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Renée Fleming, Erin Morley, Jakub Józef Orliński, Joyce DiDonato, & Julie Roset Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will experience numerous debut albums, a few complete operas, and some special choral works. Here is a look at the new releases. Orfeo ed Euridice Erato releases Jakub Józef Orliński’s interpretation of Gluck’s masterpiece. Recorded in Orliński’s native city, Warsaw, {…}

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CD Review: Erin Morley’s ‘Rose in Bloom’

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In her first solo recital on CD, Erin Morley gives her all. “Rose in Bloom” presents like a carefully arranged flowerbed which, in a horticultural twist, invites in the musical exploration of roses and peonies (Rimsky-Korsakov and Ricky Ian Gordon), tulips (Ricky Ian Gordon), lilacs, and daisies (Rachmaninoff and Ivor Novello). “Like a grand garden with structured plots and wider {…}

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Erin Morley, David Butt Philip, Pretty Yende, Maria Agresta & Maria Bengtsson Lead Semperoper Dresden’s 2024-25 Season

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The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Arrigo Boito’s “Mefistofele” is conducted by Andrea Battistoni and directed by Eva-Maria Höckmayr. The production will star Krzysztof Bączyk, Bekhzod Davronov, Marjukka Tepponen, and Martina Gedeck. Performance Dates: Sept. 28-Oct. 24, 2024 Richard Strauss’s “Intermezzo” will be conducted by Patrick Hahn and directed by Axel Ranisch. The cast will include Maria {…}

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Erin Morley Announces First Album ‘Rose in Bloom’

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Erin Morley has announced her debut album. The soprano took to social media to share the news and noted that the album will be titled “Rose in Bloom.” The album will feature pianist Gerald Martin Moore and music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Alban Berg, Ricky Ian Gordon, Darius Milhaud, Sergei Rachmaninov, Alexander Zemlinsky, Johannes Brahms, Michael Head, Arthur Sullivan, and Ivor Novello. In a statement regarding the album Morley {…}

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Erin Morley Awarded Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters in France

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Erin Morley has been awarded the “Chevalière dans l’ordre des arts et lettres” at a ceremony in Paris. The award was bestowed to the soprano by the French government in recognition of Erin’s outstanding contribution to the arts. In a statement Morley said, “I am deeply moved this evening to have received the title of ‘Knight in the Order of {…}

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Erin Morley, Nicholas Phan, Ying Fang, Joélle Harvey Headline Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2023-24 Season

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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 {…}

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Erin Morley to Headline Washington Concert Opera’s Annual Gala

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(Credit: Jamie Fisher, Wesley Johnson, Carlo Allemano, Brent Dundore / Dan Norman, Roman Makhumotov) Washington Concert Opera will present its annual gala on Sept. 20, 2023 at the Embassy of France. The showcase will feature soprano Erin Morley and pianist Gerald Martin Moore. The soprano performed with Washington Concert Opera in 2022, taking on the title role of “Lakmé.” Per {…}

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Erin Morley & Lawrence Brownlee Headline Met Opera’s Live in HD Performance of ‘Die Zauberflöte’

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(Credit: Karen Almond) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present a Live in HD transmission of “Die Zauberflöte” on June 3, 2023. The opera stars Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee, Stephen Milling, Kathryn Lewek, and Thomas Oliemans. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts and Ben Bliss hosts the performance, which kicks off at 12:55 p.m. local time. Of the opening night performance, OperaWire said, {…}

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Erin Morley, Kate Lindsey, Nicholas Phan & Jonathon Adams to Perform at Lincoln Center’s ‘Summer for the City’

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“Summer in the City” at Lincoln Center features free events with thousands of artists celebrating New York City. The program is full of dance, international pop, stage plays, and more. For this article, only classical vocal performances are listed. Things kick off in June with “Nehanda,” an opera conceived and created by Nora Chipaumire. Billed as a juridical opera, Chipaumire’s sonic {…}