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Iestyn Davies, Katherine Broderick Headline Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival 2020

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(Credit: Official Website / Chris Sorensen) The Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival will now take place between Sept. 11 through Oct. 2, 2020. The event will now be comprised of four online chamber concerts set to take place every Friday over the course of one month. Audiences will be able to watch the performances via the organization’s YouTube channel. “We {…}

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Wigmore Hall Announces Concert Series Featuring Iestyn Davies, Lucy Crowe, Roderick Williams

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The BBC and the Wigmore Hall have announced a concert series that will reopen the London stage. The series will feature soloists or duos at 1 p.m. each weekday starting on June 1 in an empty hall. The performances will be livestreamed on the venue’s website and broadcast on Radio 3 and BBC Sounds. All concerts will then be available {…}

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Mary Bevan, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Iestyn Davies Headline Handel + Haydn Society 2020-21 Season

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The Handel + Haydn Society has announced its 2020-21 season, which features a wide range of performances, including 10 company premieres. As always, our focus will be on performances of the operatic and vocal variety. The season kicks off with a performance of Brahms’ “A German Requiem” featuring soprano Amanda Majeski and baritone Ryan McKinny. Conductor Harry Bicket will lead {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Christine Goerke, Iestyn Davies Among Stars of Edinburgh International Festival

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The Edinburgh International Festival has announced its 2019 slate, which will feature a wide range of performances across opera, classical music, theatre, dance, and contemporary music. For this article, we will place focus solely on opera productions. The first of these is Barrie Kosky and the Komische Oper Berlin’s production of “Eugene Onegin,” which will feature Günther Papendell and Michael {…}

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Anita Rachvelshvili, Iestyn Davies & Renée Fleming Highlight Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2019-20 Season

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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring a number of important soloists and important works. For this season announcement, we will only focus on vocal showcases or programs related to opera in any way. Here is a look. Yannick Nezet-Seguin leads the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 as well as Joyce DiDonato in {…}

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Iestyn Davies, Jamie Barton, Susan Graham & Sir Bryn Terfel Highlight Wigmore Hall’s 2019-20 Season

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Wigmore Hall has announced its 2019-20 season! In addition to a variety of instrumental performances, centered around the works of Beethoven, Brahms, and Britten this year, the venue is set to feature a number of renowned vocalists in song recitals, among other events, throughout the season. The season kicks off with the Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera International Song Competition 2019, Sept. {…}

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Iestyn Davies Cancels ‘Messiah’ In Boston

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Iestyn Davies has canceled his final performance of Handel’s ” Messiah” with the Handel and Haydn Society. The Countertenor announced via social media that “Unfortunately due to the plague (some sort of bronchitis) I’m unable to perform in today’s final Messiah with Handel and Haydn Society here in Boston. I missed yesterday’s show too and managed to get through most {…}

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Amanda Forsythe, Iestyn Davies & Soloman Howard To Be Featured In Handel and Haydn Society’s 2018-19 Season

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The Handel and Hayden Society has announced its 2018-19 season which will feature nine major subscription concerts and 16 Handel and Haydn premieres. It will also mark the 204th season of the society which is led by Artistic Director Harry Christophers. The Handel and Haydn Society brings Classical and Baroque music to life on period instruments in historically informed performances, {…}

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Working With Kings – Countertenor Iestyn Davies on ‘Farinelli and the King’ & Working With Thomas Adès

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It all started with a phone call. Countertenor Iestyn Davies was just going about his usual business when Claire van Kampen called him up to make an offer. She had been preparing “Farinelli and the King” when she heard a voice on the radio. A countertenor to be sure. The singer in question? Davies. She knew that she had to {…}