Joélle Harvey has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for representation in Europe and Asia. She will be managed at Askonas Holt by Nicholas Moloney in collaboration with Fletcher Artists Management. This season the American soprano debuted with the New World Symphony and also makes her debut with the Houston Symphony in “Carmina Burana.” She also performed with the Chicago Symphony, {…}
The Cincinnati Symphony has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances on offer. Larisa Martínez and Peter Dugan join Joshua Bell for an evening of Mendelssohn, Bernstein, Puccini, and more. Performance Date: Oct. 6, 2024 Marin Alsop conducts the May Festival Chorus in a Shostakovich and Bernstein program. Performance Dates: Nov. 16 & 17, 2024 {…}
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Nicholas Kraemer conducts a program that includes the music of Händel, Beethoven, and Mozart. Soloists include Amanda Forsythe, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Josh Lovell, and Michael Sumuel. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-19, 2024 Fabien Gabel and Konstantin Krimmel team up for a program of music by Britten, Mahler, {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society is set to celebrate the holiday season with performances of Händel’s “Messiah” at Symphony Hall. The performances are set to take place on Nov. 24, 25, and 26 with newly appointed Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen leading the H+H Orchestra and Chorus. The performances will mark Cohen’s first time conducting “Messiah” with H+H and he noted, {…}
Welcome back for this week’s review of the major CD and DVD releases. This week, audiences are in for many world premiere recordings as well as rarely performed works. Here is a look at some of the pieces audiences will discover! Virko Baley: Music for Emily Dickinson Toccata Classics releases an album dedicated to the music of Virko Baley, a {…}
Credit: Wade Caldwell Master Chorale of South Florida has unveiled its 2023-24 schedule featuring music by Fauré, Beethoven, and Mozart. The season opens with Fauré’s Requiem, which will be preceded by Joshua Rist’s powerful “Invictus” and followed by Joel Thompson’s “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” an emotional contemporary work based on the final words of Black Americans killed by {…}
The Orchestra of St. Luke has announced its 2023-24 season. “Orchestra of St. Luke’s enters the 23-24 season with a bold stride, performing 12 concerts at Carnegie Hall, including curated series in each of the storied venue’s three halls, featuring Principal Conductor Bernard Labadie and the world’s leading guest artists,” said the company’s President and Executive Director, James Roe, in {…}
(Photo credits: Chris Sorensen, Victoria Cadisch, Andrew Staples) The English Concert has announced its 2023-24 season. This article features vocal works only. Countertenor Iestyn Davies returns to the BBC Proms to perform “Late Night Bach.” Davies will perform two of Bach’s solo cantatas, “Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust” and “Geist und Seele wird verdwirret” at the Royal Albert Hall. Performance Date: {…}
Photo Credit: Richard Hubert Smith Glyndebourne has added an extra performance of Handel’s “Semele” to the Festival 2023 schedule. In response to the high demand for tickets, the company’s new production of “Semele” will have an added performance on August 21. Adele Thomas directs the debut performance of “Semele” starring soprano Joélle Harvey, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston, and tenor Stuart Jackson. {…}
The BBC Proms has announced its 2023 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Paul Lewis, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Dalia Stasevska perform the first night of Proms. Performance Date: July 14, 2023 Early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico explores the many facets of William Byrd. Performance Date: July 15, 2023 Soprano Rainelle {…}
The Kansas City Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. Eduardo Strausser conducts the Kansas City Symphony Chorus in a program of music by Arvo Pärt, Giuseppe Verdi, and Robert Schumann. Performance Dates: Nov. 17-19, 2023 Michael Stern and Joyce DiDonato ring in the New Year with a program {…}