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“Magic Flute’ on stage at Merrill this week
Opera Maine hosts its annual summer production. BY BOB KEYES STAFF WRITER Roberto Kalb conducts “The Magic Flute” on Wednesday and Friday. Photo courtesy of Opera Maine Roberto Kalb has seen quite a bit of America lately. Read more
Out & About: Opera Maine presents ‘The Magic Flute’
Merrill Auditorium in Portland is the venue for one of the world's most frequently performed operas. For the past 24 years, late July has meant opera for Maine music aficionados, and this summer is no Read more
Review by Paul Pedillo: Three Decembers
THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2018 Opera Maine's Memorable Three Decembers Just returned from Opera Maine's production of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer's chamber opera, "Three Decembers." As I wrote ten years ago of the broadcast premiere Read more
OPERA NEWS review FIGARO
Le Nozze di Figaro PORTLAND, ME Opera Maine 7/25/18 TO MARK its twenty-fourth season, Opera Maine presented Le Nozze di Figaro, a familiar but formidable work that elicited an enthusiastic response from the large audience Read more
Opera Maine doesn’t need frills for a thrilling ‘Figaro’
July 26, updated July 27 Allan Kozinn Every operagoer has a favorite work, which can change over time – when, for example, a transcendent performance of another work pulls you into that opera’s orbit. For Read more
Tony-winning lighting designer welcomes the chance to work closer to his Portland home
Christopher Akerlind, who lives on Munjoy Hill, designed the set and lights for Opera Maine's 'Figaro,' opening Wednesday. BY BOB KEYES STAFF WRITER Christopher Akerlind, the Tony Award-winning designer who lives on Munjoy Hill in Read more
Dona D. Vaughn & Robin Rilette on Morning Classical
Maine Public Classical Robin Rilette’s Morning Classical Music July 19, 2018 Interview with Dona D. Vaughn http://mainepublic.org/people/robin-rilette#stream/0
WRITTEN MORE THAN 200 YEARS AGO, ‘MARRIAGE OF FIGARO’ JUST AS RELEVANT AMID #METOO
Posted: July 18, 2018 Written by: Bob Keyes Mozart wrote his masterpiece “The Marriage of Figaro” in 1786, and the libretto was based on a stage comedy by the Frenchman Pierre Beaumarchais, which debuted two Read more
A MEMORABLE “MARRIAGE”
COMMENTARY, MUSIC CRITICISM, PREVIEWS, REVIEWS Opera Maine “Marriage of Figaro” Merrill Auditorium July 25, 2018 by Christopher Hyde If you don’t have tickets already, buy whatever is available for Opera Maine’s new production of “The Marriage of Figaro.” Read more
USM Voice studies area represented in Opera Maine’s thrilling Marriage of Figaro
POSTED JULY 27, 2018 Opera Maine's production of Marriage of Figaro, which received rave reviews, featured several cast members with ties to the University of Southern Maine's School of Music. The character of Antonio (the Count's Read more