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European Early Music Network Announces Early Music Day Celebrations

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The European Early Music Network (Réseau Europeén de Musique Ancienne) has released details of the international celebration for Early Music Day which is celebrated worldwide on March 21. For the purposes of this article only classical vocal works are included. Events take place throughout Europe. The 6th International Festival of Early Music opens with J.S. Bach’s “Cantata” No. 131 and {…}

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Atlanta Opera 2023-24 Review: The Shining

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(Photo credit: Raftermen/courtesy of The Atlanta Opera) Atlanta Opera gave a skillful East Coast premiere of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s “The Shining.” As most are familiar with the plot of Stephen King’s 1977 novel, “The Shining,” from the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film, I will not recount the storyline. However, it is important to mention the operatic version is based {…}

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Oliver Zeffman ‘Music x Museums’ to be Released as Audio-Visual Album on Apple Music

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Conductor Oliver Zeffman’s 2022 immersive concert series “Music x Museums” will be released on Apple Music as an audio-visual album. Live performances which took place in some of the UK’s most iconic museums including Live at the V&A, vol 2, Live at the British Library, Live at the Science Museum, and Live at the Cutty Sark which were recorded in {…}

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VOCES8 Foundation Announces ‘Live from London – Summer’ Festival

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The VOCES8 Foundation has announced “LIVE from London—Summer,” a return to live performance set to start this July. The festival will feature 14 concerts running between July 4 and August 22, with audiences able to stream performances until August 31, 2021. VOCES8 is set to appear in every performance, which will include such artists and organizations as the King’s Singers, {…}

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Santa Fe Opera Hires COVID-19 Compliance & Safety Manager for 2021 Season

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The Santa Fe Opera has announced that for the 2021 season it has hired a COVID-19 compliance and safety manager. The company announced that Mike VanAartsen joined the company in January and is setting the opera’s guidelines for masks, social distancing, hand sanitizing, and all the other safety protocols that will be seen throughout the festival’s opera season this summer. {…}

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Nina Stemme to Perform with Royal Stockholm Orchestra

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(Credit: c_Neda_Navaee) On May 20, 2020, Nina Stemme joins the Royal Stockholm Orchestra and Alan Gilbert for a concert. Stemme will perform Wagner’s “Wesendonck Lieder” in a program that will also include Schubert’s ”Unfinished” symphony and Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.” Gilbert will lead the concert, which will be livestreamed from the Konserthuset Stockholm on the theater’s {…}

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Works & Process at the Guggenheim To Present The Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Agrippina’

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The Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present “The Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Agrippina’” on Jan. 20, 2020. The event will feature a discussion between Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb and many of the key production and cast team members for the forthcoming rendition of Handel’s famed work. There will also be performances of the sections from the opera, which {…}