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North Carolina Opera is an opera company performing in the Triangle region of North Carolina, which includes Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Cary. The company was formed the merger of Opera Company of North Carolina and Capitol Opera Raleigh. It performs most of its mainstage operas at the Duke Energy Center in downtown Raleigh. Since its founding in 2010, the company has been led by General Director Eric Mitchko. Timothy Myers was Principal Conductor and Music Director from 2010 to 2013, and Artistic & Music Director from 2013 to 2017.
North Carolina Opera was part of the consortium that co-commissioned and co-produced Jennifer Higdon’s and Gene Scheer’s Cold Mountain, which was performed in Chapel Hill, in partnership with Carolina Performing Arts, on September 28 and October 1, 2017.[1] Melinda Whittington, Emily Fons, Edward Parks, and Jay Hunter Morris starred in the production, which was conducted by Christopher Allen and directed by Keturah Stickann.
Other new pieces the company has produced include Patrick Morganelli’s Hercules vs Vampires (October 2016) featuring Vanessa Becerra, Andrea Edith Moore, Scott Macleod, and Ted Federle, conducted by Shawn Galvin; D.J. Sparr’s Approaching Ali (January 2015) starring Soloman Howard, Ted Federle, and Maria Clark, conducted by Samuel McCoy and directed by David Toulson[2]; and John Supko’s All Souls (November 2013), starring Ashleigh Semkiw and conducted by Timothy Myers.
North Carolina Opera has also been known for its Wagner performances at Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh, conducted by Timothy Myers. In January 2013 Clay Hilley, Elizabeth Bishop, and Peter Volpe performed a program of Act I of Die Walküre, along with other vocal and orchestral solos. In November 2014, Heidi Melton, Jay Hunter Morris, Elizabeth Bishop, and Richard Wiegold performed Act II of Tristan und Isolde, a performance that was streamed worldwide on WCPE-FM. In September 2016, the company presented the southeastern United States premiere of Das Rheingold in a production directed by James Marvel, with projections by S. Katy Tucker, lighting from Jax Messenger, and costumes from Denise Schumaker.[3] The cast included Alfred Walker, Michaela Martens, Richard Cox, Todd Thomas, Hailey Clark, and Soloman Howard.
The company’s first production was Puccini’s Tosca in October, 2010, starring Cynthia Lawrence, Steven Harrison, and Grant Youngblood, conducted by Timothy Myers and directed by James Marvel.[4] Noteworthy productions since then have included the local premieres of The Turn of the Screw (2011, conducted by Keitaro Harada and directed by Jerome Davis), Les Enfants Terribles (2012, conducted by Wilson Southerland and directed by Robert Weiss), Aida (2013, conducted by Timothy Myers and directed by David Paul), Rusalka (2014, conducted by Timothy Myers and directed by Crystal Manich), and Eugene Onegin (2016, conducted by Timothy Myers and starring Joyce El-Khoury and Joo Won Kang).
In summer 2013, in collaboration with the Cary Cross Currents Chamber Music Festival, North Carolina Opera presented Anthony Roth Costanzo and Rachel Copeland with the Brussels Chamber Orchestra in a program of Handel and Mozart arias and duets. In spring 2017 the company presented tenor Michael Fabiano in recital.
References
[edit]- ^ Dicks, Roy (September 24, 2017). "Years after 'Cold Mountain' was published, its beloved characters live on in a new opera". The News and Observer.
- ^ Vitiello, Chris (January 28, 2015). "Ali: The Cover Story". Retrieved IndyWeek.
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(help) - ^ Helms, Joanna (September 14, 2016). "Put a Ring on it". IndyWeek.
- ^ Rossmann, Jeffrey (October 15, 2010). "North Carolina Opera kicks off Inaugural Season with Puccini's Tosca". CVNC.org.