Curtis Opera Theatre Offers Staged Duets In Opera OnDemand

Feb 5, 2021 | Opera theatre

The Curtis Opera Theatre announces a new digital featuring entitled Opera OnDemand. Available for free of charge on the web streaming from January 22 by February 1, 2021, the challenge functions beloved duets from the Italian opera canon. By way of months of musical preparing, impressive staging methods, and condition-of-the-artwork video modifying, Curtis’s growing opera stars carry out in customized digital sets, united in pairs from their person spots throughout the globe.

The electrifying night highlights common scenes from masterful Italian operas by Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Limited, witty episodes adhere to nefarious schemes, tests of loyalty, playful escapes, mistaken identities, and soaring avowals of enjoy. Phase director Scott Skiba and songs directors Grant Loehnig and Miloš Repický direct the 90-moment functionality, with concepts by manufacturing designer Brittany Merenda. Semi-staged duet scenes, accompanied by piano, are sung in Italian with English translations offered. The Curtis Opera Theatre is supported by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.

The general performance video will be accessible on the web beginning Friday, January 22 in the night. Absolutely free registration is required at Curtis.edu/OperaOnDemand. Registrants will obtain application synopses and a non-public movie connection to examine and revisit these new will take on classic opera on an unlimited foundation by way of Monday, February 1.