The Courier Journal's Katya Cengle had the distinct honor of joining the Patron's Circle for a night of guerrilla opera. Daron Hagen's New York Stories was a part of Kentucky Opera's Composer Workshop program and Opera America's National Opera Week celebration.
Our Studio Artists: Brandy Hawkins, Gabriel Preisser, Andrea Shokery, Daniel Anderson and Tomasz Paweł Sadownik were joined by UofL School of Music Students Erin Keesy and Ricky Case to perform his trillogy in three homes of downtown Louisville. Click HERE to read the whole story. In case you missed the previous post, which includes a video interview with the compser and an excerpt from one of the three operas, click HERE.
If you haven't heard that Kentucky Opera is doing the Elixir of Love, you must be living under a rock. Tickets are still available by calling 502.584.7777 or click here.
Emily Albrink as Adina and Victor Ryan Robertson as Nemorino in Elixir of Love. Photo by J. David Levy.
Jeffery Lee Pucket takes a stab at writing on opera for the Courier Journal.
Bill Doolittle chatted with Louisville native Emily Albrink in this weeks LEO Weekly
Selena Frye talked to University of Louisville School of Music Graduate on Louisville.com.
You can still catch the Lunch & Listen we recorded at WUOL on MetroTV this week.
10/20 at 8pm; 10/21 at 1am & 10am; 10/22 at 1am; 1023 at 4:30pm and 8pm; 10/24 at 1am.
See the entire MetroTV schedule here.
Maestro Joe Mechavich sat down with us last week to talk about The Elixir of Love, the Louisville Orchestra and the wonderful cast perfroming this weekend.