Bravo to our friends at the Atlanta Opera for a creative Covid solution to their upcoming new season!
Billing it as their Big Tent Series, general & artistic director Tomer Zvulun has built a season that pairs well-known chamber operas with more experimental and often satirically-biting choices – an approach which draws upon the company’s successful track record of experimentation of its critically acclaimed Discoveries series of smaller, seldom seen works performed in alternative venues, while addressing the company’s charge to “reimagine” opera.
“I believe that crisis reveals character and provides opportunities for change,” says Zvulun. “This pandemic has devastated so many lives and businesses. But it has also been a major catalyst in accelerating our shift to a business model that we have been discussing for years: creating a company of players, performing in non-traditional spaces and developing our video and streaming capabilities.”
Billing it as their Big Tent Series, general & artistic director Tomer Zvulun has built a season that pairs well-known chamber operas with more experimental and often satirically-biting choices – an approach which draws upon the company’s successful track record of experimentation of its critically acclaimed Discoveries series of smaller, seldom seen works performed in alternative venues, while addressing the company’s charge to “reimagine” opera.
“I believe that crisis reveals character and provides opportunities for change,” says Zvulun. “This pandemic has devastated so many lives and businesses. But it has also been a major catalyst in accelerating our shift to a business model that we have been discussing for years: creating a company of players, performing in non-traditional spaces and developing our video and streaming capabilities.”
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