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Classical Movements Announces 2023-24 Secret Garden Concerts

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Classical Movements has announced its Secret Garden Concerts 2023-24 season and a special performance at Carnegie Hall. The Cultural Exchange Foundation celebrates 150 years of Rachmaninoff, featuring Classical Movements’ artists in a concert at Carnegie Hall with instrumental and vocal performances from emerging talents, including two Prague Summer Nights Opera Singers and the Morgan State University Choir. Performance Date: Oct. 21, {…}

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Classical Movements Announces 30th Anniversary Gala

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Classical Movements will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a special gala on Oct. 30, 2022. The event, which will take place at the Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria, VA, will feature performances by Baritone Javier Arrey, the Morgan State University Singers, the Prague Summer Nights String Quartet, the Insingizi of Zimbabwe, and the Brass Fanfare. The gala’s co-chairs will {…}

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Classical Movements Announces Secret Garden Concerts for May & June 2022

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Classical Movements has announced its summer slate for its Secret Garden Concerts in May and June 2022. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic performances only. The company will feature performances of “Le Nozze di Figaro” starring Musicians from the Prague Summer Nights Young Artists Music Program & Washington National Opera Cafritz Young {…}

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Artist Profile: Sherrill Milnes, A Notable Verdi Baritone

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Baritone Sherrill Milnes was the Verdi Baritone of his time. Born on Jan. 10, 1935 in Downers Grove, Illinois, Milnes played a plethora of instruments throughout his youth. He had intentions of becoming an anesthesiologist but then sought out music as a career. After graduation from Drake University, he became an apprentice at the Santa Fe Opera and studied briefly {…}

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Rosalind Plowright To Return To Glyndebourne Festival

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Doris Soffel has pulled out of Barber’s “Vanessa” at Glyndebourne. Soffel, who was expected to portray the old Baroness, will be replaced by Rosalind Plowright, who was last heard singing in the Glyndebourne chorus in 1977. Plowright is set to give 3 masterclasses at the Prague Summer Nights Festival and next season will return to the Royal Opera house for La Contessa di {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews, Prague Summer Nights

A Passionate Duo – Sherrill Milnes & Maria Zouves On Training The Next Generation & Directing Opera Together

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What do you do after you’ve taught, formed a young artist program and had a legendary career as a singer and conductor? The answer? Direct opera. That is exactly what famed baritone Sherrill Milnes has embarked on alongside his wife, Maria Zouves. In collaboration with the Prague Summer Nights, presented by Classical Movements, the duo has already directed two Mozart {…}

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Weekend Preview – International (7/7-9): Michael Fabiano, Paul Appleby & Anja Harteros Headline Productions

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The weekend is on the lighter side as many of the big company’s have closed their season. However, the festival season is beginning with Aix- en-Provence in full swing. Check it out. Austria  The Prague Summer Nights Festival moves to Vienna to perform at the Mozarteum. The festival closes out with a performance of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” on Friday and {…}

Interviews, Prague Summer Nights, Stage Spotlight

Q&A: Anna Kozlakiewicz On Fulfilling A Dream In Salzburg & Pamina’s Challenges

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The Prague Summer Nights festival, presented by Classical Movements, continues this week in Salzburg where young artists will have the chance to perform at the legendary Mozarteum. Among the young artists is Anna Kozlakiewicz, a lyric soprano who studied voice at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and Art History at the UKSW Warszawa. She is currently studying at Indiana University, {…}

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Weekend Preview – International (6/30-7/2): Vienna State Opera Ends Its Season While Plácido Domingo Graces The Mariinsky Theatre

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Two companies’ seasons end this weekend with a number of stars continuing runs of important works. Austria The Wiener Staatsoper will showcase Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande” starring Franz-Josef Selig, Bernarda Fink, Adrian Eröd, Simon Keenlyside and Olga Bezsmertna ending the season. Czech Republic The Prague Summer Nights festival continues with Opera scenes and the opening of   Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte.” {…}