(Credit: Matthew Placek) Caramoor has announced a major change in its programming. The company revealed that the Cappella Mediterranea performance has been canceled due to visa processing issues. In its stead, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and the Twelfth Night ensemble will step in. The new program will feature arias by Händel and Vivaldi. “While regretting the loss of this special {…}
(Photo by Lisette Rooney) Caramoor has announced that Gillian Fox will be its next President and CEO. She will take over on June 9, 2025, replacing Edward J. Lewis III, who left the company at the end of March. Fox was the Executive Director at Newport Classic since 2021 and the Director of SOLUNA Festival & Contemporary programs at the {…}
The Caramoor Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here are the vocal performances. Rafael Payare conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Gabriella Reyes, Tamara Mumford, Viktor Antipenko, and Joseph Parrish. Performance Date: June 21, 2025 Telemann’s “Pimpinone & Ino” will be performed by Amanda Forsythe, Danielle Reutter-Harrah, and Christian Immler. The Boston Early Music Festival accompanies. {…}
Caramoor has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Vocal group Trio Mediaeval will present a performance featuring numerous folk and traditional songs. The ensemble is joined by Catalina Vicens on the organetto. Performance Date: Dec. 8, 2024 “Beginner’s Luck: The Artist’s Journey” will feature the Schwab Vocal Rising Artists under artistic director Steven {…}
(Photo credit: ©Julien Gazeau) This summer, Les Arts Florissants tours its semi-stage production of Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” throughout North America. William Christie leads Les Arts Florissants and Le Jardin des Voix on the tour. Soloists include soprano Paulina Francisco, mezzo-sopranos Georgia Burashko, Rebecca Leggett, and Juliette Mey, tenor Ilja Aksionov and Rodrigo Carreto, baritone Hugo Herman-Wilson, and bass-baritone Benjamin {…}
Caramoor has announced its summer 2024 season. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. Kicking things off is a Pride Month celebration with tenor Jasmine Rice LaBeija, presented in collaboration with The LOFT LGBTQ+ Community Center. Performance Date: June 13, 2024 Roomful of Teeth will present works by Caroline Shaw, Angelica Negrón, Peter Shin, William Brittelle, and {…}
Caramoor maintains its dedication to innovative programming with it’s 2023-2024 season, showcasing a diverse selection of genres and exceptional artists. The Emmet Cohen Trio is joined at Caramoor by American-Armenian vocalist Lucy Yeghiazaryan, a frequent collaborator who has become a leading voice in American straight-ahead jazz. Presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center. Performance Date: Sept. 29. 2023 Carole {…}
Caramoor has announced its 2023 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. Audra McDonald will open the festival with a Gala alongside the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Andy Einhorn. Performance Date: June 17, 2023 Boston Early Music Festival will present Francesca Caccini’s “La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina” with Paul O’Dette {…}
(Credit: John C Hawthorne) Caramoor is set to present The Crossing in a socially distanced performance on July 3, 2021. The showcase, entitled “The Forest,” features 24 singers situated around the Caramoor grounds while audience members walk through the soundscape and landscape. The work’s libretto features texts from Scott Russell Sanders’ essay “Mind in the Forest.” Music was composed by {…}
WQXR, New York City’s only all-classical radio station, announced four platforms to aid the city’s creative community and sustain the arts culture for which The Big Apple is famous. The station’s multi-pronged approach named STAR (Salutes The ARts) represents the first initiative led by WQXR’s new Chief Content Officer and Senior Vice President, Ed Yim. STAR comprises four initiatives: the {…}
On July 9, the Caramoor Festival will present a Livestream event entitled “Listening to Tom-Tom.” The event will be an in-depth exploration of Shirley Graham Du Bois’ opera, “Tom-Tom,” the first opera written and staged by an African American woman. The work has not been produced since its initial run in 1932 and all that survives of the score is {…}