When COVID-19 restrictions were imposed in mid-March, Hanna Bingham thought her dreams of performing violin in the Bienen School’s planned production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo were over. But in a matter of days, the two faculty members leading the production decided L’Orfeo would go on, if in a very different form.
Continue reading on Early Music America‘Hänsel und Gretel’ among winter opera and vocal offerings
February 7, 2024
Northwestern University Opera Theater's production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel” will delight audiences of all ages.
‘The Emperor of Atlantis’ gets a modern update
October 31, 2023
A new staging of a classic opera and a master class lead by Grammy Award-winning American soprano Christine Brewer are among the highlights of the fall voice and opera season at the Bienen School of Music.
Looking Back at 10 Years of the Institute for New Music
May 19, 2023
Hans Thomalla, director of the Institute for New Music, reflects on the first 10 years of the institute's impact on the Bienen School of Music and greater Northwestern communities.
‘The Magic Flute’ among Bienen School winter opera and voice offerings
January 4, 2023
A master class with one of America’s most sought-after young countertenors and an operatic fairy tale by Mozart are highlights of the Bienen School's winter voice and opera season.
Bienen School presents the Midwest premiere of ‘In a Grove’
November 4, 2022
Northwestern University Opera Theater will present the regional premiere of composer Christopher Cerrone and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann’s opera “In a Grove,” Nov. 17 to 20.