‘Montgomery and the Blacknificent 7’ Opens Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 MusicNOW Series

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(Photo credit: 21C Media Group) Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) announced its 2023-24 MusicNOW series will open with the “Montgomery and the Blacknificent 7” on Dec. 3. The program is curated by CSO’s Mead Composer-in-Residence and Musical America’s 2023 Composer of the Year Jessie Montgomery. New and recent work by members of the Black composers’ collective known as the Blacknificent 7 {…}

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Boston Baroque to Open with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) Boston Baroque opens its season with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 alongside his “Coriolan” Overture and “Elegiac Song.” The performances will take place on Oct. 13, 14, and 15 at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, GBH’s Calderwood Studio in Brighton, and NEC’s Jordan Hall in Boston. The Oct. 15 performance will also be live streamed on the global streaming {…}

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Gavan Ring Named Artistic Administrator of Drogheda Classical Music

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Tenor ⁦Gavan Ring has been appointed Artistic Administrator of Drogheda Classical Music. Ring will replace Pauline Ashwood as Administrator of the 2023-24 series. Ashwood guided the series to great success since its inception in 2012 and left at the end of the last season to take up a job with the Irish National Opera. Ring is a leading tenor in Ireland {…}

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Opera Philadelphia & Boston Lyric Opera Join Forces on New Film ‘SVADBA’

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(Credit: Olivia Moon Photography-halfasianlens) The Opera Philadelphia has announced the upcoming online premiere of Ana Sokolović’s cinematic opera “Svadba.” The work will premiere on Jan. 28, 2022, on both Boston Lyric Opera’s operabox.tv and the Opera Philadelphia Channel. The film is a co-production by Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Philadelphia, and stars Chabrelle D. Williams singing the role of Milica {…}

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Nicole Cabell, Patricia Racette & Will Liverman Lead Revised Opera Theatre of Saint Louis 2021 Season

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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has announced plans for a live, in-person 2021 Festival Season. The upcoming festival will include a ground-breaking free ticket initiative, comprehensive cast lists, and thorough health protocol to provide the safest experience for artists, patrons, and staff. The festival will run between May 22 and June 20 and will feature four all-new productions on an {…}

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Sean Panikkar, Anne Sofie von Otter & Leonardo Capalbo Lead Komische Oper Berlin’s 2019-20 Season

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Komische Oper Berlin has announced its 2019-20 season. This season will celebrate Dionysus, the forefather and protagonist of Greek theatre, with new productions reflecting the entire spectrum of musical theatre. Chief Director Barrie Kosky comments, “. . . [O]nce we believe in the power of theatre and music, believe in their intoxicating, seductive, physical, emotional, and ultimately community-building impacts, once {…}

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Vienna State Opera 2017-18 Review – Capriccio: A Win for the Words When Music Misses The Mark

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Of Richard Strauss’ 15 completed operas, his last opus “Capriccio” is arguably the most abstruse. For a start, it isn’t even called an opera but a “Conversation Piece for Music.” Many Strauss scholars are baffled by this highly cerebral, seemingly escapist bagatelle composed in the midst of the mayhem of World War II. It was as if Strauss and librettist {…}

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‘Montgomery and the Blacknificent 7’ Opens Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 MusicNOW Series

Boston Baroque to Open with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

Gavan Ring Named Artistic Administrator of Drogheda Classical Music

Opera Philadelphia & Boston Lyric Opera Join Forces on New Film ‘SVADBA’

Nicole Cabell, Patricia Racette & Will Liverman Lead Revised Opera Theatre of Saint Louis 2021 Season

Sean Panikkar, Anne Sofie von Otter & Leonardo Capalbo Lead Komische Oper Berlin’s 2019-20 Season

Vienna State Opera 2017-18 Review – Capriccio: A Win for the Words When Music Misses The Mark