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The Atlanta Opera has world premiered “Orfano Mondo”, Ryan McKinny’s surrealist series of short films, on its Spotlight Media streaming platform. These short films give the viewer an inside look into the struggle of making art during the pandemic and feature iconic moments from Pagliacci...
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On November 27, renowned mezzo-soprano and HGO Studio alumna Jamie Barton delights as Julia Child in Lee Hoiby’s one-woman opera. Based on an episode of Child’s TV program, The French Chef, this short, critically acclaimed confection, directed by HGO Studio alumnus Ryan McKinny, brings...
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On November 5, join Thomas Hampson in conversation with stage director E. Loren Meeker and bass-baritone Ryan McKinny, co-directors of David T. Little and Royce Vavrek’s one-act opera Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera, with Houston Grand Opera and in association with Austin Opera. Watch the video...
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Mezzo J’Nai Bridges and bass-baritone Ryan McKinny perform in front of D.C.’s most iconic monuments—representing our collective memories and shared hope for a more perfect future. This performance is part of the Washington National Opera’s “Come, Hope” project, an initiative of...
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Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera, a one-act comic opera by David T. Little and Royce Vavrek, premiered in 2010 at the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Vinkensport, or “finch-sitting,” pits contestants—called “chaffinches”—against one another to see who has the most melodious bird....
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The LA Opera has created an extensive array of online programming under the banner LAO At Home. Among the featured performances is the 2015 “Figaro Trilogy”, conducted by Music Director James Conlon and featuring Roberto Tagliavini and Pretty Yende as Figaro and Susanna, with Ryan...
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Regrettably, in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, many theaters in the US have canceled all performances through at least the end of March. Some of these include the last two dates of Don Giovanni at the Washington National Opera, on March 19 and 22, and Salome at the Houston Grand Opera...
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Charming but predatory and manipulative, Don Giovanni is a lover so notorious that his reputation precedes him. He’s eager to add to the rambling list of women he has already enticed. But when Don Giovanni forces himself on Donna Anna, his devious antics dig him deeper and deeper into trouble. As...
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To start the year, Ryan McKinny travels to San Francisco, to perform on January 9, 10, 11 and 12 alongside mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas. In this concert, love’s anguish finds its voice in Mahler’s settings of the classic folk poems Des Knaben...
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Following his greatly acclaimed house debut at Chicago’s Lyric Opera in Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, Ryan McKinny goes on to star as the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni on December 3, 5 and 8. He last sang the role of the seducer in Houston for which Opera News praised his...
