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National Forum of Music Announces 2024-25 Season

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The National Forum of Music announces its 2024-25 and tenth anniversary season. For the purposes of this article only vocal works are included. Andrzej Kosendiak conducts the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic and soloists Anett Fritsch, Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział, Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak, and Paweł Horodyski in Mozart’s “Mass in C minor,” KV 427. They are joined by the NFM Choir under the direction {…}

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Angel Blue, Latonia Moore, Jamie Barton, Corinne Winters & Christopher Maltman Lead BBC Proms’ 2024 Season

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The BBC Proms has announced its 2024 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Elim Chan conducts the First Night at Proms with soloists Sophie Bevan and Isata Kanneh‐Mason. The program includes Handel, Ben Nobuto, Beethoven Bruckner, and Clara Schumann. Performance Date: July 19, 2024 British choral groups The King’s Singers and VOCES8 present a Prom that showcases {…}

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Berlin Philharmonic Announces Cast Change for ‘Erwartung’

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The Berlin Philharmonic has announced a cast change for its performance of “Erwartung.” The orchestra said, “for personal reasons, soprano Tamara Wilson has regrettably been obliged to cancel her participation in the concerts on 18, 19 and 20 April under the direction of Eun Sun Kim. Ausrine Stundyte will take over the soprane role in Arnold Schoenberg’s monodrama ‘Erwartung.’” The {…}

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Alexandre Bloch Joins Arabella Arts for General Management

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Conductor Alexandre Bloch has joined Arabella Arts for General Management. The French conductor is a 2012 first-prize winner of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition and has since had a close collaboration with the London Symphony. He has been guest conductor of such orchestras as Rotterdam Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic, Bournemouth {…}

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Renée Fleming & Will Liverman Headline Aspen Music Festival & School’s 75th Anniversary Season

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(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles & Jaclyn Simpson) The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced its 75th anniversary season. This article features vocal performances only. Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Co-Artistic Director Renée Fleming and opera director Peter Sellars coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Performance Dates: June 29 & July 13, 2024 Soprano Renée Fleming, {…}

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Royal Philharmonic Society Awards Announces Shortlist

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A shortlist of this year’s Royal Philharmonic Society Award recipients has been released. For the purposes of this article only opera related nominees are included. The full list can be found here.  Chamber-Scale Composition Nilufar Habibian – “Az nahāyate tāriki” (“From the deep end of darkness”) Conductor Alice Farnham; Alpesh Chauhan; François-Xavier Roth Ensemble BBC Singers; Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Impact {…}

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Festival de Teatro Lírico Español Announces 2024 Season

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The Festival de Teatro Lírico Español de Oviedo has announced its 2024 season. The season opens with “La Gran Vía” and “Adiós a la bohemia” in a double bill. The cast will include Borja Quiza, Vanessa Goikoetxea, Carlos Mesa, Milagros Martín, Jorge Merino, Néstor Galván, Gabriel Alonso Díaz, David Lagares, Antonio Torres, Sandro Cordero, and Maxi Rodríguez. Víctor Pablo Pérez {…}

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The Belarus Free Theatre Presents the World Premiere of ‘King Stakh’s Wild Hunt’

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(Photo credit: TsvitPaporoty Production) The Belarus Free Theatre brings together actors, opera singers, and musicians from Belarus and Ukraine to present the world premiere of ‘King Stakh’s Wild Hunt” on Sept. 14-16 at the Barbican Theatre. Composer Olga Podgaiskaya’s score is based on Uladzimir Karatkievich’s novel by the same name.”King Stakh’s Wild Hunt” is one of the most popular novels {…}

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Jeffrey Goldberg & Claudia Cespedes Calderon to Perform With Opera Naples at EuroFest

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Opera Naples is to take part in the EuroFest by presenting a concert starring baritone Jeffrey Goldberg and soprano Claudia Cespedes Calderon. This portion of EuroFest will include live performances while patrons enjoy a three-course Italian dinner. Opera Naples’ Director of Education and Community Outreach Robin Shuford Frank accompanies Goldberg and Calderon on the piano. Goldberg has been praised for {…}