(Photo credit: Martin Schalk) The Philharmonie de Paris in collaboration with the French Ministry of Culture presents “2025 Boulez Year.” This selection of events will celebrate the centenary of the birth of composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. Soprano Sarah Aristidou performs in Boulez’s “Pli selon pli, portrait de Mallarmé” with Les Siècles led by conductor Franck Ollu. Performance Dates: January {…}
The winners of the 64th annual Musical America Artist of the Year Awards have been announced. Conductor and soprano Barbara Hannigan has been named Artist of the Year for 2025. Hannigan made her conducting debut at age 40 at the Chatelet in Paris. She currently serves as the Principal Guest Conductor of Göteborgs Symfoniker, the Principal Guest Conductor of Orchester {…}
The Verbier Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The Verbier Festival Orchestra and Barbara Hannigan perform works by Berlioz, Haydn, Copland, Rodgers, and Bill Elliot. Performance Date: July 17, 2025 Thomas Hampson and Ksenija Sidorova perform works by Schubert and Weill. Performance Date: July 20, 2025 The VF Academy Atelier Lyrique and {…}
(Photo credit: Komcébo) Soprano Barbara Hannigan is set for a tour alongside pianist Bertrand Chamayou across 10 cities in the United States and Canada. The tour starts in Montréal on Nov. 26 before heading to Toronto (Nov. 28), Vancouver (Nov. 30), Victoia (Dec. 2), San Diego (Dec. 5), Rochester (Dec. 8), Philadelphia (Dec. 10), New York City (Dec. 12), Ottawa (Dec. {…}
The Cleveland Orchestra unveiled its digital season for 2024-25, which will include six “Live from Severance” concerts and nine digital premieres. Here is a breakdown of the vocal performances on offer. Adella Premiere Daniel Harding conducts Liv Redpath in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. Streaming Date: Sept. 10, 2024 Barbara Hannigan conducts the ensemble in a program of works by Haydn, Vivier, {…}
The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne has announced its 2024-25 season which features Renaud Capuçon as the Music Director. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Hossein Pishkar conducts a program of Haydn and Martin with bass-baritone Johan Reuter. Performance Date: Dec. 11 & 12, 2024 Barbara Hannigan conducts and sings a program of music by Khayam, Haydn, Stravinsky, and {…}
The Park Avenue Armory has announced its fall 2024 recital series. The season opens with Beverly Sills Award-winning soprano Leah Hawkins with pianist Kevin Miller exploring her personal journey of self-acceptance and identity. They will perform works by Poulenc and Lili Boulanger as well as a collection of folk songs from various cultures. Performance Dates: Sept. 13 & 15, 2024 Tenor Karim {…}
La Jolla Music Society has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou perform works by Messaien, Sciarbin, and Zorn. Performance Date: Dec. 5, 2024 Joyce DiDonato and the Kings present “Kings ReJoyce!” for the holidays. Performance Date: Dec. 7, 2024 Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective and Turtle Island {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to hear a new “Winterreise” recording, a compilation album, a new song cycle, and a masterwork. Schubert: Winterreise Deutsche Grammophon releases Andrè Schuen and Daniel Heide’s latest album, which completes the recordings of Schubert’s three big song cycles. {…}
Barbara Hannigan has been appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra for an initial period of three seasons, starting in late 2026. The soprano / conductor first collaborated with the ensemble in 2022 at the Reykjavík Arts Festival. She renewed the relationship in June 2023 and recently performed with the ensemble again in April 2024. “Always {…}
The Grand Théâtre de Genève has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” opens the season with Gwyn Hughes Jones, Burkhard Fritz, and Elisabet Strid in the title roles. Marc Albrecht conducts the production by Michael Thalheimer. The cast will also include Tareq Nazmi, Kristina Stanek, Craig Colclough, and Julien Henric. Performance Dates: Sept. 15-27, 2024 Tomáš Netopil {…}