New York City Master Chorale has unveiled its 2023-24 season. “Our upcoming season includes a broad array of genres and eras and offers a unique opportunity for audiences to expand their experience of choral music as we journey together from the 15th century to present day with a stunning and playful new commission,” said David J. Recca, Artistic Director, in {…}
Pittsburgh Opera announces Gene Welsh as the new Board of Directors President, and Hilda Fu, Paul Gitnik, and Dominic Rupprecht as Board members. Welsh took the helm on July 1, starting Pittsburgh Opera’s new fiscal year. Pittsburgh Opera General Director Christopher Hahn says on Welch, “His leadership and dedication will serve us well as we continue to bring world-class opera {…}
The Tacoma Opera in Washington has announced its 2023-24 season. The company will open its season with Bizet’s directed by Kelly Kitchens. Performance Dates: October 2023 The second opera of the season will be Previn’s “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Thomas Harper directs the opera. Performance Dates: February 2024 The season will conclude with Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann.” Kelly Kitchens directs. {…}
(Photo credit: TsvitPaporoty Production) The Belarus Free Theatre brings together actors, opera singers, and musicians from Belarus and Ukraine to present the world premiere of ‘King Stakh’s Wild Hunt” on Sept. 14-16 at the Barbican Theatre. Composer Olga Podgaiskaya’s score is based on Uladzimir Karatkievich’s novel by the same name.”King Stakh’s Wild Hunt” is one of the most popular novels {…}
The Longborough Festival Opera has announced that Andrew Mosely will become the Non-executive Chair of the Board of Trustees starting Sept. 1, 2023. The festival said that the news comes as they plan the Ring Cycle year which will be staged in 2024 alongside a new production of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Mosely has spent over 30 years in senior corporate leadership {…}
The Plano Symphony Orchestra in Texas has announced that its Music Director will step down. The orchestra said that Brenda Mills, President of the Plano Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, announced that at a recent Board of Directors’ retreat, Maestro Héctor Guzmán presented a five-year strategic artistic plan for the orchestra and incorporated into the plan his move from Music {…}
(Credit: Tom Volf) Joyce El-Khoury is set to make her role debut as Bellini’s “Norma” on August 28 in Athens, Greece. The production by Tom Volf will be under the auspices of the Paris-based Maria Callas Foundation, which was co-founded in 2017 by her close friends as well as Tom Volf and is the largest international organization aiming to protect {…}
(Photo: Amati Bacciardi) Having just completed his opera “Ermione” for Naples in March 1819, Rossini was under pressure to meet the deadline for a new opera for Venice’s Teatro San Benedetto the following month. He quickly cobbled together numbers from at least four of his past operas: “Adelaide di Bogogna,” “Ricciardo e Zoriaide,” “Mosè in Egitto,” and “Ermione,” along with {…}
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Sir. John Eliot Gardiner has broken his silence and apologized for having assaulted bass William Thomas at the performance of “Les Troyens” in France. In a statement the conductor said, “I deeply regret the incident which occurred at the Festival Berlioz at La Côte-Saint-André on Tuesday evening and apologise unreservedly for losing my temper immediately after the performance. I make no {…}
Pedro Halffter’s “Penelope’s Dream” is set to world premiere on August 26, 2023, at the Church San Nicolas in Villafranca as part of the Festival “Música en Villafranca.” ”Penelope’s Dream” is set to star soprano Ashley Galvani Bell, who has appeared with such companies as the Teatro Maestranza, Palacio Euskalduna, Daytona Beach Opera, and Opera Modesto, among others. She will {…}
