Artists from three decades of Chautauqua Opera Company’s Young Artist Program will return to the grounds to perform at a fundraising event to benefit the 2019 season. Hosted by the Chautauqua Opera Guild, lyric tenor
The collaboration between As One’s creators began like all great partnerships: drinking rosè at home over dinner. It was at that dinner in composer and creator Laura Kaminsky’s home where librettists Mark Campbell and Kimberly
When Laura Kaminsky started creating the opera As One, she knew she wanted to involve filmmaker Kimberly Reed. As One, which tells the story of a transgender character and the transition she makes from Hannah Before to Hannah
Chautauquans could be in the presence of a future Academy Award nominee Monday, August 6. Though nominations are months away, Kimberly Reed’s political documentary “Dark Money” is listed as a frontrunner for an Academy Award
Soprano Rachael Braunstein sings “Dich, tear Halle!” from Tannhaüser during the Chautauqua Opera Company’s Opera Highlights concert July 14 in the Amphitheater. DAVE MUNCH / PHOTO EDITOR For their final performances, Chautauqua Opera Company Young
Leading up to its final production of the 2018 Chautauqua season, Chautauqua Opera Company, along with the entire Department of Performing and Visual Arts, will host a community day to further the discussions about inclusion
At first glance, the two feature films Kimberly Reed has made appear to be vastly different. Kimberly Reed One is about going back to her Montana home as a transgender woman, and the other is
President Michael E. Hill met with the sitting members of the Children’s School advisory board at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1. The representatives gathered on the stone steps of the President’s Cottage to further
Chautauqua Opera Company Young Artists began their season on the Norton Hall stage, and that is where the 16 Studio Artists will be highlighted one last time. The season began with the annual Sing-In, where
The Pied Piper Effect happens when one person does something and more people follow, which is what Chautauqua Opera Company expects to happen with its final Opera Invasion of the 2018 season. Chautauqua Opera Young
Popular music has always been a medium through which artists could voice opinions about the world around them. The Vietnam era, for example, sparked anti-war sentiments that were put into music. People often forget those
Instead of hearing the likes of Puccini and Mozart at the final Open Mic of Chautauqua Opera Company’s season, people are likely to hear the songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Chautauqua Opera’s
Before the actors in Candide set foot on stage, a crew of nine people work to materialize the world the opera takes place in by dressing the stage with sets and props. Chautauqua Opera Company’s
John Riesen first met Jay Lesenger at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Lesenger, who was the general and artistic director of Chautauqua Opera Company at the time, gave Riesen an Encouragement Award and told
Chautauqua Opera Company performs Leonard Bernstein's Candide Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Norton Hall. BRIAN HAYES/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER When John Riesen heard he would be playing the title character in Candide for the 2018 season for
Steven Osgood has always wanted to lead a performance of Terry Riley’s “In C,” and now he will have the chance with Chautauqua Opera Company’s latest invasion. Osgood, general and artistic director for Chautauqua Opera,