The Verdi Chorus is set to launch its 2025-26 season with a performance of scenes from “Faust.” The concert will feature music by Berlioz, Gounod, and Boito with such soloists as Jessica Tivens-Schneiderman, Alex Boyer, and Gabriel Manro. Conductor Anne Marie Ketchum noted that her inspiration for the program was derived from visiting the birthplace of German writer and poet {…}
Opera Rara is set to stream its March 16 concert featuring Michael Spyres and Marie-Nicole Lemieux. The showcase, which took place at Cadogan Hall on March 10, will be available to stream on Opera Rara’s YouTube for 30 days starting on March 16, 2025. The performance featured several songs by Donizetti, interspersed with works by Berlioz. The two singers were {…}
Bard Summerscape has announced its 2024 festival, which will center on Hector Berlioz and his world. Here is a rundown of vocal performances. The company will present Meyerbeer’s “Le Prophète” in a production by Christian Räth and conducted by Leon Botstein. The opera will star Robert Watson, Jennifer Feinstein, and Amina Edris. Performance Date: July 26 – August 4, 2024 As {…}
Mini Masterworks is set to present Berlioz’s “Les Nuits d’Été” in New York. The ensemble will feature soloist Elisabeth Stevens as they take the work to St. John’s in the Village on Sept. 30, 2023; a Private Residence in The Sheffield on Oct. 7; and to Madison Avenue Baptist Church on Oct. 14, 2023. Stevens has appeared with such organizations {…}
Credit: Danae Kinova The Olympia City Music Theatre Maria Callas has unveiled its 2023-24 season, which includes three operas in both staged productions and concert versions. The season features a blend of Greek artists and international stars, including a concert by soprano Julie Fuchs. For the purposes of this article only opera and classical voice performances are listed. The season {…}
Pulsations Bordeaux is set to open this week. Here is a look at the classical vocal performances on tap for the 2023 season. First up is “Orphée et Eurydice,” in the Berlioz edition. The opea stars Blandine de Sansal, Jacquelyn Stucker, and Madison Nona. Raphaël Pichon conducts and Eddy Garaudel directs. Performance Dates: June 15 – 17, 2023 There will {…}
Pierre Boulez, eminent connoisseur of Berlioz and his oeuvre, has famously declared the French Romantic a key intermediary between Beethoven and Wagner, that is, respectively, the symphonic and operatic composers par excellence. His “Roméo et Juliette,” written in 1839, is by no means an exception as it combines, so to speak, the best of both worlds: a symphonic enacting of {…}
Kazuki Yamada/courtesy of CBSO The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) has unveiled its 2023-24 season, and it’s full to the brim with opportunities to hear some of the world’s finest music and musicians. With over 12 months of programming, the Orchestra has something for everyone. The Orchestra will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the City of Birmingham Symphony {…}
The Festival de Lanaudiere 2023 has announced its programming for this year’s festival events. There will be 14 concerts at the Amphitheatre Fernand-Lindsay, as well as in regional churches, cultural venues, agritourism sites, free movie nights, and more. Among the highlights are the following: Conducted by Rafael Payare, four soloists will join a choir of 100 singers to perform Beethoven’s {…}
Audiences will get a chance to see the Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s new production of “La Damnation de Faust” on Nov. 19, 2022 via Mezzo Live HD. The opera will be available to view via medici.tv and stars Pene Pati in the title role, Nicolas Courjal as Méphistophélès, and Aude Extrémo as Marguerite. Other cast members include Frédéric Caton as Brander, {…}
ABAO Txiki is set to close out its 2021-22 season with “Allegro Vivace.” The showcase, which is set for May 14 and 15, 2022, will feature three performances for families in Bilbao, Spain. “Allegro Vivace” was created by Joan Font and tells the story of a young girl, who in her rush to find a locale for a party, ends {…}