Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato, Anthony Roth Costanzo Headline Aspen Music Festival 2026

(Photo credits: chrissinger, Eccles, Gonz, Placek) The Aspen Music Festival and School announces its 2026 season. This article only features opera-related events. Thomas Hampson and pianist Myra Huang give a recital. The program will be announced in April. Performance Date: July 2, 2026 Key’mon W. Murrah solos in Jake Heggie’s “Earth 2.0” (AMFS co-commission). James Gaffigan conducts the Aspen Chamber {…}

Jul 20, 2021

Obituary: Aspen Music Festival Opera Program Director Edward Berkeley Dies at 76

On July 18, Aspen Music Festival and School opera program director Edward Berkeley died unexpectedly. The 76-year-old was found unresponsive by a colleague at home in Aspen according to the Aspen Police Department and the Pitkin County Coroner’s office. No cause of death was determined at this time. The news came hours before the opening night performance of “The Magic {…}

Mar 28, 2020

One in a Million: Soprano Vuvu Mpofu’s Fascinating Story of Opera Success

(Credit: Gerard Collett) On the eastern side of the Cape of Good Hope, at the very tip of South Africa, sits Port Elizabeth, a city with a population just shy of one million people. The population size matters because it makes soprano Vuvu Mpofu one in a million, a ratio perhaps not unlike the shot she had at making it {…}

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Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato, Anthony Roth Costanzo Headline Aspen Music Festival 2026

Obituary: Aspen Music Festival Opera Program Director Edward Berkeley Dies at 76

One in a Million: Soprano Vuvu Mpofu’s Fascinating Story of Opera Success