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Por Ximena Sep\u00falveda<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”310561″]Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o naci\u00f3 en Quito. Estudi\u00f3 composici\u00f3n y piano en la Universidad de Louisville. Recibi\u00f3 una Maestr\u00eda y un Doctorado en M\u00fasica con especialidad en Composici\u00f3n de la Universidad de Indiana en Bloomington. Adem\u00e1s, tiene una Maestr\u00eda en Artes con especialidad en Interpretaci\u00f3n de las Artes Esc\u00e9nicas del Conservatorio de Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

Dirigi\u00f3 Don Giovanni para el Teatro de la \u00d3pera de Michigan; Carmen, Flauta M\u00e1gica, Matrimonio de F\u00edgaro y Porgy y Bess para la Filarm\u00f3nica Nacional; Tosca, Cos\u00ec fan tutte, The Telephone and Trouble in Tahiti en Dubai y Egipto; adem\u00e1s del estreno mundial de la \u00f3pera Only the Truth of Gabriela Ortiz, en los Estados Unidos y la \u00f3pera mariachi Cruzar de cara a la luna para Houston Grand Opera. Para el Teatro Nacional Sucre ha dirigido Sweeney Todd, Luisa Fernanda, West Side Story, Fausto, Despertar (Spring Awakening), Les Miserables y el estreno mundial de La flauta m\u00e1gica de los Andes.<\/p>\n

\u00bfC\u00f3mo se inici\u00f3 la \u00f3pera en el Ecuador?<\/em>
\nNo existe una investigaci\u00f3n profunda, tampoco una tradici\u00f3n tan arraigada como en otros pa\u00edses latinoamericanos. Sin embargo, en su mayor\u00eda, lo que si se encuentra son actividades lideradas por m\u00fasicos comprometidos con el arte l\u00edrico.<\/p>\n

A finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX la \u00f3pera en Ecuador, sobre todo en Quito y Guayaquil, la presentaban las compa\u00f1\u00edas italianas que visitaban Latinoam\u00e9rica. Paralelamente, exist\u00edan destacados compositores ecuatorianos que incursionaron en la \u00f3pera, como es el caso de Luis H. Salgado, Pedro Pablo Traversari o Sixto Dur\u00e1n. En su mayor\u00eda, sus obras no fueron estrenadas, aunque por fortuna en la actualidad hay grandes esfuerzos por dar vida a las mismas.<\/p>\n

En los a\u00f1os 80 se cre\u00f3 la compa\u00f1\u00eda Amigos de la \u00d3pera con presencia de importantes m\u00fasicos como Beatriz Parra y \u00c1lvaro Manzano, con lo cual empez\u00f3 la producci\u00f3n nacional, con una primera puesta de La Traviata en el Teatro Nacional Sucre. La Fundaci\u00f3n Amigos de la \u00d3pera fue una iniciativa de orden privado que dej\u00f3 de existir a los pocos a\u00f1os de su creaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

En 2003 el Teatro Nacional Sucre se reinaugur\u00f3 con Rigoletto, producci\u00f3n invitada de Per\u00fa. Con Julio Bueno a la cabeza del Teatro Nacional Sucre se produjeron t\u00edtulos como Hansel y Gretel, La Serva Padrona, La Flauta M\u00e1gica, dirigidos por Javier Andrade; Carmen, Dido y Eneas, dirigidas por Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o; y La Boh\u00e8me y Traviata en cooperaci\u00f3n con Corea. Se comision\u00f3 adem\u00e1s Manuela y Bol\u00edvar al compositor ecuatoriano Diego Luzuriaga, la cual se estren\u00f3 en 2008 bajo la direcci\u00f3n de \u00c1lvaro Manzano y Javier Andrade, y en 2009 en una segunda puesta con revisiones y la direcci\u00f3n esc\u00e9nica de Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o, en Quito y Guayaquil.<\/p>\n

Desde ese a\u00f1o, bajo la direcci\u00f3n art\u00edstica y ejecutiva de Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o, la Fundaci\u00f3n ha liderado producciones propias donde se destacan t\u00edtulos como: Sweeney Todd -que se present\u00f3 adem\u00e1s en Guayaquil, Cuenca y Bogot\u00e1-, Elixir d\u00c1more, Gianni Schicchi y Suor Angelica y La Rondine, dirigidas por Stefano Vizioli; Cos\u00ec fan tutte por Marie King; La verbena de la Paloma y Carmen, dirigida por Mar\u00eda Elena Mexia. Adem\u00e1s, bajo la direcci\u00f3n esc\u00e9nica de Pati\u00f1o se encuentran, recientemente, Faust con la direcci\u00f3n musical de Ari Pelto; y La Flauta M\u00e1gica de los Andes, una versi\u00f3n andina de la famosa obra de Mozart, con la Orquesta de Instrumentos Andinos y Carmen-Helena T\u00e9llez a la cabeza. En Cuenca se destaca tambi\u00e9n las producciones propias dirigidas por Javier Andrade.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”5″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”176263″]\u00bfReciben ayuda del gobierno?<\/em>
\nTodas las orquestas pertenecen a la red gubernamental bajo el auspicio del Ministerio de Cultura. A su vez, el Teatro Sucre es un teatro municipal, por lo cual, toda producci\u00f3n recibe ayuda del gobierno directa o indirectamente.<\/p>\n

