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Marina Monzó, Sabina Puértolas, Vanessa Goikoetxea, Celso Albelo & Serena Sáenz Lead Teatro de la Zarzuela’s 2024-25 Season

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The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced its 2024-25 season. Zarzuela  Emilio Arrieta’s “Marina” will be conducted by José Miguel Pérez-Sierra and directed by Bárbara Lluch. Sabina Puértolas and Marina Monzó lead the opera alongside Ismael Jordi, Celso Albelo, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, Pietro Spagnoli, Rubén Amoretti, and Javier Castañeda. Performance Dates: Oct. 9-20, 2024 Pablo Sorozábal’s “La Del Manojo de {…}

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St. Mary’s Abbey, LOTUS Chorale & Somerset Hills Chorus of Music to Present ‘Dido & Aeneas’

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St. Mary’s Abbey of Morristown, New Jersey is joining forces with Somerset Hills Chorus of Music and LOTUS Chorale to present Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” on May 4, 2024. The opera will star Emily Skilling as Dido with Christopher Herbert as Aeneas. Skilling is the South Carolina District winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions while Herbert is a {…}

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Joélle Harvey Joins Askonas Holt for Representation in in Europe & Asia

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Joélle Harvey has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for representation in Europe and Asia. She will be managed at Askonas Holt by Nicholas Moloney in collaboration with Fletcher Artists Management. This season the American soprano debuted with the New World Symphony and also makes her debut with the Houston Symphony in “Carmina Burana.” She also performed with the Chicago Symphony, {…}

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Young Texas Artists Music Competition Finalists Concert & Awards Set for March 9

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The Young Texas Artists Music Competition Finalists Concert & Awards are set for March 9, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. “It’s interesting, during YTA’s annual gala — just before the concert — there’s a friendly, playful atmosphere. But during the concert, there’s a much different feel: People are moved,” said Susie Moore Pokorski, President/CEO of YTA, in an official press statement. {…}

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Justin Austin Stars in New York Premiere of Damien Geter’s ‘COTTON’

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(Photo credit: Gillian Riesen & Rachel Hadiashar) Justin Austin, the 2024 Marian Anderson Vocal Award winner, is set to star in the New York premiere of Damien Geter’s “COTTON.” The multimedia work presents African American stories through song, poetry, and photography. It is inspired by photographer John E. Dowell’s haunting images of South Carolina cotton fields, captured in his 2018 {…}

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Teatro Colon Announces 2024 Season

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The Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires has announced its 2024 season. Opera Günter Neuhold conducts Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” in a production by Marcelo Lombardero. Carla Filipcic Holm and Eiko Senda sing the title role alongside Sergio Escobar, Fermin Prieto, Ekaterina Lekina, Constanza Díaz Falú, Tamara Gura, Laura Grecka, Alejandro Spies, and Leonardo Estévez. Performance Dates: April 12-19, 2024 Carlos {…}

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Music of the Americas to Present ‘Transatlantic Music Heritage from Sancho to Johnson’

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(UPDATE: OperaWire has been informed that due to a snowstorm, the concert has been postponed to Feb. 14, 2024. The article continues as follows with the original date listed). Music of the Americas is set to present a recital featuring Sonya Headlam and Rebecca Cypess entitled “Translatlantic Music Heritage from Sancho to Johnson.” Scheduled for Feb. 13 at Americas Society {…}