(Credit: Kia Caldwell / HGO official website) The Houston Grand Opera is set to world premiere Joel Thompson and Andrea Davis Pinkney’s “The Snowy Day.” The opera, which is based on a book by Ezra Jack Keats, will star Karen Slack, Raven McMillon, Nicholas Newton, Elena Villalón, Blake Denson, Cory McGee, Andres Acosta, and Ricardo Garcia. HGO’s Artistic and Music {…}
Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2022 festival, which will run between July 1 through August 27, 2022. The season will include five new productions, 38 performances, one world premiere, one company premiere, and an international co-production. In sum, there will be 26 artists making their debuts and another 29 returning to the company. It all kicks off with “Carmen,” {…}
Vocal Arts DC has announced its 2021-22 season, which will take place in person and virtually. Soprano Golda Schultz opens the season with a recital alongside pianist Jonathan Ware. The concert will include music by Clara Schumann, Nadia Boulanger, Rebecca Clarke, and the premiere of Kathleen Tagg and Lila Palmer’s “This be her verse.” Streaming Dates: Sept. 17-28, 2021 Joshua {…}
The International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition has announced the winners of its 2021 winners. Canadian tenor Joshua Lovell took home the top prize. He also took home the media prize. Coming in second place were American soprano Elena Villalón and British soprano Verity Wingate. Villalón was also given the Audience prize, the CS Rising Stars award, the Wil Keune {…}
(Credit: Kathy Wittman) Boston Baroque has announced its 2021-22 season which will include live performances streamed digitally via IDAGIO. “While we continue presenting great music on period instruments, Boston Baroque is embracing technology as a way to reach new audiences, much as we did when we became the first period instrument orchestra in North America to sign a major record {…}
Austin Opera has announced its 2021-22 season which includes two productions and a deep dive into an iconic work by one of the greatest composers of all time. “Our next season reinforces the new identity of Austin Opera—we are programming a beautiful production of one of the most beloved and classic operas of all time, premiering a new production of {…}
The Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2021-22 season, which will feature six productions. It all starts with Bizet’s “Carmen” starring Carolyn Sproule, Richard Trey Smagur, Christian Pursell, and Heidi Stober. Lidiya Yankovskaya conducts a production directed by Rob Ashford. Performance Dates: Oct. 22 – Nov. 7, 2021 Next up is the world premiere of “The Snowy Day.” The new {…}
(Credit: https://www.papercitymag.com/) The Houston Grand Opera has announced that it will present Engelbert Humperdinck’s opera “Hansel and Gretel” on its digital platform on May 28, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. CT. The opera will feature mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce in the role of Hansel, soprano Raven McMillon in the role of Gretel, tenor Richard Trey Smagur as The Witch, mezzo-soprano Lindsay Kate-Brown {…}
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has announced plans for a live, in-person 2021 Festival Season. The upcoming festival will include a ground-breaking free ticket initiative, comprehensive cast lists, and thorough health protocol to provide the safest experience for artists, patrons, and staff. The festival will run between May 22 and June 20 and will feature four all-new productions on an {…}
Canto Latino Cyberchallenge 2021 has announced the winners of this year’s competition. The winner for Best Performance went to Asael Cuesta, while Best Singer was awarded to Elena Villalón. Sishel Claverie took home Best Video, and Jean Bernard Cerin won Best Performance of a Folk Song. In the Best Performance Art Song category, Ricardo López was the winner. Martín Samuel {…}
Canto Latino Cyberchallenge has announced the finalists for its 2021 competition. The organization announced its finalists across several categories including Best Singer, Best Performance, Best Video, Best Pianist, Best Performance Art Song, Best Performance Ecuadorian Song, Best Performance of a Folk Song, and the Casa de la Música Debut Recital Prize. Best Video nominees include Asael Cuesta, Kevin Guzman, Eugenia {…}