\u00bfCu\u00e1ntas \u00f3peras presentan por temporada?<\/em>
\nNo se puede hablar de temporadas. Los esfuerzos han sido consistentes en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, pero en su mayor\u00eda, se reducen a una producci\u00f3n anual. La meta actual de la Fundaci\u00f3n Teatro Nacional Sucre es dos producciones anuales.<\/p>\n

Al contratar artistas extranjeros, lo hacen por medio de audiciones, servicios de casting, o \u00bfen qu\u00e9 forma?<\/em>
\nEn convocatorias abiertas se han recibido audiciones internacionales por video. Tambi\u00e9n, se mantiene contacto con varios managers, pero se busca sobre todo j\u00f3venes artistas emergentes. En su mayor\u00eda se aceptan recomendaciones de directores musicales o esc\u00e9nicos, y la \u00faltima selecci\u00f3n se hace en muchos casos por audiciones en video o audio.<\/p>\n

\u00bfC\u00f3mo seleccionan las \u00f3peras que se van a presentar en la temporada?<\/em>
\nEn el caso del Teatro Sucre, al tener varios elencos en casa (Coro Mixto Ciudad de Quito, Escuela L\u00edrica, Coro Infantil, Coro Juvenil, entre otros), las \u00f3peras se seleccionan considerando las voces que existen casa adentro o en el pa\u00eds, para dar oportunidades a los artistas nacionales e incentivar su crecimiento.<\/p>\n

\u00bfQu\u00e9 nos puedes contar de los cantantes de \u00f3pera ecuatorianos y qu\u00e9 oportunidades tienen?
\nLos cantantes m\u00e1s destacados de Ecuador se encuentran en el extranjero, pues, como hemos establecido anteriormente, la producci\u00f3n nacional es muy reducida y espor\u00e1dica. Las oportunidades son muy reducidas para quien quiera dedicarse por completo al arte l\u00edrico.<\/p>\n

\u00bfEstos cantantes pueden desarrollarse en el Ecuador o tienen que salir a estudiar en el extranjero?<\/em>
\nEl camino correcto es salir al extranjero. Encontramos al momento una serie de j\u00f3venes prepar\u00e1ndose en Estados Unidos, Espa\u00f1a, Italia, Hungr\u00eda, Argentina y Rusia.<\/p>\n

A la juventud ecuatoriana \u00bfle gusta la \u00f3pera o prefieren otro estilo de m\u00fasica?<\/em>
\nAl no tener tradici\u00f3n en la \u00f3pera la juventud, por fortuna, mantiene la curiosidad necesaria para llegar a las diversas producciones que se presentan en el pa\u00eds. Yo he sido testigo de una enorme asistencia de j\u00f3venes en todas las producciones que hemos presentado. Sin embargo, el n\u00facleo juvenil comprometido con la \u00f3pera ya sea en la parte art\u00edstica o de producci\u00f3n, es muy peque\u00f1o y cuenta con muy poco apoyo, lo cual hace a\u00fan m\u00e1s loable su compromiso.<\/p>\n

\u00bfCu\u00e1les son tus planes para los pr\u00f3ximos cinco a\u00f1os?<\/em>
\nDe manera personal, me parece important\u00edsimo enfocarse en la parte educativa de esta arte, y en general, en las artes musicales y esc\u00e9nicas. Tenemos Conservatorios absolutamente caotizados de los cuales no ha salido un m\u00fasico s\u00f3lido en mucho tiempo. Una naciente Universidad de las Artes con una malla curricular no muy clara y no enfocada en m\u00fasica con espacio para el arte l\u00edrico. Las universidades privadas han abierto departamentos de m\u00fasica enfocados en Jazz y Producci\u00f3n musical (tambi\u00e9n con frutos en el campo de jazz, pop, m\u00fasica urbana o independiente). En el \u00e1rea de m\u00fasica cl\u00e1sica o el campo l\u00edrico hay un enorme vac\u00edo que necesita ser resuelto para apoyar y entrenar al talento nacional, que afortunadamente s\u00ed existe y se mantienen en este espacio a pesar del poco apoyo que encuentran, demostrando, adem\u00e1s, su compromiso.[\/vc_column_text][vc_button border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.operala.org%2Fbajo-la-lupa-entrevista-a-chia-patino%2F%3Flang%3Den|target:_blank” uncode_shortcode_id=”596665″]OPERA AMERICA[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”4″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”209396″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”596313″ title=”November , 12, 2025″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_empty_space empty_h=”1″][vc_single_image media=”10334″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”178747″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h1″ text_font=”font-165742″ text_size=”h1″ sub_reduced=”yes” foreword=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”198935″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette” text_color_solid=”#ff0000″ subheading=”Friday, April 10, 2026 | 7:30 pm
\nUniversity of MichiganSchool of Music, Theatre & Dance”]Chamber Opera: \u201cWorking for the Macbeths\u201d[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”164508″]<\/p>\n

