Aspen Music Festival Announces Cast Changes for Two Programs

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The Aspen Music Festival has announced cast changes for its July 15 and July 19 performances. The company said that Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo will fill in for Joyce DiDonato, who is unable to perform in Aspen due to injury. Costanzo is in Aspen to sing the starring role of Oberon in Benjamin Britten’s opera “Midsummer Night’s Dream” from July {…}

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Sinfónica de Minería Announces 2026 Summer Season Featuring Jennifer Rowley & Anabel de la Mora

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Mexico’s Sinfónica de Minería has announced its 2026 summer season. Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Augustin Hadelich and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Anabel de la Mora. Performance Date: August 1 & 2, 2026 at Sala Silvestre Revueltas del Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli & Palacio de Bellas Artes Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis” with Jennifer Rowley, {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Ying Fang & Yannick Nézet-Séguin Hightlight Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

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The Philadephia Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts Handel’s Messiah with the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir. Performance Dates: Dec. 12-14, 2025 Dalia Stasevska conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Joélle Harvey. The concert also includes violinist Augustin Hadelich and such pieces as Adams’ “Short Ride in a Fast {…}

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Q & A: Pietari Inkinen on Conducting ‘The Ring Cycle’ at Bayreuth Festival

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After waiting for three years to conduct the Ring Cycle at the Bayreuth Festival, Pietari Inkinen finally made it come true. Over the past month, the Finnish Conductor has been in Bayreuth performing the Ring Cycle in Valentin Schwarz’s production. It marks his return to the festival after his debut in 2021. It also marks his return to the Ring {…}

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Lise Davidsen, Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Benjamin Bernheim Headline 2023 Verbier Festival

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The Verbier Festival has announced its 30th edition, which is set to take place between July 14-30, 2023. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. Kicking things off is Verdi’s Requiem with Lise Davidsen, Okka von der Damerau, Freddie De Tommaso, and Bryn Terfel. Daniele Gati conducts. Performance Date: July 17, {…}

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Asmik Grigorian, Andrè Schuen, Michael Spyres & Renée Fleming Lead Salzburg Festival’s 2023 Season

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The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2023 season featuring operas, concerts, recitals, and Mozart programs. Opera Raphaël Pichon will conduct Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” in a new production by Martin Kušej. Andrè Schuen, Adriana González, Sabine Devieilhe, Krzysztof Bączyk, and Lea Desandre star. Performance Dates: July 27-August 28, 2023 Verdi’s “Macbeth” will be conducted by Franz Welser-Möst and directed {…}

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Q & A: Composer Lembit Beecher Talks About His New Song Cycle ‘A Year to the Day’

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Photo: Jamie Jung American composer Lembit Beecher has collaborated with librettist/lyricist Mark Campbell to write “A Year to the Day,” a new song cycle rooted in, but not about, the pandemic. The concept was Campbell’s, and it was he who approached the composer. Together, they wrote six songs, along with five instrumental interludes for tenor Nicholas Phan, violinist Augustin Hadelich, {…}

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Nicholas Phan Headlines World Premiere of Beecher & Campbell’s ‘A Year to the Day’

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The Violin Channel is set to present “A Year to the Day” on Oct. 7, 2022 at 7 p.m. The dramatic song cycle by composer Lembit Beecher with lyrics by librettist Mark Campbell, which explores the life of an artist during the pandemic, will feature performances by tenor Nicholas Phan, violinist Augustin Hadelich, pianist Orion Weiss, and cellist Karen Ouzounian. {…}

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Aleksandra Kurzak, Ildar Abdrazakov & Amber Wagner Highlight Boston Symphony’s 2022-23 Season

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(Credit: Marco Borggreve) The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the 2022-3 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Andris Nelsons conducts Janine Jansen and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in works by Bernstein, Shostakovich, and Ogonek. Performance Dates: Oct. 6-8, 2022 Andris Nelsons conducts Act three of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” starring Amber Wagner, Klaus Florian Vogt, and Christian Gerhaher. Performance {…}

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Aspen Music Festival Announces Cast Changes for Two Programs

Sinfónica de Minería Announces 2026 Summer Season Featuring Jennifer Rowley & Anabel de la Mora

Joyce DiDonato, Ying Fang & Yannick Nézet-Séguin Hightlight Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

Q & A: Pietari Inkinen on Conducting ‘The Ring Cycle’ at Bayreuth Festival

Lise Davidsen, Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Benjamin Bernheim Headline 2023 Verbier Festival

Asmik Grigorian, Andrè Schuen, Michael Spyres & Renée Fleming Lead Salzburg Festival’s 2023 Season

Q & A: Composer Lembit Beecher Talks About His New Song Cycle ‘A Year to the Day’

Nicholas Phan Headlines World Premiere of Beecher & Campbell’s ‘A Year to the Day’

Aleksandra Kurzak, Ildar Abdrazakov & Amber Wagner Highlight Boston Symphony’s 2022-23 Season