Marie-Josée Lord, Élisabeth St-Gelais, Jacqueline Woodley, & Adam Luther Star in Orchestre classique de Montréal’s 2025-26 Season

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The Orchestre classique de Montréal announces its 2025-26 season. This article only features vocal performances. Opening the 86th season is “Indigenous Mosaic,” featuring Innu soprano Élisabeth St-Gelais, Mohawk violinist Tara-Louise Montour, and Cree cellist Cris Derksen. The program includes works by Indigenous and non-Indigenous composers alike. Andrei Feher conducts the Orchestre classique de Montréal. Performance Date: October 5, 2025 Soprano {…}

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Chanticleer Headlines NJPAC’s Winter 2025-26 Season

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New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has announced its winter season of classical music. One of the performances will feature violinist Ray Chen alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra while the final one showcases the talents of Yo-Yo Ma. But the holiday showcase will feature vocal ensemble Chanticleer. “A Chanticleer Christmas” will take place on Dec. 6, 2025 at 3 p.m. {…}

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Grant Park Music Festival Names New Artistic Director and Principal Conductor

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(Photo by Charles Osgood) Giancarlo Guerrero has been named Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival. Guerrero is a six-time Grammy Award winner and led the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus for three concerts throughout 2024. He is the current music director of the Nashville Symphony and Music Director Designate of the Sarasota Orchestra. In 2025, {…}

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Marquita Richardson, Sarah Neal, & Robert Feng Named 2024-25 Handorf Company Artists

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(Photo credit: Opera Memphis) The Opera Memphis Handorf Company Artist Program has announced its 2024-25 class. The newest cohort includes soprano Marquita Richardson, mezzo-soprano Sarah Neal, and bass Robert Feng. These young artists will participate in a wide variety of performance opportunities, including roles in our Masterworks Opera series, numerous appearances during Opera Memphis’s award-winning program “30 Days of Opera,” {…}

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Chanticleer Announces 2024-25 Season

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(Photo credit: Stephen K Mack) Multiple Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer has released the details of its 2024-25 season. Music director Tim Keeler leads the coast-to-coast tour, which opens in San Francisco, CA. Other stops include Birmingham, MI,Dallas, TX, Savannah, GA, Portland, OR, Washington, DC, and New York, NY, among many others. “Without a Song” features Medieval and Renaissance motets {…}

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Lina González-Granados Announces New Worldwide Management

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(© Todd Rosenberg Photography 2022) Conductor Lina González-Granados has joined Opus 3 Artists for worldwide management. The Colombian-American conductor will be represented by Julijana Mijalković and Jenny Vogel in Opus 3’s Los Angeles office. “I am honored and delighted to become part of the Opus 3 family,” González-Granados said in an official press statement. “This represents the start of a {…}

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Here Are the 29 Merola Artists for 2023

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The Merola Opera Program has unveiled the names of the 2023 Merola Artists. The 29 artists include: Sopranos Georgiana Adams, Wheaton, Illinois Juliette Chauvet, Avignon, France Caroline Corrales, St. Louis, Missouri Shan Hai, Beijing, China So Ry Kim, Daejeon, South Korea Olivia Prendergast, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mezzo-sopranos Lucy Joy Altus, New York, New York Joanne Evans, London, United Kingdom Simona Genga, Toronto, Ontario Natalie Lewis, Severna Park, Maryland Contraltos Cecelia Steffen McKinley, Sterling, Virginia {…}

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BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Competition 2017: Kiri Te Kanawa & Grace Bumbry Among Judges

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We know the performers. Now let’s find out a little about the people that will be charged with picking the winners. The 2017 edition of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World judging panel features a total of eight major figures, all of them of international renown. Here is a quick rundown of the eight judges. Grace Bumbry Bumbry is one {…}

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Marie-Josée Lord, Élisabeth St-Gelais, Jacqueline Woodley, & Adam Luther Star in Orchestre classique de Montréal’s 2025-26 Season

Chanticleer Headlines NJPAC’s Winter 2025-26 Season

Grant Park Music Festival Names New Artistic Director and Principal Conductor

Marquita Richardson, Sarah Neal, & Robert Feng Named 2024-25 Handorf Company Artists

Chanticleer Announces 2024-25 Season

Lina González-Granados Announces New Worldwide Management

Here Are the 29 Merola Artists for 2023

BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Competition 2017: Kiri Te Kanawa & Grace Bumbry Among Judges