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London

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W11 Opera for Young People

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Washington D.C.

United States

Wagner Society of Washington DC

Cardiff

Wales Millennium Centre

Beverly Hills

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is a dynamic cultural hub and community resource where local, national and international artists share their artistry with ever-expanding audiences. The campus, located in the heart of Beverly Hills, CA, is committed to robust and distinctive presentations and education programs curated with both creativity and social impact in mind.

Distinguished by its eclectic programming that mirrors the diverse landscape of Los Angeles and its location in the entertainment capital of the world, The Wallis has produced and presented more than 275 dance, theater, opera, classical music, film and family programs since its doors opened in October 2013. Hailed as “au courant” (LaLa Magazine), The Wallis was lauded by Culture Vulture, which proclaims, “If you love expecting the unexpected in the performing arts, you have to love The Wallis.” Its programming has been nominated for 48 Ovation Awards and seven L.A. Drama Critic's Circle Awards. The campus itself, a breathtaking 70,000-square-foot facility, celebrating the classic and the modern, has garnered six architectural awards.

Designed by acclaimed architect Zoltan E. Pali (SPF:architects), the restored building features the original 1933 Beverly Hills Post Office (on the National Register of Historic Places), which serves as the theater's dramatic yet welcoming lobby, and includes the contemporary 500-seat, state-of-the-art Bram Goldsmith Theater; the 150-seat Lovelace Studio Theater; an inviting open-air plaza for family, community and other performances; and GRoW @ The Wallis: A Space for Arts Education, where learning opportunities for all ages and backgrounds abound. Together, these elements embrace the city's history and its future, creating a performing arts destination for L.A.-area visitors and residents alike.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is led by Chairman of the Board Michael Nemeroff and Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer Rachel Fine.

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Warsaw

Poland

The Warsaw Chamber Opera is a music institution with over 50 years of history. It was founded in 1961 by Stefan Sutkowski, its later long-standing Executive and Artistic Director, Joanna and Jan Kulma, Zofia Wierchowicz, Andrzej Sadowski and Juliusz Borzym. The inaugural stage premiere of this group was G. B. Pergolesi’s opera buffa La serva padrona/The Servant Turned Mistress, performed on September 4, 1961. The Chamber Opera’s repertoire is characterised by a huge variety of musical styles and genres of the presented works: from medieval mystery plays, through early and late Baroque operas, classical operas, 18th century pantomimes, operas by Rossini and Donizetti, to contemporary stage works, several of which were created on request of the Warsaw Chamber Opera. Opera artists also successfully perform chamber, oratorio and symphonic music of various epochs.

Since October 15, 1986, the Warsaw Chamber Opera has performed in its own theatre situated in a historic building dating from 1775 at al. Solidarności 76b. The seat of the Opera, with an intimate interior and excellent acoustics, is listed in the Register of Warsaw’s Historic Monuments.

The Warsaw Chamber Opera is the organiser of many festivals, which include among others Mozart Festival, Baroque Opera Festival, Claudio Monteverdi Festival, Gioacchino Rossini Festival or Polish Contemporary Opera Festival. Over the period 2000–2001 the institution organised the celebration of the 400th anniversary of opera as a genre. 57 stage works from various epochs (including 7 premieres) were performed at this “festival of festivals”, ranging from the first fully preserved opera in history – Jacopo Peri’s Euridice, to contemporary operas commissioned by WCO. As part of the celebration, 125 performances were held at the WCO Theatre in Warsaw. To mark Poland’s accession to the EU, a series of events was organised under the heading Ode to Europe, which consisted of festivals, opera performances and concerts presenting the music of 25 countries of United Europe. In 2011, WCO celebrated its 50th anniversary under the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski and the European Parliament.

The Mozart Festival, which has been taking place for 30 years, is the flagship artistic event of the Warsaw Chamber Opera. Its inauguration took place in 1991 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the death of the Viennese composer. The originators of this initiative were the co-founder and long-time director of WCO Stefan Sutkowski and director Ryszard Peryt. From the very beginning of its existence, the Festival has been the only one in Europe where the entire stage output of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been presented – and was organised by the artistic group of one opera theatre. Each year in Warsaw, we present composer’s operas, his oratorios, symphonies, instrumental concerts and chamber pieces. Performances and concerts take place every year in June and July at the Warsaw Chamber Opera Theatre and other historic buildings of the capital of Poland.

