The Curtis Institute of Music has announced updates to its 2023-24 season. The Curtis Opera Theatre will present Poulenc’s “Les Mamelles de Tirésias” and Weill’s “The Seven Deadly Sins” with Michelle Rofrano conducting and Eve Summer directing. The former is presented in French while the latter is performed in German. Performances will take place at the Philadelphia Film Center. Performance Dates: March {…}
Chicago Fringe Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. The season kicks off with “Sing, Sip, and Support,” the company’s season launch fundraiser. Performance Date: Nov. 12, 2023 Next up is Iain Bell and Simon Callow’s “A Christmas Carol.” Based on the famed Charles Dickens work, the opera is written for tenor, piano, and percussion. Performance Dates: Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, {…}
San Francisco Girls Chorus has announced its 2023-24 season. The organization kicks off its season with “This is What it Means” alongside the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. Performance Dates: Nov. 4 & 5, 2023 Next up is the winter concert “Folk Songs.” The ensemble will perform alongside Latin Grammy-nominee accordionist Sam Reider. Performance Dates: Dec. 11, 2023 That is followed {…}
Mannes Opera has announced its 2023-24 season which will feature contemporary American operas, including works by composers on the forefront of today’s opera scene: Kate Soper, Rachel J. Peters, Mark Adamo, and John Adams. “We have spent a lot of time building our practice in contemporary and experimental music at Mannes, including our composition faculty, ensembles in residence, and the {…}
The Manhattan School of Music has unveiled its 2023-24 vocal and opera season. The company will present the chamber opera “Evidence of Things Not Seen.” Carleen Graham is the director and dramaturg while Jeanne-Minette Cilliers will be the music director and vocal coach. Performance Dates: Oct. 22 & 23, 2023 Audiences will get a chance to check out Opera Scenes from {…}
U.K.’s Chelsea Opera Group has announced its 2023-24 season. First up is “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The opera stars Marius Vlad, Phillip Rhodes, Nadine Benjaming MBE, Alison Langer, Maria Schellenberg, Arthur Bruce, Thomas D. Hopkinson, Jack Holton, Magnus Walker, and John Vallance. Anthony Negus conducts. Performance Date: Oct. 22, 2023 There will be a currently unnamed opera. Gianluca Marcianò conducts. Performance {…}
Ottawa’s New Opera Lyra has announced its second season. The opera is run by Co-Artistic Directors Suzanne Bassett and Andrew Ager. The season opens with the National Opera Competition. Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2023 Next up is Andrew Ager’s “The Mummy.” Performance Date: Oct. 27 & 28, 2023 Then comes Andrew Ager’s “Scrooge’s Christmas.” Performance Date: Dec. 9, 2023 The company will then {…}
Heartbeat Opera has unveiled its 2023-24 season, the 10th in the company’s history. First up is “The Golden Cock.” The opera is a riff on Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel.” The work was created by Nico Krell and Jacob Ashworth with arrangements by Daniel Schlosberg. The opera stars Ariana Wehr, Sara Couden, Daniel Moody, Elliott Paige, and John Taylor Ward. Performance {…}
The Connecticut Virtuosi has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal events in store for audiences. First up is “Vissi d’arte,” a concert in tribute to Maria Callas featuring soprano Jurate Svedaite. Performance Dates: Oct. 8 & 15, 2023 The company will then join forces with the Connecticut Lyric Opera to honor the latter’s 20th anniversary. The {…}
Tapestry Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. “As we reflect on 26 productions in the last 10 years, including many incredible artists and works and audiences who have experienced opera for the first time, it is thrilling to open the next chapter by launching a new facility dedicated to fostering new works and artists, not only for Tapestry Opera and {…}
Parma’s Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the vocal performances. Omer Meir Wellber and Christoph Pohl lead a concert of music by Mahler and Schumann. Performance Dates: Nov. 7-11, 2023 Enrico Onofri conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with soloists Sarah Gilford, Valentina Stadler, Julian Hubbard, and Ugo Guagliardo. Performance Date: Jan. 1, 2024 George Petrou conducts {…}