There are 43 article(s) tagged Opera Memphis:

• April 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

  • Grit and grind meets top hat and monocle: 30 Days of Opera

    Instead of waiting for people to come to the opera house, 30 Days takes opera to festivals, libraries, restaurants and parks. “Having an opera singer 10 feet from you is like being on a roller coaster or in a windstorm,” says Opera Memphis' director Ned Canty.

    By Jill Johnson Piper September 18, 2019

  • Memphis-born singer Vera Little: From Manassas High to the Vatican

    The home of the blues was also home to mezzo-soprano Vera Little, a pioneering artist with a commanding voice who was the first African American singer to perform for a pope.

    By John Bass September 07, 2019

• June 2019

  • Opera Memphis announces 2019-20 season

    Opera Memphis has announced its 2019-20 season, including a Puccini double bill in February and the return of the Midtown Opera Festival starting in late March.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 03, 2019

• April 2019

  • The Weekly Memphian: Lucero Family Block Party, Record Store Day, Ballet Memphis/New Ballet Ensemble and more

    The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers April 10-16.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 14, 2019

• December 2018

  • Local magician reviving magic in Memphis

    A local magician is working to bring back the art of magic to the Memphis area. Jeff Day, who specializes in a Victorian style of magic, performs across the Mid-South for a wide range of audiences.

    By Christin Yates December 15, 2018

  • The Weekly Memphian: Mannheim Steamroller, Big Freedia, Amurican Hiatus, Time-Warp Drive-in

    The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This week's list covers Dec. 12-17. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 12, 2018

  • ‘La Posada’ features Opera Memphis singers, immigrant detention center replica

    Since September, there has been a replica of a U.S. immigrant detention center cage at the Art Museum of the University of Memphis. And on Saturday, Opera Memphis singers and a pianist will perform in that custom-built structure.

    By Elle Perry December 08, 2018

• October 2018

  • Local arts groups participating in nationwide ‘For Freedoms’ initiative

    Last September, conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas gave Memphis College Art’s Downing Pryor Lecture.

    By Elle Perry October 22, 2018

• September 2018

  • 30 Days of Opera, McCleave Project extend Opera Memphis’ reach

    The end of September is approaching rapidly, but there are still several opportunities to catch an Opera Memphis 30 Days of Opera performance.

    By Elle Perry September 28, 2018