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McIntosh Theatre<\/strong>
\nEarl V. Moore Building<\/strong>
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The Department of Voice & Opera presents the comic opera \u201cWorking for the Macbeths\u201d (2023) with music by Johanny Navarro and libretto by Marcus Yi.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Conductor: Jayce Ogren with the Contemporary Directions Ensemble
\nStage Director: Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o
\nAssistant Conductor: Michael Roest
\nCoaches\/Pianists: Timothy Cheek, Andrea Morokutti<\/p>\n

Sung in English<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”203478″]Considered by many to be the \u201cperfect opera,\u201d The Marriage of Figaro tells the story of a single day in the life of Figaro and Susanna as they attempt to get married \u2013 against the wishes of others.
\nMozart\u2019s opera buffa (or comic opera) is a sequel of sorts to Paisello\u2019s The Barber of Seville: Both operas are adaptations of plays in Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais\u2019s Figaro trilogy. The Marriage of Figaro remains one of the most-loved and oft-performed operas to this day.<\/p>\n

Directed by Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o
\nConducted by Sahar Nouri<\/p>\n

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
\nLibretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte<\/p>\n

Sung in Italian with English surbitles[\/vc_column_text][vc_button outline=”yes” border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fsmtd.umich.edu%2Fevent%2F08-november-2025%2F|target:_blank” uncode_shortcode_id=”822260″]TICKETS – INFO[\/vc_button][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”4″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”829924″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”356718″ title=”July, 23, 2025″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”195110″]2025 Glimmerglass Festival Review: \u2018Sunday in the Park with George\u2019 and \u2018The House on Mango Street\u2019<\/a>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_single_image media=”9970″ caption=”yes” media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”134950″ media_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdctheaterarts.org%2F2025%2F07%2F23%2F2025-glimmerglass-festival-review-sunday-in-the-park-with-george-and-the-house-on-mango-street%2F|target:_blank”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”160072″](Excerpt)<\/em>
\nThere were indeed moments of power and beauty. Angelo Silva as Geraldo, pushing a shopping cart on and off the stage, represents the most marginalized in the community, in his case an undocumented street vendor. Silva\u2019s glorious voice is set beautifully by Bermel in a show-stopping number, and Geraldo\u2019s story breaks open our hearts in the way only opera can. The violence that so suddenly ends the character\u2019s life ripped me apart. Taylor Alexis-Dupont, as Sally, an adolescent girl with a terrible secret in her family and someone who wants to run with the wild boys and \u201ctake her cake and eat it too,\u201d has a powerful instrument and knows how to fill and shape emotions to full advantage. There is also a gorgeous adult quintet (sextet?) by the adults in the beginning of Act II when they sing \u201cOnce\u201d (when I was beautiful), comparing their individual dreams of what their lives would be but dreams always deferred. Amanda Castro has choreographed some cool street dancing.[\/vc_column_text][vc_button border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdctheaterarts.org%2F2025%2F07%2F23%2F2025-glimmerglass-festival-review-sunday-in-the-park-with-george-and-the-house-on-mango-street%2F|target:_blank” uncode_shortcode_id=”656919″]DC Theater Arts[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”110238″ title=”July, 24, 2025″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159852″]TheaterLife.com – The House on Mango Street, Review.<\/a>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_single_image media=”9969″ caption=”yes” media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”577104″ media_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftheaterlife.com%2Fthe-house-on-mango-street-the-rakes-progress%2F”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”195568″](Excerpt)<\/em>
\nIt\u2019s hard to imagine Mango Street<\/em> in stage or operative form since the original is a kaleidoscopic series of short vignettes detailing the adolescence of Esperanza, a Latina teen growing up in an immigrant neighborhood in Chicago. The libretto by Cisneros and Bermel fashions the fragments of the novel into a dazzling, cohesive tapestry. Just as the libretto stitches together the myriad threads of Esperanza\u2019s story and her numerous friends, relatives, and neighbors, Bermel\u2019s score incorporates many different musical styles to reflect the diverse milieu of the plot. No less than 13 different genres can be detected, ranging from salsa, ranchera, mariachi, and Tex-Mex to rap and hip-hop with touches of gospel, polka, and klezmer. Somehow these disparate elements come together to form a harmonious whole, under conductor Nicole Paiement\u2019s baton, just as the bits and pieces of Cisneros\u2019 novel do.[\/vc_column_text][vc_button border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftheaterlife.com%2Fthe-house-on-mango-street-the-rakes-progress%2F|target:_blank” uncode_shortcode_id=”850416″]TheaterLife.com[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/1″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”206411″ title=”July, 19, 2025″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”140827″]Fresh pics from ‘The House on Mango Street’![\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”127608″ css=”.vc_custom_1753018523867{padding-top: -10px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/1″][vc_single_image media=”9957″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”237617″][vc_gallery el_id=”The House on Mango Street 01″ type=”css_grid” medias=”9961,9960,9959,9958″ screen_lg_items=”3″ screen_lg_breakpoint=”1000″ screen_md_items=”2″ screen_md_breakpoint=”600″ screen_sm_items=”1″ screen_sm_breakpoint=”480″ gutter_size=”0″ media_items=”media|lightbox|original” single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_padding=”2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”841028″ title=”The House on Mango Street Gallery 01″ items=”eyI5OTU3X2kiOnsic2luZ2xlX3RleHQiOiJvdmVybGF5In19″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/1″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”193891″ title=”July, 14, 2025″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”118059″]Glimmerglass Festival: The House on Mango Street by Derek Bermel & Sandra Cisneros.[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”132567″]The House on Mango Street, a coming-of-age classic, has been acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world. Novelist Sandra Cisneros, winner of the PEN\/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, has teamed up with Grammy-nominated composer Derek Bermel for an opera inspired by her classic book, which unfolds in a series of episodes seen through the eyes of a young girl. Through a series of interactions, which range from fascinating to funny to frightening, she comes to understand that storytelling is the medicine she can offer her community \u2014 and herself.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=”9954″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”156900″ media_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FRpXejhaD1wo%3Fsi%3DQqCJRbs05EBbpIfx|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/1″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”793193″ title=”July, 03, 2025″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183331″]Award-Winning “The house on Mango Street” by Sandra cisneros to debut as an opera, world premiere july 18, 2025.[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”180680″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image media=”9945″ media_width_percent=”75″ uncode_shortcode_id=”259921″ media_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto%3Ffbid%3D1283037127161992%26set%3Da.496524995813213|target:_blank”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”119595″]One of the most read, and most loved books in high schools and colleges around the United States is the critically acclaimed novel by literary hero SANDRA CISNEROS, THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET. After a process of about two years, THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET is about to debut on the stage as a powerful, emotional, and highly artistic opera.
\nThe world premiere of The House on Mango Street the Opera will take place on July 18, with six performances throughout July and August during the 2025 Glimmerglass season in Cooperstown, New York.<\/p>\n

