(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 {…}
The London Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. Performance Dates: Oct. 20 & 23, 2024 André J Thomas conducts the Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir and LSO Community Voices in music by Brandon Boyd, Nolan Williams, Margaret Bonds, Brandon Waddles, André J Thomas, Moses Hogan, Rosephanye Powell, Joe Pace, Carol Cymbala, Kurt Carr, Raymond Wise, and Frances Fonza Smith. Performance {…}
The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Orchestre de Paris Klaus Mäkelä conducts music by Beethoven, Peteris Vasks, and Tchaikovsky. Lisa Batiashvili is the soloist. Performance Date: Sept. 11, 2024 Stanislav Kochanovsky conducts a program of music by Tchaikovsky, Ravel, and Alexandre Tcherepnine. Golda Schultz stars. Performance Date: Oct. 9, {…}
(Photo Credit: Dagens Nyhter/Mattias Ahlm) On February 4, I had the pleasure of seeing Igor Stravinsky’s, “The Rake’s Progress,” for the first time. Having only read about the opera, I hadn’t come to realize how satirical Stravinsky could really be. Shostakovich and Prokofiev have been my references for the identity of Russian musical satire. Leading the Swedish Chamber Orchestra was {…}