Musica Viva NY will present works by composers from three phases of German Romanticism: early (Mendelssohn), middle (Rheinberger), and late (Mahler) in a concert entitled “Great Romantic Composers.” The Musica Viva NY choir will perform Rheinberger’s mass for double choir, interspersed by the movements of Mendelssohn’s last string quartet. The program will also feature Mahler’s “Rückert Lieder,” in a special {…}
The Sarasota Opera has announced that Greg Trupiano has passed away. The company revealed that the former artistic administrator died on Feb. 18 at the age of 64 in a hospital of cold or flu-like symptoms. Trupiano began working with the Sarasota Opera in 1987, and remained with the Saratoga Opera for more than 30 years as both the longtime {…}
The Charlottesville Opera has announced its 43rd season, which will include two productions. The season will open with a concert entitled “Love Stories,” which will feature young artists and an orchestra. The concert will take place at the Grisham Hall. Performance Dates: July 3, 2020 The season will showcase Charlottesville Opera’s 43rd annual gala, which will celebrate the romance of {…}
(Credit: Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced that the Met Orchestra will tour Europe in the summer of 2021 following its annual residency at Carnegie Hall. The Met’s Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct all five concerts which will include stops at the Barbican Centre in London on June 29, 2021, the Philharmonie in Paris on June 30 and {…}
Renée Fleming will donate her personal archives to the Juilliard School, her alma mater. Juilliard President Damian Woetzel made the announcement at the beginning of Fleming’s Vocal Arts master class, held in Juilliard’s Paul Hall. The master class featured singers from Juilliard’s Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts and was part of her February residency at the school. The Renée Fleming {…}
AVA will showcase a unique recital entitled “Forgotten Opera Excerpts by Jules Massenet” on May 3 and 5, 2020 at the Helen Corning Warden Theater. Pianist and Music Director Audrey Saint-Gil will lead the evening with resident artists performing select duets and arias. The performers include Aubry Ballarò, Claire de Monteil, Yihan Duan, Emily Margevich, Renée Richardson, Alice Chung, Chelsea Laggan, {…}
The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2020-21 season, which will feature a number of concerts and guest performers. As always, our focus will be on vocal highlights of the season. Te Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra will present “Holiday Joy” with Alex Raszkazoff and Michael Butler interpreting famed holiday music. Julien Benichou conducts the concerts. Performance Dates: Dec. 3-6, 2020 The orchestra {…}
(Credit: Jason Homa) Soprano Lisette Oropesa is set to headline the 2020 Hamlen-Palm Series concert on Monday, March 2, 2020. The performance, which will take place in an exclusive home in TriBeCa, will produced by and for the benefit of Classical Action, a program of Broadway Care / Equity Fights AIDS. Oropesa and pianist Howard Watkins will perform music of {…}
Pretty Yende is one of today’s most sought-after sopranos, best known for her charisma and vocal fireworks. She is exciting to watch and has proven herself to be a performer capable of exposing new insights into each character she inhabits. Throughout the past years, the soprano has sung some of the most challenging coloratura roles in the repertory, while putting {…}
(Credit: Lars Borges) The Seattle Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2020-21 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. The first major vocal highlight of the season will be Audra McDonald performing music from “Porgy and Bess,” “Carousel,” and other notable Broadway tuned alongside conductor Andy Einhorn. Performance Date: Oct. 20, 2020 Soprano Nuria Rial will take {…}
There is a famous painting by Gustave Moreau called “Thracian Girl Carrying the Head of Orpheus on His Lyre” from 1865. The foreground shows exactly what the title describes. The background is harder to make out: some people are gathered on a cliff, one of them playing an aulos. Small tortoises walk near the Thracian woman’s feet, happily sauntering about {…}