Austin Opera ATX Series 2022-23 Season Announcement - OperaWire

Austin Opera has announced the works to beryllium featured successful its Opera ATX bid during the 2022-23 season.

The ATX bid highlights caller operas, emerging artists, and experiments with alternate venues. This play is produced successful collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico successful Austin and Mexico City’s Ópera de Bellas Artes.

Opening the play is the “Bella Noche de Música” concert. The performance celebrates Latinx euphony and civilization with performances by artists from Ópera de Bellas Artes of Mexico City, classical guitarist Arnold Yzaguirre, and mariachi radical Trío Chapultepec with the Austin Opera Orchestra. Timothy Meyers conducts astatine the Moody Amphitheater astatine Waterloo Park.

Performance Date: April 4, 2023

Next up is Vuyani Dance Theatre’s Cion: “Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro,” a South African accumulation reimagining Ravel’s “Bolero.” The lawsuit takes spot astatine the Bass Concert Hall.

Performance Date: April 19, 2023

Closing the Opera ATX bid is the Austin installation of “Beethoven successful Virtual Reality” directed by Francesca Zambello. Viewers volition acquisition 2 scenes from Beethoven’s “Fidelio” done a VR headset Soprano Tamara Wilson portrays Leonora successful her Austin Opera debut performing the aria “Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern.” Also making an Austin Opera debut is tenor Russell Thomas who volition sing Gott! Welch Dunkel hier!”

Other pop-ups of “Beethoven successful Virtual Reality” volition look astatine the Fusebox Festival and Austin Beerworks.

Performance Dates: Jan. – May, 2023