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Fort Worth Opera Announces Jury & Date for Marguerite McCammon Voice Competition 2025

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Fort Worth Opera’s biennial Marguerite McCammon Voice Competition is set to return on March 23, 2025. The showcase will feature 10 rising opera stars performing at the Kimbell Art Museum with $15,000 in cash prizes on the line. Contestants will have to prepare a list of four arias and get to choose the first selection. But in the second half, {…}

News, Season Announcement

Joyce DiDonato, Asmik Grigorian, Piotr Beczala, Sonya Yoncheva, Lisette Oropesa Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. New Productions The season opens on a Sunday with Mason Bates and Gene Scheer’s  “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” in its Met Opera premiere. Bartlett Sher directs and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast starring Lauren Snouffer, Sun-Ly Pierce, Miles Mykkanen, Patrick Carfizzi, Craig Colclough, and Andrzej Filoncyzk. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}

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Wolf Trap Opera Announces 2025 Summer Season

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Wolf Trap Opera has announced its summer season including three fully-staged productions. The season will also showcase American soprano Tamara Wilson as the 2025 Filene Artist-in-Residence. Wilson will work closely with Wolf Trap Opera’s emerging artists and will lead a public master class with WTO’s Studio Artists on June 11. Opera  The company will present Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” {…}

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Sasha Cooke, Heidi Stober, David Portillo, J’Nai Bridges & Jarrett Ott Lead Seattle Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Seattle Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance.” The cast includes Reginald Smith, Jr. as the Pirate King, Thomas Glass as Major-General Stanley, David Portillo as Frederic, Vanessa Becerra as Mabel, and Katharine Goeldner as Ruth. David Charles Abell will conduct Sean Curran’s production. Performance Dates: Oct. 18-Nov. 1, {…}

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DACAMERA to Present Tyshawn Sorey’s ‘Monochromatic Light (Afterlight)’

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DACAMERA will present “Monochromatic Light (Afterlight)” on March 28, 2025 as part of the Big Ears Festival. The showcase will feature bass-baritone Davóne Tines alongside the St. John’s Cathedral Choir, violist Kim Kashkashian, percussionist Steven Schick, and pianist/celesta player Sarah Rothenberg. Tyshawn Sorey will conduct the eponymous work, which he composed and was co-commissioned by DACAMERA. Sorey’s 70-minute work was {…}

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MasterVoices 2025 Review: Blind Injustice

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(Credit Photo: Erin Baiano) Scott Davenport Richards and David Cote’s “Blind Injustice” came to New York City this past week, taking the stage of Jazz at Lincoln Center for two performances on Feb. 3 and 4 presented by MasterVoices. The work follows the Ohio Innocence Project’s efforts to overturn the convictions of six men, women, and teens who were wrongly {…}

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Astral Artists Announces Closure After Three Decades

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Astral Artists is closing down its agency after three decades. In a letter president and CEO Lourdes Starr said, “For three decades, Astral has supported the early careers of classical musicians. We are proud of the work and of the positive impact it has made on our artists, laureates, and the classical music industry. Astral Artists are active recitalists, soloists, {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Flórez, Sondra Radvanovsky, Piotr Beczała Headline Barcelona Obertura’s 2024-25 Season

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Barcelona Obertura has unveiled its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Soprano Núria Rial will take on songs by Mompou in a performance that also includes works by Gershwin and Ravel. Ludovic Morlot conducts the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2024 The Liceu will present “Lady Macbeth of Mstensk” in a production {…}

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Clarion Choir Reveals 2024-25 Season Featuring Dame Ethel Smyth, Mozart, Bach, Rachmaninoff

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The Clarion Choir has unveiled its 2024-25 season. First up is “Rachmaninoff @150: Spring Cantata and Folk Songs.” The showcase will feature baritone Aleksey Bogdanov taking on “Spring” as well as pianist Ilya Maximov playing the composer’s third piano concerto. Steven Fox conducts. Also on the program is NOVUS Amor Artist. Performance Date: Oct. 30, 2024 The New Year’s concert will {…}