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News, Season Announcement

Joyce DiDonato, Sonya Yoncheva, Angel Blue & Julian Prégardien Lead Festival Perelada’s 2025 Season

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The Festival Perelada has announced its 2025 season. Joyce DiDonato and Craig Terry will perform in recital. Performance Date: July 3, 2025 Genius Loci is a unique stage performance directed by Rafael R. Villalobos. The production star countertenor Xavier Sabata and will feature music from Purcell to contemporary. Performance Date: July 5, 2025 Julian and Christoph Prégardien will perform “In {…}

News, Season Announcement

Opera Royal de Château de Versailles’ Announces 2025-26 Season

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The Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles has announced its 2025-26 season. Productions  Rossini’s “Cendrillon” will be sung in French and will star Gaëlle Arquez, Patrick Kabongo, Gwendoline Blondeel, Éléonore Pancrazi, Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Alexandre Baldo, and Nicolas Brooymans. Gaétan Jarry conducts the Julien Lubek and Cécile Roussat direct. Performance Dates: Oct. 11-18, 2025 Purcell’s “Didon et Énée” will star {…}

News, Streaming

Carnegie Hall+ Announces Holiday Lineup

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Carnegie Hall+ has unveiled its video streaming schedule for the holidays. First up is “Silent Night: A Song for the World,” a documentary featuring performances by such artists as Kelly Clarkson, Joss Stone, David Foster, Josh Groban, Rolando Villazón, and the Vienna Boys Choir, among others. There will also be a staged performance of “Messiah” from South Bohemia’s Cesky Krumlov {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

HamburgMusik 2024-25 Review: English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir / Christophe Rousset

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(Photo: Daniel Dittus) The holiday spirit resonated powerfully at the Elbphilharmonie’s recent Christmas-themed concert, a year-end highlight crafted by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists. Christophe Rousset’s much-anticipated debut as guest conductor, stepping in after Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s departure as artistic director, brought a fresh sense of artistic renewal and festive splendor. Drawing from the rich traditions {…}

News

Les Arts Florissants to Celebrate William Christie’s 80th Birthday at Carnegie Hall

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(Credit: Vincent Pontet) Les Arts Florissants are set to take the stage of Carnegie Hall for a special concert on featuring works by Charpentier, Lully, and Rameau. The event, set for Jan. 28, 2025, will celebrate the 80th birthday of artistic director and conductor William Christie as he takes on some of his favorite works. Audiences will hear passages from {…}

IndieOpera

The Echoing Air to Headline ‘Messiah’ Performance

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The Echoing Air and Music for Awhile will present Händel’s “Messiah” on Dec. 19, 2024. The showcase features vocalists Amy Carson, Timothy Dickinson, Frederick Long, Emily Vine, Rebecca Leggett, Edmund Hastings, and David de Winter and instrumentalists Margaret Faultless (violin), Rachel Stroud (violin), Francesca Gilbert (viola), Jonathan Rees (cello), Katie Lodge (trumpet), Oliver John Ruthven (continuo). The performance will take place at St. Mary’s {…}

News

Northern Aldborough Festival New Voices Singing Competition Announces 2024 Winners

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The Northern Aldborough Festival New Voices Singing Competition has announced its 2024 winners. The competition announced that mezzo Judith Le Breuilly won the top prize alongside pianist George Ireland. The second prize went to the soprano Clara Orif and pianist Jack Redman. The competition saw semi-finalists Florian Stoertz (Bass-Baritone) and Aleksandra Myslek (Piano), Annabel Kennedy (Mezzo-Soprano) and Daniel Peter Silcock (Piano), Lauren {…}

News

Sonya Yoncheva, Éléonore Pancrazi, Franco Fagioli, Julia Lezhneva, Enea Scala Headline L’Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles’ 2024-25 Season

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Opéra Royal du Château de Versaiilles has announced new productions with the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal for its 2024-25 season. Raphaël Pichon will conduct “Vespro della Beata Vergine.” The work stars Perrine Devillers, Zachary Wilder, Robin Tritschler, Antonin Rondepierre, Nicolas Brooyymans, Etienne Bazola, and Renaud Brès. Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2024 Lauranne Oliva, Juliette Mey, Léo Vermot-Desroches, and Halidou Nombre headline {…}

News

Festival de Torroella de Montgrí Announces 2024 Season

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The Festival de Torroella de Montgrí in Girona, Spain has announced its 2024 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Sunhae Im, Núria Rial, Xavier Sabata, and Juan Sancho star in Händel’s “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno.” Dani Espasa conducts. Performance Date: August 3, 2024 William Christie conducts Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” with Paulina Francisco, Georgia {…}