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Renée Fleming, Lena Belkina & Svetlana Aksenova Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to listen to rare repertoire, new works, and a holiday classic. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Spring Night Solo Musica releases Lena Belkina new album accompanied by pianist Natalia Sidorenko. The album is devoted to romances written by Peter Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninov. The new CD marks her third solo album. {…}

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Music of the Baroque Announces Holiday Slate

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(Credit: Elliot Mandel) Chicago-based Music of the Baroque has announced two unique holiday programs. First up will be “A Thanksgiving Messiah” starring Sherezade Panthaki, Allyson McHardy, Richard Croft, and Matthew Brook. “What better way to celebrate the return to normality in the company of Music of the Baroque than with Handel’s ‘Messiah’?” stated Nicholas Kraemer, who will conduct the performance, {…}

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Sophie Bevan, Elizabeth DeShong, Alek Shrader, Karina Gauvin, Lucy Crowe Headline The English Concert’s Fall 2021 Season

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The English Concert has announced the fall portion of its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic performances. First up will be Händel’s “Samson” at the London Händel Festival, St. George’s Hanover Square. The showcase will star Stuart Jackson, Sophie Bevan, Paula Murrihy, Matthew Brook, David Shipley, and Rachel Redmond. Harry {…}

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Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Announces 2021-22 Season

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Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the fall portion of its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will on vocal and operatic performances. First up will be a concert performance of Mozart’s Requiem at Sheldonian Theatre. Soloists include Mary Bevan, Hanna Hipp, and Joshua Ellicott, and Ashley Riches. The concert will also star clarinetist Laura Ruiz Ferreres {…}

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Dessoff Choirs Announces 2021-22 Season

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New York-based Dessoff Choirs has announced its 2021-22 season. The season kicks off with “Considering Matthew Shepard,” a three-part fusion oratorio about the young, gay student who was kidnapped, tortured, and left to die. The work features texts by Hildegard of Bingen, Lesléa Newman, Michael Dennis Browne, and Rumi as well as passages from Matthew’s personal journal and the words {…}

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Susanna Phillips, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Hyeyoung Moon, Sidney Outlaw Headline Oratorio Society of New York’s 2021-22 Season

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The Oratorio Society of New York has announced its 2021-22 season. The season opens with a concert featuring Pärt’s “Berliner Messe” and “Two Slavonic Dances;” Britten’s “Festival Te Deum” and “Rejoice in the Lamb;” and Gabrieli’s “Jubilate Deo, omnis terra.” Kent Tritle, David Rosenmeyer, and William Janiszewski conduct. Performance Date: Nov. 9, 2021 Next up is a performance of Händel’s {…}

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Glyndebourne Announces 2021 Tour

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Glyndebourne has announced the return of its tour in 2021. The tour will see the company bring opera to communities in Canterbury, Milton Keynes, Norwich, and Liverpool. First up will be “Fidelio” starring Dorothea Herbert and Adam Smith. Frederic Wake-Walker directs and Ben Glassberg conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 8-31 (Glyndebourne) The company will then feature “Don Pasquale” in a production {…}