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Sidney Outlaw Headlines HALO’s 2024-25 Season

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Holy City Arts and Lyric Opera (HALO) has announced its fifth anniversary season. Sidney Outlaw and Warren Jones open the season as part of their US recital tour. Performance Date: September 15, 2024 (St. Johannes Lutheran Church)  Up next is a run of Menotti’s “The Medium. Performance Date: October 24 & 26, 2024 (Battery Gadsden) “Carols by Candlelight” will take {…}

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Sphinx Organization Announces 2025 Medal of Excellence Recipients

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The Sphinx Organization has announced the awardees of the 2025 Medals of Excellence. The Organization announced that soprano Gabriella Reyes, pianist Clayton Stephenson, and violinist and composer Curtis Stewart have each been honored with a Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization, which comes with a $50,000 career grant. The medal recognizes extraordinary leaders in {…}

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Carolyn Jack to Publish Debut Novel ‘The Changing of Keys’

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(Photo credit: Kevin Rabito) Carolyn Jack’s debut novel, “The Changing of Keys” will be released on Sept. 17 by Regal House Publishing. The novel explores the cutthroat world of classical opera, grief, and coming-of-age. The plot follows a gifted, fourteen-year-old pianist, whose father has died. He himself sent away from his Caribbean home against his will, to study classical music {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Lisette Oropesa, Asmik Grigorian, Nicholas Brownlee, Juan Diego Flórez & Joyce DiDonato Lead Palau de Les Arts’ 2024-25 Season

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Palau de les Arts in Valencia has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Gorges Ocloo’s “The Golden Stool” will star Nobulumko Mngxekeza-Nziramasanga and Nonkululeko Nkwinti. Performance Dates: Sept. 19, 2024 Lisette Oropesa sings the title role of Massenet’s “Manon” with Carles Pachon and Charles Castronovo. James Gaffigan conducts the production by Vincent Huguet. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-15, 2024 Elena Stikhina, Piero {…}

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Marina Monzó, Sabina Puértolas, Vanessa Goikoetxea, Celso Albelo & Serena Sáenz Lead Teatro de la Zarzuela’s 2024-25 Season

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The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced its 2024-25 season. Zarzuela  Emilio Arrieta’s “Marina” will be conducted by José Miguel Pérez-Sierra and directed by Bárbara Lluch. Sabina Puértolas and Marina Monzó lead the opera alongside Ismael Jordi, Celso Albelo, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, Pietro Spagnoli, Rubén Amoretti, and Javier Castañeda. Performance Dates: Oct. 9-20, 2024 Pablo Sorozábal’s “La Del Manojo de {…}

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St. Mary’s Abbey, LOTUS Chorale & Somerset Hills Chorus of Music to Present ‘Dido & Aeneas’

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St. Mary’s Abbey of Morristown, New Jersey is joining forces with Somerset Hills Chorus of Music and LOTUS Chorale to present Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” on May 4, 2024. The opera will star Emily Skilling as Dido with Christopher Herbert as Aeneas. Skilling is the South Carolina District winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions while Herbert is a {…}