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Guadalupe Peraza Stars in The American Classical Orchestra’s ‘Revisit: The Chaconne Project’

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Mezzo-soprano Guadalupe Peraza and the American Classical Orchestra will return to Harlem Parish to finally perform  “Revisit: The Chaconne Project” in person on June 22, 2022 at 7 p.m. Originally, the live premiere was to take place on Feb. 3, 2022, but was postponed due to the Omnicron variant. The ensemble created a digital version of “The Chaconne Project” in {…}

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San Francisco Opera Center & Merola Opera Program Announce 2022 Schwabacher Recital Series

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The San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program have announced the Schwabacher Recital Series. Kicking things off will be a showcase featuring mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz and pianist Erica Xiaoyan Guo as they perform works by such composers as Barbara Strozzi, Rossini, Alma Mahler, Lang, Schubert, and Ranchera pieces inspired by Chavela Vargas. They will be joined by guitarist Tatiana {…}

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Bejun Mehta, Sophie Rennert, Francesca Ascioti & Giuseppina Bridelli Headline Innsbruck Festival of Early Music’s 2022 Season

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(Credit: Innsbruck Festival of Early Music official website) The Innsbruck Festival of Early Music has announced its 2022 season, featuring three operas and a number of concerts. For the purpose of this article we will focus on the vocal works. Here is a full slate. Operas  Carl Heinrich Graun’s opera “Silla” spotlights Bejun Mehta, Eleonora Bellocci, Valer Sabadus, Roberta Invernizzi, {…}

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Ensemble Altera Announces Winter Concert Featuring Music by Female Composers

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(Credit: Ensemble Altera official website) Ensemble Altera, the Providence-based classical choral group, will hold a concert entitled “We Watch and Welcome, Feminine Voices at Christmas.” The program for the concert will include Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols” and works by several female composers, including pieces by medieval mystic Hildegard von Bingen, 17th century composer Barbara Strozzi, and Joanna Marsh. “During the {…}

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Gotham Early Music Scene to Present ‘The Divine Feminine: Centering Women of Color in Early Music’

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Gotham Early Music Scene is set to inaugurate its Open Gates Project with “The Divine Feminine: Centering Women of Color in Early Music.” Opening on Nov. 12, 2021, the concert will celebrate women of color, with the program being comprised of sacred and secular works by 17th century female composers such as Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Barbara Strozzi, and Frencesca Caccini. {…}

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Marin Alsop, Leonardo Capalbo, Anne Sofie von Otter, & Julie Fuchs Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Audiences are in for several comedies this week as well as rarely performed works. New releases also include star-studded casts as well as rising stars. Here is a look at what to stream or watch this week! Candide  The LSO releases a new recording of Bernstein’s iconic work conducted by Marin Alsop. The new version was captured during celebratory concerts {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Joyce El-Khoury, Benjamin Appl, Cecilia Violetta López, Jonathan Tetelman Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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It’s happening. As the opera world starts progressing toward live performances, digital offerings are being tailored back a bit. We will continue this series nonetheless, providing our recommendations for some of the exciting upcoming opera events that you can stream from home in the event that you are not yet ready or able to return to a live performance. This {…}

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the little OPERA theatre of ny to Present ‘Monteverdi & Other Treasures from the Seicento’

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On June 4, 2021, the little OPERA theatre of ny will present a livestreamed concert entitled “Monteverdi & Other Treasures from the Seicento.” The concert will feature one of Monteverdi’s earliest chamber operas, “Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda” which first premiered in Venice in 1624. There will also be instrumental and vocal music by Monteverdi’s contemporaries, such as Dario {…}

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Matthias Goerne, Anna Caterina Antonacci & Florian Boesch Lead Festival de Granada’s 2021 Season

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The Festival de Granada in Spain has announced its 2021 season. For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on the vocal and choral performances. Nuria Rial and Maria José Moreno perform alongside José Sánchez-Montes and Orquesta Ciudad de Granada in a program with music by Schoenberg and  Mendelssohn. Performance Date: June 17, 2021 Schola Antiqua and Juan {…}