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Helen Charlston Stars in Music at Paxton’s 2025 Festival

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Music at Paxton announces its 2025 festival lineup. This article only features classical vocal performances. Denise Stout leads the Northumbria Chamber Choir in a program of works by Byrd and Debussy, as well as Northumbrian folk songs, and more. Performance Date: July 19, 2025 Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston pianist and Sholto Kynoch present “Notes of Old,” featuring music by Schubert, J.S. {…}

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Boulanger Initiative Announces WoCo Fest 2025: Uplift

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Boulanger Initiative will host their annual two-day music festival, WoCo Fest 2025: Uplift, on May 30-31, at the The Mansion, Strathmore. This year’s event is an official World Pride Partner Event. For the purposes of this article only vocal concerts are included. The Opening Concert features the New Choir of Mt. Vernon with various instrumentalists including sitarist, vocalist, and composer {…}

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Brevard Music Center Reveals 2025 Summer Festival Programming

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North Carolina’s Brevard Music Center has unveiled its plans for the 2025 summer festival. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. The Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center will present “L’Elisir d’Amore” in a production directed by Dean Anthony and conducted by Emily Jarrell Urbanek. Performance Dates: June 26 & 28, 2025 Pauline Viardot-Garcia’s “Cendrillon” {…}

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Soprano / Pianist Chelsea Guo Set for NYC & D.C. Debuts This February

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Soprano and pianist Chelsea Guo is set to make her New York City and Washington D.C. debuts this February. The First Prize Winner of the 2022 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions will appear at the Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall on Feb. 6, 2025 before heading to The Kennedy Center on Feb. 19, 2025. In the program, she will explore {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Sonya Yoncheva’s ‘George’

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George Sand is like the epitome of Parisian intellectualism: a writer, feminist, socialite, and revolutionary whose ideals resonate with compassion and societal optimism that made her an aspirational figure to the progressively oriented middle-class. Her legacy is manifold, and her alliance with spearhead musicians, including Chopin and Pauline Viardot, has greatly influenced her esteem among like-minded posterity. Sonya Yoncheva, for {…}

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Rolando Villazon, Ying Fang, Fatma Said, Benjamin Appl & Lea Desandre Lead Dresdner Musikfestspiele’s 2025 Season

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The Dresdner Musikfestspiele has announced the 2025 season with the theme of “LOVE.” For this article, we will focus on the vocal performances. Fabio Luisi NHK Symphony Orchestra is set to join perform Haydn and Mahler with Ying Fang and Jan Vogler. Performance Date: May 18, 2025 The works by Arvo Pärt will be performed by Kadri Toomoja and the {…}

Editorials, Special Features

3 Controversial Moments From Opera History

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(Credit: Marty Sohl) Throughout the entire history of opera, from its beginning in the Francophile 18th century to the American 21st, there have been numerous moments which stand out as having been controversial of their time and controversial even today due to the contentious nature of the events. If one looks to contemporary issues like Anna Netrebko’s alleged blackface while {…}

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Opéra Grand Avignon Announces 2024-25 Season

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France’s Opéra Grand Avignon has announced its 2024-25 season Federico Santi conducts Verdi’s “La Traviata“ in a production by Chloé Lechat. Julia Muzychenko leads a cast that includes Jonas Hacker and Serban Vasile. Performance Dates: Oct. 11-15, 2024 Charles Lecocq’s “La Fille de Madame Angot” will be conducted by Chloé Dufresne and directed by Richard Brunel. Valentine Lemercier, Hélène Guilmette, {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Francesco Meli, Katharina Konradi & Riccardo Chailly Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get some Verdi and Monteverdi releases as well as the release of a world premiere album. Verdi Decca releases an album from the Teatro alla Scala which showcases Riccardo Chailly and La Scala as they maintain the gold standard {…}