Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: Peter Grimes

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(Credit: Richard Termine / Met Opera) (This review is for the performance on Oct. 26, 2022) The last time the Met Opera presented “Peter Grimes” was in 2008. The world has certainly changed quite a bit in that time and somehow, that timeless work’s themes seem all the more relevant than ever before. The opera opens on the trial of {…}

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New York Festival of Song to Present ‘KABARETT’

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The New York Festival of Song continues its new season with “KABARETT.” The concert will be presented on Nov. 16, 2022 at the Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center. The program will highlight songs from Berlin’s fabled nightspots during the Weimar era, featuring music by Hollaender, Spoliansky, Bienert, Tucholsky, Eisler, and others. Soloists will include Soprano Sari Gruber, mezzo-soprano Naomi {…}

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PBS to Broadcast Ricky Ian Gordon & Lynn Nottage’s ‘Intimate Apparel’

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PBS has announced that it will start broadcasting Ricky Ian Gordon’s “Intimate Apparel” as part of its Great Performances series. The showcase, which premiered on Sept. 23, 2022 on PBS will also be viewable on the PBS Video App and the company’s official website. The opera, which is set in Manhattan in 1905, follows the story of an African American {…}

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Lyric Fest Unveils 2022-23 Season

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Lyric Fest’s 20th anniversary season, which coincides with its 2022-23 edition, has been announced. This season will feature a world premiere opera by Damien Geter and several milestone celebrations. “Elysian Fields” is the season opener. Soprano Magdalena Kuźma, and mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce will perform solo and duets, entitled “dawns, visions, and dreams.” The young artists will be joined by Laura {…}

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Ginger Costa-Jackson & John Brancy Lead MasterVoices’s 2022-23 Season

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Ted Sperling, Artistic Director of MasterVoices has announced details of the 81st season. The 2022-23 season opens at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center with Sperling leading a concert staging of Bizet’s “Carmen “in its original Opéra Comique version. Mezzo-soprano Ginger Costa-Jackson heads the cast that also includes soprano Mikaela Bennett as Micaëla and baritone John Brancy as {…}

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New York Festival of Song Unveils 2022-23 Season

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The New York Festival of Song has announced its 2022-23 season. The season will kick off with “Heroes” at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center. The showcase will feature mezzo-soprano Kara Gudan and John Brancy alongside musicians Peter Dugan, Charles Yang, and Steven Blier. They will perform music by Schubert, Gluck, Bob Dylan, and Stevie Wonder. Performance Date: Sept. 28, {…}

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Laura Wilde, Brandie Sutton & Janai Brugger Lead Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ 2023 Season

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The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has announced its 2023 season. The season opens with “Treemonisha,” Scott Joplin’s landmark opera. The work will see an expanded version, reimagined for the modern day with an added prologue and epilogue by composer Damien Sneed and librettist Karen Chilton. Charlotte Brathwaite directs the opera with George Manahan conducting. The cast includes Justin Austin, {…}

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Susanna Phillips & Isaiah Bell lead Oratorio Society’s ‘Elijah’

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The Oratorio Society of New York is set to present Mendelssohn’s “Elijah.” Led by Music Director Kent Tritle, the concert will be presented on May 9 at the Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The oratorio will feature such soloists as soprano Susanna Phillips, mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford, tenor Isaiah Bell, baritone Justin Austin, and treble Zachary Whelan. “Elijah” is {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Unveils Programming for 2022 Summer Recital Series

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(Photo By: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2022 Summer Recital Series. This is the 13th year that the Met Opera presents the Summer Recital Series. The series will open at the Central Park Summerstage in a concert starring Brittany Renee, Ben Bliss, and Justin Austin. Bryan Wagorn performs at the painio. The program then heads to {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: Peter Grimes

New York Festival of Song to Present ‘KABARETT’

PBS to Broadcast Ricky Ian Gordon & Lynn Nottage’s ‘Intimate Apparel’

Lyric Fest Unveils 2022-23 Season

Ginger Costa-Jackson & John Brancy Lead MasterVoices’s 2022-23 Season

New York Festival of Song Unveils 2022-23 Season

Laura Wilde, Brandie Sutton & Janai Brugger Lead Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ 2023 Season

Susanna Phillips & Isaiah Bell lead Oratorio Society’s ‘Elijah’

Metropolitan Opera Unveils Programming for 2022 Summer Recital Series