National Philharmonic Announces 2025-26 Season

The National Philharmonic has announced its 2025-26 season, which will be performed at Strathmore. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. Eugene Rogers conducts J.S. Bach’s Magnificat and Reena Esmail’s This Love Between Us. The concert will also feature the Washington Chorus. Performance Date: Oct. 25, 2025 Handel’s Messiah with Anthony Blake Clark conducts Händel’s “Messiah” with soloists Sarah Hayashi, {…}

Q & A: Tenor Brian Giebler on ‘a lad’s love,’ Opera in Times of COVID,

American singer Brian Giebler impresses with his light high-placed tenor and has established a career singing virtuosic and eclectic repertoire, focusing on Baroque and contemporary music, musical theatre, and new opera at once. An active crossover artist, dedicated to the changing landscape of new music, Giebler has performed with The English Concert, The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Baroque, Boston Early Music Festival, Grand Rapids {…}

Susanna Phillips, Takaoki Onishi & Jennifer Zetlan Headline Oratorio Society of New York’s 2019-20 Season

The Oratorio Society of New York has revealed details of its upcoming 147th season, which will include two world premieres. The season will kick off with “Rachmaninoff and Duruflé” at Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The program will include excerpts from Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, an “a cappella work of remarkable spirituality,” along with Duruflé’s Requiem. Featured vocalists will include contralto Kirsten {…}