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SUMMARY:Opera Innovators Series: Brenda Rae
DESCRIPTION:Brenda Rae Masterclass\nSunday\, April 12\, 2026 | 3:00-5:00 PM\nBLO’s Opera + Community Studios\nFREE – Register for event reminders \nLEARN MOREREGISTERDIGITAL PLAYBILLLIVESTREAMBoston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera are thrilled to welcome Brenda Rae to lead a masterclass with Boston Conservatory at Berklee students and Boston Lyric Opera’s Jane and Steven Akin Emerging Artists as part of the Opera Innovators Series. \nBrenda Rae’s current season marks her long-awaited return to Oper Frankfurt as Lulu in Nadja Loschky’s new production of Lulu\, as well as Aminta in Jan Philipp Gloger’s new production of Die schweigsame Frau for Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Rae made her debut with Boston Lyric Opera as Aspasia in the company’s 2024 production of Mitridate opposite Lawrence Brownlee. Elsewhere\, Rae returns to the role of Gilda in Rigoletto both for Deutsche Oper Berlin under Michele Spotti and Opernhaus Zürich under Andrea Sanguineti. Recent European highlights include her return to the Bayerische Staatsoper as Semele in Claus Guth’s new production of Semele conducted by Gianluca Capuano\, swiftly followed by Konstanze\, Die Entführung aus dem Serail under Ivor Bolton\, and Zerbinetta\, Ariadne auf Naxos on tour to Hong Kong. In Paris\, Rae returned to the Opéra Bastille for two productions\, as Lucia\, Lucia di Lammermoor under Aziz Shokhakimov and Ophelia\, Hamlet conducted by Pierre Dumoussaud. In Vienna\, Rae continued her reign as the Queen of the Night\, Die Zauberflöte at the Wiener Staatsoper under Alexander Soddy and returned as Norina\, Don Pasquale\, conducted by Frédéric Chaslin and latterly as Amina\, La sonnambula under Giacomo Sagripanti. \nBrenda Rae stars as Marie in The Daughter of the Regiment as part of the Boston Lyric Opera 2025/26 season. \nBrenda Rae is presented as part of Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Opera Innovators Series in partnership with Boston Lyric Opera. \nBoston Lyric Opera gratefully acknowledges David & Janet McCue for their generous support of Boston Lyric Opera in presenting the 2025/26 Opera Innovators Series.  \nThis event is open to all members of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera community. \nWHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO  \nArrival & Seating \nDoors will open at 2:30 PM. Enter through the main door labeled "Opera + Community Studios" and go upstairs to the main hall (Studio A). Seating is general admission.   \nClass Format \nSingers will perform arias for the Master Artist and the public. After each sings through their piece\, the Master Artist will coach them on interpretive details such as vocal technique\, character choices\, musicality\, and language. At the end\, the Artistic Directors will moderate a conversation with the Master Artist.   \nParking \nEvent parking is available at Channel Center Garage\, 166 W First Street. Parking must be pre-reserved online . The event rate is $9 for up to 8 hours. RESERVE PARKING.  \nPublic Transportation \nIf commuting via the MBTA\, Opera + Community Studios is located between South Station (Red Line) and Broadway (Red Line). The nearest bus lines are the 7\, 9\, 11\, and 47.  \nDigital Playbill \nClick here to view the digital playbill \n \nStreaming \nClick here to access the livestream on April 12\, 3:00 – 5:00 PM Eastern Time. A recording will not be available.  
URL:https://blo.org/event/opera-innovators-series-brenda-rae/
LOCATION:Opera + Community Studios\, 15 Channel Center St\, Boston\, MA\, 02210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opera Innovators Series
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SUMMARY:Opera Innovators Series: Norman Garrett
DESCRIPTION:Norman Garrett Masterclass\nSunday\, September 28 | 3:00-5:00 PM\nBoston Conservatory’s Studio 401\n31 Hemenway Street – Floor 4\nBoston\, MA 02215 \nWATCH LIVE  \nBoston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera are thrilled to welcome Norman Garrett to lead a masterclass with Boston Conservatory at Berklee students and Boston Lyric Opera’s Jane and Steven Akin Emerging Artists as part of the Opera Innovators Series. \nAmerican baritone Norman Garrett will return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2025/26 to perform Jim in Porgy and Bess\, also performing Crown in Porgy and Bess with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City\, and in concert\, Carmina Burana with Boise Philharmonic and The Epic of Gilgamesh with Bard SummerScape. Recently\, Garrett returned to Washington National Opera as Crown in Porgy and Bess\, sang The Reverend in Blue with the Lyric Opera of Chicago\, debuted at San Francisco Opera singing Abdul and Abe in Omar\, returned to LA Opera as Bob in William Grant Still’s Highway 1\, USA\,\nperformed Masetto in Don Giovanni with Houston Grand Opera\, sang Jochanaan in Salome with Des Moines Metro Opera\, and debuted as Macbeth with Opera Orlando. Concert appearances included Carmina Burana with Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall\, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Phoenix Symphony\, and selections from Fire Shut Up in my Bones with composer Terence Blanchard at Purdue University and the Krannert Center in Urbana\, Illinois. \nLEARN MORE  \nNorman Garrett stars as Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth as part of the Boston Lyric Opera 2025/26 season. \nNorman Garrett is presented as part of Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Opera Innovators Series in partnership with Boston Lyric Opera. \nBoston Lyric Opera gratefully acknowledges David & Janet McCue for their generous support of Boston Lyric Opera in presenting the 2025/26 Opera Innovators Series.  \nThis event is open to all members of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera community.
URL:https://blo.org/event/opera-innovators-series-norman-garrett/
LOCATION:Boston Conservatory – T401\, 31 Hemenway Street - Floor 4\, Boston\, 02115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opera Innovators Series
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