Caramoor Announces 2026 Season Featuring Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Dashon Burton, Lauren Snouffer & Kangmin Justin Kim

Caramoor has announced its 2026 season. Here are the vocal performances. Kelli O’Hara performs a gala with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Rob Fisher. Performance Date: June 20, 2026 VOCES8 perform “Lead me Home,” a celebration of the American choral landscape. Performance Date: July 10, 2026 William Christie conducts Les Arts Florissants in Charpentier’s “Les Arts Florissants” and “La {…}

Feb 11, 2026

Dashon Burton, Mei Gui Zhang, Taylor Raven, Eric Ferring Headline New Jersey Symphony’s All-Choral Concert

(credit: Rob Davidson Media) The New Jersey Symphony is set to return to New Jersey Performing Arts Center for an all-choral program on April 16 and 18, 2026. The showcase will be conducted by Xian Zhang and features Mozart’s “Requiem,” Mahler’s “Songs of a Wayfarer,” and Fauré’s “Pavane.” Bass-baritone Dashon Burton, soprano Mei Gui Zhang, mezzo-soprano Taylor Raven, and tenor {…}

Sep 8, 2025

Dashon Burton, Yulan Piao, & Woo Young Yoon Star in The Phillips Collection’s 2025-26 Season

(Photo credit: Hunter Hart) The Phillips Collection announces its 2025–26 concert season. This article only features vocal concerts. Bass-baritone Dashon Burton and pianist Lindsay Garritson perform. Performance Date: October 5, 2025 Soprano Yulan Piao and tenor Woo Young Yoon, with members of Ensemble FIRE present a work by Huang Ruo as part of the Leading International Composers series. Performance Date: December {…}

Mar 14, 2024

Sondra Radvanovsky, Morris Robinson, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Thomas Hampson Lead National Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

The National Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances on offer. Eugene Rogers conducts Morris Robinson in a program that includes music by Jessie Montgomery, Aaron Copland, and Carlos Simon. Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2024 Gianandrea Noseda and Rachel Willis-Sørensen join forces for music by Carlos Simon, Strauss, and Beethoven. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}

Jan 13, 2024

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra to Present ‘Bach + Burton’

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has announced that bass-baritone Dashon Burton will headline its February concerts “Bach + Burton.” The events, slated for Feb. 3 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and on Feb. 4 at The Huntington, will center on music by Bach. Among the works on the program is “Ich Habe Genug.” There will also be {…}

Nov 20, 2023

UPDATED: Julian Prégardien, Ludwig Mittelhammer, Christina Landshamer, Kathryn Lewek Headline Cleveland Orchestra’s Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its second annual Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival. “Building on last season’s successful launch of the Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival, the 2024 edition will continue to bring together our community and several of Cleveland’s great cultural institutions for exploration, discussion, and reflection around the theme of ‘Power,’” said André Gremillet, {…}

Mar 30, 2023

Isabel Leonard, Dashon Burton, Katalin Károlyi, Limmie Pulliam Headline New World Symphony’s 2023-24 Season

The New World Symphony has announced its 2023-24 season, which will be the first by Artistic Director Stéphane Denève. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. Denève will lead music by Prokofiev, Lieberson, and James Lee III. Mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor performs. Performance Dates: Oct. 14 & 15, 2023 Mezzo-soprano Katalin Károlyi headlines a {…}

Jul 5, 2022

Seattle Symphony 2022 Review: Verdi’s Requiem

During my 40 years of being obsessed with opera, and five years singing in major choral works, I realize it’s a bit odd that Verdi’s Requiem never entered my sphere. I have never experienced it live, nor even owned a recording. Please do not shame me. I am somewhat familiar with a couple of the most famous sections: the driving {…}

Apr 27, 2022

Seattle Symphony Orchestra to Present Requiems by Verdi & Brahms to End 2021-22 Season

The Seattle Symphony Orchestra is set to present a series of concerts featuring two renowned Requiems performed by some of the world’s greatest opera stars. First up, the ensemble will present a program of music by Brahms and Stravinsky. Audiences will hear Brahm’s famed German Requiem with Soraya Malfi and Alexander Dobson as the soloists. The program will also include {…}

Mar 26, 2022

The Dessoff Choirs Presents New York Premieres of Cantatas by Margaret Bonds

The Dessoff Choirs will continue its season celebrating African American composer Margaret Bonds on April 28, 2022. The one-night-only concert comprises the New York premieres of the orchestral versions of two neglected Bonds cantatas, Credo inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois’s essay and Simon Bore the Cross, a collaboration with Langston Hughes. The concert will be conducted by Dessoff’s Music Director {…}

Mar 21, 2022

Eric Owens, Nicholas Phan & Sasha Cooke Lead New York Philharmonic’s 2022-23 Season

The New York Philharmonic has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal performances. The Sound of Home will see Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,” the World Premiere of a Caroline Shaw piece with Room Full of Teeth, and Price’s Symphony No. 4. Jaap van Zweden conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}