UK-based Guildhall School has announced its 2023 spring season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. The institution will kick things off with the English Song Prize. Performance Date: Jan. 25, 2023 Next up is a performance of Vocal Scenes featuring Postgraduate Vocal students under the musical direction of Florent Mourier, Michelle Santiago, and {…}
The Buxton International Festival has announced its 2023 season. The opening operatic production will be Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” with Adrian Kelly conducting. Harry Fehr will direct the Bel Canto masterpiece. Performance Dates: July 8-22, 2023 The semi-seria opera Mozart’s “Il re pastore” will be presented at the Buxton Opera House. Performance Dates: July 9-20, 2023 Handel’s baroque opera seria “Orlando” {…}
Opera Hong Kong has unveiled its 2023 season. The season kicks off with Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Performance Date: Jan. 12-15, 2023 That will be followed up by a Opera Hong Kong 20th Anniversary gala concert. Performance Date: April 2, 2023 Next up is a production of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.” Performance Date: May 11-14, 2023 Next up is a show of {…}
Lincoln Center has announced additional programming for their winter and spring lineup of performances for the 2022-23 season. First up is a presentation of Terrance McKnight’s “Langston & Beethoven: Black & Proud,” which celebrates the famous poet’s birthday with a number of works by Beethoven, David Baker, and George Gershwin, set to Hughes’ poems. This collaboration with the New York {…}
The Fairfield County Chorale has announced its 60th season, which kicks off this December. That first concert will feature a performance of Mozart’s “Solemn Vespers” and Haydn’s “Missa in Angustiis.” Led by David Rosenmeyer, soloists include soprano Samarie Alicea, mezzo-soprano Veronica Pollicino, Tenor Alexei Kuznietsov, and bass-baritone Enrico Lagasca. They will be joined by the Fairfield County Chorale Orchestra. Performance {…}
Art Song Colorado has announced its 2022-23 season which will feature four showcases. The season opens with “Religious Art Songs & Carols.” The showcase will star Eapen Leubner, Gabrielle Razafinjatovo, Margaret Ozaki Graves and Mallory Bernstein as they take on music by Britten, among many others. Performance Date: Dec. 3, 2022 Next up is “True Women of the West.” Soprano {…}
The University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music has announced its fall 2022 slate. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. The season kicks off with the Chamber Singers and Concert Choir showcasing a program of music by Sydney Guillaum and Zoltán Kodály. There will also be music by Lili Boulanger, Stephen {…}
Long Beach Opera has announced its 2023 season. The season will open with “The Romance of the Rose” by Kate Soper. The world premiere, which will take place at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro will be directed by James Darrah. Performance Dates: Feb. 18 – 25, 2023 Next up is “The Horse,” which will feature Chris Emile and {…}
The Teatro Comunale di Ferrara has announced its 2022-23 season. The season opens with “Una Goccia” by Dino Buzzati. The work features music by Piero Bittolo Bon, Gioia Gurioli, Antonio Macaretti, Alfonso Santimone, Dimitri Sillato, and Denis Zardi. Performance Date: Nov. 18, 2022 The year ends with Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus“ with Marco Fiorini conducting a production by Corrado Abbati. Alessandro {…}
The Pasadena Chorale has announced its 2022-23 season. “We have been working hard on putting together a full season of programming for the Chorale’s 22/23 Season,” said Jeffrey Bernstein, the Chorale’s Founding Artistic and Executive Director, in an official press statement. “This season we’re continuing our post-COVID revival with four concerts to move audiences with the beauty of unified choral {…}
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has announced its 2023 season. The ensemble will feature a total of six showcases at the City Recital Hall in Sydney and Melbourne Recital Centre. “It is exciting to launch the Brandenburg’s striking new look for our 2023 subscription season – the company’s 34th – and a diverse program of celebrated Australian and international guest artists, {…}