the Atlanta Opera presented its latest Discovery Series production, María de Buenos Aires, at La Maison Rouge inside Paris on Ponce. The Eastside burlesque lounge proved an ideal alternative venue for the two-act tango operita by famed Argentine composer-bandoneón player Astor Piazzolla
A world premiere site-specific opera for families with music by John Musto & libretto by Eric Einhorn. Co-commissioned & co-produced by On Site Opera with Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Lyric Unlimited & Pittsburgh Opera. Created in Partnership with the American Museum of Natural History.
The Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs at The American Museum of Natural History.
September – October 2017
Jorge Parodi, the Music Director of the Senior Opera Theater at the Manhattan School of Music, will conduct Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (Feb. 2 and 4). Parodi has been hailed for his expressive style.
After the success of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Opera Tampa invites Maestro Parodi to return for their next production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. Opera Tampa’s Managing Director requested Parodi to take over the lead of their upcoming production, directed by Bernad Uzan. (March 2 and 4).
Jorge Parodi joins Chautauqua Opera Company music staff, to lead a concert of opera scenes with orchestra, and to assist Chautauqua Opera General Director Steven Osgood in Don Giovanni and Candide. Performances throughout July 2018.
Jacques Offenbach’s (1819-1880) magnum opus, The Tales of Hoffmann, interweaves three interconnected stories derived from the works of romantic German author E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), who is the opera’s lead character. Making his Opera Orlando debut is Argentinian conductor Jorge Parodi. Also making his Opera Orlando debut will be Cuban-born soprano Laura León as the four female heroines. Bass-baritone Dennis Jesse will portray the four villains of the story.