The Teatro Real, the highest institution of the Performing and Musical Arts in Spain, has joined the Spanish Association of Directors (AED) to contribute its experience in the internationalization, digitalization, and modernization of the cultural and artistic sector. Teatro Real can participate in the more than 200 annual activities that the AED celebrates in person and digitally, an agreement ratified {…}
On May 18, 2023, City Opera Vancouver will present the city premiere of Isaiah Bell and Sean Guist’s “The Book of My Shames.” This one-man performance, starring tenor Isaiah Bell, will follow a youth as he’s driven by longing from a fundamentalist commune into a world of danger and success. It will combine personal stories with original music, chansons, and {…}
On March 17, 2023, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presented its “Voices of the Americas” concert at Alice Tully Hall. The program was a rich assortment from the last century which explored and celebrated music through Latin America and beyond, curated by pianist Michael Stephen Brown and cellist Nicholas Canellakis, joined by percussionist Ian David Rosenbaum, pianist Gilles Vonsattel, {…}
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Manuel de Falla’s seminal chamber opera “El retablo de maese Pedro,” PostClassical Ensemble will present “Entwined: A Double Feature.” The presentation will be held on April 19 at The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater. The concert will feature two separate performances. The evening will be centered around the 100th anniversary of the Spanish comic {…}
Opera Columbus has announced its 2023-24 season featuring four productions. The season opens with Bizet’s “Carmen” starring Tesia Kwarteng in the title role. The 90-minute production explores sexual freedom, social hierarchies, and the class system and will also see the return of Adam Diegel as Don Jose. “Carmen” will be stage directed by 2022-23 CRANE Directing Fellow, Sarah Dahnke, and {…}
Kyiv Opera conductor Kostiantyn Starovytskyi has died on the frontlines. The conductor was killed in battle defending his home country from the Russian invasion. Starovytskyi was born on Oct. 30, 1982 in the town of Brovary and graduated from the orchestra department of Ukraine’s National Music Academy. He went on to work with the Kyiv Opera where he staged Gaetano {…}
Robin Ticciati is set to leave his post as Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin during the 2024-25 season. The conductor will leave after eight years, a period that surpasses his three predecessors – Kent Nagano, Ingo Metzmacher, and Tugan Sokhiev. Ticciati began his term in 2017 and has performed a wide range of repertoire ranging from baroque works {…}
Photo credit: Paul Foster-Williams & Martin Walz Salastina has announced tenor Thomas Cooley and mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski as soloists in Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.” Cooley and Osowski in collaboration with co-artistic directors Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper White on violin will present Arnold Schoenberg’s chamber arrangement of “Das Lied von der Erde.” The six-movement song cycle will be {…}
The Gerda Lissner Foundation is set to present “An Enchanted Lieder / Song, Opera, Operetta, and Zarzuela.” The showcase, which is set for May 1, 2023, will be presented in memory of Scott Barnes, a Trustee of the organization. Performers include Sophia Hunt, Vladysalv Buialskyi, Jazmine Saunders, Korin Thomas-Smith, Shaina Martinez, Joseph Parrish, Alice Chung, and Erik Grendahl. The free {…}
The Orchestra Now has announced two performances for May 2023. First up will be “Before and After Soviet Communism” on May 4. The concert will feature Eastern European works including Karol Szymanowski’s “Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin,” Boris Tishchenko’s Fifth Symphony, and György Kurtág’s “… concertante….” The concert will feature mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce, violinist Luosha Fang, and violist Rosemary Neils. {…}
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra in a program of music by Brahms, Dvořák, Rachmaninov, and Brahms. Performance Dates: Nov. 2-4, 2023 Norman Mackenzie conducts a Christmas concert with the Morehouse College Glee Club, Atlanta Symphony {…}