Music: Bermel.
\nLibretto: Cisneros & Bermel.<\/p>\n

Six performances: July 18, 28; Aug 2, 10, 12, 16.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The House on Mango Street, a coming-of-age classic, has been acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world.
\nNovelist Sandra Cisneros, winner of the PEN\/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, has teamed up with Grammy-nominated composer Derek Bermel for an opera inspired by her classic book, which unfolds in a series of episodes seen through the eyes of a young girl, Esperanza Cordero.
\nThrough a series of interactions, which range from fascinating to funny to frightening, she comes to understand that storytelling is the medicine she can offer her community \u2014 and herself.<\/p>\n

Conductor | Nicole Paiement.
\nDirector | Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o.
\nSet Designer | John Conklin.
\nCostume Designer | Erik Teague.
\nLighting Designer | Amith Chandrashaker.
\nDramaturg | Kelley Rourke.
\nProjections Designer | Greg Emetaz.
\nHair & Make-Up | Tom Watson.
\nGenerously Sponsored by | Nellie and Robert Gipson.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to the amazing SANDRA CISNEROS and to everyone involved in this majestic new opera!<\/p>\n

@Latin Groove News<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=”1″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”782010″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][vc_single_image media=”9917″ media_width_percent=”50″ alignment=”center” shadow=”yes” shadow_weight=”sm” advanced_videos=”yes” play_pause=”yes” mobile_videos=”autoplay” uncode_shortcode_id=”291729″ media_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FDLIXWc8h1ti%2F%3Futm_source%3Dig_web_copy_link|target:_blank”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”119607″ title=”June, 21, 2025″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”616368″]Rehearsals are underway for THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET!<\/a>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”207630″]his past week, the cast and creative team made their first introductions, setting the scene for this production to jump from the page to the stage!<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_button border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FDLIXWc8h1ti%2F%3Futm_source%3Dig_web_copy_link|target:_blank” uncode_shortcode_id=”449306″]@glimmerglass festival[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”5″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”136092″][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ expand_height=”yes” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”124918″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”103267″ title=”April, 01, 2025″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_empty_space empty_h=”0″][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”133712″]The House on Mango Street \u2013 World Premiere[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”190259″]Music: Bermel
\nLibretto: Cisneros & Bermel
\nSix performances: July 18, 28m; Aug 2m, 10m, 12m, 16<\/p>\n

The House on Mango Street, a coming-of-age classic, has been acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world. Novelist Sandra Cisneros, winner of the PEN\/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, has teamed up with Grammy-nominated composer Derek Bermel for an opera inspired by her classic book, which unfolds in a series of episodes seen through the eyes of a young girl. Through a series of interactions, which range from fascinating to funny to frightening, she comes to understand that storytelling is the medicine she can offer her community \u2014 and herself.<\/p>\n

