Orchestre classique de Montréal Names New Music Director

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(Photo credit: Matthieu Gauchet) Andrei Feher has been named the new music director of the Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM). His tenure commences with the newly revealed 2025-26 season. “It’s both an enormous privilege and a great pleasure to embark on this new adventure with the incredible musicians of the Orchestre classique de Montréal,” said Andrei Feher, OCM’s incoming Music Director, {…}

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Richard Ollarsaba to Headline New Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve Concerts

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The New Philharmonic has announced its New Year’s Eve Concerts. The organization will present three showcases at 1:30 p.m., 5 p.m., and 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. All three concerts will star bass-baritone Richard Ollarsaba who will perform music from “Carmen,” as well as other holiday favorites as “Hymne a l’Amour,” “Long Before I Knew You,” and “Auld {…}

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Q & A: Conductor Stefano Vignati on the Growth & Development of the International Lyric Academy

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At age seven, Stefano Vignati heard a recording of Maria Callas. It was the 1964 “La Traviata” from the Maggio Musicale. He was instantly hooked. “That was my first and and I was, you know, completely caught from this,” the Artistic Director and Founder of the International Lyric Academy told OperaWire in an interview. From there, he would chart a {…}

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Teatro Grande di Brescia Announces 2023 Season

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The Teatro Grande di Brescia has announced its 2023 season. The season will open with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” featuring a new production. Eleonora Buratto will sing the title role with Maestro Riccardo Frizza conduting. The production will be directed by Rodula Gaitanou. Performance Dates: July 20 & 22, 2023 Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” will be performed by the winners of the {…}

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Artist of the Week: Brian Major

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Ever since Terrence Blanchard’s opera “Champion” received its premiere in 2013, the opera has traveled to Washington D.C and San Francisco. It is also set to make its premiere at the Metropolitan Opera during the 2022-23 season. But before that, the Boston Lyric Opera will bring the work to its audiences after having been postponed in 2020. Leading the cast {…}

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Obituary: Tenor Randolph Locke Passes at 67

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American tenor Randolph Locke passed away on Jan. 18, 2022. He was 67. Born in La Marque, Texas in 1954, his family moved to Brownsville, Texas where he stood out in school in his music classes. He would then head to Texas Southwest State University and receiving his master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, which he {…}

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Othalie Graham to Perform Concert at Empress Theatre

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(Credit: Devon Cass) The Vallejo Center for the Arts has announced that the Empress Theatre will reopen after two-year long hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic with a special concert featuring Canadian American dramatic soprano Othalie Graham. The concert, which will take place on Jan. 15, 2022, will be dedicated to the great German composer Richard Wagner. Graham will perform dramatic {…}

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Curtis Institute of Music Announces First-Ever Young Alumni Fund Grant Winners

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The Curtis Institute of Music has announced its first-ever Young Alumni Fund grantees. The fund will provide recent graduates of Curtis with financial awards to remove barriers to their success as emerging performers and advance their personal artistic visions. Among other notable proposals, these awards will support community and non-profit organizations founded by alumni, production of new commercial film and {…}

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Andrea Bocelli Announces Valentine’s Day Tour

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Andrea Bocelli is set to return to the United States for his annual Valentine’s Day performances. The acclaimed tenor will return to the U.S. for concerts in four select cities. The tour will kick off on Feb. 7, 2020, at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC where Bocelli will be performing with the beloved Opera Carolina Orchestra & Chorus. He will {…}

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Orchestre classique de Montréal Names New Music Director

Richard Ollarsaba to Headline New Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve Concerts

Q & A: Conductor Stefano Vignati on the Growth & Development of the International Lyric Academy

Teatro Grande di Brescia Announces 2023 Season

Artist of the Week: Brian Major

Obituary: Tenor Randolph Locke Passes at 67

Othalie Graham to Perform Concert at Empress Theatre

Curtis Institute of Music Announces First-Ever Young Alumni Fund Grant Winners

Andrea Bocelli Announces Valentine’s Day Tour