City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Announces 2023-24 Season

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Kazuki Yamada/courtesy of CBSO The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) has unveiled its 2023-24 season, and it’s full to the brim with opportunities to hear some of the world’s finest music and musicians. With over 12 months of programming, the Orchestra has something for everyone. The Orchestra will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the City of Birmingham Symphony {…}

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Alexandra LoBianco & Katie Van Kooten Lead Seattle Symphony’s 2023-24 Season

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The Seattle Symphony has announced its 2023-24 season featuring a number of vocal performances. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Ludovic-Morlot conducts Alexandra LoBianco in the opening night concert featuring music by Jules Massenet, Arthur Honegger, Franz Schubert, and Richard Wagner. Performance Dates: Sept. 21 & 23, 2023 Sunny Xia conducts Harold Blake’s The “Snowman” with the Northwest {…}

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Benjamin Appl, Xabier Anduaga, Sarah Blanch Headline Barcelona Obertura 2023 Festival

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Palau de la Música Catalana, and L’Auditori have announced Barcelona Obertura, a new Spring festival that aims to promote classical music in Barcelona and the city as a place for classical music internationally. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. Vivica Genaux will perform with {…}

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Yonghoon Lee & J’Nai Bridges Headline Seattle Opera’s Upcoming ‘Samson and Delilah’

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On January 20, 2023, Seattle Opera will present Saint-Saens’ “Samson and Delilah” for the first time since 1965. This concert staging will feature acclaimed artists tenor Yonghoon Lee and mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges in the title roles, with both making their company debuts. Seattle Symphony Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot leads a cast including Greer Grimsley as the High Priest of Dagon, {…}

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Carmen Solis, Serena Saenz & Marta Matheu Highlight L’Auditori’s 2022-23 Season

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The Auditori in Barcelona has announced its 2022-23 season. Here are vocal highlights for the season. Audrey and Ludovic Morlot join forces for Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. Performance Date: Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2022 Sarah Connolly and Ludovic Morlot perform a program of music by Mahler, Dvorak and Rio-Pareja, and Rachmaninoff. Performance Dates: Oct. 15 & 16, 2022 Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano {…}

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New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices Announces First of Nine New Co-Commissioned Works to Premiere Spring-Summer 2022

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New Music USA Amplifying Voices program, which fosters collaboration toward racial and gender equity in new orchestral music, has announced the first of nine new co-commissioned works by women and BIPOC composers to be performed by over thirty orchestras across the United States. The orchestras will present the works over three years, from 2022 to 2025. The first of the {…}

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Luca Pisaroni, J’Nai Bridges & Mané Galoyan Lead Seattle Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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The Seattle Opera has announced its 2022-23 season featuring a number of debuts, new productions, and a world premiere. Salome Jicia and Amitati Pati star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” with Rodion Pogossov and Luca Pisaroni. Stephen Lawless directs the production with Giampaolo Bisanti conducting. Performance Dates: August 6-20, 2022 Stefan Vinke, May Elizabeth Williams, and Alexandra LoBianco take on the {…}

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Seattle Opera Announces Outdoor ‘Die Walkure’ with Eric Owens & Angela Meade

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) The Seattle Opera has announced a “Welcome Back Concert: Die Walkure.” The concert will be held at the Seattle Center, Fisher Pavilion Lawn on August 28 and will star Eric Owens in his Seattle Opera debut. He will be joined by Brandon Jovanovich, Angela Meade, Alexandra LoBianco, and Raymond Aceto. Soloists will be joined by the Seattle {…}

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Renee Fleming, Sabine Devielhe & Lise Davidsen Lead Orchestre de Paris’ 2020-21 Season

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The Orchestre de Paris has announced its 2020-21 season. For this article we will focus only on vocal performances. Elisabeth Kulman and Mari Eriksmoen perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 Resurrection with Klaus Makela conducting. Performance Date: Nov. 18 & 19, 2020 Daniel Harding conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 starring Erin Wall, Christopher Maltman, Shenyang, Andrew Staples, Marina Prudenskaya, Jamie Barton, {…}

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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Announces 2023-24 Season

Alexandra LoBianco & Katie Van Kooten Lead Seattle Symphony’s 2023-24 Season

Benjamin Appl, Xabier Anduaga, Sarah Blanch Headline Barcelona Obertura 2023 Festival

Yonghoon Lee & J’Nai Bridges Headline Seattle Opera’s Upcoming ‘Samson and Delilah’

Carmen Solis, Serena Saenz & Marta Matheu Highlight L’Auditori’s 2022-23 Season

New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices Announces First of Nine New Co-Commissioned Works to Premiere Spring-Summer 2022

Luca Pisaroni, J’Nai Bridges & Mané Galoyan Lead Seattle Opera’s 2022-23 Season

Seattle Opera Announces Outdoor ‘Die Walkure’ with Eric Owens & Angela Meade

Renee Fleming, Sabine Devielhe & Lise Davidsen Lead Orchestre de Paris’ 2020-21 Season