Opera Grand Rapids presents “La bohéme”
Opera Grand Rapids will stage Puccini’s wildly popular tragedy “La bohéme” with performances Friday and Saturday evenings in the DeVos Performance Hall. Jack Perlstein caught up with the production’s director Cara Consilvio to find out more about the show. Listen in HERE.
Grand Rapids Symphony
The Grand Rapids Symphony has announced its 2024-25 Season! Jack Perlstein sat down with Music Director Marcelo Lehninger to discuss the highlights. LISTEN
Broadcasts of the Grand Rapids Symphony’s current season continue here on Blue Lake Public Radio, Sunday afternoons at 1:00. Join us every week through June 2.
The Metropolitan Opera
Giacomo Puccini’s bittersweet love story, La Rondine, is this week’s live broadcast performance. Soprano Angel Blue stars as the French courtesan Magda opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman (in his highly-anticipated company debut) as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess. Maestro Speranza Scappucci conducts with soprano Emily Pogorelc and tenor Bekhzod Davronov completing the sterling cast as Lisette and Prunier.
Opera broadcasts begin at 1 p.m. on Blue Lake Public Radio. Click here for details about the 2023-24 Robert K. Johnson Foundation-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network schedule.
Shakespeare in The Rose
The Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company returns to The Rose in June with A Midsummer Night’s Dream!
The uproarious, magic-filled tale follows what happens when humans and fairies meet in the mysterious wood outside of Athens. Pigeon Creek performed the play in 2012 for their first visit to The Rose and are thrilled to bring it back. A Midsummer Night’s Dream will delight audiences of all ages.
Tickets are available online by clicking HERE. Join us for a fun afternoon at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.
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