(Photo Credit: Chris Lee) December 11, 2022, saw acclaimed mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato return to Carnegie Hall for a series of master classes with five emerging artists. Over the following three days, DiDonato and students worked on a variety of musical and dramatic techniques catered to each artist’s particular strengths and current place in their career, giving the audience an intimate {…}
On December 11, 2022, renowned mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato will return to Carnegie Hall’s Resnick Education Wing for a three-day series of master classes with some of opera’s rising young stars. Collaborative pianists Justina Lee and Ken Noda will accompany soprano Anchal Indu Dhir and Marissa Moultrie, mezzo Rael Rent, tenor Lawrence Barasa, and baritone Łukasz Zientarski. The program includes additional {…}
Composer Blake Allen will showcase his “INSOMNIA” at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Nov. 8, 2022. The work, which is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Sleeping and Walking” will feature soprano Cree Carrico, Jeanna de Waal, the Argus Quartet, and pianist Chris Koelzer. The work blends opera, musical theater, and classical music to create a multi-movement composition {…}
The Metropolitan Opera in conjunction with the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, Carnegie Hall, and many other venues have announced that masks will be optional. The company announced that starting Oct. 24 audiences will not be required to wear masks. According to the Met Opera and the other venues, with vaccines, boosters, and antiviral treatments now widely available, {…}
Carnegie Hall has announced the world premiere of “Camille’s Rainbow,” an opera written for babies and toddlers (ages 0-2). The show is slated for Oct. 24-28, 2022, at the Resnick Education Wing at Carnegie Hall. “Camille’s Rainbow” is an immersive, operatic, and theatrical event designed to engage children in creative play as they explore the world of colors with Camille {…}
Carnegie Hall and WQXR have announced the 2022-23 season of “Carnegie Hall Live.” For the purposes of this article, the focus will be on vocal performances only. The first such broadcast will be a performance of Schubert’s Mass No. 6 in E-flat Major, D. 950. Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in a performance that stars Joélle Harvey, Daryl Freedman, {…}
On Sept. 15, the Teatro Real de Madrid made history when it took the stage of Carnegie Hall for the first time in its history. The concert, which was titled “A Celebration of Spanish Music First Gala Concert,” was in truth a celebration of a culture and its fiery and passionate spirit. Falla & Albéniz The concert opened with Falla’s {…}
The Teatro Real is set to make its Carnegie Hall debut. The company, which was awarded the Best Opera Company in 2021 by the International Opera Awards, will perform on the New York stage with international Spanish artists Javier Perianes, soprano Sabina Puértolas, and Juanjo Mena, who will lead the Orchestra of the Teatro Real. The performance will celebrate the {…}
Carnegie Hall has unveiled its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. Christina Pluhar’s L’Arpeggiata will join forces with countertenor Philippe Jaroussky for music by Boësset, Cazzati, Guedron, Moulinié, Couperin, and others. Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2022 Camila Titinger will headline a program of music by Villa-Lobos and Rimsky-Korsakov alongside the {…}
(Photo by Valeri Guérguiev) Carnegie Hall has canceled all performances by the Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev scheduled for this May. The Russian orchestra was set to perform on May 3 and 4. In a statement, Carnegie Hall stated that the cancelation was due to recent world events and ongoing challenges presented by COVID-19. The world events in question are {…}
Photo: Stephanie Berger This is the story of 20 young artists who played and sang their way to Carnegie Hall. These talented musicians came from Denmark, New Zealand, Oman, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay to attend SongStudio 2022, a weeklong experience where young vocalists pair up with young collaborative pianists to immerse themselves in song and grow their {…}