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Santiago Ballerini, Sondra Radvanovsky, Diana Damrau, Kristine Opolais Headline Teatro del Colón’s 2021 Season

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The Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires has announced programming for its 2021 season which will kick off this April. For our purposes, we will focus on vocal content and operatic performances. Opera It all kicks off with Monteverdi’s “Altri Canti.” Marcelo Birman conducts an ensemble that includes Oriana Favaro, Daniela Tabernig, Constanza Díaz Falú, Adriana Mastrángelo, Martín Oro, Víctor Torres, {…}

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Pittsburgh Opera to Present Virtual ‘Women’s March’ Concert

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On March 26, 2021, Pittsburgh Opera will broadcast a free, virtual concert in celebration of women composers, titled “Women’s March.” The program will draw from over 900 years of music, from composers such as Hildegard von Bingen, Barbara Strozzi, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Alma Mahler, and Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot, Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, Rebecca Clarke, Nadia and Lili Boulanger, Margaret bonds, Libby {…}

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Academy of Vocal Arts’ 2020-21 Season Continues with Three Virtual Concerts

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The Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) has announced the continuation of its virtual season with three upcoming spring performances. On Saturday, March 20 at 7:30 P.M. EST, the Academy will present a virtual performance of “Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music.” AVA will film the annual concert at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral. The program includes a string quartet and 14 of {…}

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Composer Profile: Thea Musgrave, A True Trailblazer

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(Credit: Bryan Sheffield) Scottish-American composer Thea Musgrave has distinguished herself over the course of a long and prolific career. Many of her works have emerged as some of the most important operas of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Musgrave was born outside of Edinburgh in 1928 and later studied at the University of Edinburgh. As a burgeoning music {…}

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Angel Blue, Cecilia Bartoli & Joyce DiDonato Lead Classical Music Grammy Nominees

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The Grammy Nominations have been announced with Joyce DiDonato, Angel Blue, and Cecilia Bartoli among the artists shortlisted for top prizes. In the Best Opera Recording category Dello Joio’s “The Trial At Rouen” featuring Gil Rose, Heather Buck, Stephen Powell, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project and  Odyssey Opera Chorus were nominated alongside Floyd’s “Prince Of Players” with William Boggs, Keith {…}

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Lawrence Brownlee & Friends in Philadelphia to Stream on Opera Philadelphia’s Digital Channel

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Lawrence Brownlee will take a starring role this fall in the debut of the Opera Philadelphia Channel, a global platform that will bring a robust 2020-2021 season into opera lovers’ homes via their television screens and streaming devices. The tenor will take center stage in the first performance created for the channel, “Lawrence Brownlee & Friends in Philadelphia.” The recital and {…}

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Concerts at Saint Thomas Announces October Performances

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Concerts at Saint Thomas has announced its lineup of fall performances. The company’s 2020 fall season will open with a concert by Fulbright scholar and organist Joy-Leilani Garbutt, who will be playing on the Miller-Scott organ. Originally scheduled for March, this program will feature French organ works by female composers of the early 20th Century, such as Claude Arrieu, Elsa {…}

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Kim-Lillian Strebel, Andreas Jäpel, Dirk Kleinke, Nils Stäfe Lead Staatstheater Cottbus 2020-21 Season

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(Credits: Cross/Staatstheater Cottbus official website / Hupfeld/Staatstheater Cottbus official website) The Staatstheater Cottbus has announced its incoming 2020-21 season, featuring several new operatic productions and orchestral works. Here is the look. Premieres – Musiktheater Cottbus The Musiktheater Cottbus will present several new productions. The cast has been announced for the first production of the season, with other casts set to {…}