Natalya Romaniw, Sir Bryn Terfel, Roderick Williams, Luis Gomes & Mary Bevan Lead City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

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The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 Season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Kazuki Yamada conducts Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius” with soloists Jess Dandy, Roderick Williams and David Butt Philip. Performance Date: Sept. 17, 2025 Osmo Vanka conducts a program of Sibelius and Shostakovich. Helena Juntunen is the soloist. Performance Date: Nov. 19, {…}

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J’Nai Bridges to Headline Nashville Symphony’s World Premiere of ‘Everything Hurts’

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Nashville Symphony is set to present a special world premiere starring mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges on Oct. 24 and 25, 2025. The showcase includes the first-ever performance of “Everything Hurts” by Brian Field. The work is a musical setting of Amanda Gorman’s “Hymn for the Hurting.” “It is an honor to see ‘Hymn for the Hurting’ as a call to mobilize {…}

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Sasha Cooke Among Headlines of Music Academy of the West’s 2025 Summer Season

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Music Academy of the West has announced its 2025 summer season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Sasha Cooke headlines a Mozart and Ravel chamber music program alongside pianist Jeremy Denk and clarinetist Richie Hawley. Also performing on the concert is the Takács Quartet and cellist Julie Albers. Performance Date: June 26, 2025 Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” {…}

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Asmik Grigorian, Sonya Yoncheva, Judit Kutasi, Maximilian Schmitt, & Soloman Howard Star in George Enescu International Festival 2025

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(Photo credits: Vedinaș, Behrmann, & Adjahoe) The George Enescu International Festival 2025 announces its star-studded lineup. This article only features vocal works. The opening concert features the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir. Iosef Ion Prunner and Cristian Măcelaru conduct. Performance Date: August 24, 2025 Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen performs with the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra under the direction of Keri-lynn Wilson. {…}

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Julia Bullock to Headline Lincoln Center Presents’ February Slate

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(Photo credit: Allison Michael Orenstein) GRAMMY award-winning soprano Julia Bullock is set to perform on the Lincoln Center’s February roster. The Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series presents “History’s Persistent Voice,” a multimedia ethnographic anthology envisioned by curated Bullock. The program focuses on the influence of pre-Emancipation voices, poetry, and musical traditions across generations, while centering on the multifaceted identities of {…}

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American Modern Opera Company & The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine 2024 Review: El Niño – Nativity Reconsidered

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Composer John Adams’ and librettist Peter Sellars’ opera, “El Niño,” debuted at Metropolitan Opera earlier this year, making this their fourth work to be produced at the Met, including “Doctor Atomic” (2008), “Nixon in China” (2011), and “The Death of Klinghoffer” (2014). OperaWire reviewed the production in addition to attending and documenting Guggenheim Museum’s “Works & Process” presentation by the {…}

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Julia Bullock & Karim Sulayman Headline Yale Schwarzman Center’s Spring 2025 Program

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The Yale Schwarzman Center has announced its Spring 2025 lineup of events. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal offerings. First up is a work-in-progress presentation for Ted Hearne and Chana Porter’s “The Dispossessed.” The work is based on an award-winning novel that explores a future utopian society. Performance Date: Jan. 18, 2025 Soprano Julia Bullock and the New Haven {…}

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Metropolitan Opera & Julia Bullock Lead Classical Grammy Awards

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During the Grammy’s premiere ceremony, the Academy announced the winners of the Classical Music Grammys. The award for Best Opera Recording went to Blanchard’s Champion featuring Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, and Eric Owens with David Frost as the producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus). Meanwhile, the Best Choral Performance was awarded to Saariaho’s “Reconnaissance’ {…}

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Trinity Church Wall Street Unveils Slate of Holiday Concerts

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Trinity Church Wall Street has announced its 2023 holiday concerts. It all starts with a performance of Händel’s “Messiah” with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra under Ryan Brandau. The performance on Dec. 14 will be live streamed. Performance Dates: Dec. 13-15, 2023 Then comes “Sing, Choirs of Angels: Holiday Concert and Sing-Along.” The showcase features The {…}

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Natalya Romaniw, Sir Bryn Terfel, Roderick Williams, Luis Gomes & Mary Bevan Lead City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

J’Nai Bridges to Headline Nashville Symphony’s World Premiere of ‘Everything Hurts’

Sasha Cooke Among Headlines of Music Academy of the West’s 2025 Summer Season

Asmik Grigorian, Sonya Yoncheva, Judit Kutasi, Maximilian Schmitt, & Soloman Howard Star in George Enescu International Festival 2025

Julia Bullock to Headline Lincoln Center Presents’ February Slate

American Modern Opera Company & The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine 2024 Review: El Niño – Nativity Reconsidered

Julia Bullock & Karim Sulayman Headline Yale Schwarzman Center’s Spring 2025 Program

Metropolitan Opera & Julia Bullock Lead Classical Grammy Awards

Trinity Church Wall Street Unveils Slate of Holiday Concerts