Denyce Graves Foundation Presents Classical Vocal Arts Symposium ‘Shared Voices’

The Denyce Graves Foundation announced the 2024 Classical Vocal Arts Symposium “Shared Voices.” This year’s symposium features collaborations with 14 music schools, conservatories, and HBCUs. Participants are offered an immersive experience to engage with classical vocal arts, gain an understanding of the industry, and receive foundational music training including aspects of vocal health, mental health, and physical fitness. In the {…}

Sep 25, 2024

Guangzhou Opera House to Present ‘Le Docteur Miracle’

The Guangzhou Opera House will present Bizet’s “Le Docteur Miracle” starting on Sept. 30, 2024. The production is produced by Jenny Liang and is supported by the French Consulate-General in Guangzhou. “In this third iteration of our immersive comic opera program, we also further explored how to make the opera popular with contemporary audiences and promote the modernization, popularization and {…}

Sep 25, 2024

Coro Allegro to Present ‘Forged in Fire’

Coro Allegro will present “Forged in Fire” on Nov. 17, 2024 at the Church of the Covenant in Boston. The showcase will feature Kodály’s “Missa Brevis” as well as works by Rich Campbell (“Borders”), Anton Bruckner (“Three Motets”), and Bosba (“i see others like me”). The ensemble will be joined by organist Jerrick Cavagarno. Artistic Director David Hodgkins conducts the {…}

Sep 25, 2024

Clarion Choir Reveals 2024-25 Season Featuring Dame Ethel Smyth, Mozart, Bach, Rachmaninoff

The Clarion Choir has unveiled its 2024-25 season. First up is “Rachmaninoff @150: Spring Cantata and Folk Songs.” The showcase will feature baritone Aleksey Bogdanov taking on “Spring” as well as pianist Ilya Maximov playing the composer’s third piano concerto. Steven Fox conducts. Also on the program is NOVUS Amor Artist. Performance Date: Oct. 30, 2024 The New Year’s concert will {…}

Sep 25, 2024

Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Les Contes d’Hoffmann

(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) (This review was written in collaboration with Francisco Salazar) After a hyped but underwhelming opening night, the Met Opera’s second at-bat in the 2024-25 was the revival of a French classic that it hadn’t showcased since 2017. “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” is an incredible opera, rich in imagination, both in its musical and dramatic qualities. {…}

Sep 25, 2024

MasterVoices to Present ‘Strike Up the Band’

MasterVoices opens its 2024-25 season with a concert staging of “Strike Up the Band,” with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The work will be performed on Oct. 29 at Carnegie Hall. Ted Sperling leads the 120–member MasterVoices Chorus and the MasterVoices Orchestra with soloists Shereen Ahmed, Phillip Attmore, Victoria Clark, Lissa deGuzman, Claybourne Elder, Christopher Fitzgerald, {…}

Sep 25, 2024

Obituary: Early Music Expert Deborah Roberts Dies at 72

On Sept. 9, 1924, Soprano Deborah Roberts died at the age of 72. Born on May 10, 1952, in London, England, Roberts studied at Lady Edridge Grammar School in Croydon and the University of Leicester. He also studied at Nottingham University and in 1981 she was a prize winner in the early music competition in Bruges. After her studies, Roberts {…}

Sep 25, 2024

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s Production Wins Premio Visconti

(Credit: Fabrizio Sansoni-Opera di Roma) The Premio Visconti for Best Set Design for Opera has been awarded to Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas for the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s productions of “Tosca” and Turandot” at the Caracalla Festival 2024. The award ceremony will be held on Sept. 21 at the VII edizione di Ischia Film & Art Festival Luchino Visconti. The {…}

Sep 25, 2024

‘The Other Side of Silence’ to be Workshopped

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Opera Saratoga, and the Bergamot Quartet are set to join forces to present a free workshop performance of “The Other Side of Silence.” The workshop will be held on Oct. 16 free and open to the public at the Concert Hall at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center. The workshop performance will be {…}

Sep 25, 2024

Connecticut Virtuosi Unveils 2024-25 Season

The Connecticut Virtuosi has announced its 2024-25. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is “The Shadows of Our Destiny” featuring works by Polaczyk, Respighi, Berg, and Haydn. Among the soloists is soprano Laura Andreini. Adrian Sylveen conducts. Performances take place in Hartford (Oct. 6), New Britain (Oct. 13), and at Carnegie Hall in New {…}

Sep 24, 2024

Sasha Cooke, Nathan Granner, Sean Kelly, Angela Yam Headline Opera Parallèle’s 2024-25 Season

Opera Parallèle has announced its 2024-25 season. First up is “Everest,” which will be presented at the California Academy of Sciences, Morrison Planetarium. The immersive opera fuses graphic novel imagery and operatic storytelling to explore the 1996 famed expedition of the landmark. The opera stars Sasha Cooke, Nathan Granner, Kevin Burdette, Hadleigh Adams, Charlotte Fanvu, Shawnette Sulker, Whitney Steele, and {…}