Maria Agresta, Martin Muehle, Pretty Yende, & Angelo Villari Among Performers at 2025 Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund

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(Photo credits: Elisa Rinaldi, Simon Pauly, & Gregor Hohenberg) Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund announces its 2025 lineup. Soprano Maria Agresta and tenor Martin Muehle perform opera classics from Verdi to Puccini in the Italian opera gala. Carlo Montanaro conducts the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen. Performance Date: June 1, 2025 Works by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and those who inspired his writing {…}

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Renée Fleming & Jessie Montgomery Among Guests at La Jolla Music Society SummerFest 2025

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(Photo credit: Todd Rosenberg) La Jolla Music Society announces it line up for SummerFest 2025. This article only features vocal-related works. Renée Fleming and the SummerFest Chamber Orchestra, led by conductor Alan Gilbert, join forces to bring Strauss’ “Four Last Songs” to life. The version performed is arranged by James Ledger. Performance Date: August 5, 2025 La Jolla Music Society’s {…}

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Living Productions & Bold Tendencies Present ‘Modern Nature’ in Honor of Derek Jarman

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(Photo credit: Gilbert McCarragher) “Modern Nature: The Prospect Cottage Diaries” will be presented by Living Productions and Bold Tendencies. Following his HIV diagnosis and the death of his father, artist, and filmmaker Derek Jarman wrote “Modern Nature.” The diary captured his time spent living in Prospect Cottage on the Kent coast. “Modern Nature” explores how he found solace in the {…}

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Asmik Grigorian Leads Carnegie Hall Concert with Cleveland Orchestra

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Asmik Grigorian is set to return to New York for a concert at Carnegie Hall with the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst. The evening which will be held on March 18 at the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage will showcase Grigorian in Strauss’ “Four Last Songs” and the Final Scene from Puccini’s “Suor Angelica.” The concert will also showcase Welser-Möst {…}

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Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart Presents ‘Bach and Latin America: Internationales Bachfest Stuttgart’

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The Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart has announced the first “Bach and Latin America: Internationales Bachfest Stuttgart” to take place March 9-23. For the purposes of this article, only vocal works are included. “Bach and Latin America” begins with Ariel Ramírez’s ‘Creole Mass.” Soloists are mezzo-soprano Cecilia Fontaine and baritone Matías Bocchio. Lydia Schimmer conducts. Performance Date: March 9, 2025 Sopranos Miriam {…}

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Q & A: Gianandrea Noseda & Nicole Heaston on Performing Barber’s ‘Vanessa’ With the National Symphony Orchestra & Aspects of Live Recordings

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(Photo credit: Tony Hitchcock) Despite winning a Pulitzer Prize and receiving great acclaim following its Metropolitan Opera premiere in 1958, Barber and Menotti’s “Vanessa” is not regularly programmed as a full work. Arias such as “Must the winter come so soon?” and “Do not utter a word” are frequently heard in recitals, but this does not do justice to this {…}

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Orchestra of St. Luke’s Returns to Carnegie Hall

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The Orchestra of Saint Luke’s is set to return to Carnegie Hall in January and February 2025. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the months. Raphaël Pichon makes his New York debut conducting the US premiere of “Mein Traum (My Dream)” as well as songs by Schubert, Robert Schumann, and Carl Maria von Weber. The concert includes {…}

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Yuval Sharon Steps Down from Industry Opera Company

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Yuval Sharon has announced he is stepping down from his position as Artistic Director at the Industry Opera Company. Sharon said that his decision was made because he will need to spend more time in New York as he is set to debut at the Metropolitan Opera next season with a new production of “Tristan un Isolde” and he is {…}

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Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Top Ten Rising Stars 2024

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(Credit: TACT/Askonas Holt/Intermusica/Natalia Jansen) It’s that time of the year. The end of the year. 2024 brought many debuts, many new productions, many competitions, many world premieres and many new young artists who are coming up in the world of opera. And that it is reason alone to celebrate. As the year comes to an end, here’s a look at {…}

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Maria Agresta, Martin Muehle, Pretty Yende, & Angelo Villari Among Performers at 2025 Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund

Renée Fleming & Jessie Montgomery Among Guests at La Jolla Music Society SummerFest 2025

Living Productions & Bold Tendencies Present ‘Modern Nature’ in Honor of Derek Jarman

Asmik Grigorian Leads Carnegie Hall Concert with Cleveland Orchestra

Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart Presents ‘Bach and Latin America: Internationales Bachfest Stuttgart’

Q & A: Gianandrea Noseda & Nicole Heaston on Performing Barber’s ‘Vanessa’ With the National Symphony Orchestra & Aspects of Live Recordings

Orchestra of St. Luke’s Returns to Carnegie Hall

Yuval Sharon Steps Down from Industry Opera Company

Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Top Ten Rising Stars 2024