Click Here for this weeks episode Host Robert Mellon speaks about vocal preparation with Maeve Höglund. Maeve performed with Opera Maine as Frasquita in 2016 and Susanna in 2018.
Monthly Archives: May 2020
Notes From Home featuring the PSO viola section
The PSO viola section performs Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Little Swans” (arranged by Harold Lieberman) from “Swan Lake,” as a special tribute to retiring PSO violist Elizabeth Miller. Watch as the amazing musicians of your Portland Symphony Orchestra bring music, instrument demonstrations, and more from their homes to yours! To donate to our PSO Musician… Read more »
Opera Maine’s “Opera in ME, Episode 7”
Host Robert Mellon speaks with Millie Hiibel about designing and creating costumes for opera productions.
PSO’s Notes From Home featuring Nicholas Orovich, Principal Trombone
PSO Principal Trombonist Nicholas Orovich plays (and sings!) the classic tune “(Keep Your) Sunny Side Up” as part of our new digital series PSO: Notes From Home. Watch as the amazing musicians of your Portland Symphony Orchestra bring music, instrument demonstrations, and more from their homes to yours! To donate to our PSO Musician Relief… Read more »
Opera Maine’s “Opera in ME, Episode 6”
Host Robert Mellon speaks with fifth grader Amelie Lourdeau, First Spirit in The Magic Flute, about her first experience with opera.
PSO’s Notes From Home featuring Sarah Atwood, Principal Second Violin
PSO Principal Second Violinist Sarah Atwood performs Paganini’s Caprice for Solo Violin, No. 7 (Posato) as part of our new digital series PSO: Notes From Home. Watch as the amazing musicians of your Portland Symphony Orchestra bring music, instrument demonstrations, and more from their homes to yours! To donate to our PSO Musician Relief Fund… Read more »
PSO’s Notes From Home featuring Kimberly Lehmann, viola
PSO violist Kimberly Lehmann performs the Gigue from J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2 (arranged for viola) as part of our digital series PSO: Notes From Home. Watch as the amazing musicians of your Portland Symphony Orchestra bring music, instrument demonstrations, and more from their homes to yours! To donate to our PSO Musician Relief… Read more »
Opera Maine’s “Opera in ME, Episode 5”
Maestro Roberto Kalb who conducted The Magic Flute in 2019, shares how a conductor prepares for a masterwork.
Portland Ovations FREE Virtual Concert!
TWO WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES Thursday, May 28, 7 PM EDT Livestreamed on YouTube FREE FOR OVATIONS’ AUDIENCES plus: Olivier Messiaen’s “Louange a L’Eternite de Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1941) JUST ANNOUNCED! WQXR’S TERRANCE MCKNIGHT AS HOST Join Portland Ovations, the Library of Congress, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), and contemporary composers Maine-born… Read more »
Opera Maine’s “Opera in ME, Episode 4”
Adam Diegel, who has sung several principal roles with Opera Maine and appeared on opera stages around the world, will discuss how maturity and experience have shaped his performances and affected his career.