Early spoiler for everyone – when Farinelli (real name: Carlo Broschi) thanked God for having a friend like Benedict (his employer’s paraplegic son), the young boy replied “God has nothing to do with it”. Even young folks like him are aware of the pain and suffering that performers like Farinelli go through in the quest of preserving…
I remember promising to write a review about the French opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffman) in a previous article although I saw myself writing a review of another version of this classic French opera by Jacques Offenbach – a tale about how a writer’s creativity is motivated more by his passions. It spurns…
Several articles proliferate online regarding opera despite the misconception that it is dead. It is not and folks would still flock to opera houses to get their does of quality singing and acting. As much as some opera fans could be the most notorious fans ever of the performing arts, the fact that they stuck…
It seems like yesterday when I watched the premiere of the Filipino-penned musical “Marco Polo: An Untold Love Story”. A family friendly musical that reminded me of the music-laced films I have witnessed as a kid and gave birth to the “Disney-fication” of children’s entertainment. I mean that in a good way. Expectations are high…
How can you make opera relatable to modern audiences that has been accustomed to several reruns of Bizet’s “Carmen”, Puccini’s “Tosca” and Verdi’s “La Traviata”? Offer new material that they are more familiar with in an effortless manner. How familiar? So familiar that the mainstream market would feel so flabbergasted with the chosen material that…
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Category:Performer Description: Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts | Beverly Hills, CA Call Type Equity Principal Contract LORT Non-Rep LORT D minimum – $600 Personnel DIRECTOR: STUART ROSS CASTING DIRECTORS: BRUCE H. NEWBERG AND BETH LIPARI • EPA Rules are in effect. • A monitor will be…
Anna Bamberger Productions Category:Performer Description: Anna Bamberger Productions | New York, NY Call Type Equity Principal Contract Mini $418/wk Personnel Writer: Christopher B. Latro Producer/Director: Anna Bamberger Casting Director: Joy Dewing Casting – Holly Buczek • EPA Rules are in effect. • A monitor will be provided. Performers of all ethnic and racial background are…
Anna Bamberger Productions Category:Performer Description: Anna Bamberger Productions | New York, NY Call Type Equity Principal Contract Mini $418/wk Personnel Writer: Christopher B. Latro Producer/Director: Anna Bamberger Casting Director: Joy Dewing Casting – Holly Buczek • EPA Rules are in effect. • A monitor will be provided. Performers of all ethnic and racial background are…
Aurora Theatre Inc. Category:Performer Description: Aurora Theatre Inc. | Lawrenceville, GA Call Type Equity Principal Contract SPT Tier 6; $417/week Personnel Music: Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green Lyrics: Amanda Green Book: Doug Wright Director: Hunter Foster Choreographer: Lorin Latarro Music Director: Ann-Carol Pence • A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all…
“Humbug!” The most loved expression of the stingiest man in town. To those of us who identify with the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his extreme dislike for people in general, it is fun and maybe just a little disturbing in a way, to watch this character come to life in a theater musical. Based on…