Conductor | Nicole Paiement<\/em>
\nDirector | Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o<\/em>
\nSet Designer | John Conklin<\/em>
\nCostume Designer | Erik Teague<\/em>
\nLighting Designer | Amith Chandrashaker<\/em>
\nDramaturg | Kelley Rourke<\/em>
\nProjections Designer | Greg Emetaz<\/em>
\nHair & Make-Up | Tom Watson<\/em>
\nGenerously Sponsored by | Nellie and Robert Gipson<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=”color-jevc” border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fglimmerglass.org%2Fevents%2Fthe-house-on-mango-street%2F|target:_blank” button_color_type=”uncode-palette” uncode_shortcode_id=”188592″]Glimmerglass Festival[\/vc_button][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”5″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”5″][vc_single_image media=”9414″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”114956″ media_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fglimmerglass.org%2Fevents%2Fthe-house-on-mango-street%2F|target:_blank”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”5″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”136092″][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ expand_height=”yes” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”124918″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”103267″ title=”April, 01, 2025″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_empty_space empty_h=”0″][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”983059″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette” text_color_solid=”#ff0000″ subheading=”March 27, 2025 7:30PM
\nLocation
\nLydia Mendelssohn Theatre”]Works & Process at the Guggenheim<\/a>
\nGlimmerglass Festival: The House on Mango Street by Derek Bermel and Sandra Cisneros[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”151097″]Learn more about this new opera prior to its world premiere at Glimmerglass Festival in July 2025. A coming-of-age classic, Sandra Cisneros\u2019s The House on Mango Street<\/em> has been acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world. Through a series of interactions, from fascinating to funny to frightening, the novel\u2019s young female protagonist comes to understand that storytelling is the medicine she can offer her community\u2014and herself. Cisneros, winner of the PEN\/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, has teamed up with Grammy-nominated composer Derek Bermel for an opera inspired by her classic book.[\/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=”color-jevc” border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worksandprocess.org%2Fcalendar%2Fworks-and-process-at-the-guggenheim-glimmerglass-the-house-on-mango-street|target:_blank” button_color_type=”uncode-palette” uncode_shortcode_id=”206056″]Works & Process at the Guggenheim[\/vc_button][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”5″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”136092″][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ expand_height=”yes” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”124918″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”646059″ title=”March, 10, 2025″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_empty_space empty_h=”0″][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”140915″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette” text_color_solid=”#ff0000″ subheading=”March 27, 2025 7:30PM
\nLocation
\nLydia Mendelssohn Theatre”]Henry James\u2019s gripping short story of ghostly possession becomes a haunting and suspenseful opera in Benjamin Britten\u2019s The Turn of the Screw.<\/em>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”640661″]A new governess has arrived at the Victorian country home of Bly to care for two young charges, yet the children aren\u2019t exactly what they appear. Visions of the deceased former butler and governess seem to be influencing the children towards evil. The new governess soon finds herself in an unearthly struggle for the children\u2019s souls. But are the ghosts real, or are they only in the governess\u2019s mind? Britten\u2019s evocative score builds to a tremendous climax, leaving the listener wondering if the spirits of the past are still ominously present.<\/p>\n

With the Contemporary Directions Ensemble:<\/p>\n

Conductor Kirk Severtson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Stage Director Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o<\/em><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][vc_single_image media=”9817″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”140548″ media_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.smtd.umich.edu%2F6338|target:_blank”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”4″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”199723″][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ expand_height=”yes” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”124918″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”550395″ title=”February, 6, 2025″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”141807″]Global alumni spring 2025.<\/em>
\nCelebrating our global alumni: Chia Patino, BM ’90.[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”100491″]Ecuadorian composer and stage director Chia Patino (BM\u201990), who enjoys a celebrated global career as a stage director, and last year joined the music faculty at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Mark Kaczmarczyk, Director of Development, had the opportunity to interview her and captured her musical journey: \u201cComposition and directing are essentially the same thing. One is written down on the page, and it pops when the orchestra is there. The other rises up and vertical, but if you want to have the audience look stage right, or listen to a flute solo, it’s the same process. The biggest problem (as a composer) is timing, so (as a stage director, that is) it\u2019s solved in opera. The thing with opera is when it captures you, it never leaves you. I never expected I\u2019d become a real stage director. You plan, then life happens.\u201d<\/em>– Chia Patino[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=”7624″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”100037″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”158320″]<\/p>\n

What’s your earliest memory as a child?<\/b>\u00a0I remember being very young, maybe five or six, and there was this competition I heard in Latin America\u00a0(OTI), similar to Eurovision, and I recall hearing another child around my age singing a song. I heard\u00a0them sing and immediately thought \u201cI want to write a song for that\u201d. My Grandmother owned a piano and it arrived to our home soon after. Piano lessons followed, for me and my three siblings.<\/p>\n