The Warsaw Chamber Opera successfully presents its achievements in Poland and abroad, during prestigious international music festivals. So far, the performances were held in 16 European countries, as well as in Japan, Lebanon, USA and Canada.

The Warsaw Chamber Opera is a cultural institution that addresses a wide range of repertoire to music lovers.

Opera

The central pillar of our repertoire consists of opera performances staged in the WCO theatre, with particular attention to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s operas, which have been the key repertoire for three decades. WCO’s repertoire also includes baroque operas (George Frideric Handel, Jean‑Baptist Lully, Jean-Philippe Reameau), as well as the canon of Gaetano Donizetti’s and Gioacchino Rossini’s works. A separate specific repertoire line are contemporary operas composed at the special request of the Warsaw Chamber Opera (i.a. “Tango” by Michał Dobrzyński) and premieres of reconstructed Polish works (including “New Don Quixote”, “Halka” – Vilnius version, “Die Schwiezerhütte”/”Swiss Chalet” by Stanisław Moniuszko).

The Warsaw Chamber Opera participates in a series of artistic events under the banner “Youth Stage” in which singers – graduates, or even students of music universities – are presented on stage. As part of its involvement in this initiative, WCO started a project accompanying the Mozart Festival – Cafè Mozart – where young singers perform a series of recitals.

The primary undertaking of the Warsaw Chamber Opera is the summer Mozart Festival. For the past 30 years, at the turn of June and July, Mozart’s stage works as well as his symphonic, oratorio and chamber music have been presented comprehensively. Each time it is complemented by an offer dedicated to children.

Offer for children and youth

The institution is also involved in extensive educational activities, implemented through a special offer addressed to children and young people (i.a “Good morning Mozart”, “Mozart-off” and Family Opera Mornings). It consists of special adaptations of classical opera works (including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioacchino Rossini and Gaetano Donizetti), reduced in time to forms perceptually available to young viewers (about 60 minutes), complemented by commentary and animation to make the form more interesting. The main goal of the offer addressed to children and youth is both education and creating potential future music lovers – WCO’s regular audience. The latest offer for the youngest music lovers is the Mozart Junior Festival accompanying the Mozart Festival in Warsaw.

Concerts

The Warsaw Chamber Opera runs extensive concert activity in various locations throughout Warsaw. Symphonic works and music concerts are usually presented in the Royal Castle in Warsaw and in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio. The soloists of the presented works are world-renowned foreign artists (including Giuliano Carmignola, Charlie Siem, Charles Owen, Alexei Lubimov) and Poles, including Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Hubert Rutkowski, Marek Bracha). Among WCO’s great assets it is also worth mentioning stage opera galas with the participation of remarkable soloists (including Veronica Cangemi) and stage performances of opera works, both classical and Baroque ones (i.a. “Don Giovanni” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Artur Ruciński at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw) .

 

Oratorio concerts

The Warsaw Chamber Opera is based on an orchestra, which members are artists specialising in playing on period instruments, so-called HIP specialists, or Historically Informed Performance – The Ancient Instruments Ensemble of Warsaw Chamber Opera – Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense, which in a great way enables WCO to perform oratorio music. Numerous presentations  held in the holy temples of Warsaw (i.a. Seminary Church, Archcathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Church of the Holy Cross) and in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio permanently entered the WCO repertoire. Most often presented works include those of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (“Requiem”, “Great Mass in C minor”, “Vespre solennes de confessore”/”Solemn Vespers for a Confessor”, “Coronation Mass”), Johann Sebastian Bach (“St Matthew Passion”, “Weihnachtsoratorium”/”The Christmas Oratorio”) and Italian masters of Baroque (Antonio Caldara “Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo”/”Magdalene at the feet of Christ” – Fryderyk Award 2018 and Phoenix Award 2018). Concert presentations (such as Requiem) are broadcast and rebroadcast by radio and TV stations.

Both, concerts and oratorio concerts programmes often present forgotten or rediscovered works, reconstructed for the needs of the Warsaw Chamber Opera.

