Opera Center Stage

Opera insights and conversations

[NPR Music @nprmusic]

Today would've been Celia Cruz's 94th birthday. https://t.co/JKlZn6VUGE

[Rick Zullo @RickZullo1]

Encountered my favorite podcast host @PreetBharara in my hotel lobby last night. Looking for to listening to this week’s episode on the plane later today. Nice to have met you, Preet!

[Teatro La Fenice @teatrolafenice]

🎭 Lo festeggiamo oggi, ché alcuni sostengono sia nato non il 16 ma il #17dicembre. Lo festeggiamo assieme a Riccardo Muti, quando ne diresse la 'Consacrazione della casa' all'apertura della Fenice dopo l'incendio. Auguri, Beethoven!! 🎭

[Diana Damrau @DianaDamrau]

What a wonderful evening celebrating @PlacidoDomingo at @CafeFiorelloNYC ! 😊🎶 Thank you for having us! It was the first red carpet for some of the guests... 💕
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#nyc #cafefiorello #metopera #placidodomingo
📷 @OperawireNews

[Teatro La Fenice @teatrolafenice]

🎄Buongiorno, amici! Nonostante la nebbia, il sole è sempre sopra le nuvole! 🎄

#6dicembre
#FeliceE

[theoperacritic.com @theoperacritic]

Daniele Gatti appointed music director of Rome opera house https://t.co/nK9aHCOOHH

[Opera Center Stage @OperaCenterStge]

Maybe you’ve heard the news: the great Maria Callas is touring again. Although this time she’s a mere ghost of her former self—literally.

https://t.co/nsT24G4dYR

[Fred Plotkin @FredPlotkin]

I am doing a big talk in DC at the Smithsonian Nov.15 at 6:45 pm on Leonard Bernstein. I knew him well and was spellbound by his gifts. I will play his music and do my part to reveal what made Lenny so extraordinary. There's still a handful of seats left. https://t.co/4AjdTQRGK3

[Opera Center Stage @OperaCenterStge]

Do you ever watch the live Met HD Broadcasts? If so, do you watch them in addition to attending a theater production, or INSTEAD? #opera #operaweek
https://t.co/lDGikML9vq

[OperaWire @OperawireNews]

.@SFOpera to bring Jake Heggie’s It’s wonderful life to the stage!
https://t.co/uAxWeq4yN8

[Schmopera @Schmopera]

"Can a modern audience tolerate abstraction? Steier seems to think not, judging by the amount of eye-roll inducing visual hand-holding." Oper Frankfurt's double-bill of #OedipusRex & #Iolanta is onstage through December 1: https://t.co/TJEUgiFv2T

[Opera Center Stage @OperaCenterStge]

We have officially launched our website! The blog is now live and the podcast will debut next month. Let's start with a review of the Top 10 Operas of all time. #operaweek https://t.co/hbCv7oJk6v #Opera #ClassicalMusic

[OperaWire @OperawireNews]

Are you seeing a movie this weekend? Perhaps @starisbornmovie might interest you as it has some opera in it! https://t.co/QvgCPN2jtO

[Teatro La Fenice @teatrolafenice]

🎭 Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Requiem’. Myung-Whun Chung in rehearsal before the opening of the new Season Concert tomorrow night🎭

[Santa Fe Opera 🌈⚡️🌵 open-air opera #SantaFeOpera @santafeopera]

"Do not only practice art, but get at the very heart of it; this it deserves, for only art and science raise men to the God-head." https://t.co/g9q7KbFX6B #OperaWeek

[Opera Center Stage @OperaCenterStge]

Yes, "opera is for everyone!" Happy National #OperaWeek !

[operacolorado @OperaColorado]

Growing up singing mariachi music, Cecilia Violetta López says, “I’m proof that opera is for everyone. These stories are so relatable, poignant and beautiful.”

Don't miss @sopranocvlopez singing the role of Violetta in @operacolorado's La Traviata!
https://t.co/PvUFdvLiL9

[Opera Tampa @OperaTampa]

Today is #OperaAdvocacyDay, part of #operaweek! Support the performing arts & join us on all the events to celebrate opera this week 🎭https://t.co/32SGWFsqob

[Opera Center Stage @OperaCenterStge]

Pretty Woman, Apocalypse Now, and The Shawshank Redemption. What do all these great films have in common? Opera! Discover opera's crucial role in defining film moments. https://t.co/E5VZWn1q85 #OperaWeek

[Opera Center Stage @OperaCenterStge]

National #operaweek has started... read up to get ready for the season!

https://t.co/z274eOLa7M

[Barenreiter @Baerenreiter]

Don Giovanni premiered on this day 231 years ago.
Still as popular as ever - here he is with some of his ladies