PORTLAND — Telling an impactful story by writing an original opera probably doesn’t seem like the most natural medium for a group of teenage girls. But that’s what happened in a collaboration between Opera Maine, the Telling Room and the School of Music at the University of Southern Maine. The result is “Girl in Six […]
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Opera 'Tosca' Jan. 27 in Fryeburg
FRYEBURG — The Met Opera Live in HD series will present “Tosca” at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. Rivaling the splendor of Franco Zeffirelli’s set and costumes of the Napoleonic era, Sir David McVicar’s new production features a cast led by soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title […]
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Met Opera singer performing at Union Hall
VIENNA — Six years ago, Renee Tatum made her Metropolitan Opera debut. Since then she has performed on the most prestigious stages throughout the United States and continues to perform regularly with the Metropolitan Opera. Opera News has praised her for her “commanding and dramatic presence.” The Vienna Union Hall, which seats only 120, will […]
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If she can make it there … Freeport helped prepare singer for The Met
FREEPORT — Heather Petrie said she was more nervous when she sang at Mast Landing School than she is to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. Petrie, who graduated from Freeport High School in 2001, will perform in Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera, “Fidelio,” at the Met in New York City from March 16-April 8. Petrie, 34, […]
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Met Opera Live in HD to open at Fryeburg arts center on Oct. 11
FRYEBURG — The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series will return to the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center for the 2014-15 season on Saturday, Oct. 11. The live simulcast’s crisp HD picture and enveloping surround sound inside Fryeburg Academy’s state-of-the-art theater creates an experience that will make you feel like […]