Aspect Chamber Series Announces Winter/Spring 2022 Season Featuring Lieder By Haydn, Handel, and the Mahlers

Aspect Chamber Music Series has announced its Winter/Spring 2022 season which includes chamber music by Ravel, Schubert, and Beethoven, among others. In this article, vocal performances will be the focus. Baroque and Classical specialists, Four Nations Ensemble, will present “Music of the Pleasure Gardens.” The program centers on music one might have heard in London’s pleasure gardens during the 18th {…}

Jan 17, 2022

Sarasota Opera to Present ‘Tosca’

The Sarasota Opera is set to present Puccini’s “Tosca.” The production by Stephanie Sundine is set to star Ann Toomey in the title role, Ben Gulley as Cavaradossi, and Stephen Gaertner as Scarpia. The cast will be rounded out by Stefano de Peppo, Michael Colman, David Weigel, Levi Hamlin, and Ivan Conrad. The second cast of leads, starring Caitin Crabill {…}

Jan 14, 2022

Creative Capital Announces $2.5 Million in Grants

Creative Capital has announced that it has awarded $2.5 million in grants to support 50 new artists’ projects. Among them are Du Yun’s “For Ever More – Future Tradition: An XR Opera Garden.” The work will bring Kunqu opera to life via augmented reality and web-based virtual reality. Another recipient of the grant is “Apponte: An Opera,” a creation of {…}

Jan 13, 2022

Musica Viva NY to Stream ‘Songs of Struggle, Compassion and Redemption’

On January 23, 2022, Musica Viva NY will present “Songs of Struggle, Compassion and Redemption.” The concert will feature Aeolus Quartet, with the program comprised of Joel Thompson’s “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” as well as works by Bach, Trent Johnson, George Walker, and Florence Price. The event will be presented virtually from All Souls Church due to the {…}

Jan 13, 2022

The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company Returns With ‘The Shoah Songbook: Part Two Kovno/Vilna’ Series

The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company is joined by the Likht Ensemble to present “The Shoah Songbook Series Part Two: Kovno/Vilna” on Jan. 27, 2022, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The concert is curated and performed by soprano Jaclyn Grossman and pianist Nate Ben-Horin, as well as produced by the creative directors Ilan Waldman and Madison Matthews, and audio engineer Ryan {…}

Jan 13, 2022

Alexandra Nowakowski, Michael Kelly, Brian Mextorf Headline Brooklyn Art Song Society’s ‘Testaments’

(Credit: John Matthew Myers Photography) On February 4, 2022 at 7:30 p.m., the Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) “Testaments” at the First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. The showcase, the fifth one in the company’s “Beginnings, Middles, and Ends” series, will feature the Songs and Proverbs of William Blake op. 74; 7 romances of Aleksander Blok op. 12; and the Testament {…}

Jan 12, 2022

Channa Malkin to Make Polish Debut

Soprano Channa Malkin is set to make her Polish debut on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2022 at the Filharmonia Kameralna. The soprano will perform arias and romances from Rossini operas and zarzuelas. Malkin will perform alongside Spanish conductor Santiago J. Otero and violinist Daniel Garcia de Castro. “Zarzuela is one of my all time favorite genres because it combines sensuality, playfulness {…}

Jan 12, 2022

Pensacola Opera Announces 2022 Season

Pensacola Opera has announced its 2022 season, which will mark the company’s 39th anniversary. The season will kick off with a production of “The Magic Flute.” Audiences will hear David Blalock as Tamino with Bizou Chang as Pamina. As the Queen of the Night, Elisa Sunshine will star. Other cast members include Ron Dukes, Alyssa Dessoye, Robert Hartfield, Robert Mellon, {…}

Jan 11, 2022

New York City Opera Moves Opening Night Date for ‘The Garden of the Finzi-Continis’

The New York City Opera has postponed the opening of the upcoming world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.” The production, which is a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, will now open on Jan. 27 instead of its original Jan. 19. The opera was written by librettist Michael Korie and is based on Giorgio {…}

Jan 11, 2022

Wilmington Concert Opera Announces 2022 Season Featuring World Premiere of ‘Girondines’

Delaware’s Wilmington Concert Opera (WCO) has announced its 2022 season, titled “Everything Old is New Again.” The season will feature both live and virtual performances, including a continuation of the company’s Virtual Recital Series, a new outside collaboration with Concert Operetta Theater of Philadelphia, and the world premiere of ‘Girondines.’ The Virtual Recital Series kicks things off in January with {…}

Jan 11, 2022

Boston Guerrilla Opera Unveils ‘Rumpelstiltskin’

On Jan. 7, 2022, the Boston Guerrilla Opera premiered the animated film “Rumpelstiltskin,” which will be followed by the Jan. 14 release of the Navona Records album “Rumpelstiltskin.” “Rumpelstiltskin” features music by Marti Epstein, a libretto by Marti Epstein and Greg Smucker and animation and shadow puppet direction by Deniz Khateri; the work, which is sung in English, lasts 55 {…}

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Aspect Chamber Series Announces Winter/Spring 2022 Season Featuring Lieder By Haydn, Handel, and the Mahlers

Sarasota Opera to Present ‘Tosca’

Creative Capital Announces $2.5 Million in Grants

Musica Viva NY to Stream ‘Songs of Struggle, Compassion and Redemption’

The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company Returns With ‘The Shoah Songbook: Part Two Kovno/Vilna’ Series

Alexandra Nowakowski, Michael Kelly, Brian Mextorf Headline Brooklyn Art Song Society’s ‘Testaments’

Channa Malkin to Make Polish Debut

Pensacola Opera Announces 2022 Season

New York City Opera Moves Opening Night Date for ‘The Garden of the Finzi-Continis’

Wilmington Concert Opera Announces 2022 Season Featuring World Premiere of ‘Girondines’

Boston Guerrilla Opera Unveils ‘Rumpelstiltskin’