Legendary soprano Lucy Shelton is set to perform at the National Sawdust on Dec. 15, 2019. She will present a program formatted as a five-course meal with Shelton spontaneously selecting the order of the “courses.” Per a press release, the appetizers will feature music of Stravinsky, John Cage, and George Rochberg. “Soups” will showcase music of Stravinsky and Rochberg, while {…}
Victoria Bond’s “Mrs. President” will get a showcase at Symphony Space in New York this April 27, 2020 as part of the Cutting Edge Concerts Series. “Mrs. President’ tells the story of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for the highest office in the nation in 1872. She was often seen as a threat to society and deemed “Mrs. {…}
Brooklyn-based performance group Object Collection will present the world premiere of its “space-opera” “You Are Under Our Control” at La MaMa in New York City this winter. The work will be presented for two weeks between Jan. 23 through Feb. 2 and will fuse experimental music and political activism and theater. It is written and directed by Kara Feely with {…}
“The Glacier – Opera 2.0” will be presented in New York City on Nov. 22, 2019 at OPERA America. The event, which wil be presented in collaboration with American Festival of Microtonal Music, will feature a wide range of musical possibilities including a combination of different microtonal systems, graphic video score (in absence of sheet music), mix-up of music styles {…}
Two independent experimental opera performances are set to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first of these is “La Noche Sigue,” an experimental opera by Ensamble Rondon Crowell. The performance will take place on Saturday, No. 16, 2019 at the Machado Teatro. The opera, inspired by a narrative by Antonio Di Benedeto, will feature music by the Ensamble Rondon {…}
(Credit: Ópera en Argentina / Noelia Pirsic) Students from the Colegio Liceo 9 Santiago Derqui de Belgrano in Buenos Aires, Argentina will present Mozart’s “Bastien und Batienne” on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. The performance, which marks the second straight year that students put on an opera by Mozart as part of the “Liceópera” program, will take place at the Centro {…}
West Edge Opera is set to showcase its 2020 Snapshot alongside the Earplay New Chamber Music Ensemble this winter. The event, set for Jan. 31, 2020 at Ed Roberts Campus and Feb. 1, 2020 at the Taube Atrium Theater, both in Berkeley, California, will feature a wide range of music inspired by rainforests of South America, the Han Dynasty of {…}
The Defiant Requiem will present Murry Sidlin’s “Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer” on Dec. 5 at the Ahavath Achim Synagogue in Atlanta, Georgia. The performance will be headlined by soprano Arianna Zukerman and will also feature mezzo-soprano Leah Wool and baritone David Kravitz, under the music director. Instrumentalists include Herbert Greenberg, Julian Schwarz, and Phillip Silver. {…}
The Mid-Atlantic Symphony will continue its 22nd season with two exciting programs dedicated to the Holiday Season. MSO will present its annual Holiday Joy Concert on Dec. 6 in Easton, MD, Dec. 7 in Lewes, DE and Dec. 8 in Ocean City, MD. The concert will pay tribute to the great Pops Orchestras of America and will feature international opera {…}
Rhymes With Opera will present its annual Opera Potluck Salon on Dec. 4, 2019 at the Flea Theater in NYC. The showcase will feature performances from the Rhymes With Opera ensemble, composer and cellist Fjóla Evans, songs from the Downtown alt-cabaret songwriting No Hope, and sound artist Matthew Sullivan. The RWO Salon series was founded in 2011 as a communal event at {…}
The Toronto Consort is set to celebrate the holiday season with a performance of Schütz’s “Christmas Story” on Dec. 13-15, 2019 at Trinity-St. Paul Centre. The concert will feature music by Schütz, Schein, Scheidt, and Hassler with English tenor and baroque specialist Charles Daniels as featured sololist. The Consort will be conducted by David Fallist. “Christmas Story” was first presented {…}
