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Dame Sarah Connolly & Mark Padmore Named Ambassadors to The Monteverdi Apprentices Program

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Dame Sarah Connolly and Mark Padmore have been named Ambassadors for The Monteverdi Apprentices by the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras. “I know from personal experience how daunting the leap from education to the professional world can be. This scheme lays vital foundations – not just artistically, but emotionally and practically – for a life in music. It offers young singers {…}
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Monteverdi Festival Reveals 2025 Slate

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The Monteverdi Festival has announced its 2025 edition. First up is “Madrigali allo Specchio,” featuring music by Monteverdi, Stradella, and Marini. Antonio Greco conducts the Soloists and Orchestra Monteverdi Festival – Cremona Antiqua. The showcase is presented in collaovration with the Trame Sonore and Chamber Music Festival in Mantua. Performance Date: June 1, 2025 Next up is “Vespro della Beata Vergine” {…}
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John Eliot Gardiner Announces Comeback, Launches New Orchestra & Choir

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Sir John Eliot Gardiner has announced new ensembles and plans for a tour of world-renowned concert venues. The new ensemble, The Constellation Choir and Orchestra, will feature some of Europe’s most distinguished musicians and singers alongside special guest soloists. The ensemble will be led by Gardiner in a series of concerts at five venues in Germany, France, Austria, and Luxembourg {…}
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Seven-Month ‘Monteverdi 450’ World Tour Concludes with Opera Trilogies in Chicago & New York

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After a string of triumphant performances in music capitals across Europe, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir, and the English Baroque Soloists take their seven-month “Monteverdi 450” tour across the Atlantic. The tour will go to Chicago’s Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance between Oct. 12-15 and then to New York’s Alice Tully Hall as {…}
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The Chautauqua Opera Company 2017 Review – L’Orfeo: Respighi’s Orchestration of the Monteverdi Masterwork Asserts the Power of Music

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“L’Orfeo” debuted in 1607, as Capt. John Smith sailed across the Atlantic to found a settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. It is the oldest opera in the repertoire. So for it to have an American premiere of any sort in 2017 is remarkable. But on Saturday, July 8th, 2017, the Respighi orchestration of Monteverdi’s version of the tale of Orpheus and {…}
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Here’s How Sir John Eliot Gardiner Will Celebrate Monteverdi’s 450th Birthday

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As part of Claudio Monteverdi’s 450th birthday anniversary, Sir John Eliot Gardiner is going on tour to recognize the father of opera. The tour is slated to last a whopping seven months, taking place around the globe in such countries as the UK, Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain and the USA. The tour will essentially feature performances of {…}
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Angel Blue, Nicky Spence, Joyce DiDonato, Leah Hawkins, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Charles Castronovo Lead BBC Proms’ 2026 Season

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The BBC Proms has announced its 2026 season. Here are the vocal performances. The festival opens on with pianist Yunchan Lim and tenor Thomas Atkins joining Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for music by Ravel, Copland, Gershwin and Finzi. There will also be a world premiere by Josephine Stephenson. Performance Date: July 17, 2026 Gianandrea Noseda leads Beethoven’s Symphony {…}
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Christina Gansch, Sarah Connolly, Hilary Cronin, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Headline The Glasshouse & Royal Northern Sinfonia’s 2026–27 Season

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The Glasshouse has announced its 2025–26 season with Royal Northern Sinfonia. Here are the vocal performances on offer. Music Director Dinis Sousa conducts Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” with the Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia in the first installment of a multi-year Mozart–Da Ponte opera project. The cast features soprano Christina Gansch as Fiordiligi, mezzo-soprano Alexandra Oomens as Dorabella, tenor Jonas {…}
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Q & A: Music Director Peter Whelan on His Vision for Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale & the 2026-27 Season ‘The Power of Music’

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The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale recently announced its 2026-27 season, the first with Peter Whelan as its new Music Director. For Whelan, what distinguishes Philharmonia Baroque from the outset is its energy. He describes the ensemble as a group of “musical time-travelers” who bring a visceral, theatrical charge to every performance, and speaks warmly of the Bay Area audience’s {…}

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