Tulsa Opera Presents "Dead Man Walking"
[Aired on Friday, February 24th.] On this edition of StudioTulsa, we speak with Jake Heggie, the composer of "Dead Man Walking," which premiered in San Francisco in 2000, and has since become one of...
View ArticleFrom Tulsa Opera: Donizetti's "The Daughter of the Regiment"
On this edition of ST, we welcome Kostis Protopapas of Tulsa Opera back to our show. Tulsa Opera will soon present Donizetti's "The Daughter of the Regiment," a comic opera in two acts; it'll be staged...
View ArticleTulsa Opera Presents "The Most Happy Fella" (Starring Kim Josephson)
On February 23rd, March 1st, and March 3rd, Tulsa Opera will present Frank Loesser's masterful "Broadway opera" --- as some have called it --- "The Most Happy Fella," with all three performances...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: A Discussion with the Late American Composer Robert Ward (from...
Robert Ward, the highly acclaimed American composer, died today at age 95. Ward won the Pulitzer Prize for his opera "The Crucible" --- based on the classic Arthur Miller play, with a libretto adapted...
View ArticleTulsa Opera Presents Verdi's "Aida"
On this edition of StudioTulsa, we welcome back Kostis Protopapas, who's been the Artistic Director of Tulsa Opera since May of 2008. He previously served as the company's Associate Conductor and...
View ArticleSinger Lauren McNeese, Originally from T-Town, Makes Her Tulsa Opera Debut in...
On this installment of ST, we welcome the widely acclaimed mezzo-soprano Lauren McNeese, who has performed on opera stages all over the world, and who, as Opera News has noted, possesses "one of those...
View ArticleTulsa Opera Presents "Dead Man Walking"
[Aired on Friday, February 24th.] On this edition of StudioTulsa, we speak with Jake Heggie, the composer of "Dead Man Walking," which premiered in San Francisco in 2000, and has since become one of...
View ArticleFrom Tulsa Opera: Donizetti's "The Daughter of the Regiment"
On this edition of ST, we welcome Kostis Protopapas of Tulsa Opera back to our show. Tulsa Opera will soon present Donizetti's "The Daughter of the Regiment," a comic opera in two acts; it'll be staged...
View ArticleTulsa Opera Presents "The Most Happy Fella" (Starring Kim Josephson)
On February 23rd, March 1st, and March 3rd, Tulsa Opera will present Frank Loesser's masterful "Broadway opera" --- as some have called it --- "The Most Happy Fella," with all three performances...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: A Discussion with the Late American Composer Robert Ward (from...
Robert Ward, the highly acclaimed American composer, died today at age 95. Ward won the Pulitzer Prize for his opera "The Crucible" --- based on the classic Arthur Miller play, with a libretto adapted...
View ArticleTulsa Opera Presents Verdi's "Aida"
On this edition of StudioTulsa, we welcome back Kostis Protopapas, who's been the Artistic Director of Tulsa Opera since May of 2008. He previously served as the company's Associate Conductor and...
View ArticleSinger Lauren McNeese, Originally from T-Town, Makes Her Tulsa Opera Debut in...
On this installment of ST, we welcome the widely acclaimed mezzo-soprano Lauren McNeese, who has performed on opera stages all over the world, and who, as Opera News has noted, possesses "one of those...
View ArticleTulsa Opera Presents "Elmer Gantry" This Weekend
This weekend, Tulsa Opera will continue its current season with the Oklahoma premiere of "Elmer Gantry," a Grammy Award-winning opera by Robert Aldridge. Based on the eponymous novel by Sinclair Lewis...
View ArticleTulsa Opera Presents Rossini's "La Cenerentola" (or, "Cinderella")
At the Tulsa PAC this coming weekend -- on the evening of Friday the 24the and the afternoon of Sunday the 26th -- Tulsa Opera will stage Rossini's delightful romantic comedy, "La Cenerentola" (or, if...
View ArticleImmortal Music Meets Bold Choreography as Tulsa Ballet Presents Both "Carmina...
"Carmina Burana," the work that launched Tulsa Ballet's Resident Choreographer Ma Cong's career, premiered in 2006 to rave reviews and overwhelming popular acclaim. It was glowingly re-staged in 2010...
View ArticleThis Weekend, Tulsa Opera and Tulsa Youth Opera Will Stage Susan Kander's...
This coming weekend, on both Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th, Tulsa Opera will present Tulsa Youth Opera’s production of composer Susan Kander's "The Giver." This piece, as noted at the Tulsa...
View ArticleHello, Young [and Doomed] Lovers: This Weekend, Tulsa Opera Presents Gounod's...
This weekend -- just in time for Valentine's Day -- Tulsa Opera will offer two performances of Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette." This classic opera will be staged on Friday the 13th at 7:30pm and Sunday...
View ArticleTulsa Opera Presents "Of Mice and Men"
On this edition of StudioTulsa, we speak by phone with the acclaimed American composer Carlisle Floyd, whose opera, "Of Mice and Men," will be staged this weekend (that is, both this evening and Sunday...
View ArticleTulsa Opera Opens Its 68th Season with "La Boheme"
Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme" is, of course, the musically sumptuous tale of four young Parisienne bohemians and their loves and losses. (It's also, as many of us know, the basis for "Rent.") Tulsa...
View ArticleTulsa Opera Offers Andre Previn's "A Streetcar Named Desire"
On this edition of ST, we speak with the highly regarded theatrical director David Schweizer, who's currently in town to direct Tulsa Opera's staging of Andre Previn's "A Streetcar Named Desire"...
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