The American Symphony Orchestra announces its 2026-27 season. Here’s a look at vocal works included in the 25th anniversary season. Leon Botstein leads the Orchestra in “Mozart & Friends” with the Bard Festival Chorale directed by James Bagwell. Soloists will be announced at a later date. Performance Date: Nov. 5, 2026 (Riverside Church, NYC) The “All-Beethoven Program” is presented by {…}
Many who visit OperaWire regularly have their various interests in what one might call, operatic “rarities”–works that have achieved, to an extent, legendary status despite being seldom staged. As an avid lover of Hector Berlioz’s archetypal romantic career, I devoured both the Barzun and Cairns biographies of the composer more than once. And such a rarity mentioned was Spontini’s “La {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) American Symphony Orchestra has announced its expanded 2019-20 season, which includes concerts at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Symphony Space. For the purposes of this article, we will focus only on vocal performances. The season will kick off with Edward Elgar’s oratorio “The Kingdom” at Carnegie Hall, which will feature soprano Janai Brugger, mezzo-soprano Maya Lahyani, tenor {…}