Opera Wuppertal is set to present a double bill of “Erwartung” and “Der Wald” starting on April 7, 2024. The Schönberg monodrama will feature Hanna Larissa Naujoks as Eine Frau. Meanwhile, the Ethel Smyth work, the first opera by a female composer to grace the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in 1903, stars Samueol Park, Edith Grossman, Sangmin Jeon, Erik {…}
The American Symphony Orchestra is set to continue its 2022-23 season with two special performances at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City. First off, the orchestra will present “Organ + Orchestra,” a concert featuring Paul Brodignon and the Bard Festival Chorale. Leon Botstein conducts a program featuring Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 and Dame {…}
Guildhall School of Music has announced its autumn 2022 lineup, during which the School will showcase music and drama starting in September and running through December 2022. For this article, only classical vocal/operatic performances are listed. Royal Opera House and Guildhall School Composer-in-Residence Oliver Leith and librettist Matt Copson adapted the 2005 Gus Van Sant film about the last days {…}
This week audiences can stream and see rarely performed works and world premieres. Blueprints I Composer, vocalist, and producer Lisa Bielawa releases a new digital-only album featuring ten world premiere recordings of Bielawa’s compositions. The album was recorded entirely in the performers’ homes, with guidance from engineer Mick Rossi. The recording features Lisa Bielawa, pianist Molly Morkoski, flutist Sarah Carrier, {…}
Born in 1858, the life of composer Ethel Smyth coincided with the vastly changing social landscape of Britain. Smyth is best remembered as an active contributor to the suffragette movement and as one of the most notable female composers of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Smyth was born in Sidcup, Kent to a large family on April 22, 1858. She {…}
Chandos Records announced the August 7th release of British composer Dame Ethel Smyth’s “The Prison.” The recording features such soloists as soprano Sarah Brailey and baritone Dashon Burton backed by the Experiential Orchestra and Chorus under the baton of James Blachly. The release date coincides with the 100th anniversary of the enfranchisement of women after the passage of the 19th {…}
(Credit: Daniel Welch) Bass-baritone Zachary James will present a recital at Carnegie Hall dedicated to music by women on Nov. 30, 2020. Other performers on the recital include pianist Charity Wicks, baroque guitarist Brandon J. Acker, cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, and soprano Megan Nielson. Ellen Jackson will direct the concert. Among the pieces featured on the program will be Juliana Hall’s {…}