Orchestra Miami is set to honor the legacy of Giacomo Puccini with a 100th-anniversary concert led by conductor Elaine Rinaldi. The event kicks off at 8 p.m. on Nov. 23, 2024 at the historic Miami Scottish Rite Temple. The performance has particular emotional resonance for Rinaldi, who credits the composer as the inspiration for her career. “In 1992, I was hit {…}
The Edinburgh International Festival has started to reveal its 2025 festival. Here is a breakdown of the vocal performances announced so far. The festival opens with a rendition of Tavener’s “The Veil of the Temple,” a concert featuring the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Sofi Jeannin as well as the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Monteverdi Choir, National Youth Choir of Scotland, {…}
(Photo by Claire Harvie) Long Beach Opera has announced that its 2025 programming will center on the work of Pauline Oliveros. Oliveros (1932-2016) is a famed American composer known for her work in experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center and explored the concepts of “deep listening” and “sonic awareness” in {…}
The Scottish Opera has announced the names of its 2024-25 Emerging Artists. The roster includes soprano Kira Kaplan, mezzo Chloe Harris, baritone Ross Cumming, bass-baritone Edward Jowle, repetiteurs José Javier Ucendo Malo and Meghan Rhoades, and costume trainee Beatrix Booth. The artists are supported by the Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Benefactors and Elizabeth Salvesen. Per the official website, the artists {…}
(Credit: Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera) The Auditorio de Tenerife is set to present Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, the second title in Ópera de Tenerife’s 2024-25 season. The opera, which is set to be performed on Nov. 19, 21, and 23, has been sold out for over a month. The company will showcase a production from the Teatro Comunale di Modena {…}
Medici.tv is set to stream a Puccini concert starring Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała. The concert will be streamed on Nov. 23, 2024 and will showcase the two soloists alongside the Würth Philharmoniker and Claudio Vandelli at the Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau. The concert marks the 100-year anniversary of the passing of verismo master Giacomo Puccini. and will showcase the the two soloists in {…}
Streetwise Opera has started a fundraising campaign to raise £120,000 to ensure its survival. The company, which enables people who’ve experienced homelessness to find inspiration and empowerment through music, has raised £35,585 as of this writing. Streetwise Opera has been running for 22 years and is the UK’s only opera company dedicated to working with homeless people. The company offers individuals {…}
(Credit: Jean Baptiste Millot) The Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires has named Zoe Zeniodi as its new Music Director. The orchestra said, “After these days of waiting, we can now share this great news. Zoe is a great conductor and it fills us with pride to have her with us. We receive with arms wide open. We are very happy {…}
Kicking off its 40th season Young Texas Artists announces a $50,000 matching grant challenge. Following a performance by soprano Krista Renée Pape, Young Texas Artists’ 2024 Gold Medalist in the Voice division, and pianist James Dick at “Classic Cabaret,” a sold-out dinner concert the non-profit’s President and CEO Susie Moore Pokorski announced the matching grant challenge. Long-time benefactors will double {…}
Rai5 is set to present the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s opening night production of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra.” Rai Cultura will produce the recording which will be shown at 7:15 p.m. on Nov. 27, 2024. The production will be directed by Richard Jones with sets and costumes by Antony McDonald. Michele Mariotti will conduct the production which will star Luca Salsi {…}
(Photo credit: Curtis Perry) Baritone Joshua Hopkins and Yannick Nézet-Séguin give the U.S. orchestral premiere of Jake Heggie and Margaret Atwood’s “Songs for Murdered Sisters.” Hopkins’ sister, Nathalie Warmerdam, was one of the victims in one of Canada’s worst cases of domestic violence. Since Warmerdam’s murder in 2015, Hopkins has since set out on a journey to use his voice {…}