Martin Bakari & Ellaina Lewis With Joe Williams in Concert at Seattle Opera

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Tenor Martin Bakari, soprano Ellaina Lewis, and pianist Joe Williams are set to present a concert at Seattle Opera. The versatile program titled “From His Heart’s Deep Core” includes opera arias, art song, and jazz, with music by Richard Thompson and other composers. There will be a special set of songs that are based on the poetry of Paul Laurence {…}

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Catalina Cuervo, Damien Geter, Martin Bakari Headline Portland Opera’s Revamped 2020-21 Season

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Portland Opera has announced a reimagined 2020-21 season, which will feature a series of virtual showcases presented on the company’s new digital channel “Portland Opera Onscreen.” “The global pandemic has challenged us: to be problem-solvers, to adapt to new technologies, and to deepen the ways that serve the community,” said General Director Sue Dixon in a press release. “Our newly reimagined {…}

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Oratorio Society of New York to Perform Handel’s ‘Messiah’

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The Oratorio Society of New York is set to perform Handel’s “Messiah” for the 149th time on Dec. 18, 2023 at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The Society continues its tradition of performing the work. The society first performed the Messiah on Christmas Day 1874 in Carnegie Hall under the baton of founding director Leopold Damrosch. For {…}

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Seattle Opera 2023-24 Review: Das Rheingold

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(Photo credit: Seattle Opera © Philip Newton) Why build an elaborate faux-underwater set for the Rhine scenes in Wagner’s “Ring” when you have an orchestra pit that can make a perfectly plausible stage river? It’s an idea so obvious, you think surely, it must have been tried already. This is the solution found by Brian Staufenbiel, tasked with staging “Das {…}

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The Oratorio Society of New York Announces its 2023-24 Season & 150th Anniversary Celebrations

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The Oratorio Society of New York, led by Music Director Kent Tritle, has released its lineup for its 2023-24 season and special concerts for the 150th Anniversary celebrations. The season kicks off with “Bach’s Magnificat and Mozart’s Requiem.” Joining the Orchestra of the Society as soloists are soprano Laquita Mitchell, mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford, tenor Eric Carey, and bass Adam Lau. {…}

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Opera Colorado to Present ‘Turandot’ with Kara Shay Thomson

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Opera Colorado is set to close its 2022-23 Season with Puccini’s “Turandot.” The opera, which is set to be performed between May 6 and 14 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, will be Opera Colorado’s first production of “Turandot.” Soprano Kara Shay Thomson will lead the cast in the title role alongside tenor Jonathan Burton as Calaf. They will be {…}

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The Harlem Chamber Players to Present ‘Harlem SongFest II’ Celebrating 15th Anniversary

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The Harlem Chamber Players will celebrate its 15th anniversary with “Harlem SongFest II,” a summer concert to be presented on June 9, 2023, at Columbia University’s Miller Theater. The event features music by Black composers—women included—and a lineup of accomplished singers. Dedicated to bringing exceptional classical music to Harlem, the Ensemble will feature sopranos Janinah Burnett and Jasmine Muhammad, baritone {…}

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Denyce Graves, Kenneth Kellogg & Vanessa Goikoetxea Lead Seattle Opera’s 2023-24 Season

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The Seattle Opera has announced the 2023-24 season featuring four productions. Productions Wagner’s “Das Rheingold“ is set to open the season with Greer Grimsley as Wotan, Frederick Ballentine, Michael Mayes, and the Seattle Opera debut of internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves. The cast is rounded by Martin Bakari, Melody Wilson, Kenneth Kellogg, Peixin Chen, and Sarah Larsen. Performance Dates: August {…}

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Oratorio Society of New York to Present World Premiere of ‘A Nation of Others’

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The Oratorio Society of New York will open its 2022-23 season with the world premiere of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s “A Nation of Others.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning, composer/librettist team’s “A Nation of Others” explores the individual and collective experiences of immigrants and refugees who arrived on Ellis Island in 1921. The 55-minute-long oratorio tells imagined stories that show the {…}

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Martin Bakari & Ellaina Lewis With Joe Williams in Concert at Seattle Opera

Catalina Cuervo, Damien Geter, Martin Bakari Headline Portland Opera’s Revamped 2020-21 Season

Oratorio Society of New York to Perform Handel’s ‘Messiah’

Seattle Opera 2023-24 Review: Das Rheingold

The Oratorio Society of New York Announces its 2023-24 Season & 150th Anniversary Celebrations

Opera Colorado to Present ‘Turandot’ with Kara Shay Thomson

The Harlem Chamber Players to Present ‘Harlem SongFest II’ Celebrating 15th Anniversary

Denyce Graves, Kenneth Kellogg & Vanessa Goikoetxea Lead Seattle Opera’s 2023-24 Season

Oratorio Society of New York to Present World Premiere of ‘A Nation of Others’