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Kate Lindsey & Justin Austin to Headline New York Festival of Song’s ‘Fugitives’

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New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) is set to present “Fugitives” on Feb. 12, 2026, at Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall in New York City. Headlining the program is mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsay and baritone Justin Austin. They are joined by pianists Steven Blier and Bénédicte Jourdois. The program will explore the music of Jewish composers of the 1930s and ’40s, {…}

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Houston Grand Opera Names Finalists for 2026 ‘Concert of Arias’

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Houston Grand Opera (HGO) has announced the seven finalists for the “Concert of Arias,” the final round of the 38th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers. The event is set to take place Feb. 6, 2026, at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston. The finalists are sopranos Scarlett Jones, Viktoriia Shamanska, Arpi Sinanyan, and Kayla Rae Stein; mezzo-soprano Lauren {…}

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Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Jamie Barton, Will Liverman & Gustavo Dudamel Among Grammy Nominees

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The Grammy nominations have been announced. Here are the vocal performances nominated: The Best Opera Recording nominees are Heggie’s “Intelligence” (Kwamé Ryan, Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer), Huang Ruo’s “An American Soldier” (Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Hannah Cho, Alex DeSocio, Nina Yoshida Nelsen & Brian Vu; Adam Abeshouse, Silas Brown & Doron Schachter, producers), Kouyoumdjian’s “Adoration” {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Freddie De Tommaso, Anastasia Bartoli, Elīna Garanča & Huw Montague Rendall Lead International Opera Awards Nominees

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The International Opera Awards have announced its 2025 nominees. The nominees for Opera Company of the Year are Deutsche Oper Berlin, GöteborgsOperan, Houston Grand Opera, MusikTheater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, and Teatro alla Scala.  Meanwhile, in the Female Singer category, Anastasia Bartoli, Elsa Dreisig, Véronique Gens, Asmik Grigorian, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Adela Zaharia are the nominees.  In the Male Singer {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Jonas Kaufmann, Mikheil Sheshaberidze, Jessica Pratt, Adèle Charvet & Sarah Moulton Faux Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, Jonas Kaufmann has a new album that focuses on lieder, while Jessica Pratt shows off her Bel canto skills in one of Donizetti’s masterpieces. Audiences get to discover some rare pieces and hear some world premiere recordings. Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux {…}

Season Announcement

Ava Dodd, Marianne Crebassa, Zheng Jiang Among Headliners of The Mozartists 2025-26 Season

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The Mozartists have announced their new 2025-26 season. First up is “Opera in 1775,” which includes excerpts from operas by Tozzi, Fischietti, Mozart, Haydn, and Sacchini, among others. Ava Dodd, Philippe Durrant, Stephanie Hershaw, Chelsea Zurflüh, and Hugo Brady star. Ian page conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 17, 2025 Countertenor Zheng Jiang headlines a Mozart Birthday Concert at Cadogan Hall. The {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Boston Early Music Festival 2025 Review: Octavia

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(Photo: Kathy Wittman) Once every other year, Boston becomes THE city to be in if you are a hardcore early music addict. While many festivals claim to focus on early music, they often stick to the usual crowd-pleasers—Bach, one of the Scarlatti’s, Vivaldi, etc. The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) offers something stronger. Under the leadership of Paul O’Dette and {…}

IndieOpera

Music Before 1800 to Present New Edition of Bach’s ‘Markus Passion’

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Music Before 1800 will present “The Sebastians at Chatham Baroque” on April 13, 2025. The event, set to take place at Corpus Christi Church in New York City, will showcase Bach’s “Markus Passion” with such soloists as actor Joseph Marcell, soprano Pascale Beaudin, countertenor Cody Bowers, tenor James Reese,  and bass Jonathan Woody. Jeffrey Grossman conducts and performs on the {…}