Catapult Opera Launches New Initiatives to Re-Imagine Opera for Future

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Catapult Opera has announced several initiatives to alter the face of opera in the United States. In a press release unveiling its mission, the organization offered up four new programs that it intends to implement to re-imagine opera. “We believe that the American opera industry, as we have known it, is no longer sustainable,” say the opening lines of Catapult {…}

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Nicholas Phan, Jake Heggie Headline San Francisco Performances’ ‘Sanctuary Series’

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San Francisco Performances has announced its “Sanctuary Series,” which will stream for free online between June 25-July 16, 2020. The series will consist of four concert showcases. “Throughout many periods of challenge and change in human history, we have sought refuge and retreat. From cloisters and cathedrals to mountain tops and forests, we look for places to find sanctuary from {…}

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Updates on Summer Festivals Canceled Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

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***We will update this article as more cancellations are announced. The coronavirus has affected a number of summer festivals. After the cancellation of the Grange Park Opera and the delay of the Glyndebourne Festival, many festivals are weighing in on the summer. The Buxton International Festival has canceled its summer festival which was scheduled for July 2 – 18, 2021. {…}

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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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Audra McDonald, Benjamin Appl, Nuria Rial Headline Seattle Symphony Orchestra’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Lars Borges) The Seattle Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2020-21 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. The first major vocal highlight of the season will be Audra McDonald performing music from “Porgy and Bess,” “Carousel,” and other notable Broadway tuned alongside conductor Andy Einhorn. Performance Date: Oct. 20, 2020 Soprano Nuria Rial will take {…}

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Concerts at Saint Thomas March Announces March Program

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Concerts at Saint Thomas continues its 2019-20 season in March with guest performances from The King’s Singers and Joy-Leilani Garbutt, as well as a performance of C.P.E. Bach’s “Die letzen Leiden des Erlösers (The Last Sufferings of Christ)” from the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys. The first concert of series will be by British a cappella vocal ensemble {…}

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Carnegie Hall 2019-20 Season Review: SongStudio

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(Photo Credit: Jennifer Taylor) On Jan. 14, 2020, SongStudio opened its second year of masterclasses and performances at Carnegie Hall, continuing in the legacy of supporting and nurturing young artists started by revered mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne. Among the distinguished instructors of the program, led by Renée Fleming, were Elīna Garanča, Julia Bullock, Gabriel Kahane, and Hartmut Holl, Gabriel Kahane The {…}

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Nicholas Phan, Melody Moore, Joélle Harvey Headline Emerging Voices At Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

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(Credit: Arielle Doneson / Nicolas Phan Facebook / Jiyang Chen) Tenor Nicholas Phan has co-curated “Emerging Voices” with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. The event kicks off on Jan. 13, 2020 and runs through the 24. The event features a total of six concerts as well as a number of world premieres by such composers as Nicolas Bacri, Iva Bittová, {…}

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Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato, and Allan Clayton to Star At Aldeburgh Festival 2020

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(Credit: Michael Orenstein / Chris Singer) The Aldeburgh Festival has unveiled its 2020 festival, which will take place between June 12-28, 2020. The festival will open at Bury St. Edmund’s Abbey with a concert that features such artists and ensembles as Britten Sinfonia, Allan Clayton, Ian Bostridge, Clare Hammond and Ryan Wigglesworth, among others. The concert will feature the world {…}

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Catapult Opera Launches New Initiatives to Re-Imagine Opera for Future

Nicholas Phan, Jake Heggie Headline San Francisco Performances’ ‘Sanctuary Series’

Updates on Summer Festivals Canceled Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

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

Audra McDonald, Benjamin Appl, Nuria Rial Headline Seattle Symphony Orchestra’s 2020-21 Season

Concerts at Saint Thomas March Announces March Program

Carnegie Hall 2019-20 Season Review: SongStudio

Nicholas Phan, Melody Moore, Joélle Harvey Headline Emerging Voices At Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato, and Allan Clayton to Star At Aldeburgh Festival 2020