Opera returns to San Antonio; Hot Masetto spotted in Vienna (watch his complete La boheme)
Lucas Meachem to participate in gala for the San Antonio Opera
Earlier this year, we were saddened to report the very sudden demise of the San Antonio Opera. Just as we were preparing a post about their upcoming Don Giovanni, we learned that the Board of Directors had shut the doors due to a lack of cash flow.
We are pleased to announce that representatives for the company have announced that they have raised $500,000 to reopen the doors, scheduled a gala fundraising concert on May 23, 2013 and will announce a new 2014 season shortly.
The $500,000 raised to date includes $228,000 from the city
of San Antonio, contributions from the
nine Opera Theater San Antonio board members and challenge grants from
the Kronkosky Charitable Foundation and the Tobin Endowment.
The gala concert will include barihunk Lucas Meachem along with Patricia Racette, Susannah Biller, Dolora Zajick, Daniela Mack, Jay Hunter Morris, Alex Shrader and Eric Owens
Alessio Arduini
Thanks to one of our loyal readers, we have learned of a new barihunk singing at the Vienna State Opera. Alessio Arduini, a native of Desenzano del Garda, Italy has joined the roster of the company and is currently singing Masetto opposite fellow barihunk Peter Mattei in Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Upcoming performances include Schaunard in Puccini's La boheme at Covent Garden in December and Silvano in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera at Milan's La scala in July 2013.
There are three performance left of Don Giovanni on October 14, 17 and 20, with additional performances in March 2013. Visit the Vienna State Opera website for additional information.
You can watch Arduini as Schaunard opposite Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo and Anna Netrebko as Mimi in a performance from the Salzburg below (complete opera):
Great shout out to the situation in San Antonio, but you made one error, but it's a really important one!
The company in San Antonio is actually a COMPLETELY NEW COMPANY. The old one shut its doors and is gone forever. They had huge debts, went bankrupt, and the people behind the new company intentionally have no connections to the old one. So this is not a re-opening of the old company, it is the birth of a completely different one. Different board, different management, different vision. Really important to emphasize that.
Great shout out to the situation in San Antonio, but you made one error, but it's a really important one!
ReplyDeleteThe company in San Antonio is actually a COMPLETELY NEW COMPANY. The old one shut its doors and is gone forever. They had huge debts, went bankrupt, and the people behind the new company intentionally have no connections to the old one. So this is not a re-opening of the old company, it is the birth of a completely different one. Different board, different management, different vision. Really important to emphasize that.