Aundi Marie Moore, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Andres Acosta & Danielle Talamantes Lead National Philharmonic’s 2026-27 Season

The National Philharmonic has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are vocal performances. Daniel Hege conducts soprano Danielle Talamantes in music by Joan Tower, Samuel Barber, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Arturo Márquez. Performance Date: Nov. 7, 2026 Anthony Blake Clark conducts Händel’s “Messiah” with soloists Sarah Hayashi, Lucia Bradford, Allan Palacios Chan, and Edmund Milly. Performance Date: Dec. 18 & 19, {…}

Oct 8, 2024

Artist of the Week: Aundi Marie Moore

This week the Seattle Opera is set to world premiere “Jubilee” created by Tazewell Thompson and with vocal arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell and orchestrations by Michael Ellis Ingram. The work tells the story of the historic Fisk Jubilee Singers that came together after the emancipation and the end of the Civil War. The work features important spiritual and and {…}

Jun 30, 2024

National Philharmonic Announces 2024-25 Season

The National Philharmonic has announced its 2024-2025. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Verdi’s Requiem will be conducted by Victoria Gau and will star Amber Monroe, Magdalena Wor, Rafael Moras, and Zaikuan Song. Performance Date: Nov. 23, 2024 at The Music Center at Strathmore Händel’s “Messiah” with Baltimore Choral Arts Society will be conducted by Anthony Blake Clark and will {…}

Nov 30, 2023

National Philharmonic to Present Händel’s ‘Messiah’

The National Philharmonic is set to present its annual “Messiah” performances, conducted by Music Director Piotr Gajewski. The performances will be held at the Strathmore and Capital One Hall. The oratorio will star soprano Aundi Marie Moore, mezzo soprano Lucia Bradford, tenor Norman Shankle, and baritone Jorell Williams alongside the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. In a statement, Gajewski said, “In {…}

Sep 13, 2023

Carnegie Hall Presents Sphinx Virtuosi Starring Aundi Marie Moore

The self-conducted Black and Latinx ensemble Sphinx Virtuosi will perform at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 20. Taking the stage in Stern Auditorium, the ensemble will present works inspired by the poetry of Langston Hughes and Julia Alvarez. Making her Carnegie Hall debut, soprano Aundi Marie Moore performs “Aria” (“Cantilena”) from Villa Lobos’s “Bachianas brasileiras” No. 5. Also on the program are {…}

May 18, 2023

Aundi Marie Moore, Talise Trevigne, Danielle Talamantes, Solomon Howard Headline National Philharmonic’s 2023-24 Season

The Maryland-based National Philharmonic has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. First up is “Anhelos Universales,” which features baritone Juantomás Martínez Yépez. Eugene Rogers conducts the program which features music by James Lee III and Antonio Estévez. Performance Date: Nov. 5, 2023 Next up is Händel’s “Messiah” featuring Anthony Blake Clark, Aundi Marie Moore, {…}

Oct 4, 2022

Dutch National Opera to Present European Premiere of ‘Blue’

The Dutch National Opera is set to present the European premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s “Blue.” The opera is a topical set in Harlem and about a black couple who anticipates the birth of its first-born son, with both hope and anxiety. The mother worries about her son’s future as she watches him become a young man and enter the world {…}

Aug 24, 2022

Artist of the Week: Aundi Marie Moore

This week the Toledo Opera is set to present the company premiere of Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori’st timely work “Blue.” The work will feature a diverse cast that will include Aundi Marie Moore. Moore will make her debut with the company portraying the role of the Mother. “The music and words are beautiful, heart breaking and true messages for {…}

Jul 26, 2022

Toledo Opera to Present ‘Blue’

Toledo Opera will present Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s new opera “Blue.” The work will be presented on August 26 and August 28 at 2 p.m. at the Valentine Theatre in Toledo, Ohio. The work, which is influenced by gospel music and uses vivid flashbacks, places timely issues at the forefront of modern opera. Since its world premiere in 2019 {…}

Jun 15, 2022

Renée Fleming, Denyce Graves, Aundi Marie Moore, Brandie Sutton, Justin Austin Headline Washington Performing Arts 2022-23 Season

Washington Performing Arts has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. The Men and Women of the Gospel Choir, under conductor Theodore Thorpe III, will present “We’ve Come This Far By Faith: A 30th Anniversary Celebration.” Performance Date: Nov. 20, 2022 Tito Muñoz will conduct the Sphinx {…}

Apr 6, 2022

Renée Fleming, Caroline Shaw, Aundi Marie Moore Headline Fortas Chamber Music Concerts’ 2022-23 Season

The Kenned Center’s Fortas Chamber Music Concerts has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. Vocalist Caroline Shaw will join So Percussion for music by Angélica Negrón, Julia Wolfe, and Caroline Shaw. Performance Date: Jan. 30, 2023 The Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, under Tito Muñoz, will perform alongside the EXIGENCE {…}