Atlanta Opera Reimagines 2020-21 Season, Announces 2021-22 Plans

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The Atlanta Opera has announced the formation of the Atlanta Opera Company Players, featuring 12 world-class singers. The 12 artists will collaborate with the company’s leadership team to reimagine its 2020–21 season. Among the singers are sopranos Jasmine Habersham and Talise Trevigne; mezzos Jamie Barton, Daniela Mack, and Megan Marino; tenors Alek Shrader and Richard Trey Smagur; baritones Michael Mayes {…}

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Ailyn Pérez, Matthew Polenzani Among 100 Singers Join Forces for Campbell & Moravec’s ‘Light Shall Lift Us’

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Over 100 singers came together for a video performance of “Light Shall Lift Us,” a work by librettist Mark Campbell and composer Paul Moravec. The duo, which has worked together on “The Shining” proposed the idea to Marc Scorca of Opera America, who embraced the idea and helped put together the 107 artists who would eventually record their individual parts {…}

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Xabier Anduaga, Jeanine Tesori, Susanna Phillips Headline Mostly Mozart 2020

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The Mostly Mozart Festival has announced its 2020 festival. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal performances. The season kicks off with “Divine Connection,” a world premiere staging of Mozart’s Requiem and works by Arvo Pärt. The performance will feature Sunhae Im, Daniela Mack, Matthew Swensen, Ryan Speedo Green, and the Choir of Trinity Wall {…}

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Q & A: San Francisco Conservatory of Music Voice Chair César Ulloa On the Art & Craft of Voice Instruction

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(Credit: Valentina Sadiul) What makes a master singing teacher? Is it someone who knows the art of singing from both sides of the curtain? Or is it someone who cultivates a singer’s natural gifts, enabling the budding artist to bring out her/his inner voice? Perhaps it is both of these. César Ulloa is Voice Department Chair at the San Francisco {…}

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Julia Bullock, Gustavo Dudamel & Isabel Leonard Lead LA Philharmonic’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The LA Philharmonic has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of important stars and conductors. For the purposes of this article, we will only highlight vocal performances. The season opens with Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Peer Gynt selections with Gustavo Dudamel conducting Lang Lang. The program also includes John Adams’ Short Ride in {…}

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Opera Philadelphia Announces Cast Change for Verdi Requiem

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(Photo by Matthu Placek) Opera Philadelphia has announced a cast change for the Verdi Requiem. The company announced that Daniela Mack has withdrawn as the mezzo-soprano soloist due to illness. As a result, Jennifer Johnson Cano will fill in for this weekend’s performances of the Verdi Requiem. Johnson Cano has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, La Philharmonic, {…}

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Michael Fabiano, Elza Van Den Heever & Sondra Radvanovsky Headline San Francisco Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Courtesy of San Francisco Opera) The San Francisco Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of new productions and stars. Here is a look. Productions The first production of the season will be Beethoven’s “Fidelio” celebrating the composer’s 250th anniversary. The new production will be directed by Matthew Ozawa with Music Director Designate Eun Sun Kim conducting {…}

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Opera Philadelphia To Present Verdi’s Requiem

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Opera Philadelphia is set to present Verdi’s Requiem, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the company debut of Jack Mulroney Music Director Corrado Rovaris. The performances will star an accomplished group of soloists including Leah Crocetto, Daniela Mack, Evan LeRoy Johnson, and In-Sung Sim, along with more than 80 instrumentalists and 100 choristers. Covaris made his debut in 1999, and became {…}

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New York Opera Fest 2019 Review: Dido & Aeneas

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When Dido, the Queen protagonist in Henry Purcell’s baroque opera sings her final aria “When I am laid in Earth,” not only do we hear some of the most beautiful music that was ever composed, Purcell also invites us on a journey of deep introspection, forcing us come to terms with the frailty of human existence. But in recent performances {…}

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Atlanta Opera Reimagines 2020-21 Season, Announces 2021-22 Plans

Ailyn Pérez, Matthew Polenzani Among 100 Singers Join Forces for Campbell & Moravec’s ‘Light Shall Lift Us’

Xabier Anduaga, Jeanine Tesori, Susanna Phillips Headline Mostly Mozart 2020

Q & A: San Francisco Conservatory of Music Voice Chair César Ulloa On the Art & Craft of Voice Instruction

Julia Bullock, Gustavo Dudamel & Isabel Leonard Lead LA Philharmonic’s 2020-21 Season

Opera Philadelphia Announces Cast Change for Verdi Requiem

Michael Fabiano, Elza Van Den Heever & Sondra Radvanovsky Headline San Francisco Opera’s 2020-21 Season

Opera Philadelphia To Present Verdi’s Requiem

New York Opera Fest 2019 Review: Dido & Aeneas