Chamber music

The Warsaw Chamber Opera performs a regular series of concerts at the King Jan III Sobieski Royal Palace at Wilanów, where are mainly presented chamber works, special transcriptions of symphonic forms reduced to quartets and string quintets as well as arias and songs. In that venue, there also sound the music of Frederic Chopin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dmitri Shostakovich, and the Strauss family. The repertoire naturally fits into the calendar and is adapted to the carnival period, Lent and Holy Week, the seasons, or is an element of the programme line of festivals (i.a. the Mozart Festival). The concerts take place in the White Hall or in the Orangery Garden.

Baroque Opera Festival

The Baroque Opera Festival is the only Polish festival where the early music is presented on stage. Baroque operas, which were not yet exhibited in our country delight with its virtuoso and contemporary staging, using modern technologies and multimedia that bring closer to the Polish audience this music-vocal art genre, which has its roots in Florence. The inauguration of the festival took place in 1993 and through subsequent editions it presented the masterpieces of numerous composers of the era. During the last year’s 9th edition of the festival with its subtitle – French Baroque, there was presented Jean-Baptiste Lully’s opera “Armide” (cooperation with: Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Center de Musique Baroque de Versailles), as well as Jean -Philippe Rameau’s “Pigmalion” and “Dardanus”. The festival was complemented by concerts given by the outstanding violinist Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch and the Ancient Instruments Ensemble of Warsaw Chamber Opera – Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense.

Stanisław Moniuszko Festival in Warsaw

Scheduled for the 200th anniversary of the birth of the creator of the Polish National Opera – Stanisław Moniuszko, the festival will be a cross-sectional presentation of his stage works. “Halka” will be resumed in the so-called Vilnius version, which musical score is exclusively in the possession of the Warsaw Chamber Opera. During the festival, on the request of the Warsaw Chamber Opera, historians and musicologists will present considered to be the irretrievably lost work of Moniuszko – the opera “Die Schweizerhütte”/”Swiss Chalet”. In addition, the programme will be enriched by the rarely performed opera “A Night in the Apennines”. The Stanisław Moniuszko Festival provides an opportunity to mark the composer’s anniversary as well as perfectly fits into the series events organised by the Warsaw Chamber Opera in relation to 100th anniversary of Poland’s regaining independence.

Foreign cooperation

The Warsaw Chamber Opera’s prestige reflects in its extensive foreign activity. Institution has a proven track record in cooperation with foreign ensembles and in giving numerous independent concert tours on three continents (Europe, North America, Asia). Almost from the very beginning of its existence, the ensemble regularly performs outside Polish borders. WCO staged a set of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, almost the entire set in the Netherlands, and has been regularly presenting its repertoire on the opera stages in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Israel, Portugal, Slovenia and Croatia. The Warsaw Chamber Opera was on 7 tours in Japan, where had an opportunity to perform the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (in total over 150 performances) and Gioacchino Rossini in the most renowned concert halls of this country. WCO has been repeatedly  performing in Lebanon (Al Bustan Festival) and Oman (Muscat Music Festival). During the international tours, WCO presented classical, romantic and contemporary operas as well as Baroque and Renaissance works.

In 2017, WCO staged Michał Dobrzyński’s opera “Operetta” as part of the ARMEL Festival in Vienna and presented George Frideric Handel’s opera “Imeneo” as part of the local Opera Festival in St. Petersburg. The Ancient Instruments Ensemble of Warsaw Chamber Opera Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense played a concert with Hubert Rutkowski (soloist – historical piano) as part of the Hamburg festival.

The numerous undertakings of the Warsaw Chamber Opera are in nature of cooperation with foreign entities. Such initiatives dates back to the 1980s, when the WCO ensemble was a primary pillar of the festivals organised by Radio France International de la Musique festivals in Montpellier; Music Festival Aix en Province.

In 2017 took place the premiere of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s opera “Armide” in cooperation with Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Center de Musique Baroque de Versailles.

In 2019, WOK went on a two-week tour of Japan with the performances of The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro and W. A. Mozart’s Requiem.

Warsaw Chamber Opera

Founded in 1977 by the late Dr. J. Reilly Lewis, the Washington Bach Consort is a professional choral and orchestral ensemble based in Washington, DC, now led by Artistic Director, Dr. Dana Marsh. The Consort is committed to ensuring that current and future audiences experience the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries by:

1) performing the music of Bach and his contemporaries to the highest artistic standards,
2) sharing the joy of Bach’s music by broadening audiences in the nation’s capital,
3) nurturing the appreciation of Bach’s music through education and community outreach activities, and
4) interpreting the music of Bach for audiences of today, thereby ensuring his legacy.

