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Arts in the Chamber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9obw90FTCI&feature=youtu.be July 15, 2019 Opera Maine performers: Lucas Levy, tenor; Robert Mellon, baritone; Timothy Steele, piano "Friendship Duet" from Verdi's Don Carlo Arts in the Chamber Arts in the Chamber is a brief performance, Read more
Opera Maine Prepares the Magic
This is the group's first time performing "The Magic Flute" Updated: 12:04 AM EDT Jul 23, 2019 Play Video PORTLAND, Maine —For the first time, Opera Maine will perform Mozart's classic, "The Magic Flute."
Opera Maine makes wise choices with ‘The Magic Flute’
ARTS REVIEW Posted July 25 Review: Opera Maine makes wise choices with ‘The Magic Flute’ A new production for the 25-year-old company, the opera was well cast and appropriately adjusted for modern times. BY ALLAN KOZINN Tamino, Read more
THE MAGIC FLUTE “What is it about opera?” Robert Mellon, baritone
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“Magic Flute’ on stage at Merrill this week
Opera Maine hosts its annual summer production. BY BOB KEYES STAFF WRITER Roberto Kalb conducts “The Magic Flute” on Wednesday and Friday. Photo courtesy of Opera Maine Roberto Kalb has seen quite a bit of America lately. Read more
Out & About: Opera Maine presents ‘The Magic Flute’
Merrill Auditorium in Portland is the venue for one of the world's most frequently performed operas. For the past 24 years, late July has meant opera for Maine music aficionados, and this summer is no Read more
Review by Paul Pedillo: Three Decembers
THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2018 Opera Maine's Memorable Three Decembers Just returned from Opera Maine's production of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer's chamber opera, "Three Decembers." As I wrote ten years ago of the broadcast premiere Read more
OPERA NEWS review FIGARO
Le Nozze di Figaro PORTLAND, ME Opera Maine 7/25/18 TO MARK its twenty-fourth season, Opera Maine presented Le Nozze di Figaro, a familiar but formidable work that elicited an enthusiastic response from the large audience Read more
Opera Maine doesn’t need frills for a thrilling ‘Figaro’
July 26, updated July 27 Allan Kozinn Every operagoer has a favorite work, which can change over time – when, for example, a transcendent performance of another work pulls you into that opera’s orbit. For Read more
Tony-winning lighting designer welcomes the chance to work closer to his Portland home
Christopher Akerlind, who lives on Munjoy Hill, designed the set and lights for Opera Maine's 'Figaro,' opening Wednesday. BY BOB KEYES STAFF WRITER Christopher Akerlind, the Tony Award-winning designer who lives on Munjoy Hill in Read more