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Q & A: Raphael Fusco On His Fairytale-Meets-Reality Opera ‘inSOMNIA’

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The world of opera is a rapidly changing place. Yet, at the heart of operatic theater is a desire to say something, to share something that is close to the core of being human. Opera allows composers to synthesize local culture with classical traditions while simultaneously infusing opera with popular music, jazz, and extended techniques across the many centuries of {…}

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Bryan Register, Anush Hovhannisyan & Emily D’Angelo Lead Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España’s 2023-24 Season

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The Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the vocal performances. David Afkham opens the season with Rachmaninoff and Elgar. Soloists include Frank Peter Zimmermann, Anush Hovhannisyan, Pavel Petrov, and Anatoli Sivko. Performance Dates: Sept. 22-24, 2023 Juanjo Mena conducts Brindley Sherratt in a program of music by Mussorgsky, Inés Badalo, and Tchaikovsky. Performance {…}

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Charles Castronovo, Elsa Dreisig, Maria Bengtsson, Lawrence Brownlee, Aleksandra Kurzak Headline 2023-24 Season at Grand Théâtre Genève

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The Grand Théâtre Genève has announced its 2023-24 season. First up is “Don Carlo” in a production by Lydia Steier starring Charles Castronovo, Leonardo Capalbo, Dmitry Ulyanov, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Stéphane Degout, and Êve-Maud Hubeaux. Marc Minkowski conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 15 – 28, 2023  Lea Desandre, Ana María Labin, Ana Vieira Leite, Hugh Cutting, Kresimir Spicer, Moritz Kallenberg, and Renato {…}

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Alabama Symphony Orchestra Announces 2023-24 Season

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The Alabama Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 Season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Carlos Izcaray conducts Helen Huang in Fauré’s “Requiem.” The program also includes pianist Vanessa Perez in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major as well as Paul Desenne’s Palenkumbe and Lili Boulanger’s “D’un matin de printemps.” Performance Dates: Oct. 27-28, 2023 Christopher Confessore conducts {…}

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Aundi Marie Moore, Talise Trevigne, Danielle Talamantes, Solomon Howard Headline National Philharmonic’s 2023-24 Season

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The Maryland-based National Philharmonic has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. First up is “Anhelos Universales,” which features baritone Juantomás Martínez Yépez. Eugene Rogers conducts the program which features music by James Lee III and Antonio Estévez. Performance Date: Nov. 5, 2023 Next up is Händel’s “Messiah” featuring Anthony Blake Clark, Aundi Marie Moore, {…}

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Sasha Cooke & Paul Groves Headline La Jolla’s SummerFest 2023

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La Jolla Music Society has announced its 2023 SummerFest, which will take place at The Conrad in San Diego, California between July 28 and August 26. The season’s main theme will be “The Great Unknown.” “Audiences will discover fantastical and otherworldly pieces, myths, fairy tales, dreams, and memories, reveling both in the canon’s most beloved works and in hidden gems {…}

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Oper Graz Announces 2023-24 Season

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Oper Graz has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the productions and concerts.  Opera Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann“ will star Matthias Koziorowski, Anna Brull, Andżelika Wiśniewska, Tetiana Zhuravel, Tetiana Miyus , Sieglinde Feldhofer, Mareike Jankowski, and Petr Sokolov. Performance Date: Sept. 30, 2023-Jan. 6, 2024 Tobias Ribitzki directs Kurt Weill’s “Tom Sawyer” with Tom Schimon, Michael Heller, Euiyoung {…}

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Golda Schultz & Chanticleer Headline Princeton University Concerts’ 2023-24 Season

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Princeton University Concerts has announced its 2023-24 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. Chanticleer will present “Music of a Silent World” alongside the Princeton University Glee Club. Performance Date: Oct. 12, 2023  Soprano Golda Schultz and pianist Jonathan Ware will join forces for “This Be Her Verse.” The performance will feature {…}

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Louise Alder, Matilda Sterby & Mark Padmore Lead Konserthuset Stockholm’s 2023-24 Season

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The Konserthuset Stockholm has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Ryan Bancroft will conduct Sven-David Sandström’s “The High Mass” with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Soloists include Marisol Montalvo, Elin Rombo, Jeannette van Schaik, Paula Murrihy, and Emma Sventelius. Performance Date: Sept. 7, 2023 Sophie Asplund, Yuri Mynenko, and Magnus Svensson perform a night of {…}