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Chicago Summer Opera Announces 2025 Season

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The lineup for Chicago Summer Opera has been released. The program is split into two sessions. Each group of students will participate in role preparation, vocal technique, dramatic preparation, audition technique, and stage movement, and more. Each singer either receives a full role or cover role. All productions are staged and performed with an orchestra. This year’s vocal faculty includes {…}
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Tyson Deaton Announces Completion & Publication of Critical Edition of Songs by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

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Conductor, keyboardist, and musicologist Tyson Deaton has announced the completion and publication of a five-volume critical edition of songs by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Deaton finalized the project in 2025 after nearly four years of research and editorial work. The edition brings together nearly 100 songs for voice and keyboard and represents the first modern performing edition of Bologne {…}
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New Camerata Opera to Present ‘L’Amant Anonyme’ in Spring 2026

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New Camerata Opera will present “L’amant anonyme” this Spring. The only surviving opera by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, will be conducted by Kelly Lam and directed by Brandon Shaw McKnight in a staging that reimagines the opera within a 1960s television studio inspired by The Bell Telephone Hour. “L’amant anonyme” had its world premiere on March 18, 1780. The {…}
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Axelle Saint-Cirel & Limmie Pulliam Headline Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges 2025

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The Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges announces its 2025 programming, honoring the 280th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges. This year, the Festival will feature international representation of artists from over 20 countries.  Performances include orchestra concerts, chamber music recitals, choral concerts, exhibitions, lectures, master classes, workshops, an opera, and the inauguration of the Joseph Bologne {…}
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Karen Slack to Headline Inaugural Festival Mahagony

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Karen Slack will headline the inaugural Festival Mahagony at Rutgers University. The festival, which opens on Feb. 28 and runs through March 2, 2025 will feature four concerts with the opener and closer led by conductor Marlon Daniel. While the first showcase on Feb. 28 will be an orchestral music-only performance, the final one, “American Portrait” will be headlined by {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

National Sawdust 2024 Review: Silent Light

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(Photo credit: Jill Steinberg at National Sawdust) National Sawdust’s 10th Anniversary opening season kicked off with Artistic Director/Co-Founder & composer Paola Prestini and librettist Royce Vavrek‘s foley chamber opera world premiere “Silent Light,” featuring director & scenic designer Thaddeus Strassberger and conductor Christopher Rountree. The cast includes powerhouse soprano Brittany Renee as Esther, bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch as Johan, soprano Julia {…}
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J’Nai Bridges & Sonya Headlam Star in Lincoln Center’s 2024 ‘Summer for the City’

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(Photo credit: Freddie Collier & Jennifer Taylor) The Lincoln Center announced its “Summer for the City” series in its inaugural season under Renée and Robert Belfer Music Director Jonathon Heyward. This article only features vocal works. Mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges sings Peter Lieberson’s “Neruda Songs,” in “Carlos Miguel Prieto Conducts Haydn and Ginastera.” Performance Dates: July 30 & 31, 2024 “An {…}
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Léïla Brédent to Headline 2023 Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges in Guadeloupe

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Photo credit: Jiyang Chen The Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges has announced Guadeloupéenne coloratura soprano Léïla Brédent will headline its 2023 festival. Brédent will perform works by Mozart, “Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!” and “No, no, che non sei capace” at the season finale concert on Nov 24. She will be accompanied by the Saint-Georges Festival Orchestra, under the direction of {…}
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Sasha Cooke, Rodrick Dixon, Kelley O’Connor, & Matthew Polenzani Lead Aspen Music Festival 2023 Summer Livestreams

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The 2023 Aspen Music Festival has released its livestream lineup. All livestreamed performances are free and will be available on the AMFS virtual stage website. This article will focus solely on vocal performances. LA Opera’s James Conlon leads Sasha Cooke and Rodrick Dixon in “Conlon Conducts Mendelssohn, Mahler.” Cooke and Dixon present Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.” Performance Date: July {…}

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