Mezzo-soprano Kelly Guerra moved to New York City to live with her fiancé during the COVID-19 pandemic. And like everyone else, they found themselves with
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Former and current students, lifetime Chautauquans, and people from all generations gathered last Friday evening in McKnight Hall to celebrate Marlena Kleinman Malas with a
Before The House on Mango Street: The Opera, Sandra Cisneros had never before written a libretto, and considered working with a librettist to pen the
For stage director Marcus Shields, the most difficult aspect of directing is managing all the moving parts. “The challenge of directing is always the challenge
Chautauqua Opera Conservatory Director Marlena Malas and stage director John Giampietro originally planned to stage Leoš Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen during the 2020 season,
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and Chautauqua Opera Company are teaming up for the company’s final performance of the summer with “Opera & Pops” at 8:15 p.m.
Traditionally, Chautauqua Opera Company has held a Studio Artist Scenes program as a last recital for the Young Artists. They’re taking a bit of a
Opera singer and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham has a secret agenda behind agreeing to perform alongside the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. “The reason that I’m here this
The Chautauqua Opera Company is going out with a bang … literally. For the Opera Invasion Grand Finale, Chautauqua Opera — along with a number
What happens when you let 16 Opera Conservatory students choose the repertoire for their last student recital of the season? You get over two hours
Author Gertrude Stein was not afraid of repetition, and while this makes her work rich with literary merit, the script can pose a memorization issue
The Chautauqua Opera Company’s Festival Weekend continues today with Giacomo Puccini’s grand opera Tosca, which — on first glance — might be an unconventional choice
The Chautauqua Opera Company is gearing up to produce an opera every day for the long-awaited, long-postponed Opera Festival Weekend. Chautauqua Opera chose three operas
Music and dance are almost inextricably linked, so it makes perfect sense that the next Opera Conservatory Voice Recital will embrace the interconnections of the
Don Giovanni traditionally calls for a large cast and an extravagant set. The Chautauqua Opera Conservatory is taking a different approach: a pared-down cast, and
Mozart’s Don Giovanni has been performed since 1787, with its Chautauqua Opera Company debut in 1942 and the most recent run in 2018, but for