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Carnegie Hall Announces Conductor Change for Orchestra of St. Luke’s All-Brahms Concert

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Carnegie Hall has announced a conductor change for the upcoming performance by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s on May 9, 2024. The ensemble, which will perform an All-Brahms concert on May 9, will now be conducted by Xian Zhang, who replaces Bernard Labadie, who withdrew due to illness. Zhang is no stranger to the ensemble, having made her Carnegie Hall {…}

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Ilanah Lobel-Torres Joins Harrison Parrott for General Management

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(Credit: Barbara Torres) American soprano Ilanah Lobel-Torres has joined Harrison Parrott for General Management. Lobel-Torres is a member of the troupe at Opéra National de Paris where she has performed in productions of “Věc Makropulos” and most recently stepped in at less than 24 hours’ notice as Beatriz in “The Exterminating Angel” led by composer Thomas Adès. Next season, she {…}

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Sir George Benjamin Awarded BBVA’s Frontiers of Knowledge Award

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Sir George Benjamin has been awarded the 16th annual Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Music and Opera category. The award is handed out by the BBVA Foundation and the organization noted that Benjamin has an “extraordinary contribution and impact in contemporary creation in the realms of symphonic music, opera and chamber music.” The committee added, “Using a highly personal {…}

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Opéra National de Paris Review 2024: The Exterminating Angel

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Photo credit: Agathe Poupeney-OnP Thomas Adès’s “The Exterminating Angel” is one of the most successful contemporary operas of the century. Beyond its many productions—the Parisian one being the best of them all—, the opera quickly entered the symphonic repertoire with a very well-crafted symphonic suite. The opera, based on Luís Buñuel’s homonymous film, follows its source material: more than a {…}

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Asmik Grigorian, Latonia Moore & Sarah Aristidou Lead Cleveland Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

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The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 Season. Here are the vocal performances. Klaus Mäkelä and Jennifer Johnston perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 3. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-19, 2024 Franz Welser-Möst conducts Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde” and a new work by Bernd Richard Deutsch. Limmie Pulliam and Iurii Samoilov are the soloists Performance Dates: Nov. 21 -23, 2025 Fabio {…}

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Trekking Through American Opera (Part Two)

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(Photo Credits: Karen Almon/Metropolitan Opera) Throughout this new series, we will be looking at the history of American opera, beginning in the 2000s through to the present, through revisiting certain iconic works of the past two decades and OperaWire’s coverage of them throughout the 21st century. In part one, we looked at the developments of the 2000s. In part two, {…}

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Opéra de Paris Announces Cast Change for ‘The Exterminating Angel’

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The Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for “The Exterminating Angel.” The company said that Caroline Wettergreen has withdrawn from the role of Leticia and will be replaced by Gloria Tronel. Tronel is a winner of the Jessica Pratt Prize at the 22nd Ottavio Ziino International Opera Competition, and the First Prize at the Festival Mimas Singing Competition. She {…}

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UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music to Feature Performance Starring Hilá Plitmann

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Soprano Hilá Plitmann will perform a concert at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music on Dec. 1, 2023. The free concert, which kicks off at 8 p.m., represents the culmination of a week-long collaboration with the soprano and the institution. During that collaboration, Plitmann will work together with student composers and then present the results of that work together. Also {…}