Lincoln Center to Explore Inclusion in the Arts with ‘Activate’ Initiative

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced the expansion of its “Lincoln Center Activate” initiative, offering arts professionals in education and community engagement the chance to develop their creative and professional skills with the intent to spark change throughout the arts. The initiative will focus itself around a single prompt: “How do we achieve radical welcoming that will help {…}

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Angel Blue, Isabel Leonard, Davone Tines, Iréne Theorin, Danielle De Niese Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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This week’s recommendations feature a operatic mini-series, a notable gala, a recital dedicated to songs of protest, another recital about the historic migration of African Americans from the South to the North, a concert of opera singers turning to jazz, and another concert focused on music of medieval times. And then there’s some Mozart, Rossini, and Wagner for good measure. {…}

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New York Choral Society to Present ‘God is Seen’ Short Film

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On Feb. 23, 2021, the New York Choral Society will present the third installment of its virtual season, “Our Voices,” with the premiere of Alice Parker’s famous arrangement of the shape note hymn “God is Seen.” Shot in Irondale Theater, this short film will see the chorus joined by dancers Larissa Gerszke of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Chalvar Monteiro of {…}

Interviews, Special Features

A Year Without Opera – Singers from Germany, Austria, U.K., U.S. & Canada on their Struggles, Discoveries & Hopes

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Opera has always been known as the instrument of psychic and social health. But last year it also became a risk of physical health. Just when we needed culture the most, 2020 became a year of pandemic and a year without opera. Therefore both artists and opera institutions are confronting a crisis of their own. The arts generated a greater {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazón & Amanda Forsythe Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week, audiences can stream a variety of new releases ranging from contemporary music to baroque to bel canto. The week also marks one of the most anticipated releases of the year from one of opera’s biggest stars. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Il Tamerlano Naïve Classiques releases Vivaldi’s “Il Tamerlano (Il Bajazet)” marking the 65th release {…}

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Reginald Mobley and Quodlibet Ensemble to Feature in Digital World Premiere of ‘Coming Together’

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October 1, 2020, will see the digital world premiere of “Coming Together,” co-presented by Five Boroughs Music Festival, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Tippet Rise Art Center, and Bay Chamber Concerts. Countertenor Reginald Mobley will be joined by artists from the Quodlibet Ensemble. This concert seeks to raise awareness for voter’s rights, and features music by Rzewski, Florence Price, and Bach, along {…}

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Opera Philadelphia Commissions Four New Works

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Opera Philadelphia Channel has commissioned four of today’s most dynamic composers to create and premiere new works to be streamed on the channel. The company announced the news ahead of its digital platform launch. The first premiere, slated for January 2021, will be composed by Opera Philadelphia Composer in Residence Tyshawn Sorey. Subsequent premieres will be composed by Courtney Bryan, Puerto Rican-born composer {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

Off the Beaten Track: David Hertzberg’s Hallucinatory ‘The Wake World’ Serves Up a Sonic Feast

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This month’s Off the Beaten Track explores the newly released recording of “The Wake World: A Tale for Babes and Sucklings,” a one-act opera composed by Los Angeles-based composer/librettist David Hertzberg and inspired by Aleister Crowley’s work of the same name. The recording is the first opera released under the Tzadik label. Founder and executive producer of Tzadik, John Zorn {…}

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Kent Tritle to Lead Bach’s ‘St. John Passion’ At St. John the Divine in NYC

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(Image provided by Rubenstein Communications, Inc. ) The Cathedral Choir and Ensemble 1047 are set to perform Bach’s St. John Passion at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on March 31, 2020. The performance will be led by Kent Tritle who has been a champion of the work. He will feature Andrew Fuchs, Joseph Beutel, Amy Justman, Kirsten Sollek, {…}

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Lincoln Center to Explore Inclusion in the Arts with ‘Activate’ Initiative

Angel Blue, Isabel Leonard, Davone Tines, Iréne Theorin, Danielle De Niese Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

New York Choral Society to Present ‘God is Seen’ Short Film

A Year Without Opera – Singers from Germany, Austria, U.K., U.S. & Canada on their Struggles, Discoveries & Hopes

Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazón & Amanda Forsythe Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Reginald Mobley and Quodlibet Ensemble to Feature in Digital World Premiere of ‘Coming Together’

Opera Philadelphia Commissions Four New Works

Off the Beaten Track: David Hertzberg’s Hallucinatory ‘The Wake World’ Serves Up a Sonic Feast

Kent Tritle to Lead Bach’s ‘St. John Passion’ At St. John the Divine in NYC