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Joyce DiDonato Returns to Carnegie Hall for Master Class Series

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Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is set to return to Carnegie Hall’s Resnick Education Wing for a series of master classes for young professional opera singers from April 19 through 21, 2026. Selected participants include soprano Ronnie Enoch, mezzo-sopranos Natalie Corrigan and Fangzhen Wang, and baritone Will (June Young) Kim. Collaborative pianists Joel Harder and Bin Yu Sanford will accompany the singers {…}

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Carnegie Hall 2025-26 Review: Emily – No Prisoner Be

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(Photo: Chris Lee) A hush fell over the hall before a single note was sung. “Shh…” a pre-show hush repeated at intervals as the audience chattered, “Shh…” The sound was barely there—more suggestion than speech—but it was enough to draw the audience into a sense of peacefulness, suspended between listening and disbelief. Is it real? Is someone whispering “Shh…” or {…}

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Anita Rachvelishvili & Maria Kostraki to Headline Greek National Opera’s Carnegie Hall Debut

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The Greek National Opera (GNO) will bring its orchestra to the United States for the first time this fall, performing at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 15 in a program honoring the legacy of writer Nikos Kazantzakis. Titled “Nikos Kazantzakis: An Odyssey in Music,” the concert features mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili and soprano Maria Kostraki under the baton of conductor Vassilis Christopoulos, {…}

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New York Philharmonic & Carnegie Hall Announce Opera Project; First Opera to Feature Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Rebeka & Ludovic Tézier

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The New York Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall have announced a five-year opera project that will start during the 2026–27 season. The presentations, which take place at the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, will inaugurate in November 2026 with two performances of Puccini’s “Tosca.” Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the New York Philharmonic with a cast including soprano Marina Rebeka in the {…}

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Carnegie Hall Announces 2026 Education & Social Impact Programs

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Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute announces its 2026 programming initiatives that harness the power of music to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. This article only features classical vocal events. Well-Being Concerts First up Esperanza Spalding presents a concert exploring themes of elder care, play, and food cultivation. Performance Date: February 7, 2026 Tenor Nicholas Phan performs with Theotokos. {…}

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Isabel Leonard to Present Carnegie Hall Concert

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Isabel Leonard is set to present a concert with friends at Carnegie Hall on Jan. 15, 2026 at the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage The program will feature paints John Arida, vocalist Jordan Donica, and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green. The will perform a wide-ranging repertoire drawn from the 1930s and ’40s songbooks of Bernstein, Berlin, Ellington, Porter, Still, Price, Copland, Weill, and {…}

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Carnegie Hall 2025-26 Review: Opening Night

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Carnegie Hall’s season opened on October 7th with a concert of hits—the theme was literally works that were pivotal to their respective composers’ careers—performed by all-star alumni from the National Youth Orchestra and Yuja Wang, conducted by Daniel Harding. The excellent lineup was Selections from “West Side Story,” followed by Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1,” and concluded with Stravinsky’s “Firebird” {…}

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Carnegie Hall & The Knights to Showcase ‘Cloud Variations’

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Carnegie Hall and The Knights will present “Cloud Variations,” a new multidisciplinary work by poet and librettist J. Mae Barizo, on Oct. 23, 2025, at Zankel Hall. The piece for performer and chamber orchestra is described as reimagining ” poetic forms in a kaleidoscopic meditation on body, desire, environment and technology” and drawing inspiration from the Malay oral poetic form {…}

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Jonathan Tetelman to Present Carnegie Hall Concert Alongside Yankees, Mets & Knicks Legends

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(Credit: © Photo: Ben Wolf) Jonathan Tetelman is set to return to New York for a concert at Carnegie Hall. The tenor will perform on Jan. 13, 2026, alongside Yankees legend and Latin Grammy-nominated guitarist Bernie Williams. This will mark the first time a professional athlete has ever accompanied a world-class opera singer on the Carnegie Hall stage, and they {…}