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MidAmerica Productions Announces 2025 Concert Season at Carnegie Hall

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MidAmerica Productions announces its 2025 concert season. For the purposes of this article, only vocal works are included. The New England Symphonic Ensemble accompanies all performances, unless otherwise noted. The world premiere of Paul A. Aitken’s “Missa Pro Terra: A Mass for the Earth” features soloists soprano Michele Sexton and baritone Eliam Ramos. Participating choirs are the Cantabile Singers of {…}

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Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Renée Fleming & Joyce DiDonato Lead Classical Grammy Nominations

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The Grammy Awards have announced their nominations for 2023 with the Metropolitan Opera leading the field in the classical categories. In the Best Opera Recording category Matthew Aucoin’s “Eurydice” was nominated alongside Terrence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut up in my Bones” and Anthony Davis’ “X – The Life And Times Of Malcolm X” “Eurydice” features Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Barry Banks, Nathan Berg, {…}

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Vanessa Vasquez, Ginger Costa-Jackson & Talise Trevigne Highlight Lyric Opera Of Kansas City’s 2020-21 Season

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The Lyric Opera of Kansas City has announced its 2020-21 season featuring four unique productions. Vanessa Vasquez headlines opening night in a production of Verdi and Piave’s “La Traviata” by Francesca Zambello. Timothy Myers conducts the masterpiece with Matthew White as Alfredo and Weston Hurt as Germont. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 4, 2020 Eric Greene, Talise Trevigne, Donovan Singletary, Jermaine Smith and Indra {…}

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Leah Crocetto & Will Liverman Headline Austin Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The Austin Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring three main stage productions and an Opera ATX production. Here is a look at the new season: The season opens with Opera ATX, which is now in its third season. Sarah Kirkland Snider’s “Penelope” will be presented at The North Door, an iconic performance space on Austin’s East Side. This production, {…}

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Cecilia Violetta Lopez, Michael Chioldi, Kang Wang Headline Austin Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The Austin Opera has announced its 2019-20 season which will include a new opera and two classics of the standard repertory.  “Next season continues the excellence that our audiences have come to expect—pairing beautiful productions of classic works with the thought-provoking voices of the new masters of 21st-century opera,” said Annie Buridge, General Director & CEO of Austin Opera in {…}