Dame Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, Roderick Williams, Dorothea Röschmann, Elizabeth Llewellyn Headline Oxford Lieder Festival 2022

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The Oxford Lieder Festival has announced its 21st season. The season opens with “Culture, Counterculture, and Conviviality,” a two-part event that features a look at the salon culture, followed by a more specific look at that music world through Pauline Viardot’s own involvement. The event features speaker Natasha Loges and such artists as Charlotte Bowden, Alexandria Moon, Zahid Siddiqui, Johnathan {…}

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Dame Sarah Connolly, Claire Barnett-Jones & Roderick Williams Lead Aldeburgh Festival’s 2022 Season

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(Credit: Philip Vile) The Aldeburgh Festival has announced its 2022 season. The festival opens on June 3, and runs through June 26, 2022. For the purpose of this article we will focus on the vocal works. Here is the full slate. Baritone Kieran Rayner performs music by Schubert, Debussy, and Finzi alongside pianist Bradley Wood. Performance Date: June 4, 2022 {…}

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Dame Sarah Connolly Appointed New President of British Youth Opera

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(Credit: Christopher Pledger) British Youth Opera has announced the appointment of a celebrated English mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly as its new president. Connolly took to Twitter saying “Extremely proud to be involved with this brilliant opera company and in the futures of our wonderful young singers.” Connolly will sing the Mahler’s “Rückert-Lieder” in a concert on Nov. 5, 2021. She {…}

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Dame Sarah Connolly, Donna Lennard, Ralph Thomas Williams Headline Cheltenham Music Festival’s 2021 Edition

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The Cheltenham Music Festival has announced its 2021 edition, which will feature 10 days of performances, 21 world premieres, and several “free stage concerts.” The festival is set to take place between July 2-11 and will allow socially distanced audiences into venues. “I am tremendously proud that our team will bring world-class performances to Cheltenham this summer. For those who {…}

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Roderick Williams, Ian Bostridge, Dame Sarah Connolly, Dorothea Röschmann Headline Oxford Lieder Festival’s 2021 Season

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The Oxford Lieder Festival has announced its 20th anniversary season, which is set to take place between Oct. 8-23, 2021. Per a press release, the showcase will feature over 80 events with such artists as Ian Bostridge, Dame Sarah Connolly, Dietrich Henschel, Thomas Oliemans, Christoph Prégardien, Dorothea Röschmann, Carolyn Sampson, Anna Stéphany, Camilla Tilling, Robin Tritschler, Roderick Williams, Catriona Morison, Simon Bode, Stuart Jackson, Konstantin Krimmel, and Helen Charlston. In addition to {…}

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Dame Sarah Connolly Receives Honorary Membership

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(Credit: Royal Philharmonic Society official website) The Royal Philharmonic Society has announced that it has awarded its Honorary Membership to the celebrated British mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly. The Honorary Membership was presented to Dame Sarah Connolly by John Gilhooly OBE, Chair of the Royal Philharmonic Society and Director of the Wigmore Hall. The ceremony took place during Dame Connolly’s performance {…}

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Dame Sarah Connolly & Elizabeth Llewellyn Lead English National Opera’s Mozart Requiem

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(Credit: Christopher Pledger/ Shirley Suarez / English National Opera official website / Gerard Collett) The English National Opera has announced that it will reopen the London Coliseum on Nov. 6 & 7, 2020, for the two special performances of Mozart’s “Requiem.” The performances will star mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly, soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn, tenor Toby Spence, and bass Brindley Sherratt. The {…}

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Dame Sarah Connolly Cancels English National Opera & BBC Proms

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(Credit: Christopher Pledger) The English National Opera has announced that Dame Sarah Connolly has pulled out of the new production of Gluck’s “Orfeo and Eurydice.” The company announced that the mezzo-soprano had to pull out after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Connolly also canceled her upcoming BBC Proms concert. The mezzo announced on social media, “Last month, I had an unwelcome birthday {…}

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Sarah Connolly to Receive Honorary Doctorate form Durham University

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Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly is set to receive an honorary doctorate from Durham University. Connolly will become a Doctor of Music and will be honored alongside Lord Darroch of Kew and St Mawes, Alison Gowman, and Dr Desra Percaya. In a statement Professor Karen O’Brien, Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University, said, “Our honorary graduates are an exceptionally distinguished group of people {…}

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Dame Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, Roderick Williams, Dorothea Röschmann, Elizabeth Llewellyn Headline Oxford Lieder Festival 2022

Dame Sarah Connolly, Claire Barnett-Jones & Roderick Williams Lead Aldeburgh Festival’s 2022 Season

Dame Sarah Connolly Appointed New President of British Youth Opera

Dame Sarah Connolly, Donna Lennard, Ralph Thomas Williams Headline Cheltenham Music Festival’s 2021 Edition

Roderick Williams, Ian Bostridge, Dame Sarah Connolly, Dorothea Röschmann Headline Oxford Lieder Festival’s 2021 Season

Dame Sarah Connolly Receives Honorary Membership

Dame Sarah Connolly & Elizabeth Llewellyn Lead English National Opera’s Mozart Requiem

Dame Sarah Connolly Cancels English National Opera & BBC Proms

Sarah Connolly to Receive Honorary Doctorate form Durham University