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Grant Park Music Festival to Premiere Jake Runestad’s ‘Earth Symphony’

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(Photo credit: Norman Timonera) The Grant Park Music Festival has announced its 2025 season. For the purposes of this article only classical vocal concerts are included. The Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra and Chorus give the Illinois premiere of Jake Runestad’s “Earth Symphony.” Also programmed on this concert is Gustav Holst’s “The Planets, and Lili Boulanger’s “Psalm 24.” Christopher Bell {…}
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Allan Clayton, Benjamin Appl, Sophie Bevan, Claire Booth, Lotte Betts-Dean Headline Aldeburgh Festival 2025

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Aldeburgh Festival has announced its 2025 edition. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is “A Visit to Friends,” a new opera by Collin Matthews and William Boyd. It stars Lotte Betts-Dean, Susanna Hurrell, Marcus Farnsworth, Edward Hawkins, and Gary Mattewman. Jessica Cottis conducts and Rachael Hewer directs. Performance Date: June 13 & 14, 2025 James {…}
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Q & A: American Soprano Jane Marsh on Her Career & How to Magnetize What You Want in Your Own Career

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When Jane Marsh made her Italian and European début at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy singing the demanding part of Desdemona in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Otello,” she was just past her teens. She had been recommended to Thomas Schippers by the Metropolitan Opera as he was looking for a soprano to sing the role for the opening of {…}
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Renée Fleming & Rod Gilfry Headline Cincinnati May Festival’s 2025 Season

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The Cincinnati May Festival announced its 2025 edition. First up is “All Together Now.” The showcase features the May Festival Chorus, May Festival Youth Chorus, and Cincinnati Boychoir in performance. Performance Date: Feb. 16, 2025 Ramón Tebar conducts Verdi’s “Requiem.” He leads the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, May Festival Chorus, and Cincinnati Boychoir. Performance Date: May 16, 2025 Matthew Swanson, Jason {…}
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La Seine Musicale Unveils 2024-25 Season

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(Photo by Arthur Weidmann / Wikimedia Commons) La Seine Musicale has unveiled its 2024-25 season. First up is a program featuring the Académie Jaroussky. The showcase, which spotlights the work of Lili and Nadia Boulanger, will feature the participation of Philippe Jaroussky alongside violinist Nemanja Radulovic, cellist Anne Gastinel, and pianist Cédric Tiberghien. other artists on the program include soprano {…}
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Dame Sarah Connolly, Will Liverman, Roderick Williams, & Lucy Crowe Among Performers in Oxford International Song Festival 2024

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(Photo credits: Crowley, Cadisch, & Simpson) The Oxford International Song Festival has announced its 2024 season lineup. Baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Natalie Burch open the Festival with Schubert’s “Schwanengesang.” Performance Date: October 11, 2024 Soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Joseph Middleton present a works by Robert and Clara Schumann. Performance Date: October 12, 2024 Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton {…}
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Guildhall School of Music & Drama Announces Autumn 2024 Season

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(Photo credit: David Monteith Hodge/Photographise) Guildhall School of Music & Drama has released the details of its Autumn 2024 season. This article only features classical vocal works. Soprano Seohyun Go along with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and Chorus present Poulenc’s “Gloria.” Ludovic Morlot, Music Director of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, conducts the program, which also includes Gitay Razaz’s “Mother” and {…}
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Barbara Hannigan, Karim Sulayman & Leah Hawkins Lead Park Avenue Armory’s 2024 Fall Season

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The Park Avenue Armory has announced its fall 2024 recital series. The season opens with Beverly Sills Award-winning soprano Leah Hawkins with pianist Kevin Miller exploring her personal journey of self-acceptance and identity. They will perform works by Poulenc and Lili Boulanger as well as a collection of folk songs from various cultures. Performance Dates: Sept. 13 & 15, 2024 Tenor Karim {…}
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Musica Viva NY Announces 2024-25 Season

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Musica Viva NY has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with “SOUNDSCAPES: Shabnam Abedi & Musica Viva NY Soloists.” The program, featuring the harmonium, tabla and piano, contains a crossover of three worlds of sound. In addition to the choral ensemble of eight voices presenting jazz and Hindustani classical music, there is Hindustani raga music presented by Abedi, as {…}

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