Watch Met Opera ‘Turandot’ Via PBS’ Great Performances This March

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(Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) In continuation of the 2019-20 Great Performances Series, PBS will present the Live in HD broadcast of “Turandot” from the Metropolitan Opera on Friday, March 20, 2020 The broadcast will kick off at 9 p.m. EDT. The cast includes soprano Christine Goerke in the title role with Yusif Eyvazov as Calaf. Eleonora Buratto appears {…}

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Zachary James to Highlight Women Composers in Carnegie Hall Recital

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(Credit: Daniel Welch) Bass-baritone Zachary James will present a recital at Carnegie Hall dedicated to music by women on Nov. 30, 2020. Other performers on the recital include pianist Charity Wicks, baroque guitarist Brandon J. Acker, cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, and soprano Megan Nielson. Ellen Jackson will direct the concert. Among the pieces featured on the program will be Juliana Hall’s {…}

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Los Angeles Opera 2019-20 Review: Eurydice

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There is a famous painting by Gustave Moreau called “Thracian Girl Carrying the Head of Orpheus on His Lyre” from 1865. The foreground shows exactly what the title describes. The background is harder to make out: some people are gathered on a cliff, one of them playing an aulos. Small tortoises walk near the Thracian woman’s feet, happily sauntering about {…}

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Lisette Oropesa & Anthony Roth Costanzo To Appear in Hamlen-Palm Series Concerts

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The Hamlen-Palm Series will present three unique concert experiences for New Yorkers allowing them to watch some of the world’s greatest artists from mere feet away. The concerts, which will take place at an elegant TriBeCa loft, are produced by and benefit Classical Action, a program of Broadway Cares / Equity Fights Aids. The first of these house concerts is {…}

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Q & A: Will Liverman On His Debut Album ‘Whither Must I Wander’ & the Challenges of Making An Independent Recording

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(Credit: S. Richards) The album has always been a touchstone of any musician. It is an opportunity to preserve an artistic development and legacy in a manner that enables listeners of the past and present to connect with the artist in an intimate way. In the past, major recording companies dominated the industry, proving to be the gatekeepers of which {…}

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Q & A: LA Opera CEO & President Christopher Koelsch on the Company’s 2020-21 Season, Renée Fleming & ‘Breaking the Waves’

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The LA Opera announced its 2020-21 season featuring five main stage production, four new productions and a number of second stage productions through its Connects and LA Opera Grand sections. Among the composers featured in the programming are Missy Mazzoli, Verdi, Mozart, Handel, and Rossini. In light of the new season announcement, CEO and president of the house Christopher Koelsch {…}

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Artist Of The Week: Matthew Aucoin

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(Credit: Steven Laxton) Throughout the years the story of Orfeo and Euridice has been portrayed on stage in several different works and operas. Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” has dominated the scene while Monteverdi’s “Orfeo” has slowly seen a resurgence in popularity. But it doesn’t stop there as Haydn, Charpentier, Luigi Rossi and even Offenbach put their mark on the story. {…}

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Watch Hui He in ‘Madama Butterfly’ From Met Opera on PBS

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PBS will present the Live in HD broadcast of “Madama Butterfly” from the Metropolitan Opera on Feb. 2, 2020 as the latest installment in the 2019-20 Great Performances Series. The broadcast will kick off at 12 p.m. EDT and Hui He in the title role alongside Bruce Sledge as B.F. Pinkerton and Paulo Szot as Sharpless. Elizabeth DeShong plays Suzuki, {…}

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Met Opera’s ‘Manon’ To Be Broadcast on PBS Great Performances This January

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PBS will present the Live in HD broadcast of “Manon” from the Metropolitan Opera on Jan. 5, 2020 as it kicks off the 2019-20 Great Performances Series. The broadcast will kick off at 12 p.m. EDT and features Lisette Oropesa in the title role with Michael Fabiano as her lover Chevalier des Grieux. Artur Rucinski, Brett Polegato, Kwangchul Youn, and {…}

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Watch Met Opera ‘Turandot’ Via PBS’ Great Performances This March

Zachary James to Highlight Women Composers in Carnegie Hall Recital

Los Angeles Opera 2019-20 Review: Eurydice

Lisette Oropesa & Anthony Roth Costanzo To Appear in Hamlen-Palm Series Concerts

Q & A: Will Liverman On His Debut Album ‘Whither Must I Wander’ & the Challenges of Making An Independent Recording

Q & A: LA Opera CEO & President Christopher Koelsch on the Company’s 2020-21 Season, Renée Fleming & ‘Breaking the Waves’

Artist Of The Week: Matthew Aucoin

Watch Hui He in ‘Madama Butterfly’ From Met Opera on PBS

Met Opera’s ‘Manon’ To Be Broadcast on PBS Great Performances This January