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Amanda Forsythe, Nicholas Phan, Susanna Phillips, Sidney Outlaw, Wendy Bryn Harmer Headline Boston Baroque’s Historic 2022-23 Season

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Boston Baroque has unveiled its 2022-23 season, which will be its 50th anniversary season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. It all kicks off with Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Amanda Forsythe, Sonja Tengblad, Tamara Mumford, Nicholas Phan, and Kevin Deas will be the soloists. Music Director Martin Pearlman conducts. Performance Dates: {…}

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Amanda Forsythe Headlines Music of the Baroque’s ‘Classical Heroines’

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(Credit Tatiana Daubek) Music of the Baroque is set to celebrate Women’s History Month with “Classical Heroines.” The showcase, which is scheduled for March 20-21, 2022 at the North Shore Center for Performing Arts in Skokie and. The Harris Theater in Millennium Park (in Chicago) will be headlined by soprano Amanda Forsythe. The program, which will be conducted by Nicholas {…}

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Amanda Forsythe, Amanda Crider, James Reese, & Jonathan Woody to Headline Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s Mozart Requiem

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The Elgin Symphony Orchestra (ESO) is set to present Mozart’s “Requiem” on Saturday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 6 at 3 p.m. The four soloists for the famed Mozart work will include soprano Amanda Forsythe, mezzo-soprano Amanda Crider, tenor James Reese, and bass-baritone Jonathan Woody. Joining ESO and the soloists are the Adrian Dunn Singers. The ensemble {…}

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Maya Kherani, Amanda Forsythe & Aaron Sheehan Headline Baroque Streams For Holidays

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(Credit: https://www.wgbh.org/music/baroque-christmas-bemf) Boston Baroque and Boston Early Music Festival will stream several baroque pieces for the holidays, including Händel’s celebrated “Messiah.” First up, soprano Maya Kherani, counter-tenor Christopher Lowrey, tenor Aaron Sheehan, and bass-baritone Kevin Deas perform “Messiah.” Boston Baroque Music Director Martin Pearlman conducts. The concert was recorded and streamed live on IDAGIO on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021 in {…}

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Elizabeth DeShong, Amanda Forsythe, Michael Sumuel Headline Music of the Baroque Winter/Spring 2022 Concerts

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Photo credit: Elliot  Mandel Chicago’s Music of the Baroque (MOB) has lined up five concerts as its season continues into winter and spring 2022. Here are the vocal performances MOB has slated. “Classical Heroines,” conducted by Nicholas Kraemer, features baroque specialist, soprano Amanda Forsythe singing Cleopatra’s aria “Da tempeste” from Händel’s “Giulio Cesare,” Haydn’s “Scena di Berenice,” Dido’s famous lament {…}

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Amanda Forsythe, Mary Bevan, Iestyn Davies, Wallis Giunta Headline Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale official website) Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal performances. Soprano Amanda Forsythe, mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor, tenor Brenden Gunnell, and bass Joshua Bloom present Schumann’s “Requiem” alongside conductor Richard Egarr and violinist Shunske Sato. Performance dates: Oct. 14 – 17, 2021 Performances {…}

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Anthony Roth Costanzo, Daniela Mack, Amanda Forsythe, Maya Kherani Headline Boston Baroque’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: Kathy Wittman) Boston Baroque has announced its 2021-22 season which will include live performances streamed digitally via IDAGIO. “While we continue presenting great music on period instruments, Boston Baroque is embracing technology as a way to reach new audiences, much as we did when we became the first period instrument orchestra in North America to sign a major record {…}

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Amanda Forsythe Headlines Boston Baroque Pop-up Concert

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Boston Baroque has announced its third pop-up concert of the season on April 10, 2021. The program, which will be live streamed on the company’s official website, will be headlined by soprano Amanda Forsythe who will perform Handel’s “Gloria” and arias from Handel’s “Partenope.” Other performers on the program include Concertmaster Christina Day Martinson and principal violinist Sarah Darling taking {…}

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Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazón & Amanda Forsythe Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week, audiences can stream a variety of new releases ranging from contemporary music to baroque to bel canto. The week also marks one of the most anticipated releases of the year from one of opera’s biggest stars. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Il Tamerlano Naïve Classiques releases Vivaldi’s “Il Tamerlano (Il Bajazet)” marking the 65th release {…}