Share with us your story from Ecuador to Louisville<\/b>. In those years there was a relationship with Quito, Ecuador, which\u00a0is the sister city with Louisville. Richard Spalding (music faculty, emeritus), was the head of the Sister Cities program. Back then we had students from Montpellier, Quito, Mainz, and Africa in the program, which was fantastic. My older sister (Veronica, BM 89) received the first Sister Cities Scholarship, was a piano pedagogy major, and studied with a teacher she adored: \u00a0Mrs. Doris Keyes. I was subsequently awarded the scholarship while at UofL, was given a host family, and every little thing of support you needed was provided. Mrs. Keyes became a life mentor for me.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”5″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”189475″]What’s your fondest memory of the School of Music? <\/b>I remember the first day I walked into the Music Library, I was overwhelmed! Back home in Ecuador there were maybe three of four books on composition, but at the School of Music I was able to access so many scores, courtesy of the\u00a0Grawemeyer\u00a0collection. The library staff were extremely supportive, and I would go in and just listen to recordings-it blew my mind. The idea of a \u201cpractice room\u201d, a solitary space to do nothing but practice, also blew my mind. In Ecuador, there are no such things as practice rooms. Mrs. Keyes taught me how to listen to sounds. My first year I studied with Claude Baker (former Professor of Composition, UofL, and Indiana University), who was instrumental in my early success and subsequent admission to Indiana University. We were literally starving artistically, and now I realize that the faculty identified that passion in me. For my senior recital I was able to utilize almost 85% of the students in the School of Music as dancers and instrumentalists; the intimate size and nature of the school and faculty were so supportive.<\/p>\n

Tell us about your unique journey from position to stage direction to opera.<\/b>\u00a0Composition is a very lonely thing. Early on, composers believed in \u00a0sturm\u00a0und\u00a0drang<\/i>, (a German phrase meaning \u201cstorm and stress\u201d, referring to a literary movement of the 18th century), and my music was not like that. Composition drives you into this vortex. Now that I\u2019m mature I feel in a healthier mental place,\u00a0I really have something to say so\u00a0I may come back to it. While at Bloomington, I decided to write an opera. I took a play writing class and every theater production class, movement and direction, so I could understand what makes for good theater. That is how it started…<\/p>\n

You were Director of the National Theater of Ecuador for a decade, you’ve been invited to guest stage direct at the Aspen Music Festival, and around the world. In 2024 you were invited to join the music faculty at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. At the UofM you mentor young, emerging singers, trying to find their voice. What’s your advice to young musicians today?<\/b><\/p>\n

Today people are writing music on their computers, via a program, and not with their ears. if you\u2019re writing in a\u00a0library\u00a0you cannot be writing with your heart. In Louisville I learned how to write sounds down and actually imagine them, hear them… it has to be intimate: between a composer and his\/her imagination. (big warning into\u00a0writing\u00a0on a computer program that plays back immediately…) Young students may feel free, but they are limited by the computer program, instead of embracing their vision. Read! Explore! Go to a museum! Consume all the art you can! Claude Baker, Fred Fox and Eugene O\u2019Brien would give me lists of books, plays and poetry to read. I loved that! I was pushed to discover and expand!\u00a0 Decide what makes you happy as a musician, because we have our emotions so raw and out of control, especially when we\u2019re young. Hang on and don\u2019t panic. If music makes you happy, find the way to make a living out of it, but keep an eye for doors that may open where you don\u2019t expect them.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes you help with time, sometimes you help with money, other times you just sit down with the students and figure it out.”<\/em>– Chia Pati\u00f1o<\/b>[\/vc_column_text][vc_button outline=”yes” border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Flouisville.edu%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Fglobal-alumni-spring-2025|target:_blank” uncode_shortcode_id=”178429″]University of Louisville[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”547426″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”135547″ title=”February, 5, 2025″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”948038″]Glimmerglass Festival Announces 2025 Season.[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”293998″]The Glimmerglass Festival has announced its 50th anniversary season.<\/p>\n

All mainstage productions are accompanied by the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra and is staged in the Alice Busch Opera Theater. In addition to regular Festival programming, the 2025 season will offer 50th anniversary-related events, talks, concerts, and meals. The full slate of 2025 special events, along with full season casting will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

Puccini\u2019s \u201cTosca\u201d<\/strong><\/em> directed by Louisa Proske opens the Festival. Joseph Colaneri conducts a cast that includes Michelle Bradley, Yongzhao Yu, and Greer Grimsley.<\/p>\n

Performance Dates:<\/strong> July 11, 13, 20, & 21; August 1, 4, 7, 9, 14, & 16, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

Up next is the company\u2019s premiere of Sondheim\u2019s \u201cSunday in the Park With George\u201d<\/strong><\/em> with orchestrations by Michael Starobin. Ethan Heard serves as director. The cast will include John Riddle, Marina Pires, Luretta Bybee, Taylor-Alexis DuPont, and Marc Webster.<\/p>\n

Performance Dates:<\/strong> July 12, 17, 19, 21; August 2, 5, 8, 10, & 17, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

