Boston Lyric Opera
The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is an American opera based in Boston , Massachusetts . It was founded in 1976.
program
The BLO season consists of three major operas with choir and orchestra, presented at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theater in Boston, and a one-hour, English-language abbreviated version of a popular opera for school children and families, which then tours all over New England .
The opera is funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council . She is known for the fact that, in addition to the popular works, she also presents rarities, especially from American opera literature, such as Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti . In 2010 a composition was commissioned to Richard Beaudoin .
In February 2011 Viktor Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis was played, a work that was created in the Theresienstadt concentration camp .
Artistic Director
- 1979-1989: John Balme
- 1992-2008: Janice Mancini Del Sesto
- since 2008: Esther Nelson
Web links
- Boston Lyric Opera , Mission and History
Individual evidence
- ↑ Huffington Post: Rahim Kanani, "An In-depth Discussion with Esther Nelson of the Boston Lyric Opera," November 4, 2010 , accessed January 10, 2011
- ^ Opera America: Thirty-Four US Opera Companies to Feature American Operas over the Next Two Season , accessed January 10, 2011