Spoleto Festival USA Announces New Hires to Executive Leadership

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Spoleto Festival USA has announced four new members to its executive leadership team. Joining the team will be Brent Dickman as Chief Financial Officer, Dexter Foxworth as Chief Operating Officer, Liz Keller-Tripp as Lead Producer, and Katharine Laidlaw as Chief Marketing Officer. “As we look to build upon our institution’s profound legacy, I am thrilled to welcome these talented and {…}

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Grange Festival Announces 2023 Season

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The Grange Festival has announced its 2023 season which is set to include four new productions. The season opens with Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” The production is set to star Samantha Clarke, Kitty Whately, Nicholas Lester, Alessandro Fisher, Carolina Lippo, and Christian Senn. Ukrainian conductor Kirill Karabits, Chief Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, makes his Festival debut in this new {…}

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Castle of our Skins & Soprano Louise Toppin to Perform at Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

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The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society is set to present Castle of our Skins and coloratura soprano Louise Toppin in performance on May 17, 2023. The ensemble, which is dedicated to celebrating Black artistry through music, will present “Time is an Impatient Thing.” The performance will feature Perry’s “The Hidden Words of Baha’u’ullah,” Skye’s “Crossing,” a new work by Loggins-Hull, Williams’ {…}

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Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria Announces Cast Change for ‘Aida’

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The Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria has announced a cast change for its “La Magia de Aida” on Sept 23, 2022. The orchestra noted that Latonia Moore will not sing the title role and will be replaced by Cellia Costea. Costea has performed at the Bucharest National Opera as well as at the Klagenfurt Stadttheater, Royal Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Gran {…}

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Teatro Coccia di Novara Announces 2022 Summer & Fall Season

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Italy’s Teatro Coccia di Novara has announced its summer and fall season. Here is a look at the operatic productions. Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” will be conducted by Roberto Gianola and directed by Salvatore Sito. Performance Dates: July 22 & 23, 2022 “I Nuovi Corti del Coccia” will be performed with Giuseppe Guerrera, Claudio Scannavini, and Paola Magnanin with a libretto {…}

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Q & A: Composer Thomas Cabaniss & Director Malena Dayen on Bringing ‘Firesongs’ to Life

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On June 18, 2022, the National Sawdust and Chelsea Factory will present Bare Opera’s production of Thomas Cabaniss’ “Firesongs.” Cabaniss, a South Carolina Native, was an initiator of The Lullaby Project and The Somewhere Project, both at Carnegie Hall, and was the host and composer-in-residence for Carnegie Hall’s Link Up program between 2010-2020. In addition to the dozens of works {…}

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Jennifer Rowley Withdraws from Menorca ‘Trovatore’ Due to COVID-19

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(Credit: Chris Singer) Jennifer Rowley has withdrawn from “Il Trovatore” at the Opera Menorca in Spain. The soprano took to social media and said, “My very first period production of ‘Il Trovatore’ will have to wait. I have sadly, very sadly, tested positive for COVID, and will be unable to join my colleagues in this beautiful production with Opera Menorca. {…}

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Khary Wilson, Shanelle Woods, Andrew Wannigman, & Lloyd Reshard to Headline Glow Lyric Theatre’s ‘Stinney: An American Execution’

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Greenville, South Carolina’s Glow Lyric Theatre, has announced the Southern premiere of Frances Pollock and Tia Price’s new opera, “Stinney: An American Execution,” at the Fred Collins Performing Arts Stage in Greenville, South Carolina’s Kroc Center from July 22 to 31, 2022. The opera relates the story of George Stinney, Jr., a 14-year-old African-American boy wrongly convicted and executed in {…}

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USC Thornton School of Music & University of The Arts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy to Present ‘All the Truths We Cannot See: A Chernobyl Story’

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The University of South Carolina’s Thornton School of Music and the University of The Arts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy have joined forces to present the U.S. premiere of Uljas Pulkkis and Glenda Dawn Goss’ “All the Truths We Cannot See: A Chernobyl Story.” The opera is set in the period of the Chernobyl explosion on April 26, 1986. The story follows {…}

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Spoleto Festival USA Announces New Hires to Executive Leadership

Grange Festival Announces 2023 Season

Castle of our Skins & Soprano Louise Toppin to Perform at Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria Announces Cast Change for ‘Aida’

Teatro Coccia di Novara Announces 2022 Summer & Fall Season

Q & A: Composer Thomas Cabaniss & Director Malena Dayen on Bringing ‘Firesongs’ to Life

Jennifer Rowley Withdraws from Menorca ‘Trovatore’ Due to COVID-19

Khary Wilson, Shanelle Woods, Andrew Wannigman, & Lloyd Reshard to Headline Glow Lyric Theatre’s ‘Stinney: An American Execution’

USC Thornton School of Music & University of The Arts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy to Present ‘All the Truths We Cannot See: A Chernobyl Story’