Derek Bermel and Sandra Cisneros\u2019 opera \u201cThe House on Mango Street\u201d<\/strong><\/em> makes its world premiere. Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o directs and Nicole Paiement conducts. The cast includes Mikaela Bennett, Samantha Sosa, Kaylan Hernandez, Taylor-Alexis DuPont, Sarah Rosales, Tshilidzi Ndou, Sergio Mart\u00ednez, and Deborah Nansteel.<\/p>\n

Performance Dates:<\/strong> July 18 & 28; August 2, 10, 12, & 16, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

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CBS News – “La Fille Du Regiment” features Opera Colorado debut of a drag queen<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_single_image media=”9617″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”179027″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”117086″ title=”November 11, 2024″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_single_image media=”9614″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”579506″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/1″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”189540″ title=”November, 08, 2024″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h1″ text_font=”font-165742″ text_size=”fontsize-181231″ uncode_shortcode_id=”124218″]Girl Dads, a Drag Star, and Opera: Opera Colorado Reimagines a comedic classic<\/a>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_single_image media=”9746″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”105314″ media_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cpr.org%2F2024%2F11%2F08%2Fopera-colorado-the-daughter-of-the-regiment%2F”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”144059″]Opera Colorado’s new production of Donizetti’s “The Daughter of the Regiment” offers audiences a contemporary perspective on the classic 1840 comedy, featuring RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Mon\u00e9t X Change in a traditionally non-singing role that has been reimagined for her operatic background.<\/p>\n

Stage Director Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o has inverted the opera’s typical portrayal of how a military regiment influences its adopted daughter, instead exploring how the presence of a young woman transforms the soldiers around her.<\/p>\n

“I think in general they tend to stage her as therefore a very manly woman,” Pati\u00f1o explained. “I decided to turn around and to see what happened if, as every father, the tenderness comes out in every father when they have a daughter …. There is a softer part in every man’s heart that comes out when they’re dealing specifically with daughters.”[\/vc_column_text][vc_button border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cpr.org%2F2024%2F11%2F08%2Fopera-colorado-the-daughter-of-the-regiment%2F|target:_blank” uncode_shortcode_id=”171271″]Colorado Public Radio[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/1″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”189540″ title=”November, 08, 2024″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h1″ text_font=”font-165742″ text_size=”fontsize-181231″ uncode_shortcode_id=”213961″]Daughter of the Regiment marches onto the stage.<\/a>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”376278″]Daughter of the Regiment marches onto the stage with wit, charm, and a whole lot of heart. Preview audiences are calling it “hilarious” and “delightful.”
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See the complete News Letter from The Opera Colorado VOICE<\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_button outline=”yes” border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foperacolorado.prospect2.com%2Findex.php%3Faction%3Dsocial%26chash%3D1baff70e2669e8376347efd3a874a341.1567%26s%3D7c2e62880a8b78947666f69220701863|target:_blank” uncode_shortcode_id=”700709″]OPERA COLORADO VOICE[\/vc_button][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”880893″ css=”.vc_custom_1728518029796{padding-right: 50px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”203422″ title=”April 19, 2024″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.schmopera.com%2Flopez-sings-a-nuanced-violetta-in-fgos-traviata%2F|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”116185″]Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o to Join the Department of Voice & Opera[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”141851″]The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance announces that Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o will join the Department of Voice & Opera as an assistant professor in the fall of 2024. She brings extensive directing experience, having worked with opera companies in the US, Spain, Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala, Chile, M\u00e9xico, Brazil, Nicaragua, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt.[\/vc_column_text][vc_button outline=”yes” border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fsmtd.umich.edu%2Fchia-patino-to-join-the-department-of-voice-opera%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHTD_2uQ3vb_ye73BSQWnWczuSDMpbwlglPLIoegyxbrP8eogIYsKfOfKDA_aem_AR5PCecohj4R7dU34IBNhLpWCXZWQ5f_5QiNwZjh9aut3xVvQUfhq-BAfmdJBnFWIZM|target:_blank” uncode_shortcode_id=”213337″]COMPLETE NOTE[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”155763″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”5″ mobile_visibility=”yes”][vc_single_image media=”9015″ media_width_percent=”60″ mobile_visibility=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”124265″ media_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fsmtd.umich.edu%2Fchia-patino-to-join-the-department-of-voice-opera%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHTD_2uQ3vb_ye73BSQWnWczuSDMpbwlglPLIoegyxbrP8eogIYsKfOfKDA_aem_AR5PCecohj4R7dU34IBNhLpWCXZWQ5f_5QiNwZjh9aut3xVvQUfhq-BAfmdJBnFWIZM|target:_blank”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”1″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/1″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”188902″ title=”October 18, 2024″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDBl7MvfvJQ8%2F%3Fimg_index%3D1|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”119737″]Glimmerglass Festival, spotlight on Director Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o.<\/a>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_single_image media=”9621″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”335112″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”190917″][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-calendar-full” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”100″ text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”985647″ title=”May 12, 2024″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.schmopera.com%2Flopez-sings-a-nuanced-violetta-in-fgos-traviata%2F|target:_blank”][\/vc_icon][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-165742″ uncode_shortcode_id=”612262″ subheading=”The grant opens doors for women artists by incentivizing professional opera companies of all sizes to engage women in key artistic roles.”]OPERA America’s 2024 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_single_image media=”9031″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”873064″ media_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fstory.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D841075754718369%26id%3D100064478572937%26mibextid%3DWC7FNe%26rdid%3DmPLAHnXJz3RR5umx|target:_blank”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”111294″]<\/p>\n