The Bach Consort is noted for its historically informed performances of 18th-century music on period instruments. As one of the DC area’s most critically acclaimed and nationally recognized performing arts organizations, the Consort has made regular appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington Performing Arts, and the Cathedral Choral Society. In addition, the Consort has appeared at numerous festivals and presented three European tours. Recordings include Bach’s complete motets, both J.S. and C.P.E. Bach’s Magnificats, the first American recording of the F major and G minor masses, and three solo soprano cantatas with opera luminary Elizabeth Futral. Furthermore, the Consort completed Bach’s entire 215-cantata cycle. In association with this monumental achievement, the Library of Congress welcomed the Washington Bach Consort performance recording and concert program archives into its permanent collection.

We are committed to making Bach’s vital works accessible to the Washington area’s diverse audiences, including students who may be hearing Bach for the first time. Based on our strong belief that this music has the power to change lives, all of our education programs are offered free of charge. In evaluations, the vast majority of DC teachers tell us the Consort fills a critical need by providing one of the only live, classical music education experiences for their students.

In August 2018, the Bach Consort welcomed Dana Marsh as our new Artistic Director. Acclaimed by The Washington Post as “a superb choral conductor, energetic and precise,” Marsh is an accomplished organist, vocalist, conductor and musicologist. He serves as Associate Professor of Music and Director of the Historical Performance Institute at Indiana University, where he has directed a broad range of performances and NPR broadcasts. Marsh succeeds our beloved founder, J. Reilly Lewis, who led the Washington Bach Consort for 39 years until his untimely passing in 2016.

In May 2019, the Council of the District of Columbia honored Washington Bach Consort in recognition of the 30th anniversary of the Consort’s free classical music performances. In their written proclamation, the Council cited the Consort’s musical mission to “enrich the quality of life” by “recognizing that not everyone is able to afford a regular subscription concert ticket” and celebrated the Consort’s attempt to “reach as many people as possible.”

Washington Bach Consort

It is truly all about the music.

Washington Concert Opera’s motto captures what a concert opera performance is about: "it’s all about the music." A concert opera is a complete, full-length opera presented with the soloists, orchestra, chorus and conductor on stage. There are no sets, costumes or props to distract the eye…and ear...from the operatic score. The focus is entirely on the performers and their dynamic interaction with their audience. There is nothing to upstage the music and dramatic interpretations at hand.

Washington Concert Opera

Richland

Washington East Opera

Under the stewardship of General Director Timothy O'Leary, Washington National Opera continues to move confidently forward on a great adventure that began when the company was founded in 1956. Five decades and countless artistic leaps later, the Opera has achieved the stature of a world class company and plays to standing-room-only audiences at the Kennedy Center Opera House. The company recently received the designation "The National Opera"​ by the Congress of the United States of America.

Washington National Opera has earned its position through the number and quality of its new productions and by championing lesser known works of significant musical worth rarely presented on today's opera stages. It is committed to sustaining new American opera, presenting new works in crucial second productions to expand the operatic repertory. It has been hailed for its work with operas on the epic scale, as the British magazine Opera Now recently stated, "Washington National Opera is carving out a new area of expertise . . . staging grand spectacles to exacting standards with precision and power not often seen even at the world's top houses."​ The company is also known for its discovery and nurturing of important young talent and the international collaboration system it has pioneered with leading foreign opera companies.

Washington National Opera (The Kennedy Center)

Birmingham

Waste Paper Opera

Philadelphia

We look forward to your visit to the garden!

As of March 8, vaccination and mask requirements have been lifted at Wave Hill in line with New York City guidelines. Masks are no longer required indoors and outside. Please be assured that we will continue to follow all CDC, New York City and State guidelines for your health and safety.

Please review Know Before You Go for guidelines designed to keep all of us safe and well.

Wave Hill has volunteered to distribute free at-home rapid Covid tests to the public, one test kit per person, on Thursdays from 10am to 12 noon. Vehicles will not be permitted on the grounds for test pick-up, please park legally on the street.

