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John Brancy and Peter Dugan to Bring Classical/Jazz Recital to Cafe Carlysle

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(Credit: Courtesy of Bowman Media) On April 20, 2023, Grammy Award-winning baritone John Brancy will give a recital of works at Café Carlysle. Joined by pianist Peter Dugan, the program will feature selections from Weill, Ravel, Porter, Brel, Hahn, Gershwin, and Rachmaninoff, among others. The duo has recently taken their journey to reinvent the recital to venues such as Carnegie {…}

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Ginger Costa-Jackson, Terrence Chin-Loy, Mikaela Bennett, & John Brancy to Headline MasterVoices’ Presentation of Original Version of ‘Carmen’

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Mastervoices is set to present the original version of Bizet’s “Carmen” with Jazz at Lincoln Center on Oct. 25, 2022. The opera will feature dialogue instead of recitative with an English translation by Sheldon Harnick. Mezzo Ginger Costa-Jackson, Terrence Chin-Loy, Mikaela Bennett, and John Brancy star in the production. Other cast members include Nicole Fernandez-Coffaro, Kimberly Sogioka, Zhengyi Bai, Michael {…}

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Ginger Costa-Jackson & John Brancy Lead MasterVoices’s 2022-23 Season

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Ted Sperling, Artistic Director of MasterVoices has announced details of the 81st season. The 2022-23 season opens at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center with Sperling leading a concert staging of Bizet’s “Carmen “in its original Opéra Comique version. Mezzo-soprano Ginger Costa-Jackson heads the cast that also includes soprano Mikaela Bennett as Micaëla and baritone John Brancy as {…}

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Layla Claire, Rame Lahaj, Marie-Josée Lord, Philippe Sly, John Brancy Headline Opéra de Montréal’s 2021-22 Season

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The Opéra de Montréal has announced its 2021-22 season which will feature three opera productions plus an “Opera à la carte” series. First up, the company will present a double bill of “Riders” at Sea” and “Le Flambeau de la Nuit,” which will star Allyson McHardy, Andrea Núñez, Lucie St-Martin, Geoffrey Schellenberg, Sarah Dufresne, Mishael Jedidah Eusebio, and Matthew Li. {…}

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John Brancy & Peter Dugan Join Forces With Sing For Hope for Memorial Day Weekend Recital

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(Credit: Brent Cline) On May 23, 2020, Sing for Hope will present a free, live-streamed Memorial Day Weekend recital on their Facebook page. The recital will feature Grammy-Winning baritone John Brancy and pianist Peter Dugan, host of NPR’s “From the Top.” The half-hour recital will feature selections from Brancy and Dugan’s upcoming album, titled “The Journey Home.” This album commemorates {…}

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[Exclusive] Watch John Brancy & Peter Dugan’s ‘A Silent Night: A WWI Memorial in Song’

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Today at 7 p.m.  John Brancy and Peter Dugan will present a recital in commemoration of World War I’s centennial from the Smithsonian Institute. OperaWire has been given the opportunity to live stream the performance right on this page below. The concert is part of a tour in which they are partners of the WWI Centennial Commission. In a press {…}

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A War Memorial in Song – John Brancy & Peter Dugan On Honoring World War I Veterans In New Album

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Almost 10 years ago, pianist Peter Dugan and baritone John Brancy met up at the Julliard School’s library, picked out some music and snuck into a dance studio to try out a few songs together. Little did they know that those sessions would be the beginning of an essential artistic collaboration. Fast forward 10 years and the duo is in {…}

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Baritone John Brancy to Release ‘A Silent Night’ Album to Commemorate World War I Composers

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On Thursday, April 6, 2017, baritone John Brancy and pianist Peter Dugan will perform at a VIP event at National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City with an album to follow. The concert is a culmination of the work the duo has done together since 2014 when they made their professional recital debut at the John F. {…}

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John Chest & Christian Van Horn Headline San Francisco Opera’s ‘Billy Budd’

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(Credit: Alastair Muir/Glyndebourne Productions Ltd.) The San Francisco Opera is set to present Britten’s “Billy Budd” to open the 2019-20 season. The work returns to the company after a 15-year absence in Michael Grandage’s production, which was unveiled at the Glyndebourne Festival. The opera is set to star John Chest in the title role in his company debut alongside William {…}