Thomas Capobianco, Phillip Bullock, Joshua Dennis, Marc Kudisch, Briana Hunter Headline NY Premiere of ‘Blind Injustice’

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MasterVoices is set to present Scott Davenport Richards and David Cote’s “Blind Injustice” on Feb. 3 and 4, 2025. “Blind Injustice” is based on the story of “The Ohio Innocence Project’s work to overturn the convictions of six men, women, and teens who were wrongly imprisoned for violent crimes they didn’t commit.” The New York premiere of the opera, set {…}

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New York Festival of Song to Present ‘My Brother’s Keeper’

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New York Festival of Song, led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, is set to open its mainstage season with “My Brother’s Keeper” on Nov. 19, 2024 at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center. Conceived by baritone Justin Austin, the program tells a story of brotherly love, caretaking, and community among Black men in America through art song, soul, gospel, and {…}

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Kosciuszko Foundation Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition Final Set for October 13, 2024

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The Kosciuszko Foundation will present the final rounds of the KF Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition on Sunday, Oct. 12-13, 2024. The two-day event will feature 34 singers including Lucy J. Atlus, Annelise R. Burghardt, Michael J. Butler, Adrinelle Chiesa Garcia, Hannah Cho, Ruby Dibble, Meryl P. Dominguez, Alexa K. Frankian, Dorothy A. Gal, Cumhur Gorgun, Michael J. Hawk, Emily {…}

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Cincinnati Opera to Broadcast 2024 Season

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(Credit: Philip Groshong) Cincinnati Opera’s 2024 Summer Festival which took place in July will be broadcast in November via 90.9 WGUC. The broadcasts will be on Sunday at 8 p.m. and can also be heard online at wguc.org. The first broadcast will feature Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” conducted by Dame Jane Glover and starring Elliot Madore, Jessica Faselt, Jessica Rivera, Aaron {…}

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Davenport Richards, Gershwin, Bach Headline MasterVoices 2024-25 Season

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MasterVoices has unveiled its 2024-25 season. First up is “Strike Up the Band” by George and Ira Gershwin. Ted Sperling conducts and directs the production. Tracy Christensen is the costume designer for the work, which is being presented in New York for the first time since 1998. Performance Date: Oct. 29, 2024 Then comes Scott Davenport Richards and David Cote’s {…}

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New York Festival of Song Announces 2024-25 Season

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The New York Festival of Song announces its 2024-25 season. Adriana Stepien, Scott Rubén La Marca, Philip Stoddard, Katherine M. Carter, and Steven Blier lead NYFOS@North Fork. The concert at Poquatuck Hall will feature music by Strauss, Lehar, Kalman, Weill, Piazzolla, Mauri, Puccini, Kern, Sondheim, Messager, and Sorozabal. Performance Date: August 25, 2024 Steven Palacio, Blythe Gaissert, Britt Hewitt, and {…}

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Concours de Genève Announces Finalists for 2024 Vocal Competition

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The 78th Concours de Genève has announced the 32 singers featured in its International Music Competition this October. The singers include Stefanie Bruggeling, Lin Fan, Edwin Fardini, Julie Goussot, Liwei Hou, Shelen Hughes, Junho Hwang, Jungrae Noah Kim, SuHan Kim, Hyerim Kim, Elizaveta Kozlova, Kyrylo Krasnykov, Aleksandra Łaska, Dasol Lee, Ruoran Ma, Franciana Nogues, Changdai Park, Joseph Parrish, Hyunwoo Roh, {…}

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Salzburg Festival Announces 2024 Young Artists

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The Salzburg Festival has selected the Young Singers for the 2024 season. The 16 participants were selected among more than 700 applicants and hail from ten nations: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Iran, Russia, Turkey, the USA and Uzbekistan. Led this year by Malcolm Martineau, Violeta Urmana, and Stéphane Degout, they said, “This format of advanced vocal education includes {…}

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New York Festival of Song to Perform ‘All Together Now’

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The New York Festival of Song is set to collaborate with the Young Concert Artists in a program entitled “All Together Now.” The concert will be performed on Feb. 21, 2024 at the Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall and will feature five vocalists from the YCA roster including soprano/pianist Chelsea Guo, mezzo-sopranos Megan Moore, and Erin Wagner, tenor Daniel McGrew, {…}

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Thomas Capobianco, Phillip Bullock, Joshua Dennis, Marc Kudisch, Briana Hunter Headline NY Premiere of ‘Blind Injustice’

New York Festival of Song to Present ‘My Brother’s Keeper’

Kosciuszko Foundation Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition Final Set for October 13, 2024

Cincinnati Opera to Broadcast 2024 Season

Davenport Richards, Gershwin, Bach Headline MasterVoices 2024-25 Season

New York Festival of Song Announces 2024-25 Season

Concours de Genève Announces Finalists for 2024 Vocal Competition

Salzburg Festival Announces 2024 Young Artists

New York Festival of Song to Perform ‘All Together Now’