Wave Hill

Wellington

New Zealand

Wellington Opera

Welsh National Opera ( WNO )

Amsterdam

Netherlands

WeMakeVR

Karlstad

Sweden

Wermland Opera

University Park

Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim’s thought leadership and philanthropy have been an integral part of Florida International University’s growth and rise to preeminence. By repeatedly demonstrating their belief in and support of “Miami’s Hometown University” and FIU’s ability to transform people and communities, The Wertheim family has provided both the vision and the resources for the University to make unprecedented impacts.

From the first investments in 1996 with gifts of more than $1 million to the University’s music, theatre, and dance programs, establishing The Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center, to the Sydell Ida Wertheim Concert Organ, and the new Wertheim Graduate Program in Organ Performance, The Wertheims’ continued support has catalyzed impactful changes and brought prestige to FIU and its College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts.

Continuing to synergize their investments and commitment to the performing arts, Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim have made another transformational gift that will forever change FIU and its communities. The school is on the cusp of even greater achievements thanks to the continued support from Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim’s historic $10 million gift — the largest donation ever to be gifted to a school of music at a public university in Florida. By the end of nine years, the gift will be matched by FIU, which will result in $20 million going directly to expand the school’s programs, scholarships, graduate assistantship opportunities for students and support for faculty. The gift will also allow for renovating its physical building, the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center, and the addition of Herbie’s Café and a community gathering space for students.

Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts

Perth

Australia

West Australian Opera was established in 1967 and has been Western Australia’s only full-time, professional opera company for over 50 years.
West Australian Opera presents operas drawn from the mainstream operatic repertoire and is involved in the commissioning and development of new work. The company offers an annual subscription season of main stage productions as well as operatic events in metropolitan and regional Western Australia. The company has a strong education and community program, including Wesfarmers Arts Singing Classes, library events, school excursions and incursions, makeup workshops and behind-the-scenes opportunities.

It is an incorporated association with a board of nine directors, chaired by Andrew Pascoe. The Executive Director is Carolyn Chard AM and the Artistic Director is Christopher van Tuinen.

West Australian Opera

Palo Alto

For six decades (we are the oldest opera company in continuous operation the West, after the San Francisco Opera) we have been bringing the people of Palo Alto and the San Francisco Peninsula closer to this most complex and multi-layered of the performing arts. As opera reinvents itself over time, through technology and new works, we grow with it and are continually challenged to become better at what we do. 

We don't think of ourselves as just providing entertainment. We think of opera as a mirror of life itself, and each time we perform, we try to bring the audience along on a journey that makes us all more aware, more empathetic and more appreciative of life itself and of the meaningful connections we can all make with other human beings.

In the process, we get to discover, together, some of the most powerful and beautiful music ever written, and we give opportunities to incredibly talented singers, designers, directors and musicians who need the experience as a stepping stone into careers in the major opera houses of the world. We have launched the careers of a number of well-known singers that way, and continue to do so.

If you are an opera fan already, thanks for checking out our site. Come and experience a live performance. You'll be surprised at the high quality of the experience.

If you are not an opera fan, please be aware that we use projected English titles in all our productions, so you can follow what the singers are saying, no matter what language they're singing in.  You'll have no trouble getting into the story. Give us a try. It's just one evening. The music is good, the champagne is chilled, the voices are always top-notch (check out the reviews) and the upside is potentially formidable: you could become a life-long opera fan.

West Bay Opera

Kokkola

Finland

West Coast Kokkola Opera

Berkeley

West Edge Opera looks at the art form through a new lens: we present early and contemporary works and re-imagine opera tradition to engage and entertain a diverse audience.

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Now in its 44th season, West Edge Opera has presented 98 complete operas. Repertoire includes new and unusual works as well as favorite and lesser-known works by well-known composers.

 

Formerly known as Berkeley Opera, the company was founded in 1979 by baritone Richard Goodman. As the company grew under General Director Streshinsky and Music Director Khuner, the company was renamed West Edge Opera in 2014. Since then, West Edge Opera has presented world, American, and west coast opera premieres, and commissioned three new operas and several new translations and adaptations of classic works.

  

West Edge is a family. A family of artists, singers, musicians, donors and patrons. When the festival was forced to be cancelled in 2020 due to Covid, our family of donors came through with the funds to help our singers, musicians and stage crew. Everyone who was contracted to work on Festival 2020 received two-thirds of the amount they would have made. They also received an invitation to return in 2021 to perform the planned 2020 season.

West Edge Opera

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