Osgood to succeed Lesenger as leader of Chautauqua Opera
Chautauqua Institution officials announced today Steven Osgood will succeed Jay Lesenger as artistic and general director of the Chautauqua Opera Company.
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Ongoing search for opera leader nears completion
Following the announcement of finalists Eric Einhorn and Steven Osgood in late May, Chautauqua Institution officials said they are nearing…
Opera Company to bring ‘Ballad of Baby Doe’ close to home at Chautauqua
When Elizabeth Doe met Horace Tabor in Leadville, Colorado, she sparked a romance that would make her one of the wealthiest women west of the Mississippi. Two decades later, in 1899, with her beloved Horace dead, she would be one of the poorest.
Lesenger celebrates a theatrical 20 years as artistic director of Chautauqua Opera Company
This year, Jay Lesenger celebrates 20 years as artistic/general director of the Chautauqua Opera Company.
Opera Guild Soireè celebrates Lesenger’s 20-year anniversary
Last Sunday, the Chautauqua Opera Guild held a soireè for the purpose of thanking their members and supporters, along with celebrating a very special set of anniversaries.
Osgood to lead CSO, Opera balancing act
For Saturday’s guest conductor Steven Osgood, the devil’s in the details.
Nothing to hide: Highlights performance to showcase apprentice artists
The nine Apprentice Artists in the Opera Company’s Young Artists program have been, recently, performing supporting roles in Madam Butterfly, rehearsing daily for the Ballad of Baby Doe and watching their fellow Studio Artists sing in revues and recitals from the audience chairs.
‘Hard not to come to your feet’
The notion of linking Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra performances to the week’s theme is as lovely as it is impractical. Thursday evening in the Amphitheater, guest conductor Steven Osgood obliquely acknowledged as much in his podium remarks.
Wagner vs. Verdi: Composers’ sounds share more than meets the ear, Osgood says
Richard Wagner did not write operas. He wrote, in his own words, “deeds of music made visible.”
His 1849 essay “The Artwork of the Future” changed the scope of opera by demanding more from the art form than just arias. Wagner called his new opera form “Gesamtkunstwerk,” or “total work of art,” which unified the opera’s musical, poetic, visual and dramatic elements.
Making melody in your heart: Mitchell-Matthews, Osgood join CSO for evening of African-American spirituals, Emancipation celebration
Lawrence Mitchell-Matthews’ great-great-great-grandfather sang African spirituals.
He was a farmer, a sharecropper and a pastor. He would gather the family together and make everyone sit down before leading the songs. The group sing-alongs were a time for family and God. Now when Matthews sings spirituals, he feels a loving connection to his past.
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