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Susanna Phillips & Miah Persson Featured In Houston Symphony Orchestra’s 2019-20 Season

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The Houston Symphony has announced its 2019-20 season with a number of great artists and conductors featured in a variety of repertoire. For this season announcement, we will focus on the vocal performances and operatic repertoire. Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Andrés Orozco-Estrada team up for a concert, which will include a suite from “Porgy and Bess” by Gershwin, as well as the {…}
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Joélle Harvey, Nicholas Phan & Mireille Asselin Highlight Handel And Haydn Society 2019-20 Season

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The Handel and Haydn Society has announced its 2019-20 season, which will include a few vocal performances. In its 205th season, the organization will continue its mission to bring “Classical and Baroque music to life on period instruments in historically informed performances, showcasing the music the way the composer intended.” H+H will perform works of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven, as well {…}
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Artist Profile: American Bass Giorgio Tozzi’s Diverse Career

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American-born Giorgio Tozzi was actually born George John Tozzi on Jan. 8, 1923. He originally planned on studying biology when he entered DePaul University, though he eventually wound up in military service during World War II. After that, he resumed a singing career. He would make his professional debut in the Broadway production of “The Rape of Lucretia” in 1948. {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Interview: Soprano Kathryn Lewek, The Queen Who Refused To Sing

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Coloratura Soprano Kathryn Lewek never set out to be opera’s reigning Queen of the Night, Mozart’s show-stealing villainess of “Die Zauberflöte” (“The Magic Flute”). But fate had other ideas. In this case, fate was personified by a casting director.  Refusing the Call During a competition for the Opera Foundation in New York, the Deutsche Oper’s Casting Director, Christoph Seuferle asked {…}
IndieOpera, Special Features

International Traditions Abound At Bare Opera’s 2018 Holiday Concert

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A few years ago, four women put their heads together and decided that they wanted to create an opera company. The result was a company, Bare Opera, that in three years has presented a number of unique concerts with such titles as “Karaoke,” and “Love is Love,” as well as a number of opera productions, including a panoramic view of {…}
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Resonance Works To Pay Tribute To Robert Page During The Holidays

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Resonance Works is set to celebrate the holiday season with “A Joyous Sound!” The concert series featuring the Resonance Chamber Orchestra and Festival Chorus will pay tribute to Grammy award-winning conductor, arranger, and composer, Robert Page, who was well-known for his Holiday concerts and who conducted the Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestras. The concert will include Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins, selections {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A : Sharon Carty On The Wexford Festival Opera & Her Upcoming Schubert Album

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At this moment, opera in Ireland is really on the up. Over the last couple of years, the country has seen a significant number of developments, which has started to lift its profile. This year, for example, saw the inauguration of the Irish National Opera company, which has an ambitious vision for delivering opera, showcasing Irish singers and increasing the {…}
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Concerts at Saint Thomas To Feature Three Holiday Concerts

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Concerts at Saint Thomas is set to celebrate the holiday season with Handel’s Messiah and other traditional works. First up, the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys and New York Baroque Incorporated will perform Handel’s Messiah with Daniel Hyde conducting soloists soprano Elizabeth Weisberg, mezzo-soprano Meg Bragle, tenor Thomas Cooley, and bass Alexander Dobson. Two such performances are scheduled for Dec. {…}

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