The Princeton Festival has announced its 2024 season, which will run from June 7-22, 2024. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Angel Blue opens the season in performance with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Rossen Milanov conducts. Performance Date: June 7, 2024 Rossen Milanov leads a production of “Così fan tutte” starring Aubry Ballarò, Alexis Peart, David Walton, {…}
Lincoln Center has announced its programming for its “American Songbook” concert series. At the center of the series is countertenor John Holiday at The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center. The event is scheduled for March 14, 2024. In addition to this performance, Holiday will appear at an Anniversary Gala for Arizona Opera as well as in performance with the {…}
(Photo Credit: Christophe-Abramowitz) The Opéra National de Paris has announced that this February it will inaugurate a new space in honor of composer Kaija Saariaho at the Opéra Bastille. Saariaho’s second opera, “Adriana Mater,” was commissioned by the company and had its world premiere in 2006 in a production By Peter Sellars. Additionally, the Opéra National de Paris showcased the {…}
White Snake Projects will present the seventh installment of its “Sing Out Strong” series, “Emancipated Voices,” featuring original works with texts by longtime Massachusetts residents and newly arrived immigrants. Scheduled for performances throughout March, “What Does Voting Mean To You?” was the prompt for composers in a Call for Entries in 2023. Composers were selected by a panel consisting of {…}
(Photo Credit: Dagens Nyhter/Mattias Ahlm) On February 4, I had the pleasure of seeing Igor Stravinsky’s, “The Rake’s Progress,” for the first time. Having only read about the opera, I hadn’t come to realize how satirical Stravinsky could really be. Shostakovich and Prokofiev have been my references for the identity of Russian musical satire. Leading the Swedish Chamber Orchestra was {…}
The Lyric Opera of Orange County will present Ethel Smyth’s “Fête Galante” at the Chance Theater in Anaheim, California, March 8 – 10, 2024. This production starring Jessica Mammey, Christopher Walters, and Julia Behbudov will be the West Coast premiere of the opera with a live orchestra. Valerie Langfield’s orchestration also includes the addition of Smyth’s song cycle for mezzo-soprano. {…}
The Cork Opera House puts on Bizet’s “La tragédie de Carmen” on Feb. 14 for one night only. In the title role is mezzo-soprano Niamh O’Sullivan. She is joined by tenor Dean Power as Don José, bass-baritone Rory Dunne as Escamillo, and soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson as Micaëla. The performers will be accompanied on the evening by an ensemble of 15 {…}
(Credit: Auditorio Nacional del Sodre y Juan Diego Castillo) The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia will present Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Così fan tutte” this February. Scheduled for Feb. 21 – 25, 2024, the production will be directed by Marcelo Lombardero with José Areán conducting the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia. Lombarderos production sets the opera {…}
The Berkeley Symphony, led by Music Director Joseph Young, will present “Literary Soundscapes.” The concert will be held on March 23 at First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley. It will feature soloists Nicholas Phan (Tenor), Clairedee (Jazz Vocals), Arianna Rodriguez (Soprano), Olivia Johnson (Mezzo-Soprano), and Wendel Patrick (narrator). The concert will include the West Coast premiere of Joel Puckett’s “There Was {…}
The Zenith Opera Competition has unveiled its 2024 edition. The final round will take place in Berlin on May 26, 2024. It will feature eight singers presenting two arias to the final panel. The first-place winner will receive a $3,000 cash prize with the second earning $2,000 and the third place earning $1,000. The remainder of the finalists will each {…}
/kor/ Productions, Hillman Opera of SUNY Fredonia, in collaboration with Western New York Chamber Orchestra will present “Having Guests for Dinner!” on Feb. 18, 2024. The work by Robert Feng and Nick Bentz explores the story of Marcus and Laura who arrive at their friends’s coworkers dinner party, growing increasingly suspicious that their host is a cannibal. “I hope people {…}
