News & Reviews | Greensboro Opera

RICH, POTENT, AND EXCITING: GREENSBORO OPERA’S DON GIOVANNI
Posted by Timothy Lindeman, CVNC | Oct 31, 2024

For this rendition from Greensboro Opera, Baritone Sidney Outlaw magnificently sang the role of Don G. His rich voice was fit for the splendid acoustics in Odell Auditorium. His acting and singing demeanor changed as the role demanded: when he is “forced” to duel with the Commendatore, he was appropriately dark and foreboding. When he was seducing the women, he was suave and silvery. Branch Fields, bass, sang the role of Leporello, transforming his voice from submissive servant when he is with Don G, to a robust complainer when he is not, as well as a smooth seducer when wooing Elvira at the request of the Don.

Read the entire review online at Cultural Voice of North Carolina.

REVIEW FOR “HOMECOMING”, A BENEFIT CONCERT FEATURING SIDNEY OUTLAW AND WARREN JONES
Posted by Timothy Lindeman, CVNC | Sep 14, 2024

The duo immediately launched into Don Giovani’s aria “Deh vieni alla finestra” from Don Giovanni (1787) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Germany, 1756-91). In this scene, Don G is serenading a woman, entreating her to come to her window and provide him solace. His accompaniment is a guitar (of course), which Jones’ piano approximated very well. Outlaw’s singing was light and lyrical, with beautifully shaped lines, with some appropriate ornaments in the second verse.

Read the entire review online at Cultural Voice of North Carolina.

Greensboro Opera has received a $100,000 grant from Truist Financial Corporation through its Truist Charitable Fund, a donor-advised fund at The Winston-Salem Foundation.

Read all about it here: https://greensboroopera.org/truist-grant/

dwb REVIEW: Not a Question of “If” My Son, But “When” – The Cautionary Love of a Black Mother

Composer Susan Kander and librettist Roberta Gumbel brought a montage of poetic and haunting moments examining the trials and triumphs Black mothers experience as their children come of age in a society plagued by racism and inequality in four shows across Greensboro.

Read the full review from CVNC here

Greensboro Opera’s La bohème: Visually and Vocally Stunning, An Opera for Everyone!

November 11 & 13, 2022

Greensboro Opera continued its 40-plus years of bringing high-quality opera to Greensboro with a moving production of La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). The 2.5-hour, four-act opera was entirely engaging, with impressive sets, period costumes, and wonderful leads in all of the roles.

Read the full review from CVNC here!

Greensboro Opera postponing Porgy and Bess, starring Rhiannon Giddens to January 21 and 23, 2022

https://greensboroopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/DH-FINAL-Porgy-and-Bess-postponement-press-release.pdf

PORGY AND BESS September 11, 2018 announcement and news conference:

https://www.greensboro.com/blogs/gotriad_extra/greensboro-opera-performance-starring-rhiannon-giddens-is-tanger-center-s/article_d46b2102-79e6-589f-9c0d-e5dd1779b17e.html

BUTTERFLY reviews:

NEWS & RECORD

https://www.greensboro.com/z-no-digital/music-review-greensboro-opera-s-madama-butterfly/article_757b1973-e874-5a77-8727-b3dd0b4b3526.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR1R2MU31Y-k6661l4kxrwZwmdFWBtabAb9fHbDft_Bx1maDlealSjfnZsI

CLASSICAL VOICE of NORTH CAROLINA

https://cvnc.org/article.cfm?articleId=9153

HANSEL and GRETEL review:

https://www.voix-des-arts.com/2019/03/performance-review-engelbert.html

BARBER of SEVILLE reviews:

Voix des Arts review: http://www.voix-des-arts.com/2018/01/performance-review-gioachino-rossini-il.html?m=1

“Perhaps more so than any other musical genre, and more so in the Twenty-First Century than ever before, opera is a community effort that depends upon a carefully-managed coordination of artistic, financial, and logistical collaborations. Putting on good shows with good singers is not sufficient to ensure an opera company’s survival. An opera company must look beyond the stage upon which its productions come to life for the raw materials with which to build its future. Most vital amongst these raw materials is involvement in the host community. Under David Holley’s stewardship, Greensboro Opera’s rôle in its community has metamorphosed from the elitist indulgence typical of opera in the United States to an advantageous cultural symbiosis. With this fantastic, superbly-sung production of Il barbiere di Siviglia, Greensboro Opera’s standing in both its local and global communities is solidified: no longer just Greensboro’s hometown opera, Greensboro Opera is a home for opera performed as composers and librettists intended.”

Opera Lively review: http://operalively.com/forums/showthread.php/3001-The-Barber-of-Seville-at-Greensboro-Opera