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Women Serial Killers Take Center Stage in New Opera, ‘The Hive’

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Harvey Brough and Carole Hayman’s new opera, “The Hive” makes its world premiere on Nov. 8, at The Tung in Liverpool. “The Hive” draws the research conducted by Hayman during her fellowship at King’s College, London, where she focused on real stories of women who have committed serial murder. The libretto fuses verbatim interviews with text drawing from dark fairy {…}
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Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Launches Tour to the British Isles

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(Photo credit: Jamie Pham) Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) will take its show on the road with a 13-day summer tour of the British Isles. From June 29 through July 11, the the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers for treble voices, and the Young Men’s Ensemble for singers with changing voices will perform a total of 10 concerts in {…}
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Britten Pears Arts Announces Major Leadership Change

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Britten Pears Arts has announced that Angela Mallison will become the new Chair. She takes over for Sir Simon Robey, who is set to become President alongside Lord Stevenson and Colin Matthews. Mallinson has worked in management for over 40 years with major international conductors, solo instrumentalists, and chamber ensembles. In 2019, she was givent eh ABO / Rheingold Artist {…}
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Obituary: Countertenor & Vocal Coach Michael Harper Passes Away at 61

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Michael Harper passed away on March 10, at the age of 61. Harper was born in 1963. He went on to study at Virginia Commonwealth University before completing postgraduate and doctoral studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He also studied opera at the Mayer-Lismann Opera Centre in London. Harper’s singing career took him across Europe, the US, {…}
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Cleveland Orchestra Announces New Programming For Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival

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The Cleveland Orchestra announced the addition of new events to the 2025 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival.  Highlights of the third installment of the Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival include three concert performances of “Jenůfa” with Latonia Moore, Pavol Breslik, Miles Mykkanen, and Nina Stemma cast, and “Vox Humana,” a program of music by Bach, Poulenc, {…}
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Obituary: Conductor & Composer Elgar Howarth Dies at 89

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On Jan. 13, 2025, conductor Elgar Howarth died at the age of 89. Born on Nov. 4, 1935 Cannock, Staffordshire, Howarth’s father was an engineer who also conducted the Barton Hall Works Band, in which Elgar played cornet and his brother Stanford trombone. He went to the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music and together with his classmates {…}

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