Does it take figurative cojones to talk about classical opera crossover on an opera blog? Maybe…but here I go anyway. Coming to the Triangle is “popera” tenors group, Destino, popping down to see us here in the Triangle in between performances at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I like their sound, even if a bit [...]

Due to adverse weather conditions in the Triangle, The Opera Company of North Carolina has rescheduled its 2010 Opera Ball to February 6, 2010 at 6:30 PM. The Ball will still be held at Prestonwood Country Club and all reservations will be honored. The original date was tomorrow evening, and there are still reservations. For [...]

As the Triangle braces for a major winter storm this weekend, weather updates will be posted here. Please check back here for updates concerning opera events this weekend. You can also check WRAL-TV and wral.com for any cancellations. OCNC’s biggest fundraiser of the year, the Opera Ball, Midwinter Night’s Dream, is scheduled for Saturday evening [...]

Surprise!!! You’ve now been redirected!! Want to know why? Two main reasons. First, OCNC’s website was outdated and tangled in an old online presence. Second, so much going on, so little time–a blog is the best way to start communicating! So now that you’re officially here, let me welcome you to NCOpera–a blog for North [...]

Can it be already the end of January? Must be because the tres chic OCNC Opera Ball is Saturday night at Prestonwood Country Club. The clink of champagne glasses, ballgowns and penguin suits–oh my! And thankfully, unlike the annual Dresden SemperOperaball which took place a few weeks ago, I don’t think we need worry much [...]

Thanks to an NCOpera reader for mentioning this article about Seattle Opera’s production of Bizet’s first opera, Les Pêcheurs de Perle (The Pearl Fishers). Well actually, the article is not on the production itself but on its buff tenor (William Burden shown above in the role of Nadir) and bass singer, Patrick Carfizzi (who as [...]

Jim shared this video link on NCOpera today and I just had to put it on the Home page — it is so so — well, es magnifico! On this grey January day, this has got to be the coolest place on the internet! Shot in a farmer’s market in Valencia last November, Verdi’s Traviata [...]

Bizet’s Carmen is next on the Met’s Live in HD schedule, airing this Saturday at 1 at both Brier Creek and North Hills theatres. It is sold out, BTW, but I have it that tickets are still available for the encore on Wednesday Feb 3. Don’t miss it because: OMG, what an opera!!! Bizet was [...]

With the Opera Ball–A Midwinter Night’s Dream–fast approaching, I got to thinking about Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The 1968 production of Shakespeare’s play is set in an English boarding school–think Hogwarts minus musicians. It includes two queens: one Queen of the Fairies and one for the Amazons. It also has a tinker, tailor, [...]

What’s the Triangle area without the Opera Ball??? That’s like Venice without canals!!! You don’t want to miss a minute of A Midwinter Night’s Dream–the return of the Opera Company of North Carolina’s spectacular annual fundraising gala. Last year’s ball goers hailed it as “the best gala event ever” and the Opera Company said its [...]