The Connecticut Virtuosi will present its Annual Polish Christmas Concert at Central Connecticut University on Dec. 11, 2022. Soprano Jurate Svedaite-Waller will headline, performing Christmas arias and songs. Joining her will be the Moniuszko Choir and conductor Hugh Keelan. The showcase will also feature Mieczyslaw Karlowicz’s Violin Concert in A Major, Op. 8, with Adrian Sylveen as the soloist. Svedaite-Waller {…}
Music at Co-Cath is set to present Monteverdi’s “Vespro della Beata Vergine” on Dec. 9 and 10 in Brooklyn, NY. The showcase, celebrating the Lady of Guadalupe, “La Virgen de las Américas,” will reenact the Virgin’s appearances to Juan Diego, an Aztec. Audiences will hear short Spanish and English readings and performances from 14 singers. Soloists for the performance include {…}
Arnold Saltzman’s “Geniza: Hidden Fragments” is set for its second performance on April 23, 2023, at the Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. The opera, which premiered on Oct. 13, 2022, at the University of DC Theater of the Arts, will feature Janice Meyerson, Richard Crawley, Claire Galloway, Faith Snyderman, Madison Marie McIntosh, Derrick Miller, Nathan Letourneau, and Melanie Ashkar. {…}
On January 20, 2023, the Orchestra Philharmonique et Choeur des Melomanes will open their year with Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Held at the Maison Symphonique, this concert staging will feature tenor Andrew Haji as Rodolfo and soprano Myriam Leblanc as Mimi, joined by 60 musicians and 120 singers from the OPCM and Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal. Company Artistic Director Francis Choiniere {…}
Spotlight Artists Management is set to present “Christmas in the Village” on Dec. 9, 2022 at St. John’s in the Village in New York City. The showcase will feature music by Korngold, Strauss, Bach, Catalani, Schubert, Ravel, Guastavino, de Falla, Offenbach, Piazzola, and Nataliya Medvedovskaya. Performers include Eugenia Forteza, Zoya Gramagin, Lucas Levy, Sara Beth Pearson, and Daniel Scofield. Alexander {…}
Felix Jarrar and Maria Brea are set to present a unique recital at SALON 58 on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2022. The recital will feature a wide range of musical works including Latin American Christmas folk songs, excerpts from Händel’s “Messiah,” and a preview of “Amethyst,” the third movement of Jarrar’s first symphony “Banishing Grief.” The duo previously performed at the {…}
Art Song Colorado has postponed its “Religious Art Songs & Carols” Concert. The company announced that the postponement was due to an unexpected case of laryngitis. The event is now set to take place in early January of 2023. The showcase was originally set for Jan. 3, 2022. Performers include Eapen Leubner, Gabrielle Razafinjatovo, Margaret Ozaki Graves, and Mallory Bernstein. {…}
Dutch soprano Channa Malkin will make her debut with the Joven Orquesta Barroca de Andalucía on Dec. 23, 2022. The concert will feature a program made up of works Händel and Vivaldi. Audiences will hear excerpts from “Messiah,” “Orlando,” and “Giulio Cesare” from the former and passages from “Arsilda” and “La Fida Ninfa” from the latter, among others. Salvador Vázquez {…}
The Orquest Sinfónica EAFIT will present “Hemisferios musicales” on Nov. 29, 2022 at the Auditorio Fundadores, Universidad EAFIT in Medellín, Colombia. The showcase will feature the debut of conductor Marlon Daniel and Cuban soprano Anyelin Díaz Oviedo. The concert will include Willian Grant Still’s Symphony No. 5, Canteloube’s “Chants d’Auvergne,” Florence Price’s symphonic poem “The Oak,” and Poulenc’s “Sinfonietta.” Daniel {…}
Gamut Inc. is set to bring its unique opera “RUR” to Köln. The work is set to open at Barnes Crossing Köln on Jan. 6 and 7, 2023, following performances at the Comedia in Köln on Feb. 5 and 6, 2022; the work also played at the Theater im Delphi in Berlin on Jan. 20, 21, and 22 of 2022. {…}
Jerusalem Lyric Opera is set to present a concert version of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” on Dec. 27, 2022 at the Gerard Bechar Music Center in Jerusalem. The opera will star soprano Rivka Falk, mezzo-soprano Marta Matalon, tenor Ido Beit Halachmi, and bass-baritone Denis Sedov. Paolo Spadero conducts the Tel Aviv Philharmomic Choir and Israeli Sinfonietta Beer Sheva. The performance will {…}