Join 105.3 R&B as we kick off the new season with Opera Carolina! Opera Carolina’s starts it’s 71st season opens with Verdi’s Macbeth, adapted from Shakespeare’s story of ambition run amok. Macbeth gets a reading from three witches who tell him that he will become the King of Scotland. When his power-hungry wife hears this, she […]
Janinah Burnett can do it all. She’s performed for Oprah and recently sang a lead role in Spike Lee’s “Red Hook Summer.” She describes her…
Janinah Burnett can do it all. She’s performed for Oprah and recently sang a lead role in Spike Lee’s “Red Hook Summer.” She describes her self as a flower-child. We describe her singing as incredible. This weekend, the Spelman trained opera singer plays Leila in Opera Carolina’s production of “The Pearl Fishers.” Burnett has been […]
VIA: Charlotte Area News The Arts and Science Council, Opera Carolina and Community School of the Arts are pleased to announce a unique educational opportunity for young singing actors in the Charlotte region. This summer, they will host a week-long, music-drama workshop featuring hands-on instruction, coaching and training by professional artists highlighted by three special […]
The opera “Carmen,” about a gypsy woman who uses men, opens on Saturday at the Belk Theater. Singer Denyce Graves, however, won’t be performing in the Opera Carolina production. Graves was initially slated to play the lead role, but canceled citing illness. Graves last performed in Charlotte in the slavery-era opera “Margaret Garner.” Graves also […]
