Lahav Shani is getting more support from international companies as well as colleagues following his canceled concert in Ghent over his position at the Israel Philharmonic. The Staatsoper Unter den Linden released a statement noting, “Solidarity with Lahav Shani. We were deeply dismayed to learn of the decision by the festival in Ghent to disinvite the Munich Philharmonic due to {…}
The Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Alicia Naranjo performs in an all-Mahler program with conductor Irene Delgado-Jiménez. Performance Date: Sept. 4, 2025 Lucas Macías conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Emőke Baráth and Emily D’Angelo. Performance Dates: Sept. 11 & 12, 2025 Leonor Bonilla joins conductor Teresa {…}
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the three vocal performances. Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez opens the season in a gala performance of opera Arias. Performance Date: Sept. 27, 2025 Enrico Lopez-Yañez conducts “The Three Mexican Tenors” in a program rife with popular songs. Performance Dates: Oct. 24-26, 2025 Jader Bignamini conducts Orff’s “Carmina Burana” {…}
The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. The Symphoniker Hamburg, alongside Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Chor Hamburg and Knabenchor Hannover, perform Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Mandy Fredrich and Isabelle Huppert are the soloists with Lucie Leguay conducting. Performance Date: August 22 & 23, 2025 Manuel Winckhler, Mauro Peter, Kathryn Lewek, Elsa Dreisig, Äneas {…}
The Musikverein Wien has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Herbert Lippert Joins the Philharmonia Schrammeln for “Das is’ die Wiener G’müatlichkeit.” Performance Dates: Sept. 29, 2025 Camilla Nylund and Helmut Deutsch perform lieder by Antonín Dvořák, Richard Strauss and Jean Sibelius Performance Dates: Oct. 1, 2025 Martin Haselböck conducts the {…}
The LA Philharmonic has announced its 2025-26 season. Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Master Chorale perform Ellen Reid and Strauss. Performance Dates: Sept. 25-28, 2025 Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with soloists Chen Reiss and Beth Taylor. Performance Dates: Oct. 9-12, 2025 Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts a program of music by Debussy, Gabriella Smith, and Scriabin with soloists Pekka {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week Sonya Yoncheva releases her first solo recital with her new record label. There will also be a new album by Benjamin Appl and several rarely performed works. There is also a complete opera recording coming out for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Constraints/Creativity {…}
The Orquesta Ciudad de Granada has announced its 2024-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Chen Reiss performs Strauss’ Four Last Songs alongside Lucas Macías conducting. The program also includes Mahler’s First Symphony. Performance Dates: Oct. 4 & 5, 2024 Olga Mykytenko and Giorgi Kirof lead a program of music by Shostakovich and Josef Suk. Joesph Swensen {…}
The Quincena Musical de San Sebastián has announced its 2024 slate. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. Sopranos Julia Blasco and Suzana Nadejde take on works by Mozart, Puccini, Schubert, Offenbach, Rossini, and Brahms alongside pianist Jorge Robaina and clarinettist Javier Povedano. Performance Date: August 1, 2024 Countertenor Nacho Castellanos and pianist Mario Marzo take on {…}
The Musikverein Wien has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Günther Groissböck and Malcolm Martineau perform a recital of music by Bruckner, Schumann and Wolf. Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2023 Marie Jacquot will conduct the Wiener Symphoniker in a program that includes Olivier Messiaen’s Un sourire, Lili Boulanger’s D’un soir triste, {…}
The Palau de la Música in Valencia, Spain has announced its 2022-23 season. The president Gloria Tello, director Vicent Ros, and Artistic Director Alexander Liebreich announced the program which will consist of 30 concerts at the sala Auditori de Les Arts and the Teatro Principal in València. Raquel Lojendio and Josep Ramon Olivé perform alongside Miguel Á. Gómez-Martínez in a {…}