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Celebrity Series of Boston Announces Neighborhood Arts 2024-25 Season

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The Celebrity Series of Boston has released the details of its 2024-25 Neighborhood Arts season. Neighborhood Arts partners with the Mission Hill Arts Festival for the third year this summer to present free concerts and arts education events across Boston. In a press release, Robin Baker, Associate Director of Community Engagement, says, “We invite you to experience the rich tapestry {…}

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Boston Lyric Opera & Midway Artist Studios Announce New Artmaking & Community Space

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Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) and Midway Artist Studios have joined forces to create the Opera & Community Studios. The opera company has signed a multi-year lease for a 14,000-square-foot signature location at Midway Artist Studios in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood. The Opera & Community Studios are located in a 200,000-plus square foot, artist-owned nonprofit building that provides work-live space for {…}

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Yuval Sharon To Publish ‘A New Philosophy of Opera’

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Yuval Sharon deemed “the most imaginative director in the US” by the New York Times, has announced the publication of his book “A New Philosophy of Opera.” In “A New Philosophy of Opera,” Sharon draws on experiences throughout his career from Berlin to Los Angeles. He discusses re-envisioning opera as a powerhouse cultural phenomenon and his vision for an “anti-elite {…}

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Fleur Barron & Nicholas Mulroy Star in the 2024 Ryedale Festival

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(Photo credit: Victoria Cadisch) The Ryedale Festival has announced its programming for the 2024 season. This article features classical vocal works only. Mezzo-soprano Victoria Simmonds, the RSMF Ryedale Primary Choir, Ryedale Voices, Harmonia, The RyeLarks, and the Kirkbymoorside Town Junior Brass Band present the first “Community Song Cycle” by John Barber and Hazel Gould. The concert also features storyteller Rosie {…}

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Joélle Harvey Joins Askonas Holt for Representation in in Europe & Asia

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Joélle Harvey has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for representation in Europe and Asia. She will be managed at Askonas Holt by Nicholas Moloney in collaboration with Fletcher Artists Management. This season the American soprano debuted with the New World Symphony and also makes her debut with the Houston Symphony in “Carmina Burana.” She also performed with the Chicago Symphony, {…}

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Des Moines Metro Opera Announces Casting Updates

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The Des Moines Metro Opera has announced casting updates and an additional performance for the company’s 2024 Festival Season. The company noted that due to strong early ticket sales, there will be an additional performance of Damien Geter and Lila Palmer’s world premiere opera, “American Apollo.” The added performance will occur on Friday, July 19 at the Blank Performing Arts {…}

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Susannah Hardwick Debuts ‘A Night In Paris’ Concert Series in NYC

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(Photo credit: Da Costa & Hardy) British soprano Susannah Hardwick is set to launch her pop-up song concert series, “A Night In Paris: An Evening of French Cabaret” in New York City on Feb. 13, 2024. Hardwick’s concept for the concert series is “contemporary and different from the typical classical recital format.” With this, she aims to break down barriers {…}

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Julia Bullock Set for Baltimore Recital Debut

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Soprano Julia Bullock is set to make her Baltimore recital debut on Jan. 14, 2024. The concert kicks off at 5:30 p.m. local time. The Grammy-nominated artist will appear alongside pianist Bretton Brown in a program at Shriver Hall featuring music by Samuel Barber, Connie Converse, Francis Poulenc, Kurt Weill, Richard Strauss, Alban Berg, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Mary Rodgers, Bob Dylan, Antonín Dvořák, Elizabeth Cotten and C. Austin Miles. “When considering material {…}