“This whole season has been programmed with Voltaire’s famous observation in mind: ‘The most important decision we can ever make is to be in a good mood.’ What other choice do we have right now, other than to be stubbornly optimistic? Commenting on the new season, Zvulun says: During his tenure, he has doubled the length of the season while significantly expanding the number of performance nights doubled the number of productions from three per season to six attracted new audiences to opera while strengthening ties with existing ones and taken opera deeper into the community through the company’s award-winning Veterans Program, bilingual school productions and, most recently, the creation of the Spotlight Media streaming platform. Next spring’s Das Rheingold will mark his 50th production with the company and will debut exactly 10 years after his arrival. This season marks Tomer Zvulun’s 10th season as The Atlanta Opera’s general and artistic director. As the Wall Street Journal reported, The Atlanta Opera’s productions “ demonstrate how imaginative direction can harness COVID restrictions for artistic effect.” Paying tribute to the company’s spirit of innovation and perseverance, PBS Newshour highlighted The Atlanta Opera in a TV broadcast feature story entitled, “The show will go on! Performing arts pivot during the pandemic.”Ĭelebrating Zvulun’s Ten Years with The Atlanta Opera The company also continues to be an innovation leader with its programming, as evidenced by Zvulun’s new production of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Atlanta performances begin on April 30) and the adventurous new productions and company premieres upcoming in 2022-23. The “Big Tent” series – an outgrowth of the Discoveries series that was already mounting adventurous new productions in alternative spaces – saw the creation of four new productions in two different outdoor venues, as well as a number of concerts, totaling more than 40 performances during the darkest days of the pandemic. The Spotlight Media streaming platform was just one of the creative ways The Atlanta Opera rose to the occasion of the pandemic with innovations of lasting value and importance to future operations. All productions will be filmed for release on The Atlanta Opera’s Spotlight Media platform. The full season also includes Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, presented in partnership with the Japan-America Society of Georgia, a film-noir reimagining of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and a new period production of Bernstein’s Candide. The Discoveries series will feature two thought-provoking company premieres: Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, in an inventive production from England’s Theatre of Sound and a new production – presented at Morehouse College – of Joel Thompson’s The Snowy Day, based on the classic children’s book by Ezra Jack Keats. General and Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun, who will be celebrating his tenth anniversary with the company. Highlighting the season is Wagner’s monumental Das Rheingold, in a new production by Carl W. The Atlanta Opera – “ one of the most exciting opera companies in America” ( Opera Wire) – announces a new season of large-scale performances at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre for 2022-23 with a spirit of positivity and optimism for the future. Photo: Das Rheingold, set design by Erhard Rom The Atlanta Opera Embraces the Epic with New Production of Das Rheingold Headlining 2022-23 Mainstage SeasonĪmerican Premiere of Bluebeard’s Castle from London’s Theatre of Sound and New Production of The Snowy Day in Discoveries Series
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