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Oratorio Society of New York Announces 2018-19 Carnegie Hall Season

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The Oratorio Society of New York has announced its 2018-19 Carnegie Hall season. The organization, led by Kent Tritle, will kick off its season with a performance dedicated to the Centennial of the Armistice and of Polish Independence. The concert will feature Szymanowski’s “Stabat Mater” as well as Gorecki’s “Euntes Ibant et Flebant” and the “Dona nobis pacem” by Vaughan {…}

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LA Opera Announces 2018-19 Season Young Artists

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Plácido Domingo, LA Opera’s Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, has announced the 2018-19 season’s LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artists. Out of the 650 applicants, 200 live auditions and, ultimately, 28 final candidates, five singers were chosen. The five singers chosen were baritone Michael J. Hawk, who has worked with the Santa Fe Opera and Wolf Trap Opera, and mezzo-soprano Niru Liu, who will participate in the Pacific {…}

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Joan Dornemann & Paul Nadler’s International Vocal Arts Institute Kicks Off 2 Weeks of Concerts in NYC

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The International Vocal Arts Institute is set to kick off its New York programming this week with a number of showcases. The program, led by Joan Dornemann and Paul Nadler, will offer concerts between Friday, June 8 and Saturday, June 16 at the Mannes School of Music, including a masterclass on June 11, 2018, led by Dornemann. Dornemann is not {…}

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Carnegie Hall 2017-18 Review: A Beacon in the Dark – Dashon Burton and Company Captivate With World Premieres of “We Are One” and “Sanctuary Road”

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On May 7, 2018, audiences at Carnegie Hall were treated to not one, but two world premieres by The Oratorio Society of New York. The first work, “We Are One,” comes from composer Behzad Ranjbaran. It is described as “an expression of our shared desire for respect, justice, freedom, and peace… ‘We Are One’ employs a unified musical tone throughout {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Review – Roméo Et Juliette: Ailyn Pérez, Charles Castronovo, Plácido Domingo & Co. Deliver Darker, Heavier Interpretation of Gounod Opera

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Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” is arguably the composer’s best work – an extended love duet with beautiful melodies that capture the essence of Shakespeare’s classic tale, if not its complexity. For years, the Met showcased a production that did draw closer to the greatness of Shakespeare, before replacing it with Bartlett Sher’s current interpretation. Sher’s version gets the job done {…}

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Teatro Regio Torino 2017-18 Review – I Lombardi: Angela Meade & Francesco Meli Sparkle In Early, But Underdeveloped Verdi Opera

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A number of Verdi’s early operas are closely associated with the Risorgimento, no more so than “Nabucco” with its famous chorus, “Va pensiero,” in which the people yearn for a homeland. Arguably, however, it was the follow-up and now rarely performed opera, “I Lombardi alla Prima crociata,” which best encapsulates the spirit of the Italian people’s desire for nationhood. Listening {…}

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Juilliard School 2018 Review – Hippolyte et Aricie: Production Recreates What Rameau Would Have Hoped For

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Premiering in 1773, Jean-Phillipe Rameau’s first opera, “Hippolyte et Aricie,” was considered to be a ground-breaking and controversial work that would further inspire a continuation of masterpieces that Rameau would create in support of “modern” music.  Modeled after Racine’s tragedy “Phèdre,” Rameau created a tragédie lyrique, that stirred perspectives surrounding a genre of French opera that began with Jean-Baptiste Lully {…}

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Carousel on Broadway 2018 Review: Renée Fleming Makes Triumphant Return to Stage

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Who knows if we will ever hear Renée Fleming take to the opera stage to perform a recognized role again? Her departure from the Met Opera stage last May in “Der Rosenkavalier” seems, to this point, as the end of Fleming the opera star to make way for Fleming, a bigger star in a wider range of musical repertoire. Because {…}