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“Opera is alive, and exists only from the downbeat until the curtain falls,” says Corinne Winters, Seattle Opera’s latest Violetta

January 18, 2017February 23, 2017 Trevor Gillis Così fan tutte, Eugene Onegin, Fiordiligi, La Traviata, Mimì, Mozart, Opera, Royal Opera House, Seattle Opera, soprano, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Violetta0 comment

American soprano Corinne Winters seems to be on the fast track to opera stardom – she’s making major house debuts left and right and transforming some of the great leading ladies – Violetta, Tatyana, and Mimì, to name a few – into her signature roles. Currently Winters is making her Seattle Opera debut as Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata. What is your earliest opera memory? Learning my first aria – the “Seguidilla” from Carmen – when I was 17. Crazy, I know. I started as a mezzo-soprano (if one can even call herself…

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“Singing is my vocation,” says American Tenor Eric Neuville

January 17, 2017February 11, 2017 Trevor Gillis Carmen, Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, Ivor Gurney, La Traviata, Minnesota Opera, Monteverdi, Opera, Seattle Opera, St. Olaf College, tenor, Verdi0 comment

American tenor Eric Neuville is a fascinating guy all around – he sings opera, writes books, re-engineers vocal labs, and sings in a Grammy Award winning ensemble. He is currently playing Gastone in Seattle Opera’s latest production of Verdi’s masterpiece La traviata, consistently the most performed opera worldwide. Opera Sense is thrilled that Neuville was willing to answer a few of our questions about his background and current projects. What is your earliest opera memory? I can vividly remember a production of Carmen I saw at Minnesota Opera as a…

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The performances to see early this 2016 / 2017 season

September 21, 2016November 1, 2016 Trevor Gillis Das Rheingold, Don Giovanni, Donizetti, Gounod, Hansel & Gretel, Mozart, Opera, Opera Sense, Romeo and Juliet, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Wagner0 comment

It’s an intoxicating time of year for operagoers! The 2016/2017 opera season is just beginning, and it looks like it’s going to be a fantastic year! Here are a few of the biggest productions to keep your eyes on this fall… The Metropolitan Opera is opening its season with Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde next week on Monday, September 26, 2016. This revolutionary work is often viewed as one of the earliest pieces to take definitive steps away from tonal music, as represented by the famous Tristan chord, an integral part…