Morris Robinson, Nicholas Phan, Sash Cooke & Camilla Tilling Lead Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Matthias Pintscher conducts the May Festival Chorus in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “The Bells.” The program also includes Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. Performance Dates: Nov. 8 & 9, 2025 Lauren Snouffer, Sasha Cooke, Nicholas Phan, and Jonathan Lemalu perform George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.” Cristian Măcelaru conducts. Performance {…}

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Obituary: Metropolitan Opera Soprano Loretta Di Franco Dies at 82

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On Dec. 30, 2024, American soprano Loretta Di Franco has died at the age of 82. Born in New York, Di Franco began her career as a Met’s opera chorus member and eventually got promoted to singing small comprimario roles. In 1961, she sang her first comprimario role as one of the pages in Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” and the peasant girl {…}

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Gabriela Montero Condemns Venezuela Election & Askonas Holt’s Continued Support of El Sistema

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Pianist Gabriela Montero has condemned the “stolen election” in her homeland Venezuela and is condemning the upcoming tour by “El Sistema” led by conductor Gustavo Dudamel. In a statement on social media the well-known pianist said, “Today, the Maduro regime tries to claim yet another stolen election in my homeland of Venezuela, despite overwhelming evidence that they lost by large {…}

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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Names First-Ever Creative Partner

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(Photo Credit: Ebru Yildiz) The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has announced Lara Downes as its first-ever Creative Partner. Downes is a Pianist, producer / curator, and media personality who was honored as Classical Woman of the Year by NPR’s Performance Today. She has performed alongside the orchestras of Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, Dallas, Louisville, Indianapolis, and others, as well as given {…}

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Los Angeles Opera Unveils Members of 2024-25 Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program

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The Los Angeles Opera has announced the 2024-25 members of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program. The new members include soprano Gabrielle Turgeon; tenors Nathan Bowles and Yuntong Han; baritone Hyungjin Son; and bass-baritone Vinícius Costa. Soprano Kathleen O’Mara will be a returning artist for her second year with the program. Bowles is set to appear with LA Opera in the {…}

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Kathryn Lewek & Zach Borichevsky Lead Toledo Opera’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’

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The Toledo Opera is set to present Charles Gounod’s “Romeo & Juliet” on Feb. 16 and 18, 2024. The work is being performed by Toledo Opera for the first time in nearly a decade and will star Kathryn Lewek in her role debut as Juliet and Zach Borichevsky as Romeo. They will be joined by baritone Sydney Outlaw as Mercutio, {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: The Magic Flute

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Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera This year’s season opener of the Met’s “The Magic Flute,” on December 8th, 2023, was another high-energy holiday extravaganza. The family-friendly annual production by Julie Taymor was a familiar favorite to many; its rich fantasy world of magical symbolism dazzled and delivered. However, what set the bar for this year’s production apart from others, {…}

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Metropolitan Opera to Present Holiday Version of ‘The Magic Flute’

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(Credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to celebrate the holiday season with its production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The company will present the work 13 times performances between December 8–30. The English-language adaptation runs under two hours and features a production by Tony Award–winning director Julie Taymor. Patrick Furrer and Gareth Morrell share conducting duties, {…}

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Oratorio Society of New York to Perform Handel’s ‘Messiah’

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The Oratorio Society of New York is set to perform Handel’s “Messiah” for the 149th time on Dec. 18, 2023 at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The Society continues its tradition of performing the work. The society first performed the Messiah on Christmas Day 1874 in Carnegie Hall under the baton of founding director Leopold Damrosch. For {…}

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Morris Robinson, Nicholas Phan, Sash Cooke & Camilla Tilling Lead Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

Obituary: Metropolitan Opera Soprano Loretta Di Franco Dies at 82

Gabriela Montero Condemns Venezuela Election & Askonas Holt’s Continued Support of El Sistema

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Names First-Ever Creative Partner

Los Angeles Opera Unveils Members of 2024-25 Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program

Kathryn Lewek & Zach Borichevsky Lead Toledo Opera’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: The Magic Flute

Metropolitan Opera to Present Holiday Version of ‘The Magic Flute’

Oratorio Society of New York to Perform Handel’s ‘Messiah’