Visconti Arts Announces Three New Signings

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Visconti Arts has announced the signing of conductors Kazem Abdullah and Chia-Hsuan Lin and composer Brian Raphael Nabors to its international roster. Abdullah joins following a run of landmark engagements, most recently opening the Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season with Anthony Davis’s “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.” His 2025-26 season includes debut appearances with the Naples Philharmonic, Kansas {…}

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Q & A: Conductor Gregory D. McDaniel on His Own Path of Professional Discovery

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“It takes a village to raise a child” is a proverb that has served conductor Gregory D. McDaniel well. Thanks to musical educators and mentors, he knew he wanted to pursue a career in conducting music at an early age. A Houston native, McDaniel has about five months left with the New Jersey Symphony (NJS) as a Colton Conducting Fellow, where {…}

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Verdi Chorus Announces Masterclass with Malcolm MacKenzie

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The Verdi Chorus will continue its 42nd season with a master class led by dramatic baritone Malcolm MacKenzie on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. The event, which is set to take place at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica, will feature six members of the Verdi Chorus’ Fox Singers. MacKenzie has appeared at major opera houses in {…}

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Petition to Stop Funding of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Gains 100,000 Signatures

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MoveOn Petition in partnership with Qommittee has started a petition calling to suspend funding of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts amid Donald Trump’s takeover. The petition, which has acquired nearly 100,000 signatures, comes in the wake of Trump adding his name to the Center, and the subsequent wave of artists canceling their shows in protest. The {…}

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Cast Change: Piero Pretti Joins Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s ‘La Bohème’

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The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a cast change for its production of “La Bohème.” The company said that Piero Pretti will take over the role of Rodolfo on Dec. 20, 23, 30, 2025 and Jan. 2, 2026 replacing Long Long, who is unable to perform in the production. Pretti is a well-known tenor who has performed at the Metropolitan {…}

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Rad Jennings Wins Schmidt Vocal Arts’ 2025–26 Louisiana Regional Competition

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Schmidt Vocal Arts has announced the winners of its inaugural 2025–26 Louisiana Regional Competition, held on Dec. 6, 2025, at Loyola University New Orleans. First Prize was awarded to Rad Jennings of New Orleans, Louisiana. Second Prize went to Malia Suggs of Gretna, Louisiana, and Third Prize to Clara Maya White of Sugar Land, Texas. Jennings also won the Most {…}

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Teatro Massimo 2025-26 Review: ‘Pagliacci’ & ‘Aleko’

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(Credit: Rosselina Garbo) Can traditional opera really influence modern society and force it to reexamine its shortcomings? Can it impact the pressing issues of our times? Certainly, the powers that be at the Teatro Massimo opera house in Palermo believe so. And, judging by their opening night presentation combination of two short operas, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Aleko” and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci,” {…}

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Theo Hoffman Joins TACT Artist Management

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Theo Hoffman has joined TACT Artist Management’s roster. Zachary Altman will represent the New York native. Based in Munich, Hoffman was recently nominated for a Grammy for his album “Schubert Beatles” for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. Hoffman has performed with the Theatre of Saint Louis, North Carolina Opera, Staatsoper Hamburg, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Atlanta Opera, Des Moines {…}

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Franz Schubert Filharmonia & Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Team Up for Mahler Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’

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The Franz Schubert Filharmonia and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra will unite under the baton of Tomàs Grau to perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection.” The concert, set for Nov. 14, 2026 at 10:30 p.m. at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Franz Schubert Filharmonia. The performance features the National Choir of Colombia and soprano {…}

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Visconti Arts Announces Three New Signings

Q & A: Conductor Gregory D. McDaniel on His Own Path of Professional Discovery

Verdi Chorus Announces Masterclass with Malcolm MacKenzie

Petition to Stop Funding of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Gains 100,000 Signatures

Cast Change: Piero Pretti Joins Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s ‘La Bohème’

Rad Jennings Wins Schmidt Vocal Arts’ 2025–26 Louisiana Regional Competition

Teatro Massimo 2025-26 Review: ‘Pagliacci’ & ‘Aleko’

Theo Hoffman Joins TACT Artist Management

Franz Schubert Filharmonia & Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Team Up for Mahler Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’