Managing director joins Atlanta Opera
Micah Fortson, who comes from a Houston law firm, has more than a decade of arts experience, working in production and stage management for theater and opera companies.
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6 artists join 2017/18 Atlanta Opera Studio
The Studio gives emerging artists experience alongside opera professionals, master classes and coaching. See them Oct. 29 in the company’s annual season preview.
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Envy. Gluttony. Greed. Lust. Pride. Sloth. Wrath.
“Seven Deadly Sins” is a smart, ironic and compact satire about a girl who goes from city to city to earn enough money to build a home for her family.
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THE RIDDLE OF 'TURANDOT'
Puccini’s magical, maddening opera asks us, in a single duet, to cheer for a murderer and her heedless lover.
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A 'DON' FOR ALL AGES
Easy to laugh with, terrifically tough to sing, Donizetti’s great achievement lays bare all of humankind’s shortcomings.
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This annual bit of merry mayhem, now in its seventh year, will tap into the talents of Dad’s Garage improvisers for its assemblage of mini-operas.
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Atlanta Opera 2017/18: ‘Flying Dutchman,’ ‘Carmen,’ ‘Sweeney’ and 3 more
The lineup builds on what Atlanta Opera does best, its leaders say: Share high-quality programming, expand and engage the audience, and start conversations.
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A NEW-FANGLED TANGO
From the Argentine slums to “operita,” the onetime vulgar dance had a long road to acceptability. Atlanta Opera’s “Maria de Buenos Aires” runs Feb. 2-7.
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They thought they’d be home by Christmas
Atlanta Opera stages the Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Silent Night,” about a real-life Christmas truce during World War I.
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'Seraglio' opens Atlanta Opera season
The ‘why’ behind Mozart’s early opera, a farcical stew of Turks, sex and true love.
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