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Atlanta Opera to release 18 filmed operas
FILM
(Photos courtesy of Atlanta Opera)
By Sammie Purcell
The Atlanta Opera plans to release
18 new filmed operas on its streaming
platform, The Atlanta Opera Film
Studio.
Founded by Tomer Zvulun and
Felipe Barral, the Atlanta Opera Film
Studio was originally launched during
the pandemic to help support the opera.
The platform continued to help bring
opera directly into people’s homes.
According to a press release, the
18 opera films include “Madama
Butterfly,” “Don Giovanni,” “The Barber
of Seville,” “Bluebeard’s Castle,” “Fa
boheme,” and the first three operas
of Richard Wagner’s “Ring Cycle” —
“Das Rheingold,” “Die Walkure,” and
“Siegfried.”
“With this major release of feature
films of opera, we demonstrate our
commitment to innovation, to breaking
boundaries, and underscoring the power
of this vibrant art form,” Zvulun, who is
also the company’s Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.
general and artistic director, said in the
release. “Opera’s stories and emotions
are universal, whether experienced in the
theater or on the screen.”
In addition to the classics, the films
will also include modern works such as
“As One,” “Forsyth County is Flooding,”
and “Steele Roots.” The films will start to
become available to Atlanta Opera Film
Studio subscribers beginning on Sept.
25, with new films releasing monthly
through December.
Starting in November, the Atlanta
Opera also plans to livestream four
upcoming operas for free on its
streaming platform. “Fa traviata” will
stream on Nov. 14. Next year, “The
Marriage of Figaro” will stream on
March 20, “Turandot” will stream
on May 1, and “Twilight of the Dogs
(Gotterdammerung)” will stream on
June 5.
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By Rough Draft
Staff
The Georgia Trust
for Historic Preservation
is bringing back
its yearly "Legends
and Fore Tour” this
October at Rhodes
Hall, the organization’s
headquarters and “one
of the last remaining
mansions” on Peachtree
Street.
Featured on Syfy’s
Ghost Hunters and
WSB’s Georgia’s Haunted Hidden
Gems, Rhodes Hall (also referred to as
the “Castle on Peachtree”) has earned
a reputation as one of Atlanta’s most
haunted landmarks.
Tours are offered on Oct. 24, 29 and
30, giving Atlantans the opportunity to
explore the 121-year-old mansion and
hear eerie stories of ghostly encounters
reported by visitors and staff.
New this year is the Candlelight
Hidden Spaces Tour, a nightly excursion
in which participants will step into
(Photo courtesy of The Georgia Trust
for Historical Preservation)
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normally-restricted areas of the house
(including the fourth-floor children’s
playroom and the dark basement) where
paranormal activity is said to be most
active.
All tours include a pre-experience
drink on the mansion’s front porch, with
beer, wine, soda and water included in
the ticket price.
Admission is $45 for the standard
tour and $55 for the candlelight tour.
Tickets are currently available at
georgiatrust.org/legends.
