There are 34 article(s) tagged Opera Memphis:

• October 2023

  • New, Memphis-set ‘La Boheme’ featured in Opera Memphis’ latest season

    The show will be inspired by the time in Memphis when W.C. Handy and William Grant Still were working together on Beale Street.

    By Žak Ozmo October 17, 2023

  • Opera Memphis welcomes two rising sopranos

    Kayla Oderah and Marquita Richardson are the newest participants in the Opera Memphis’ Handorf Company Artist Program.

    By BJ Gibbs October 06, 2023

  • Opera Memphis raises curtain on Midtown digs

    The nearly 70-year-old organization hosted an open house to showcase its new location at Peabody Avenue and Cooper Street in Midtown.

    By Kambui Bomani October 06, 2023

• May 2023

  • The To-Do List: Dogchella, Mother’s Day and lots of ballet

    This week, Memphis in May celebrates Malaysia, Opera Memphis honors soldiers and Motownphilly’s back again.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen May 11, 2023

• April 2023

  • Opera Memphis preview: ‘The Falling and the Rising’

    “This opera is about empathy. It is about understanding other people’s sacrifice. It is about understanding our responsibility to them, and to each other. It is about things that we forget at our own peril, be it in war, pandemic, our family, our city, our country or the world.”

    By Žak Ozmo April 18, 2023

• February 2023

  • ‘Tosca’ at Opera Memphis a memorable performance — and a timely one

    Ned Canty’s staging of “Tosca” and the ensemble’s excellent musicianship made this an experience to remember in this first-class drama that was evocatively sung. It was particularly timely as well.

    By Žak Ozmo February 14, 2023

• January 2023

  • First look at Opera Memphis’ future Midtown home

    One of the opera’s major goals with the move is to be able to use the space cooperatively and collaboratively with other arts groups.

    By Christin Yates January 26, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Lunar New Year parties, Tommy Kha and 250 years of American art

    This week, NKA Gallery shows work by Black male artists, Opera Memphis presents a political thriller and you can learn to play the harmonica (for free).

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington January 26, 2023

• July 2022

  • Opera Memphis to sing a new song in a new place

    Opera Memphis is currently considering four properties for its new home, three of which are located in the Edge District, an area that Ned Canty said “was deeply appealing from the beginning.”

    By Christin Yates July 05, 2022

• May 2022

  • The To-Do List: Tour CY gardens, eat baklava and drink whiskey with dogs in wind suits

    This week, the Tilt-a-Whirl will be spinning at the Bluff City Fair, the mimosas will be bottomless in Court Square and you can learn how to save your seat (literally). 

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry May 19, 2022

  • Opera Memphis’ latest classic comes complete with surprise ending

    Opera Memphis’ upcoming one-night showing of “Cosi fan tutte” will rely on audience participation. But, don’t worry, the crowd won’t be asked to sing. 

    By Sam Hegenheiser May 16, 2022

• March 2022

  • The To-Do List: Farmers markets, ‘Remembering MLK’ and a party in the park

    This week, Opera Memphis kicks off 30 Days of Opera, animatronic dinos stomp into the Renasant Convention Center and an art show at Tone explores gender and gender variation.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry March 31, 2022

• August 2021

  • Stax student headed to Metropolitan Opera

    The local 12-year-old is getting his shot at the big time as the understudy in a production by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

    By Rob Moore August 14, 2021

• July 2021

  • New aria for Opera Memphis: Company selling suburban headquarters

    Opera Memphis is listing for $3.8 million its 18-year-old, suburban headquarters. Like Ballet Memphis before it, the company plans a move to the heart of Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey July 13, 2021

  • Taking opera out of the opera house

    Opera Memphis’ Ned Canty talks to Eric Barnes about the organization’s efforts to bring opera out of the opera house, the struggle to support performers during COVID, and the opportunities Opera Memphis has going forward. 

    By Eric Barnes July 01, 2021

• April 2021

  • Oh, snap: This week’s best photos

    Here are a few of our favorite images from this week. A couple of them involve music, but children’s voices and the crack of a baseball bat are also some of our favorite sounds.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 10, 2021

  • The streets are alive with the sound of opera

    The annual “30 Days of Opera” performances, free and outdoors, seem made to order for pandemic times, though the series has been around at Opera Memphis since 2012.

    By Peggy Burch April 08, 2021

• December 2020

  • Bringing opera to Memphis on a flatbead trailer: A pandemic pivot likely to roll on

    Taking opera from the concert halls to the streets was not a new notion for Opera Memphis. Their annual “30 Days of Opera” features small pop-up performances in unlikely places, from playgrounds and dog parks to libraries and groceries. 

    By Chris Herrington December 25, 2020

  • ArtsMemphis launches ‘Arts Week’ in a community changed, perhaps forever, by pandemic

    While the impact of COVID makes this a particularly urgent moment for the survival of the city’s creative community, ArtsMemphis also plans to make Arts Week an annual event. 

    By Chris Herrington December 07, 2020

• April 2020

  • A moviegoer’s guide to the arts

    With stages, theaters and galleries dark, turn to movie streaming platforms for works on the arts.

    By Jill Johnson Piper April 19, 2020

• March 2020

  • Modern troubadours: Musicians deliver on doorsteps, lawns

    Like a “Memphis music milkman,” artist Graham Winchester makes personal deliveries of his new vinyl single, while Opera Memphis vocalists take requests for outdoor neighborhood performances. 

    By Jared Boyd, Abigail Warren March 26, 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 17: Strickland declares state of emergency; third local case confirmed

    The state reports the total number of confirmed cases in Tennessee is 73, and a third Shelby County case has also been reported. That individual is isolated at home and did not contract it in Shelby County.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

  • The Extra Podcast: How Opera Memphis continues to work outside the opera house

    Ned Canty of Opera Memphis talks about the Ramones, how opera became a "tool of social exclusion," and the evolution of opera globally and in Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes March 14, 2020

• February 2020

  • GPAC at 25 offers ‘dizzying’ lineup of national, international acts

    The Grove at GPAC, an outdoor theater with a food pavilion, will be only the second performing arts center in the country to have a Daktronics video wall capable of simulcasting the performance inside to an outdoor audience.

    By Jill Johnson Piper February 17, 2020

• September 2019

  • ‘All killer, no filler’ for joint Memphis Symphony, Opera Memphis season opener

    The concert is an exhilarating mix of the fresh and the familiar, from 'The William Tell Overture' to 'You'll Never Walk Alone.' 

    By Jill Johnson Piper September 23, 2019