Bizet’s “Carmen” selected as next year’s festival opera
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5 Questions: Jennifer Johnson Cano
‘It’s not that the art form is any less relevant. We’re still telling human stories.”
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Savannah VOICE Fest features Don Giovanni
Aug. 3 and 5: A ’boutique production’ with chamber orchestra and soloists.
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Viva Italia!
From the other end of the line, Keith Miller’s voice rumbles like a thunderstorm rolling in from the horizon. The 37 year-old baritone has called from New York to talk […]
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Opera in Savannah
Even though she’s headed for Italy to sing the role of Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus at Operafestival di Roma next month, local soprano Rebecca Flaherty has set her mind to […]
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What’s opera, Doc?
Early one evening in 2004, Matthew Lord was in his dressing room at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, waiting to go onstage for his Met debut in Boris Godunov. […]
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The Turkey Callers play The Jinx
The Turkey Callers *** What do you get when you mix two fingers of local houserockin’ garage-blues band extraordinaire Bottles & Cans (singer/guitarist Ray Lundy and bassist Mike Walker) with […]
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Full interview with Savannah Choral Society Condutor Peter Shannon
How long has this show (La Traviata) been in the works? Peter Shannon: Well, it’s been on the Choral Society’s program since before Christmas. So, in essence it’s been going […]
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‘Slam dunk’ opera
THIS PAST OCTOBER IN ST. JOHN’S CATHEDRAL, the Savannah Choral Society —under the direction of conductor Peter Shannon— staged a production of Mendelssohn’s famed oratorio Elijah that was notable in […]
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‘The Officer’s Ball’
When the Savannah Music Festival announced that The Police’s drummer Stewart Copeland was among the internationally-known musicians slated to appear at their 2008 event, it was widely perceived as a […]
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Spotlighted Gigs & Recommended Shows
David Lugo & Latin Jazz Motion Although he has lived in the Savannah area (Hinesville, to be precise) for three years now, percussionist David Lugo was born, raised and came […]