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‘Juilliard at Zankel Hall’ Series Kicks off With Celebration of Works by Shaw, Ives, Montgomery & Aucoin

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The Juilliard School has announced a new partnership with Carnegie Hall titled “Juilliard at Zankel Hall.” The series will kick off on Monday, March 24, 2025  and April 3, 2025 with two programs. The first is dedicated to new works and premieres while the latter celebrates the music of Meredith Monk. The March 24 showcase will feature a wide range {…}

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Denyce Graves Foundation’s ‘Shared Voices’ Returns to The Met

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The Metropolitan Opera continues its partnership with the Denyce Graves Foundation’s “Shared Voices” program, the student-exchange initiative that brings together elite historically Black colleges and universities and America’s preeminent conservatories and institutions, for a second year. On Feb. 28, a new cohort of 18 students will participate in an immersive day-long program at the Met. This year, activities include a {…}

IndieOpera

The Town Hall to Give New York Premiere of ‘The Tongue & The Lash’

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The Town Hall celebrates James Baldwin with the New York premiere of the chamber opera,“The Tongue & The Lash” and “A Return to Civic Discourse” on Feb. 18, 2025. Damien Sneed and Karen Chilton’s “The Tongue & The Lash” picks up at the end of Baldwin and William F. Buckley, Jr.’s infamous televised debate in Feb. 1965. The opera imagines {…}

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Works & Process Unveils Spring 2025 Season

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(Photo credit: Boston Lyric Opera) Works & Process announces its 40th anniversary season taking place in spring 2025. For the purposes of this article only opera events are included. Fortieth Works & Process at the Guggenheim Series – Performance Highlights and Discussions Excerpts from Sarah Ruhl and Anthony Roth Costanzo’s reimagining of Vivaldi “The Seasons” are performed prior to its {…}

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Pretty Yende & Lea Desandre Headline Acte 4’s 2024-25 Season

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Acte 4 has announced its 2024-25 season. This article only features vocal works. Sopranos Emőke Baráth and Lauranne Oliva, countertenor Tim Mead, tenor Robin Tritschler, and baritone Benjamin Appl are soloists in Handel’s “Messiah.” They are joined by The Spiritual Concert orchestra and choir and directed by Hervé Niquet. Performance Dates: December 11, 2024 Mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre sings Sapho, Iphise and Eglé {…}

Artist of the Week, Special Features

Artist of the Week: Aundi Marie Moore

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This week the Seattle Opera is set to world premiere “Jubilee” created by Tazewell Thompson and with vocal arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell and orchestrations by Michael Ellis Ingram. The work tells the story of the historic Fisk Jubilee Singers that came together after the emancipation and the end of the Civil War. The work features important spiritual and and {…}

Interviews

Q & A: Evan LeRoy Johnson on How He Determines His Own Path by Listening to His Inner Voice

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(Photo credit: Matt Madison Clark) Evan LeRoy Johnson is an American tenor who received the Barbara and Stanley Richman Memorial Award from the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where he was a Gerdine Young Artist. He has performed widely in his home country and has made acclaimed debuts for numerous European opera houses, including Bayerische, Oper Frankfurt, Opernhaus Zürich and {…}