(Image provided by Classical Music Communications) The Baruch Performing Arts Center is set to present the U.S. premiere of William Bolcom’s “Poèmes libres des droits.” The concert, which is set for March 24, 2020, will feature soprano Rayanne Dupuis alongside pianist Guy Livingston, who commissioned “Poèmes libres des droits.” The duo world premiered the piece in London and Paris as {…}
(Credit: Christian Stewart) The Annenberg Center in Philadelphia is set to present “Knee Plays” featuring The Crossing. The performance, which is set for Feb. 21 and 22, 2020, is a newly staged theatrical production that will center on Philip Glass’ “Knee Plays” from his famed “Einstein on the Beach.” The concert will also present David Byrne’s “The Knee Plays” with {…}
The Brooklyn Art Song Society is set to showcase a concert featuring the music of Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, and Leos Janacek on Feb. 7, 2020 at the Brooklyn Historical Society in New York. The concert will feature sopranos Lucy Fitz Gibbon and Caitlin Mead alongside mezzo-sopranos Kate Maroney and Allison Gish, as well as tenor Dominic Armstrong. Brooklyn Art {…}
“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features Tom Hooper’s Academy {…}
(Credit: Kristin Hoebermann) The Grand Teton Music Festival has announced highlights from its summer 2020 program, which will open on July 3, and is set to run until August 22. For the purpose of this article, we will focus only on vocal works. Singer and actress Bernadette Peters will officially open the festival with a solo concert. Performance Date: July {…}
[Credit: Martha Benedict] For the first production of their 10th anniversary season, Los Angeles’s Pacific Opera Project chose to pair two one-act operas, Puccini’s late comic opera “Gianni Schicchi” with Ravel’s magical “L’Enfant et les sortilèges.” The performance took place at Thorne Hall at Eagle Rock’s Occidental College. Pacific Opera Project (POP) claims that this is the first time these {…}
(Credit: Pierre Petit) When Giacomo Meyerbeer died on May 2 in 1864 in Paris, he was one of the most performed composers of his time. Among the surviving manuscript documents in the Meyerbeer archive in Berlin is to be found a prayer that Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote on 8 December 1863, a few months before his death: “Great almighty God! … {…}
(Photo: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera) Sir. Bryn Terfel has canceled his performances of Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” at the Metropolitan Opera. The New York Times reported that due to a fractured ankle the bass-baritone will no longer be able to perform the production which is scheduled to open at the Met on March 2. Terfel also announced the cancelation {…}
Sir Bryn Terfel has canceled his recital at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 9, 2020. Carnegie Hall announced that “Sir Bryn Terfel must regretfully cancel this performance due to a severe foot injury that requires surgery, rendering him unable to travel. Concertgoers should retain their tickets, pending a possible updated artist and program for this date. Ticket holders with questions may {…}
(Image Source: Rocio Perez Official Website) Soprano Rocío Pérez will replace Sabine Devieilhe in the concert performances of Meyerbeer, Barbier, and Carré’s opera “Dinorah ou Le Pardon de Ploërmel,” according to the official statement on the company’s website. Pérez will perform for both concert presentations of the opera on March 4 and March 7. The Spanish soprano will join the {…}
(Credit: Bryn Terfel / Facebook) The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced the bass-baritone Bryn Terfel will be canceling his recital scheduled for Feb. 2, 2020. The cancelation comes days after the famed singer fractured his ankle while working on a production for “The Flying Dutchman” in Bilbao. According to his physician, he will need surgery to help in his {…}
