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Zachary James to Give Premiere at Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

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(Photo credit: Artist’s website) Baritone Zachary James gives the opening concert at the 2026 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. Music Director Cristian Măcelaru leads the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music’s 64th season. In the concert titled, “On Freedom,” Zachary James gives the West Coast premiere of Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 15. He is joined by the Festival Orchestra. Glass’ six-movement {…}

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Opera Philadelphia & Temple University Announce Major Partnership

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(Credit: Ray Bailey) Opera Philadelphia and Temple University have announced a new partnership that will encompass new opera recordings, student entrepreneurship opportunities, and expanded educational programming. Through the collaboration, Temple’s Boyer College of Music and Dance, the home to BCM&D Records and its five Grammy nominations, will produce and release recordings of new operas that receive world premieres in Philadelphia. {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition Announces Winners

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the winners of the 2026 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition following its annual competition on March 22. The winners were sopranos Shannon Crowley, Elizabeth Hanje, Song Hee Lee, and Anna Thompson; and baritones Gabriel Natal-Báez and Robert Wente. Each winner receives a $20,000 cash prize and the prestige, exposure, and networking opportunities that {…}

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Christine Goerke Headlines Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s 2026-27 Season

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(Photo credit: Doneson) The Princeton Symphony Orchestra announces its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal events. Soprano Christine Goerke performs Mahler’s “Kindertotenlieder” and Wagner’s “Liebestod.” Rossen Milanov conducts. Performance Date: January 23 & 24, 2027 The season concludes with the Westminster Symphonic in Beethoven’s “Choral” Symphony No. 9. Soloists are yet to be announced. Performance Date: May {…}

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‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ Set for the Silver Screen Following Opera’s World Premiere

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After the Metropolitan Opera announced the upcoming world premiere of “Lincoln in the Bardo,” a film adaptation was also announced. According to Variety, the George Saunders novel will be adapted into a film that will star Tom Hanks as the 16th U.S. President. Saunders is adapting the novel with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Duke Johnson set to direct and produce. Johnson, Paul {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces 23 Semifinalists for Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition

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The Metropolitan Opera has announce the 23 semifinalists for the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. The semifinals, which are set to be held on March 15, 2026, will be held on the Met stage before a panel of judges and will also be available for public viewing via livestream. Laffont alumni Brittany Olivia Logan and Miles Mykkanen will {…}

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Lisette Orospesa, Asmik Grigorian Lise Davidsen, Rolando Villazón, Michael Fabiano, Brian Jagde, Ailyn Pérez, Aigul Akhmetshina Star in Metropolitan Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. The company opens the season with a new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” starring Lise Davidsen, Quinn Kelsey, Freddie De Tommaso, and Ryan Speedo Green. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a production by Louisa Proske. Performance Dates: Sept. 22-Oct. 20, 2026 The Metropolitan Opera will present the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s “Lincoln in the {…}

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Opera Philadelphia to Present ‘Sleepers Awake’

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Opera Philadelphia is set to present Gregory Spears’ latest work “Sleepers Awake.” Premiering April 22-26 at the Academy of Music, Spears creates a labyrinthine soundscape to accompany a dream-like rendering of the fairytale “Sleeping Beauty,” inspired by modernist Swiss writer Robert Walser. The story follows The Stranger, who wakes Thorn Rose and her companions from a century-long sleep. But instead {…}

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Casa Italiana NYU to Showcase Live Recording of Perino & Anichini’s ‘Enrico IV’

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Casa Italiana NYU is set to a live recording of “Enrico IV,” a new opera in two acts with music by Roberto Scarcella Perino and libretto by Federica Anichini, based on Luigi Pirandello’s 1922 play. The recording, open to the public, is set to take place on Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. The opera tells the story of a modern {…}