Joyce DiDonato, Ying Fang & Yannick Nézet-Séguin Hightlight Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

The Philadephia Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts Handel’s Messiah with the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir. Performance Dates: Dec. 12-14, 2025 Dalia Stasevska conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Joélle Harvey. The concert also includes violinist Augustin Hadelich and such pieces as Adams’ “Short Ride in a Fast {…}

Conductor Dalia Stasevska Criticized by Right Wing Conspiracy Theorist Dinesh D’Souza for Being Expressive

Conservative author, filmmaker, and podcaster Dinesh D’Souza is criticizing conductor Dalia Stasevska for moving too much while conducting Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9. In a post to X formerly known as Twitter, D’Souza said, “Someone should run up to the front and yank this self-serving conductor out of there. She’s ruining it! It’s not all about the conductor; it’s about the {…}

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2023 Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Photo: © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton Normally, ‘heritage’ productions make me nervous. The established stagings summon to mind lumbering Zeffirelli-esque spectacles and unwieldy, moth-eaten costumes. Opera houses resting on their artistic laurels, unwilling take artistic risks. The ingrained conservatism in the opera business that could even prove fatal for the art form.  But, Peter Hall’s production of Benjamin {…}

Dalia Stasevska Honored by Royal Philharmonic Society

Conductor Dalia Stasevska was awarded the Conductor Award from the 2020 Royal Philharmonic Society. The Conductor Award panel was made up of Dougie Scarfe (Chief Executive, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra); Jo Buckley (Chief Executive, Dunedin Consort); Sian Edwards (conductor); Zoe Beyers (Co-Leader, BBC Philharmonic); Linton Stephens (Bassoon, Chineke!). “It is a tremendous honor to receive the Conductor’s Royal Philharmonic Society Award and an {…}

Dalia Stasevska Returns To Orchestra Of Opera North For ‘Reflections: Lutosławski, Strauss and Bruckner’

BBC Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska will return to the Orchestra of Opera North for two concerts featuring the music of Lutosławski, R. Strauss, and Bruckner on April 4 and 6. The first concert will be held at Huddersfield Town Hall, and the second at Leeds Town Hall. The performances will start off with Lutosławski’s “Musicque funèbre,” a {…}