Seattle Opera has announced the world premiere of Daron Aric Hagen's "Amelia" in May 2010: "Amelia," with a libretto by Gardner McFall, will be presented May ...
Thanks! Here's a little more about the opera, from DA Hagen's website: http://www.ameliaopera.com/ I'm not familiar with Hagen or McFall, but Wadsworth is an...
"The opera will be set during a 30-year period from 1966 to 1996 and will address man's fascination with flight, the Daedalus/Icarus myth around flight, the...
Thanks. I was doing some research too, but you found that site a minute or so before I did. I'm not familiar with Hagen or McFall either. Was it Wadsworth...
But you considerately copied and pasted, whereas I just lazily posted the link. In an interview once Gunn said that if he weren't a singer he would have joined...
The Xerxes was done at the NY City Opera and at the Boston Lyric Opera, maybe other places. ... posted the link. ... have joined the airforce. So this seems...
Ah, thank you. I did the checking afterwards which I should have done before: it was Rodelinda that Wadsworth directed at the Met in 2004 (his debut there)....
iMovie makes it very easy to throw slide shows together. YouTube: Pearl Fishers Duet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3AOjBckAFE Pearl Fishers Aria:...
He should have flown out of Oakland. It's much easier. And I'm sure he would have had a decent pilot. ;-) Patrick (native of the East Bay) ... From: Sharon...
Wow - that sounds incredibly scary! I had a flight back from Las Vegas once that dipped and tilted dramatically, then got back on track. Scared the ...
ps: the funky pagebreak stuff broke up the link so if clicking <http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/01/nathan-gunn-jos.\ html> doesn't work,...
I don't know why that link separated. It should be all together. I'll try it again: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/scarfe-los-angeles-2278273-opera- ...
Thanks. There is also a review in the Los Angeles Times <http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/01/review-la-opera.\ html> . ... I'll ... ...
I definitely like this one better. LOL I'd love to see that crazy makeup/hair up close...hard to tell it's him in the small photo. Maria In a message dated...
I am so excited for this production. I have known about it for a long time, but I didn't know until they announced the new season that William Burden was also...
There's an interview with Nathan and tenor Joseph Kaiser at the LA Opera website: "In a recent article by the LA Times, Nathan Gunn (Papageno) and Joseph ...
I've said it before: Don't ask me how I find these things. It's usually random when I'm doing something else. (and sometimes on purpose when I'm not, lol) ...
The Los Angeles Opera <http://www.laopera.com/production/0910/barber/index.aspx> has announced their 2009-2010 season. Nathan Gunn will be in performances ...
Oh man. Well. The cost of a flight, hotel and tickets exceeds any budget I may have for traveling to see my favorite singers. Together. In the same opera....
Nathan is also going to be Belcore in L'elisir d'amore for Los Angeles Opera <http://www.laopera.com/production/0910/elixir/index.aspx> on dates in September...
John you're killing me here. At least Juan Diego Florez isn't ALSO in that, or I'd be moving to Los Angeles in the fall. The dates overlap with some of the Met...