Diana Damrau, Elīna Garanča, Patricia Nolz & Fatma Said Lead Wiener Konzerthaus’ 2023-24 Season

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The Wiener Konzerthaus has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Riccardo Chailly conducts a Verdi program with the chorus and orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala. Performance Date: Sept. 4, 2023 The Bayerisches Staatsorchester will perform alongside Yefim Bronfman and Elsa Dreisig in a Schumann, Wagner, and Mahler program. Vladimir Jurowski conducts. Performance Date: {…}

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Atlanta Opera Announces 96-Hour Opera Project Finalists

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Five composer and librettist teams have been selected to participate in Atlanta Opera’s second annual 96-Hour Opera Project. Composer Jorge Sosa and librettist Alejandra Martinez, Omar Najmi and Catherine Yu, Dave Ragland and Selda Sahin, Edward Shilts and Laura Barati, and Nathan Felix and Anita Gonzalez make up the creative teams. The composition competition and showcase is designed for BIPOC {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Angela Gheorghiu, Nadine Sierra, Pretty Yende & Renée Fleming Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2022-23 Season

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Matthias Pintscher conducts Olga Neuwirth’s “The Outcast” with a cast that includes Susanne Elmark, Otto Katzameier, Andrew Watts, Georgette Dee, Johan Leysen, Steve Karier, Johannes Bamberger, and Peter Brathwaite. Performance Date: Sept. 26, 2022 Matthias Goerne and Leif Ove Andsnes {…}

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Sopranos Rachel Hanauer & Caroline Spaeth to Present Joint Recital ‘Music for the End Times’

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Sopranos Rachel Hanauer and Caroline Spaeth will give a joint recital entitled “Music for the End Times” on Feb. 20, 2022, at the Ryan Concert Hall at the Smith Center of the Arts at Providence College, with a reprise on Feb. 25, at Providence’s AS220 Black Box Theater. The program comprises contemporary works, with Spaeth performing György Ligeti’s “Mysteries of {…}

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Nicky Spence, Anush Hovhannisyan & Emma Bell Lead Welsh National Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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The Welsh National Opera has announced its 2022-23 season which will be divided into fall and spring seasons. Autumn 2022 The season opens with a new production of Janáček’s “The Makropulos Affair” starring Emma Bell as Emilia Marty. The opera will also star Nicky Spence, Gustáv Beláček, Mark Le Brocq, Harriet Eyley, David Stout, Alexander Sprague, and Alan Oke. Tomas {…}

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Handel and Haydn Society Announces Emancipation Proclamation Concert For New Year’s Eve

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Handel and Haydn Society has announced an upcoming traditional Emancipation Proclamation Concert dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech in 1863. The concert, which will take place on Dec. 31, 2021 at the historic Trinity Church Boston in Copley Square, will star Tenor Marlon Matthews alongside the H+H Chorus. Anthony Trecek-King conducts. The performances will feature “My Lord What a {…}

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Fresh Squeezed Opera Streams Vocal Lab Premieres

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Fresh Squeezed Opera will present its Vocal Lab premieres on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. The showcase, which will be streamed on its Facebook and YouTube pages, will kick off at 7:30 p.m. Audiences will get a chance to hear “The Voice of the Rain” by Ian Chung featuring Victoria Benson; “Song of Hypatia” by Holly Winter starring Kate Lipow; Leo {…}

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Stefan Vinke, Gaston Rivero, Olga Jelínková & Elisabet Strid Lead Oper Leipzig’s 2021-22 Season

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Oper Leipzig has announced its 2021-22 season featuring four new productions. Here is a look: New Productions Viktor Ullmann’s “The Fall of the Antichrist” will be conducted by Matthias Foremny and directed by Balázs Kovalik. The production will star Thomas Mohr, Dan Karlström, Kay Stiefermann, Stephan Rügamer, Sebastian Pilgrim, and Martin Petzold. Performance Dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 17, 2021 David Pountney {…}

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Camilla Nylund, Thomas Hampson & Hanna-Elisabeth Müller Lead Dresden Philharmonic’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: Dario Acosta/Anna S./Chris Gonz) The Dresden Philharmonic in Germany has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal performances. Prof. Gunter Berger conducts the Philharmonischer Kinderchor. Performance Date: Sept. 5, 2021 Noa Frenkel and Michael Nagy lead a program dedicated to Salvatore Sciarrino. The concert will also feature Martina Schucan, Florian {…}

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Diana Damrau, Elīna Garanča, Patricia Nolz & Fatma Said Lead Wiener Konzerthaus’ 2023-24 Season

Atlanta Opera Announces 96-Hour Opera Project Finalists

Joyce DiDonato, Angela Gheorghiu, Nadine Sierra, Pretty Yende & Renée Fleming Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2022-23 Season

Sopranos Rachel Hanauer & Caroline Spaeth to Present Joint Recital ‘Music for the End Times’

Nicky Spence, Anush Hovhannisyan & Emma Bell Lead Welsh National Opera’s 2022-23 Season

Handel and Haydn Society Announces Emancipation Proclamation Concert For New Year’s Eve

Fresh Squeezed Opera Streams Vocal Lab Premieres

Stefan Vinke, Gaston Rivero, Olga Jelínková & Elisabet Strid Lead Oper Leipzig’s 2021-22 Season

Camilla Nylund, Thomas Hampson & Hanna-Elisabeth Müller Lead Dresden Philharmonic’s 2021-22 Season