Renée Fleming & Will Liverman Headline Aspen Music Festival & School’s 75th Anniversary Season

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(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles & Jaclyn Simpson) The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced its 75th anniversary season. This article features vocal performances only. Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Co-Artistic Director Renée Fleming and opera director Peter Sellars coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Performance Dates: June 29 & July 13, 2024 Soprano Renée Fleming, {…}

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Sasha Cooke, Rodrick Dixon, Kelley O’Connor, & Matthew Polenzani Lead Aspen Music Festival 2023 Summer Livestreams

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The 2023 Aspen Music Festival has released its livestream lineup. All livestreamed performances are free and will be available on the AMFS virtual stage website. This article will focus solely on vocal performances. LA Opera’s James Conlon leads Sasha Cooke and Rodrick Dixon in “Conlon Conducts Mendelssohn, Mahler.” Cooke and Dixon present Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.” Performance Date: July {…}

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Aspen Music Festival 2023 to Star Angel Blue, Ana María Martinez, Renée Fleming, Sasha Cooke

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(Credit: Svetlana Pasedko) Aspen Music Festival & School has announced its 2023 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. There will be several editions of the “Opera Encounters” throughout the season. The showcase features the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS faculty leading emerging talents in opera scenes, musical theater, and art songs. {…}

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Renée Fleming, Sir Bryn Terfel, Rod Gilfry Headline Aspen Music Festival & School’s 2022 Season

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Photo by Andrew Eccles The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced the schedule for its 2022 showcase. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. Soprano Renée Fleming and baritone Rod Gilfry will kick off the festival with a performance of Kevin Puts’ “The Brightness of Light.” The concert, which will {…}

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Obituary: Aspen Music Festival Opera Program Director Edward Berkeley Dies at 76

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On July 18, Aspen Music Festival and School opera program director Edward Berkeley died unexpectedly. The 76-year-old was found unresponsive by a colleague at home in Aspen according to the Aspen Police Department and the Pitkin County Coroner’s office. No cause of death was determined at this time. The news came hours before the opening night performance of “The Magic {…}

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Jeanine De Bique, Lauren Decker, Lawrence Brownlee & Will Liverman Headline Aspen Music Festival and School Streams

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The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced a series of concerts that will be livestreamed around the world. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be strictly on operatic and vocal performances. First up will be a presentation of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony conducted by Robert Spano and starring Jeanine De Bique, Lauren Decker, Lawrence Brownlee, and Will {…}

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Julia Bullock, Renée Fleming, Golda Schultz Headline Aspen Music Festival and School

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The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced its 2021 summer season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be squarely on opera or vocal concert performances. Julia Bullock will appear alongside the Aspen Chamber Symphony in a program that features music by Bologne, Mozart, Delage, and Haydn. Nicholas McGegan conducts. Performance Date: July 9, 2021 Julia Bullock {…}

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Renée Fleming & Michelle DeYoung Highlight Aspen Music Festival 2020

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(Credit: Decca / Andrew Eccles) The Aspen Music Festival has announced its 2020 summer program, which will consist of numerous of vocal and orchestral works. For the purpose of this article, we will focus only on vocal works. Famed soprano Renée Fleming will give a solo recital featuring music from R. Strauss’ “Capriccio” as well as Kevin Puts’ “Letters from {…}

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Renée Fleming & Isabel Leonard To Headline Aspen Music Festival 2018

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The Aspen Musical Festival 2018 has announced its upcoming Festival. Like many festivals, we are looking only at what is being offered on the operatic side. The festival will mark a new partnership with Grammy-Award-winning vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire. The new two-week educational program in Aspen will be the only summer program in the country designed to train professional ensemble singers. {…}

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Renée Fleming & Will Liverman Headline Aspen Music Festival & School’s 75th Anniversary Season

Sasha Cooke, Rodrick Dixon, Kelley O’Connor, & Matthew Polenzani Lead Aspen Music Festival 2023 Summer Livestreams

Aspen Music Festival 2023 to Star Angel Blue, Ana María Martinez, Renée Fleming, Sasha Cooke

Renée Fleming, Sir Bryn Terfel, Rod Gilfry Headline Aspen Music Festival & School’s 2022 Season

Obituary: Aspen Music Festival Opera Program Director Edward Berkeley Dies at 76

Jeanine De Bique, Lauren Decker, Lawrence Brownlee & Will Liverman Headline Aspen Music Festival and School Streams

Julia Bullock, Renée Fleming, Golda Schultz Headline Aspen Music Festival and School

Renée Fleming & Michelle DeYoung Highlight Aspen Music Festival 2020

Renée Fleming & Isabel Leonard To Headline Aspen Music Festival 2018