Tag Archives: Academy of Vocal Arts
six opera events to celebrate in 2010
James Valenti Wins Richard Tucker Award (April 16) The Richard Tucker Award has been called ”the Heisman Trophy of Opera.” It’s a $30,000 prize recognizing an American singer on the cusp of an international opera career, and on April 16, 2010, James Valenti was named the winner. … Continue reading
Red-letter opera gets an “A”
American composer Margaret Garwood said that she was stirred to write operas about the victimization of women. Watching her latest opera The Scarlet Letter, playing to a packed house at the Merriam Theater in Philadelphia yesterday, I felt as though I touched her … Continue reading
Filed under 21st Century Opera, North American Opera, opera firsts, Premieres, Reviews
National Opera Week . . . an Operatoonity pick from PA
The Philadelphia-based Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA), www.avaopera.org, presents: Pre-Opera Lecture and Demonstration of The Scarlet Letter Ethical Society of Philadelphia 1906 South Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia, PA 19103 Thursday, November 4 at 5:30 p.m. A very special Opera Preview of AVA’s … Continue reading
meet opera composer Margaret Garwood, whose ‘Scarlet Letter’ premieres next month
Margaret Garwood’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’ premieres in Philadelphia The City of Philadelphia welcomes the world premiere of a Nathaniel Hawthorne tale he himself once envisioned as opera. The Scarlet Letter, an opera written by American composer Margaret Garwood, adapts Hawthorne’s classic … Continue reading
