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Reviews, Stage Reviews

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg 2026 Review: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

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(Photo: Jann Wilken) Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie is not an opera house, yet it regularly presents high-calibre concert performances of opera and oratorio—projects that inevitably place artistic and operational pressure on the city’s Hamburg State Opera. This Bellini evening continued that pattern. With Ensemble Resonanz returning after their previous notable “Norma,” the hall again became a theatre of the imagination. In its {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Music Director David Stern on Leading Palm Beach Opera into the Future

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(Credit: Tom Watson) In 2024, Palm Beach Opera appointed David Stern to be the organization’s Ari Rifkin Music Director. Stern, the son of iconic violinist Isaac Stern, had been with the company since 2015 as its Chief Conductor after leading positions at  Israeli Opera and Theater St. Gallen in Switzerland. The conductor has had a major international career, performing with {…}

News, Season Announcement

Ravenna Festival Unveils 2026 Season

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The Ravenna Festival announces its 2026 season. This article only features vocal concerts.  Riccardo Muti leads choir singers from all over Italy for the project Cantare amantis est. Performance Dates: June 1 & 2, 2026 Nicola Zambon and Ludovico Dal Pra sing in “Il Santo folle” by Marcello Fera and Guido Barbieri, with Conductus Ensemble and Gruppo Vocale Heinrich Schütz, {…}

News

Alice Coote Receives 2026 New Year’s Honour

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During the 2026 New Year’s Honours, several classical musicians were made Commanders of the Order of the British Empire. The highest honor of Commander was given to conductor Richard Haworth Farnes, who was the Music Director of Opera North from 2004 to 2016, and has led productions at the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Scottish Opera, and Glyndebourne Festival {…}

Business, News

Elizabeth Sutphen Joins Stratagem Artists for General Management

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Elizabeth Sutphen has joined Stratagem Artists for General Management. Sutphen is a critically acclaimed soprano who graduated from The Juilliard School (B.M. 2012, M.M. 2014) and is an alumna of The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (Gerdine Young Artist 2014, 2015/ Richard Gaddess Festival Artist 2016), The Internationale Meistersinger Akadamie (2015) and the Solti Accademia (2016). She has won such {…}

News

Tichina Vaughn to Headline SAS Performing Arts Company & LC Vaughn Sankofa Memorial Arts Funds’ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert

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SAS Performing Arts Company, Inc., in partnership with the LC Vaughn Sankofa Memorial Arts Fund, will present “Tichina Vaughn and Friends Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Day” on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at 7 p.m. The concert, set to take place at Christ and St. Stephen’s Church in New York City, honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through a program {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

HamburgMusik 2025 Review: Pastorale

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(Photo: Daniel Dittus) What new ideas can a Christmas concert possibly still have up its sleeve? “Pastorale,” conceived and led by Dorothee Oberlinger with Ensemble 1700, offered a compelling answer by returning Christmas music to its human roots. Rather than polishing familiar repertory into decorative ritual, the concert reframed it—through sound, story, and historical memory—into a richly textured, deeply humane {…}