October 18, 2010
Thank you loyal patrons and first-time opera-goers, for your overwhelming response to our 2010-2011 season opener, La bohème! We love to hear about your experiences. Thank you for sharing them with us. Here are some of our favorites! “I am not going to read another review until after I have seen a performance in the future, as the AJC reviewer must not have seen the same production I did! I thoroughly enjoyed the singers, their acting, the chorus, the orchestra, […]
October 8, 2010
We all know that our beloved Mimì perishes in the end. It is tragic to see two lovers torn apart, but La bohème is also very funny. Below is Tim Wikerson’s picture gallery of the “lighter side” of this season’s production of La bohème. Photos Courtesy of Tim Wilkerson Usage of any images on this blog is restricted to The Atlanta Opera and approved news websites. Any other usage, particularly for professional purposes, must have written permission. For additional information, […]
October 1, 2010
The Atlanta Opera has a great tradition – Mrs. Jerrie Woodward’s reviews of our Final Dress Rehearsals. Mrs. Woodward is the mother of one of our board members, Bob Woodward. For years, The Atlanta Opera staffers have come in to work to find her impressions of our newest productions in our inboxes. They are delightful, observant, and constant reminders that what we do touches many lives. She writes these reviews as “thank you letters” to her son. That alone, tugs […]
September 24, 2010
Well, Ladies and Gentlemen — fans of The Atlanta Opera — after a 5 month hiatus, our blog is up and running again. So much is happening around here, and we are thrilled to be sharing the ins-and-outs of our company with you. Absence makes the heart grow fonder…. or so they say. Have you missed us? As many of you know, we open our 31st season on October 2 with Puccini’s LA BOHEME. So romantic, so sad, so…. many […]
May 10, 2010
In April I discovered one of the best kept secrets in all of opera-going. And that is the opportunity to be a supernumerary. Supers are the folks standing around holding spears, or the officers come to arrest the tenor, etc. They are typically a function of the set more than a character in the story. I was invited to be one of fourteen supers in the Atlanta Opera’s The Magic Flute. This experience would turn out to be the operatic […]
April 23, 2010
Photographer Tim Wilkerson took some great photos last night during the Final Dress Rehearsal of The Magic Flute, so here’s a sneak peek: The three ladies and Tamino (Sean Panikkar): Papageno (Hugh Russell) and the bird puppets: The Queen of the Night (Kathleen Kim): The Queen of the Night (Kathleen Kim) and Tamino (Sean Panikkar): Sarastro (Denis Sedov) and Pamina (Nicole Cabell): The three genies and Tamino (Sean Panikkar): Tamino (Sean Panikkar) with his flute: Papageno (Hugh Russell) and Papagena […]
April 19, 2010
Get a behind-the-scenes look at our upcoming production of The Magic Flute in this video interview with Stage Director Tomer Zvulun!
March 26, 2010
I’m always excited when Jason Hardy comes to sing with us because I sang in choir with him when we were both undergrads at Emory University, so it feels like a class reunion. He’s exactly the same guy now that he was back then – talented, handsome, fun, and so, so nice. He’s got a great work ethic, too, which is another reason we love having him here (and possibly the reason he’s an opera singer and I just sell […]
March 23, 2010
Looking forward to our production of The Magic Flute, we’re getting very excited about all the singers who will be new to The Atlanta Opera stage, including soprano Nicole Cabell. Nicole, our Pamina in Flute, quickly gained fame after winning the 2005 BBC Singer of the World Competition in Cardiff and has been rising in the world of opera ever since. Check out this video on her debut album: Also, read up on Nicole Cabell in this great Met interview […]
March 9, 2010
If you attended one of our performances of Aida, you no doubt noticed the great student musicians who played in the lobby beforehand. For our opening night performance on Saturday, February 27, we were joined by a woodwind quintet made up of players from the Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra. Especially popular were the Urban Youth Harp Ensemble, which played before last Friday’s performance: At Sunday’s matinee, we enjoyed hearing a string quartet from the Cobb Youth Symphony Orchestra. We want […]
February 26, 2010
Photographer Tim Wikerson was on hand at our Final Dress Rehearsal of Aida last night to take some photos for us, so take a sneak-peek! Mark Delavan (Amonasro) and Mary Elizabeth Williams (Aida): Morris Robinson (Ramfis): Kenneth Kellogg (King of Egypt): Mary Elizabeth Williams (Aida) and Antonello Palombi (Radames): Elizabeth Bishop (Amneris):