yale Opera program at the Yale School of Music presents Tchaikovsky’s one-act opera Iolanta on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at 8 pm. The “richly melodious opera” (New York Times) was a great success upon its premiere; its fairytale plot features a blind princess growing up in [...]
Yale Opera presents master class with Alan Held
On Tuesday, February 26 at 7 pm, renowned bass-baritone Alan Held will work with several singers from Yale Opera in public master class. Esteban Cordero, tenor; Stephen Daniel, baritone; David Leigh, bass; Nikhil Navkal, tenor; and Brian Vu, baritone, will perform for Mr. Held. The class will also feature pianists Douglas Dickson and Timothy Shaindlin. [...]
New Video: Yale Opera performs Bellini this weekend
Yale Opera has a new video! Click below to watch a featurette on this weekend’s production of I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Click here to watch the video on Vimeo. Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, retells the legend of the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Don’t miss this new production featuring the [...]
Yale Opera announces casting for Capuleti
Yale Opera has announced the casting for its upcoming production of Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, which will take place February 15–17 at New Haven’s Shubert Theater. Performances are 8 pm on Friday and Saturday, and 2 pm on Sunday. Friday and Sunday Giulietta: Claudia Rosenthal Romeo: Vivien Shotwell Tebaldo: Galeano Salas Capellio: Nathan [...]
Yale Opera presents a new production of Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Marc Verzatt is stage director; Speranza Scappucci returns as music director The Yale Opera program at the Yale School of Music will present an original production of Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi on February 15–17, 2013. A retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story, this bel canto masterpiece is “an opera of definite dramatic appeal” (New York Times) replete with [...]
Yale Opera presents an evening of Russian song Dec. 4
Yale Opera and the Yale School of Music present Liederabend, the German word for “evening of song,” on Tuesday, December 4 at 8 pm. The concert will feature the singers of Yale Opera in a selection of Russian folk tunes and art songs by composers from Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin to Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Kabalevsky. Also [...]
Yale Opera performs fall scenes Nov. 2 & 3
Creative team includes stage director Hans Nieuwenhuis, musical directors Douglas Dickson & Timothy Shaindlin The Yale School of Music presents the rising stars of Yale Opera in two evenings of opera scenes on Friday and Saturday, November 2 and 3. Each evening will feature a different selection of scenes from popular operas by composers as diverse as Bizet, [...]
Yale Opera announces fall scenes
Yale Opera is pleased to announce the program for its annual Fall Scenes production, which will take place Friday and Saturday, November 2 and 3. Both performances take place at 7:30 pm in Morse Recital Hall. Hans Nieuwenhuis is the stage director; Douglas Dickson and Timothy Shaindlin provide music direction and accompaniment. The design team [...]
Casting announced for The Rape of Lucretia
Yale Opera is pleased to announce the casting for its upcoming performances of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. Performances are Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28, at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall. The production features the work of stage director Vera Calabria and musical director Douglas Dickson. Click HERE for more information [...]
Yale Opera presents a new production of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia April 27 & 28
The Yale School of Music and Yale Opera present an all-new production of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia on Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28 at 8 pm. The performances, which feature the singers of the prestigious Yale Opera program, take place in Morse Recital Hall (located in Sprague Hall at 470 College [...]
Eric Barry: guest post from Warsaw
Eric Barry ’10MM, ’11AD writes about recording a Montemezzi opera My career as an opera singer necessitates constant travel, which is one of the real perks of my job. Most recently I represented Yale Opera at the Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw, Poland. Every time I visit this city, the first thing that comes to [...]
Yale Opera records Montemezzi's L'amore dei tre re
Singers of Yale Opera will perform and record Montemezzi’s L’amore dei tre re at this year’s Beethoven Festival in Warsaw, Poland. Łukasz Borowicz is conducting the concert performance of the opera, which also features the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Warsaw Philharmonic Choir. The cast features soprano Sara Jakubiak ’06MM, ’07AD (Fiora); tenor Eric Barry [...]
NEW video: Così fan tutte preview
Così fan tutte runs Feb. 10–12 at the Shubert Theater. Tickets are available HERE.
Annie Rosen ’12MM wins Metropolitan Opera’s New England Regional Audition
Other Yale Opera singers take Third Prize, Encouragement Award Mezzo-soprano Annie Rosen ’12MM won first place in the Metropolitan Opera’s New England Regional Auditions, held yesterday in Boston. Rosen will compete on the Met stage in the National Council Auditions on March 18. Two other YSM singers also made strong showings in the New England [...]
Yale Opera performs German art song Dec. 12
Liederabend features music of Schubert, Mahler, and more The Yale School of Music will present Liederabend: An Evening of German Art Song on Monday, December 12, 2011. The concert will feature the singers of Yale Opera in a selection of German Romantic lieder. The event takes place at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in [...]
Yale Opera announces two new productions for 2012
Speranza Scappucci will be the first woman to conduct a Yale Opera production The Yale Opera program at the Yale School of Music has announced two new productions for the spring semester of 2012. February will feature Mozart’s comedy Così fan tutte at New Haven’s historic Shubert Theater. In April, Yale Opera will perform Benjamin [...]
Yale Opera performs scenes from Bellini to Berlioz
Marc Verzatt directs performances Oct. 28 & 29 The Yale School of Music presents the singers of Yale Opera in two evenings of opera scenes on Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29. Each evening will feature a different selection of scenes from popular operas by composers as diverse as Handel, Gounod, Puccini, and more. [...]
Springtime in Italy: Singers from Yale Opera perform Italian art songs May 2
The Yale School of Music presents the rising stars of Yale Opera in an evening of Italian art songs on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall (470 College Street at the corner of Wall Street, New Haven). This Liederabend (the German word for “evening of song”) will feature works in Italian [...]
Yale Opera offers double bill of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Hoiby’s The Scarf April 29 & 30
Performance of The Scarf will memorialize composer Lee Hoiby, recently deceased at age 85 The Yale School of Music and Yale Opera present two evenings of short operas by Henry Purcell and Lee Hoiby on Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30 at 8 pm. The performances, which will feature the singers of the prestigious [...]
Yale Opera announces casting for DON GIOVANNI
Yale Opera is pleased to announce the casts for its new production of Mozart’s masterpiece Don Giovanni, to be performed at New Haven’s historic Shubert Theater in February. The original production features stage direction by Sam Helfrich, set design by Andrew Holland, costume design by Kaye Voyce, and lighting design by William Warfel. Giuseppe Grazioli, [...]
Yale Opera presents an exciting new production of Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI Feb. 11 through 13
Stage director Sam Helfrich makes his Yale Opera debut The Yale School of Music and Yale Opera will present Mozart’s masterpiece Don Giovanni February 11 through 13 at New Haven’s historic Shubert Theater. Performances take place at 8 pm February 11 and 12, and at 2 pm February 13. With stage director Sam Helfrich at [...]
