The New York Festival of Song has announced its 2022-23 season. The season will kick off with “Heroes” at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center. The showcase will feature mezzo-soprano Kara Gudan and John Brancy alongside musicians Peter Dugan, Charles Yang, and Steven Blier. They will perform music by Schubert, Gluck, Bob Dylan, and Stevie Wonder. Performance Date: Sept. 28, {…}
OPERAFEST Lisboa has unveiled its third edition, under the theme of “Destiny in Vertigo.” The festival opens with Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The work, which will be conducted by Jan Wierzba and directed by Sandra Faleiro, will star Carlos Cardoso, Catarina Molder, and Christian Luján. Performance Dates: August 19 -26, 2022 Next up is “American Evening: ‘Labirynth’ and ‘A {…}
The Fondazione Orchestra Regionale Toscana has announced its 2022-23 season. The season will feature such conductors as Daniele Rustioni in his second season as Artistic director as well as James Conlon, Thomas Guggeis, Andrea Basstioni, and Andrew Litton, among others. The season will also feature one vocal performance. Michele Spotti conducts a concert featuring tenor Robin Tritschler in a program {…}
The Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto has announced its 2022-23 season featuring three vocal performances. The season will showcase a Concerto di Natale featuring Haydn’s “The Creation” with Filippo Maria Bressan conducting. Federica Livi, Matteo Mezzaro, and Sergio Forresti are the soloists. Performance Date: Dec. 12, 2022 Marco Guidarini conducts Stefano Secco in a concert of music by Puccini, {…}
The Teatro La Fenice has announced its 2022-23 season. Opera Nicola Alaimo leads Verdi’s “Falstaff” alongside Vladimir Stoyanov, René Barbera, Selene Zanetti, Caterina Sala, Sara Mingardo, and Veronica Simeoni. Myung-Whun Chung conducts the production by Adrian Noble. Performance Dates: Nov. 18-26, 2022 Bruno Maderna’s “Satyricon” will star Francesca Gerbasi, Matteo Ferrara, Manuela Custer, Christopher Lemmings, William Corrò, and Marcello Nardis. Alessandro {…}
The Brooklyn Art Song Society has announced its 2022-23 season. The main theme of the season will be “The World at War” and it will kick off with “In Memoriam I.” The showcase will include music by Berg, Ives, Poulenc, Ravel, and Granados. Singers include Amy Owens, Kate Maroney, Joshua Conyers, Mario Diaz-Moresco, and pianists Michael Brofman and Spencer Myer. {…}
The Teatro Carlo Felice has announced its 2022-23 Season. Opera Berlioz’s “Béatrice et Bénedict” is set to star Julien Behr, Giorgio Misseri, Benedetta Torre, Francesca Benitez, Cecilia Molinari, and Sofia Koberidze. Donato Renzetti conducts the production by Damiano Michieletto. Performance Dates: Oct. 28-Nov. 6, 2022 Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” is set to star Filippo Maria Romano, Giovanni Romeo, Hongni Wu, Laura Verrecchia, {…}
California-based Choral Arts Initiative has announced its 11th season. The season kicks off with “HOME,” which will take place at St. Mark Presbyterian Church. Conducted by Artistic Director Brandon Elliott, the concert will feature West Coast premieres by Michael Gilbertson and Ayanna Woods as well as world premieres by Dale Trumbore and Dylan Trần. There will also be music by {…}
Charlotte’s Opera Carolina has announced its 2022-23 featuring three productions. Alyson Cambridge, John Viscardi, and Steven Condy star in Puccini’s “Tosca.” James Meena conducts James Marvel’s production. Performance Dates: Oct. 13-16, 2022 Gerswhin’s “Porgy and Bess” is set to star Kenneth Overton, Nicole Cabell, Victor Ryan Robertson, Michelle Johnson, Sequina DuBose, Donovan Singletary, and Lucia Bradford. James Meena conducts with Du’Bois A’Keen directing. Performance Dates: Jan {…}
The Amarillo Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2022-3 Season. The season will mark the first with its new music director George Henry Jackson. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on the vocal performances of the Texas orchestra. Susanna Phillips leads a program of Mozart, Strauss, and Tchaikovsky. Performance Dates: Nov 18 & 19, 2022 Amarillo Master Chorale {…}
The Washington Concert Opera has announced its 2022-23 season. The company will celebrate the Bel Canto tradition with Donizetti and Verdi with the theme “Stories Through Sound.” The season will open with the WCO Gala at the French Embassy. Performance Date: Oct 12, 2022 The first mainstage production will be Donizetti’s “Roberto Devereux” starring René Barbera in the title role, {…}