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Reviews, Stage Reviews

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 2025 Review: Sasha Cooke & Myra Huang Recital

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(Photo: Ally Schmaling) Call me elitist, but any song recital focused largely on works written in American English makes my forehead wrinkle. The American songbook is great, and despite the common complaint, English can work beautifully when sung lyrically. The issue is that these recitals often flirt with a certain campiness—especially the Broadway-musical kind—that very few opera singers can convincingly {…}

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Samantha Hankey & Myra Huang to Headline Concert at 89 Reade

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The 89 Reade concert series will host mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey and pianist Myra Huang on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2025. The showcase, which commences at 6:30 p.m. local time, will feature a preview of a recital program featuring works by Schumann, Satie, Kurt Weill, and Cole Porter. In 2026, Hankey is set to appear in “Vanessa” in Boston, “Ariadne auf Naxos” {…}

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Fleur Barron & Myra Huang Headline All-Asian Digital Concert with Aural Compass Projects

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Mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and Grammy® Award-nominated pianist Myra Huang will perform an all-Asian digital concert with Aural Compass Projects entitled, “On Belonging.” The recital premieres on February 21 and features a program including Aural Compass Projects’ first commissioned work, “Bright Fear” with music by Raymond Yiu and text by Mary Jean Chan. Presented in partnership with Cincinnati Song Initiative and {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Mostly Mozart 2019 Festival Review: ‘A Little Night Music’ with Susanna Phillips & Myra Huang

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(Credit: Kevin Yatarola) On July 30, 2019, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival took to the Kaplan Penthouse for a concert lit by candlelight, as part of their “A Little Night Music” concert series. This episode featured soprano Susanna Phillips, accompanied by pianist Myra Huang, the latter making her debut with the Mostly Mozart Festival. The evening’s program consisted of songs {…}

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Sophie Baete, Song Hee Lee & Shiyu Zhou Win Laffont Competition Eastern Region

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(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) The Laffont Competition Eastern Region has announced the winners of its recent vocal competition. Three singers received top prizes of $5,000 and will advance to the semi-finals in March. The winners included mezzo-soprano Sophia Baete, soprano Song Hee Lee, and soprano Shiyu Zhou. Baete received the James McCracken and Sandra Warfield Opera Prize, sponsored {…}

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Sasha Cooke to Headline Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s Weekend Concert Series

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Sasha Cooke will headline Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s Weekend Concert Series on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. “Of Thee I Sing, a recital of American song, will feature the famed mezzo-soprano alongside pianist Myra Huang. The program features the Boston premiere of Jasmine Barnes’s new song cycle “American Lament,” co-commissioned by the museum, which sets Langston Hughes’s poem {…}

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Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Sasha Cooke & Composer Jasmine Barnes on ‘American Lament’ & How Artists Reflect Reality

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(Photos: © Sasha Cooke press / Jasmine Barnes press) The pending arrival of 2026- the country’s Semiquincentennial, got mezzo- soprano Sasha Cooke thinking about what it means to be an American in these times of unrest and division, and what the country has represented these 250 years. Her five-city “Of Thee I Sing” recital tour begins November 4th and features {…}

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Schmidt Vocal Arts Announces 2025-26 Programming

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Schmidt Vocal Arts has announced its full schedule for 2025-26. The organization, led by Executive Director Linda McAlister, is committed to supporting and creating opportunities for early-career classical singers. This season’s schedule includes online offerings, master classes, webinars, and a Q&A session about its competitions for high school and undergraduate singers. Attendance at is open to all, but registration is {…}