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– Beth Morrison Projects (Brooklyn, NY):<\/em> Elizabeth Askren will conduct SENSORIUM EX (Paola Prestini, composer; Brenda Shaughnessy, librettist)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– Detroit Opera (Detroit, MI):<\/em> Nataki Garrett will direct THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE (Anthony Davis, composer; Richard Wesley, librettist)<\/div>\n
– IN Series (Washington, DC):<\/em> Shanara Gabrielle will direct CRADLE WILL ROCK (Marc Blitzstein, composer and librettist)<\/div>\n
– Kentucky Opera (Louisville, KY):<\/em> Kimille Howard will direct THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE (Chandler Carter, composer; Diana Solomon Glover, librettist)<\/div>\n
– LA Opera (Los Angeles, CA):<\/em> Lina Gonz\u00e1lez-Granados will conduct AINADAMAR (Osvaldo Golijov, composer; David Henry Hwang, librettist)<\/div>\n
– National Sawdust (Brooklyn, NY):<\/em> Kaneza Schaal will direct UNTO US (Helga Davis and Ted Cruz, composers; Helga Davis and Langston Hughes, librettists)<\/div>\n
– Opera Colorado (Denver, CO):<\/em><\/strong> Ch\u00eda Pati\u00f1o will direct THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT (Gaetano Donizetti, composer; Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bayard, librettists)<\/div>\n
– Opera Orlando (Orlando, FL):<\/em> Roberta Emerson will direct TREEMONISHA (Scott Joplin, composer and librettist)<\/div>\n
– Opera Steamboat (Steamboat Springs, CO):<\/em> Amanda Berg Wilson will direct WELCOME TO THE MADNESS (Leanna Kirchoff, composer; Rachel J. Peters, librettist)<\/div>\n
– Resonance Works (Pittsburgh, PA):<\/em> Keturah Stickann will direct THE LITTLE PRINCE (Rachel Portman, composer; Nicholas Wright, librettist)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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(…) Amazonisch-musikalischer Farbenreichtum \u00e0 la Puccini und Debussy.<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n

Eine Premiere der ganz besonderen Art! Die \u00d3pera de Tenerife<\/strong> in der Hauptstadt Santa Cruz f\u00fchrte in einer Produktion des Auditorio de Tenerife<\/strong>zum ersten Mal eine lateinamerikanische Oper auf. Und es wurde gleich eine spanische Erstauff\u00fchrung! \u201eFlorencia en el Amazonas\u201c<\/strong> des Mexikaners Daniel Cat\u00e1n<\/strong> wurde in Europa bisher nur in Deutschland und der Schweiz aufgef\u00fchrt, w\u00e4hrend das Werk in der westlichen Hemisph\u00e4re schon \u00fcber viele B\u00fchnen gewandert ist.<\/p>\n

Nach dieser Premiere der Cat\u00e1n-Oper mit dem Libretto von Marcela Fuentes-Berain<\/strong>, die aus dem magischen Realismus von Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez<\/strong> in seinem Roman \u201eDie Liebe in den Zeiten der Cholera\u201c sch\u00f6pfte, f\u00e4llt es einem schwer zu verstehen, warum das Werk erst nun in Spanien zu erleben ist, und dazu noch auf den vom Festland weit entfernten Kanarischen Inseln, die dem Amazonas aber immerhin etwas n\u00e4her sind. Aber bis auf zwei L\u00e4nder also war es bisher noch unbekannt in Europa![\/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=”color-jevc” outline=”yes” border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.klaus-billand.com%2Fdeutsch%2Frezensionen%2Fmoderne-ab-ca-1925-bis-heute%2Fsanta-cruz-de-tenerife-florencia-en-el-amazonas-ni-24-maerz-2022.html|target:_blank” uncode_shortcode_id=”123916″ button_color_type=”uncode-palette”]Klaus Billand Complete Review[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space empty_h=”1″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”157189″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”151330″ css=”.vc_custom_1728563999609{padding-right: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;}”]*** For the complete News archive please fallow the link in the main menu or click here<\/a>. \/ \u00a0Para el archivo completo, pulsa el enlace en el men\u00fa principal o haga clic aqu\u00ed.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator sep_color=”” icon_position=”left” uncode_shortcode_id=”172537″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”0″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”210047″]A collection of videos associated to my work for my YouTube channel click the social icon at the top of the page or click here.<\/a>
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