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Frederica Von Stade, James Conlon, Rod Gilfry, Kevin Murphy Headline Colburn School’s Art of Song Festival

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The Colburn School will host its Art of Song Festival on Oct. 18–19, 2025. The event is curated by LA Opera Music Director James Conlon. It will open on Oct. 18 with a masterclass featuring Frederica von Stade at 10 a.m. and another masterclass by Rod Gilfry and James Conlon on that same day at 1:30 p.m. Then on the {…}

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Renée Fleming & Rod Gilfry Headline Cincinnati May Festival’s 2025 Season

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The Cincinnati May Festival announced its 2025 edition. First up is “All Together Now.” The showcase features the May Festival Chorus, May Festival Youth Chorus, and Cincinnati Boychoir in performance. Performance Date: Feb. 16, 2025 Ramón Tebar conducts Verdi’s “Requiem.” He leads the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, May Festival Chorus, and Cincinnati Boychoir. Performance Date: May 16, 2025 Matthew Swanson, Jason {…}

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Renée Fleming, Sir Bryn Terfel, Rod Gilfry Headline Aspen Music Festival & School’s 2022 Season

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Photo by Andrew Eccles The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced the schedule for its 2022 showcase. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. Soprano Renée Fleming and baritone Rod Gilfry will kick off the festival with a performance of Kevin Puts’ “The Brightness of Light.” The concert, which will {…}

News, Streaming

Vocal Arts DC to Present Rod Gilfry in Virtual Recital

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Vocal Arts DC has announced that it will be presenting bass-baritone, Rod Gilfry in recital. The showcase, which will see the opera star alongside pianist, Peter Walsh, will be available for streaming from Feb. 26 through March 9, 2021. The duo will perform a wide of repertory including Poulenc’s “Le bestaire,” Ravel’s “Don Quichotte a Dulcinée,” Lauridsen’s “Two Songs on {…}

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Janai Brugger Headlines LA Opera’s ‘La Boheme’

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(Credit: Ken Howard) LA Opera is set to celebrate its 40th Anniversary Season in Herbert Ross’ production of “La Bohème.” Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados leads the opera for six performances between Nov. 22 and Dec. 14, 2025, and will star Janai Brugger, Erica Petrocelli, Oreste Cosimo, Gihoon Kim, William Guanbo Su, Emmett O’Hanlon, and Rod Gilfry. In a statement, Christopher {…}

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Cincinnati May Festival Unveils 2026 Programming

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The Cincinnati May Festival announces the programming for the 2026 May Festival under this year’s Festival Director, Julia Bullock. Julia Bullock, Jason Alexander Holmes, and the May Festival Chorus give the opening concert. They are joined by Carlos Simon on the Hammond Organ and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. The evening includes a new work co-curated by Bullock and chorus director {…}

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San Francisco Opera 2025-26 Review: Dead Man Walking

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(Photo: “Dead Man Walking” by Jake Heggie was twenty-five years old on Sunday, September 14th. In San Francisco, its anniversary was celebrated by the opening of a production, one of the 80 productions worldwide, with the composer, Jake Heggie there to receive the San Francisco Opera Medal, and Sister Helen Prejean, from whose book the opera arose, and retold in {…}

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Adela Zaharia, Susan Graham, Jamie Barton & Amartuvshin Enkhbat Headline San Francisco Opera’s ‘Opera in the Park’

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The San Francisco Opera is set to present “Opera in the Park” on Sept. 7, 2025. Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim will conduct the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and stars of the Company’s fall season at Robin Williams Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Among the soloists will be sopranos Brittany Renee, Olivia Smith, and Adela Zaharia; mezzo-sopranos {…}