Tag: opera

Laurie Rogers Appointed Music Director of the Peabody Opera Theatre Program

Headshot of Laurie Rogers

Laurie Rogers has been appointed music director of the Peabody Opera Theatre program, having served in an interim capacity during the current academic year. Rogers has worked as a conductor, pianist, and vocal coach on productions nationally and internationally, including with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Baltimore Concert Opera, the […]

Kisma Jordan Releases OperaSOUL Experience and EP

Kisma Jordan (GPD ’12, Opera) released The OperaSOUL Experience, a concert that blends operatic vocals with soul-pop music, and The OperaSOUL EP, her first solo recording. The concert was grant-funded through the Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge-Detroit and will be presented at The Carr Center later in the 2021 season.

Laurie Rogers Appointed Interim Music Director of Peabody Opera Theatre

Headshot of Laurie Rogers

Conductor, pianist, and vocal coach Laurie Rogers has been appointed interim music director of the Peabody Opera Theatre program. During the 2020-21 academic year, as guest faculty at the Peabody Conservatory, she served as music director for Peabody Opera Theatre’s Cosí fan tutte. 

The Falling and the Rising Wins First Place in NOA Competition

Peabody Opera Theatre’s 2019 production of The Falling and the Rising has garnered First Place in Division V of the National Opera Association’s 2019-2020 Opera Production Competition. The opera, by Zach Redler and Jerre Dye, is based on actual experiences of American soldiers in Afghanistan. Peabody’s production was praised by the national panel of judges […]