Charlottesville Opera will present Derrick Wang’s “Scalia / Ginsburg.” The opera, set for showcases on March 28 and 29, 2025, will star Carlos Ahrens as Justice Antonin Scalia and Karli Forte as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Adam Rodgers fills out the cast as the Commentator. Claire Choquette directs and Michael Slon conducts. Each performance will feature a unique set of {…}
St. Charles Singers will present the world premiere of Sir John Rutter’s “Dancing Tree” for choir and harp as part of its final concert of the 2024-25 season. The program, titled “The Passing of the Year,” will take place on April 12 and 13, 2025 at Baker Memorial United Methodist Church in St. Charles, Illinois. Jeffrey Hunt, the founder and {…}
New York’s Chelsea Music Festival has unveiled its 2025 events. Here is a rundown of the vocal and opera-related showcases on offer for the 16th edition of the series. Soprano Sonya Headlam joins the Ivalas Quartet and pianist Melinda Lee Masur for a program of works by Helena Winkelman, Honegger, Bloch, and Martin at St. Paul’s German Lutheran Church. Performance {…}
Ensemble for These Times will present “Mujeres Ahora” on May 9, 2025 at the Community Music Center in San Francisco. The showcase features music by inti figgis-vizueta, Gabriela Lena Frank, Tania León, Carla Lucero, Claudia Montero, Angélica Negrón, and Gabriela Ortiz. Soprano Nanette McGuinness headlines the list of performers, which also includes violinist Lylia Guion, cellist Vanessa Ruotolo, and pianist {…}
One Ounce Opera will present “Songs My Mother Taught Me: Mozart Edition” on April 6, 2025, at the Covenant United Methodist Church in Austin, Texas. The performance, which kicks off at 4 p.m. local time, will feature performances by Bethany Naef Ammon, June Julian, Icy Monroe, and Maureen Broy Papovich. The concert was curated by pianist Jeanne Dayton Sasaki’s late {…}
Experiments in Opera, Mabou Mines, and Restless NYC present the world premiere of the new opera “Rainbird.” The work is based on a novel by the celebrated New Zealand author Janet Frame. Experiments in Opera co-founder/executive director/composer Aaron Siegel and the Obie Award-winning creator/director/librettist Mallory Catlett have been developing this work for seven years through residencies at The Collapsable Hole, {…}
Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra is set to present “Essential Voices” on March 30, 2025, at the Church of St. Sebastian starting at 3 p.m. local time. The showcase will be led by artistic director Joshua Rohde and includes works by William Byrd, Bach, Hildegard von Bingen, Elain Hagenberg, Dale Trumbore, and Caroline Shaw. There will also be a {…}
Opera on Tap is teaming up with Chabot Space & Science Center to present “Xixoxa’s Spaceship.” The opera by Victoria Young is set 500 years in the future and tells the story of the titular Earthborn woman who, after losing her family, boards the Nebula X-3, which finds itself on a doomed mission at the center of the Milky Way {…}
Music at Co-Cath is set to present Dr. Alejandro Zuleta’s “El Oratorio Panhispánico: A Musical Tribute to the Immigrant Experience.” The showcase, set for April 3-11, 2025 at the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Brooklyn, NY will be directed by Malena Dayen and fuses music and multimedia storytelling. “In a moment when the immigrant experience is so central to our {…}
On May 1, 2025, mezzo-soprano Rachel Payne and pianist Jack Tyndale-Biscoe will perform a program entitled “Echoes Across the Atlantic: A Tale of Two Worlds.” The duo, which formed a musical collaboration a year ago entitled “Duo Atlantis,” will perform at the London arts venue, Kings Place. The program is designed to build a musical bridge across the Atlantic, reviving {…}
Maryland’s Opera AACC will present “Dead Man Walking” this March. For three performances, Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s famed work will get a showcase at Anne Arundel Community College with Douglas Brandt Byerly directing and Quinton Folks conducting. The opera stars Mairin Srygley as Sister Helen Prejean and Michael Pistorio as Joseph de Rocher. “Heggie’s interpretation of ‘Dead Man Walking’ {…}