The Amarillo Symphony announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights for the season. Sara Hershowitz and George Jackson join forces for Barber’s “Knoxville Summer of 1915” and Brahms’s Symphony No. 1. There will also be bluegrass music. Performance Dates: Nov. 17 & 18, 2023 Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 will be conducted by George Jackson. The {…}
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. First up, Sir Andrew Davis conducts Fauré’s Requiem with the Amadeus Choir. The program also includes music by Mozart and the world premiere of Ed Frazier Davis’ “Sanctus Est Verum Lumen.” Performance Date: Nov. 8-11, 2023 Mezzo {…}
Carnegie Hall has announced its 2023-24 season bringing some of the greatest artists in the world. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Sphinx Virtuosi will feature bass players Xavier Foley and Kebra Seyoun-Charles with special guests Raquel González and Abel Selaocoe. The program will include Javier Farias, Andrea Casarrubios, Villa-Lobos, and Xavier Foley music. Performance {…}
LA Philharmonic has announced its 2023-24 season, which will celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary at Disney Hall. Special guest singers join Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil to celebrate iconic protest music by Latina artists with “Canto en resistencia.” Silvana Estrada is the soloist. Performance Dates: Nov. 9-12, 2023 Esa-Pekka Salonen leads Los Angeles Master Chorale in Salonen’s “Karawane” and {…}
The Minnesota Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring four productions. David Radamés Toro directs “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” with a cast that includes Octavio Moreno, Cecilia Duarte, Vanessa Alonzo, Efraín Solís, Zulimar López-Hernández, Efraín Corralejo, and Daniel Montenegro. Performance Dates: Nov. 4–12, 2023 Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” is set to star Vanessa Becerra, Andrew Stenson, Joseph Lattanzi and Stefano de Peppo. Daniel Ellis directs. Performance Dates: Jan. 27–Feb. 4, {…}
The Baltimore Symphony announces the 2023-24 season featuring Jonathan Heyward in his first season as Music Director. David Danzmayr conducts Christine Goerke in a program that includes Anna Clyne, Barber, and Sibelius. Performance Dates: Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 A baroque Christmas will include Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” Händel’s “Messiah,” and more with Baroque masters at their most irrepressibly joyful and {…}
The Detroit Symphony has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. Classical Jader Bignamini conducts Meghan Picerno in a program that includes music by Winston Marsalis, Gershwin, and Bernstein. Performance Dates: Dec. 1-3, 2023 PNC Pops Enrico Lopez-Yanez conducts soprano Monica Abrego and trumpet player Jose Sibaja in “Latin Fire.” Performance Dates: {…}
Opera Omaha has announced its 2023-24 season. The season opens with Jorell Williams in the title role of Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” alongside Vanessa Becerra, Luis Alejandro Orozco, and Taylor Stayton. Gary Thor Wedow conducts the production by Octavio Cardenas. Performance Dates: Oct. 27 & 29, 2023 Andriana Chuchman, Brian Vu, and Hyung Yun lead Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Steven White conducts the production by {…}
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Thomas’ “Hamlet” will be presented in collaboration with Ópera Comique and will be conducted by Louis Langrée. The opera stars Jodie DeVos, Stéphane Degout, and Laurent Alvaro. Céline Gaudier directs. Performance Dates: Nov. 17 & 19, 2023 Dalia Stasevska and {…}
The Royal Conservatory has unveiled its 2023-24 season. For this article, our focus will be solely on classical vocal performances. First up is Chanticleer in concert. Performance Date: Oct. 27, 2023 The Los Angeles Master Chorale star in “Music to Accompany a Departure,” directed by Peter Sellars. The showcase will feature music by Schütz. Performance Date: Feb. 7, 2024 Students {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring seven new productions. New Productions Joyce DiDonato, Ryan McKinny, Latonia Moore, and Susan Graham star in the Met premiere of Ivan van Hove production of Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking.” Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. Steven Osgood will make his Met debut conducting for two performances. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 21, {…}