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Boston Baroque Announces 2024-25 Season

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The Boston Baroque has announced its 2024-25 season. Haydn’s “Die Schöpfung” is set to start Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton. Performance Dates: Oct. 4 & 5, 2024 Handel’s “Messiah” will include Maya Kherani, Avery Amereau, Omar Najmi, and Jesse Blumberg, Performance Dates: Dec 7 & 8, 2024 Erin Morley performs a program of Beethoven and Mozart. Performance {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society Releases ‘The Minnesota Connection’

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society has released “Circles V: The Minnesota Connection” on its Digital Concert Hall. The concert will be available for FREE to non-subscribers. “The Minnesota Connection” features soprano Tori Tedeschi Adams as well as baritone Jesse Blumberg. The concert also features pianist Michael Brofman, baritone Randall Scarlata, and pianist Laura Ward. OperaWire‘s review praised the performance, stating {…}

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Samuel Mariño, Hélène Brunet, Cecilia Duarte, & Jacob Perry Featured in Tafelmusik’s 2024-25 Season

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Tafelmusik has announced the details of its 2024-25 season. This article includes vocal works only. Soprano Hélène Brunet, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte, and baritone Jesse Blumberg make their Tafelmusik debuts in Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio.” Tenor Charles Daniels joins them. Ivars Taurins directs the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and Orchestra. Performance Dates: November 22, 23, & 24, 2024 Handle’s “Messiah” stars soprano Myriam {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society 2023-24 Review: Circles V – The Minnesota Connection

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(Photo: Catherine Hancock) Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) presented “Circles V: The Minnesota Connection” on Friday, February 2nd 2024 at First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. The program focused on works by Michael Djupstrom, Libby Larsen, Reinaldo Moya, and Dominick Argento. The pre-lecture before the program began featured Larsen and Moya discussing their works and the Minnesota connection. Larsen’s comments about her work, “The {…}

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Composer Michael Hersch Announces Premiere of New Opera & Other Works

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Composer Michael Hersch has announced a series of new premieres during the 2023-24 season. First up will be a program featuring soprano Ah Young Hong that features the world premiere performances of “sapped from me broken,” “across, in grief and detail,” and “Miserere mei Domine.” She will be joined by violinist William Overcash and bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward. This showcase is {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society Unveils 2023-24 Season

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society has announced its 2023-24 season. First up is “Circles I: Clara, Robert, and Johannes” which features works by Robert Schumman, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Performers include Elisabeth Marshall, Katherine Lerner, Gregory Feldmann, Brian Mextorf, Micchael Brofman, and Joel Harder. Performance Date: Oct. 6, 2023 “The Wagnerians” will feature music by Chausson, Duparc, Wagner, and Wolf as {…}

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Cincinnati Song Initiative Unveils 2023-24 Season

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Cincinnati Song Initiative has announced its 2023-24 season as well as its new national training program. The season kicks off with its “CSI Mobile” series with a program entitled “Songs of Life, Love, and Power.” The showcase features such artists as Katherine Jolly, Kathryn Leemhuis, and pianist Samuel Martin. Performance Date: Sept. 10, 2023 Next up is the opener of {…}