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Olivia Johnson
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With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be returning to Seattle Opera to make her debut as the Alto I soloist for the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 7:30 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 10 minutes with one intermission.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be returning to Seattle Opera to make her debut as the Alto I soloist for the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 7:30 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 10 minutes with one intermission.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be returning to Seattle Opera to make her debut as the Alto I soloist for the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 2 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 10 minutes with one intermission.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be returning to Seattle Opera to make her debut as the Alto I soloist for the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 7:30 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 10 minutes with one intermission.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be returning to Seattle Opera to make her debut as the Alto I soloist for the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 2 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 10 minutes with one intermission.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be returning to Seattle Opera to make her debut as the Alto I soloist for the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 7:30 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 10 minutes with one intermission.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be featured as an Alto I soloist in the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X making her first ever debut at The Metropolitan Opera.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 8 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 20 minutes with two-20 minute intermissions.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be featured as an Alto I soloist in the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X making her first ever debut at The Metropolitan Opera.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 7:30 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 20 minutes with two-20 minute intermissions.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be featured as an Alto I soloist in the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X making her first ever debut at The Metropolitan Opera.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 8 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 20 minutes with two-20 minute intermissions.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be featured as an Alto I soloist in the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X making her first ever debut at The Metropolitan Opera.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 1 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 20 minutes with two-20 minute intermissions.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be featured as an Alto I soloist in the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X making her first ever debut at The Metropolitan Opera.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 7:30 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 20 minutes with two-20 minute intermissions.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be featured as an Alto I soloist in the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X making her first ever debut at The Metropolitan Opera.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 8 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 20 minutes with two-20 minute intermissions.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be featured as an Alto I soloist in the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X making her first ever debut at The Metropolitan Opera.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 7:30 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 20 minutes with two-20 minute intermissions.
With Music by Anthony Davis/Libretto by Thulani Davis/Story by Christopher Davis
Olivia Johnson will be featured as an Alto I soloist in the ensemble of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X making her first ever debut at The Metropolitan Opera.
Visit HERE for further information and tickets!
Start Time: 7 pm; Run Time: 3 Hours 20 minutes with two-20 minute intermissions.
Center Stage is an orchestra concert highlighting rising opera stars from Opera Theatre’s Richard Gaddes Festival Artist and Gerdine Young Artist Programs. A program curated by Patricia Racette and James Robinson will feature operatic favorites and rare musical medleys.
This is a masterclass led by the Artist Director of Young Artists Programs, Patricia Racette. Olivia Johnson will be featured in this masterclass a long three other GYAs. Location: Hecker Hall at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
Olivia Johnson will be featured as one of OTSL’s Gerdine Young Artist for their 2023 Summer Festival Season. She will be covering Mrs. McLean in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah and Monisha in Damien Sneed and Karen Chilton reimagined version of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha.
For OTSL’s Festival Events and Performances Visit: https://opera-stl.org/event-listings/
OTSL will be presenting three all new 20-minute operas each dealing with making space for individuality within an ever evolving society from “1920s Harlem to modern day Supreme Court.”
OTSL will be presenting three all new 20-minute operas each dealing with making space for individuality within an ever evolving society from “1920s Harlem to modern day Supreme Court.”
OTSL will be presenting three all new 20-minute operas each dealing with making space for individuality within an ever evolving society from “1920s Harlem to modern day Supreme Court.”
Mezzo-Soprano, Olivia Johnson, will be performing as a Finals Contestant in the George and Nora London Foundation Competition.
Produced by White Snake Projects
We will be presenting four new 20 minute operas that celebrate diverse holidays in America and the people that celebrate them.
Produced by White Snake Projects
We will be presenting four new 20 minute operas that celebrate diverse holidays in America and the people that celebrate them.
A drive-thru experience of Richard
Wagner’s opera Götterdämmerung
(Twilight of the Gods)
Co-commissioned by Michigan Opera
Theatre and Lyric Opera of Chicago
Concept, Direction, and English
translation by Yuval Sharon
Production Design by PXT Studio
(Jason Thompson and Kaitlyn Pietras)
Sound Design by Mark Grey
Musical arrangement by Ed Windels
With new narrative poetry by
Marsha Music
This production
Directed by Yuval Sharon
Sung in English
Run time: 65 minutes
Gianni Schicchi
Comic opera in one act
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Based on a story in Dante’s Divine Comedy
Part of Puccini’s Triptych
Premiered 1918, New York
Buoso’s Ghost
Comic opera in one act
Music and libretto by Michael Ching
Based on Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi
Premiered 1996, Pittsburgh
These productions
Performed at Macomb Center for the Performing Arts
Featuring the MOT Studio Artists
Gianni Schicchi sung in Italian with English titles; run time about an hour
Buoso’s Ghost sung in English; run time about 40 minutes
Olivia will be making her debut with Opera MODO in Detroit, MI
as Sister Mathilde in Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites.
Performances at Christ Church Detroit: February 21 & 22
Tuesday, February 25: 6-11pm
Wednesday, February 26: 6-11pm
Thursday, February 27: 6-11pm
Performances at Kirk in the Hills: February 28 & March 1 (Matinee)
*Ensemble is double cast. Olivia’s performance dates TBD. Please revisit sight at a later date for updates*
