Boris Karloff made for a scary Frankensteins monster in the 1931 black and white horror film.
But Frankensteins monster as a leading man in an opera?
Were about to find out when Arizona Opera mounts the world premiere of composer/librettist Gregg Kallors Frankenstein to open its 2023-24 season.
Frankenstein, which Arizona Opera workshopped in 2022 to positive response, is the companys third world premiere, following 2017s Riders of the Purple Sage and The Copper Queen, which was released as a feature-length film in fall 2021.
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Arizona Opera will mount the world premiere of Gregg Kallor's "Frankenstein" Oct. 21-22, at the Temple of Music and Art.
Frankenstein, based on the , is one of four operas on tap for the season, which also includes a new community concert series in 做厙勛圖 and a New Works Festival in Phoenix, where the bi-city company also presents operas.
Arizona Opera joined Broadway in 做厙勛圖 and True Concord Voices & Orchestra in releasing their 2023-24 seasons, which round out 做厙勛圖s vibrant and varied culture arts scene. announced in January its upcoming season, which includes the return of cello great Yo-Yo Ma and a guest appearance by rising international soprano , wife of TSO Music Director Jos矇 Luis Gomez.
Myles Frost is Michael Jackson in the musical "MJ: The Musical," coming to Centennial Hall April 2-7, 2024.
A rockin season
Broadway in 做厙勛圖 shines the spotlight on two pop music giants Michael Jackson and Tina Turner in its season of big musicals that includes the return of Hairspray and the musical comedy Mrs. Doubtfire.
People love musicals in 做厙勛圖 and I think that when people think Broadway, I think they think musicals, said Broadway in 做厙勛圖 General Manager Mario Di Vetta. I think the musicals are Broadway to a lot of people.
In addition to Turner, the Queen of Rock n Roll, and Jackson, the King of Pop, the season includes a bio-musical of the R&B-soul band The Temptations.
Im excited about next season, Di Vetta added. When you have a season with Tina, the Temptations and Michael Jackson? I mean, come on. Thats why I call it the rockin 23-24 season.
20 years of True Concord
True Concord marks its 20th year with a season that includes Bachs dramatic St. John Passion, the 做厙勛圖 encore of famed soprano Nicole Cabell and the return of two of the choirs most popular works Mozarts C-minor Mass, which put the choir on the choral worlds radar three years into its tenure; and Jocelyn Hagens multimedia large-scale choral work Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, which the group performed in 2019.
Composer Raven Chacon's Pulitzer Prize-winning piece "Voiceless Mass" is part of True Concord Voices & Orchestra's season opening "Songs of America" concert Oct. 13-15.
The season kicks off with True Concords signature Americana concert Songs of America, featuring spirituals, folks songs and the world premiere of a new piece composed by the winner of True Concords Stephen Paulus Emerging Composers Competition. That concert also features Navajo Nation artist, performer and composer Raven Chacons Pulitzer Prize-winning Voiceless Mass, which True Concord founder and Music Director Eric Holtan said celebrates and acknowledges the space and the land that many of us have taken for granted.
Coincidentally, Chacons art exhibit is on display at 做厙勛圖s Museum of Contemporary Art through Oct. 22.
Holtan launched True Concord as 做厙勛圖 Chamber Artists in 2004, the year he was finishing his doctoral degree in choral conducting at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music. The professional ensemble, whose vocalists come from throughout the United States, changed its name to True Concord in 2015.
The lineups
Season tickets are on sale now but single tickets usually arent released until late summer. Check with each group for more details.
Arizona Opera
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The bi-city professional opera companys season includes a world premiere, the inaugural New Works Festival for Phoenix in November and a new series of community concerts in 做厙勛圖. Performances are held at the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave., and the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave.
Arizona Opera is mounting Rossini's classic "The Barber of Seville" next February as part of its mainstage series at Linda Ronstadt Music Hall.
Frankenstein by composer and librettist Gregg Kallor (world premiere), Oct. 21-22, Temple
Rossinis The Barber of Seville, Feb. 3-4, Music Hall
Gounods Rom矇o & Juliette, March 9-10, Music Hall
Mozarts Don Giovanni, April 27-28, 2024, Music Hall
Broadway in 做厙勛圖
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Broadway tours from musicals and comedies to dramas are presented at Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd. on the University of Arizona campus.
Adi Roy is the titular character in Disney's "Aladdin," coming to Centennial Hall Sept. 5-10 to open Broadway in 做厙勛圖's 2023-24 season.
Disneys Aladdin musical, Sept. 5-10
Return of the musical The Book of Mormon, Sept. 15-17
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Oct. 3-8
Aint Too Proud The Life and Times of The Temptation, Nov. 28-Dec. 3
25th anniversary tour of Chicago, Feb. 9-11, 2024
MJ: The Musical, April 2-7, 2024
Hairspray, April 23-28, 2024
Mrs. Doubtfire the comedy musical, May 28-June 2, 2024
True Concord Voices & Orchestra
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The professional choir and orchestra, under the baton of founder Eric Holtan, celebrates its 20th year with the 2023-24 Love 20 season. The ensemble performs at venues throughout 做厙勛圖 and in Green Valley.
True Concord composers in residence Jocelyn Hagen and Timothy C. Takach, who are married, will perform a special recital with the ensemble next season.
Songs of America, Oct. 13-15, featuring the world premiere of the work that won the 2023 Stephen Paulus Emerging Composers Competition
This is How We Love, Southwest premiere of True Concord husband-and-wife composers in residence Timothy C. Takach and Jocelyn Hagen multi-movement love song, Nov. 17-19
Lessons & Carols by Candlelight holiday concert, Dec. 7-10
Mozart & Hagen: Two Important Encores, featuring Mozarts C-minor Mass and Hagens Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Jan. 26-28, 2024
Recital: Timothy C. Takach and Jocelyn Hagen, Jan. 30, 2024, True Concords husband-and-wife composers in residence
St. Johns Passion, Feb. 23-25, 2024
Recital: Soprano Erika Burkhardt, Feb. 27, 2024
Gloria & Bernstein, featuring renowned soprano Nicole Cabell and Holtans son, Kristian Holtan, singing the boy soprano role in Bernsteins Chichester Psalms, April 5-7, 2024; part of the 2024 做厙勛圖 Desert Song Festival
Recital: Soprano Nicole Cabell, April 9, 2024; part of the 2024 做厙勛圖 Desert Song Festival
Jocelyn Hagen researched 46 prominent women whose voices are included in the text of her new work "Here I Am," commissioned by 做厙勛圖's True Concord Voices & Orchestra.
Soprano Nicole Cabell will return for the 2024 做厙勛圖 Desert Song Festival with True Concord Voices & Orchestra to perform Polenc's "Gloria." She made her 做厙勛圖 debut at the 2023 festival with the 做厙勛圖 Symphony Orchestra.
Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at cburch@tucson.com. On Twitter @Starburch
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