The Konzerthaus Dortmund has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Lahav Shani open the season with Hila Baggio. The concert will include music by Paul Ben-Haim, Betty Olivero, and Gustav Mahler. Performance Date: Sept. 3, 2023 Anna Lucia Richter and Ammiel Bushakevitz perform a recital of music by Wolkenstein, {…}
The Wiener Konzerthaus has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Riccardo Chailly conducts a Verdi program with the chorus and orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala. Performance Date: Sept. 4, 2023 The Bayerisches Staatsorchester will perform alongside Yefim Bronfman and Elsa Dreisig in a Schumann, Wagner, and Mahler program. Vladimir Jurowski conducts. Performance Date: {…}
Image: J. Fischnaller Soprano Fatma Said is set to make her Carnegie Hall debut on April 4, 2023. The Egyptian soprano will appear alongside Spanish guitarist Rafael Aguirre in music by Manuel de Falla, Rodrigo, Palomo, Hosni, Obradors, Lorca, Abdel-Rahim, Ziad Rahbani, Serrano, Daud Hosni, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and contemporary Egyptian composer Sherif Mohie El Din, among others. The concert aims {…}
Egyptian soprano Fatma Said will open Through the Noise’s Classical Club Nights series in “noisenight19.” Said’s set will feature pieces from her latest release, “Kaleidoscope” with a focus on tango-inspired music and jazz. Award-winning composer and jazz pianist Harry Baker and bandoneon player Julian Rowlands will accompany her. “Kaleidoscope” shares a blend of cultures and genres, as well as showcases {…}
Austria’s Schubertiade has announced its 2023 program As always, this will focus solely on vocal and operatic performances. It all kicks off with soprano Fatma Said and pianist Joseph Middleton taking on music by Haydn, Schubert, and Schumann. Performance Date: April 30, 2023 Mattias Goerne and Leif Ove Andsnes will perform Schubert’s “Winterreise.” Performance Date: June 17, 2023 Soprano Christiane {…}
The Philharmonie Essen has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal and operatic highlights. Magdalena Kožená and Yefim Bronfman perform a recital of music by Brahms, Dvořák, Martinů, Mussorgsky, and Bartók. Performance Date: Sept. 5, 2022 Regensburger Domspatzen, Knabenchor Hannover, and Essener Domsingknaben perform in concert. Performance Date: Sept. 17, 2022 Evelyn Ziegler performs alongside Udo {…}
The Konzerthaus Berlin has announced the first part of its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Christoph Eschenbach and Renée Fleming team up for a program of Strauss and Mahler. Performance Dates: August 26 & 27, 2022 Fatma Said the artist in residence will perform a “Fatma and Friends” concert. Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2022 Ursula {…}
The Celebrity Series of Boston has announced its 2022-23 season with numerous vocal performances. Here is a look at those concerts. Anne Sofie von Otter and Kristian Bezuidenhout perform a recital. Performance Date: Nov. 5, 2022 In Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth, a new work co-commissioned by Celebrity Series, Kyle Abraham poignantly reimagines Mozart’s Requiem. This collaboration {…}
The Verbier Festival has announced its 2022 season, featuring operas and several concerts. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on vocal works. Operas Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni” kicks off the festival with Olga Peretyatko as Donna Anna, Magdalena Kožená as Donna Elvira, Bogdan Volkov as Don Ottavio, Mikhail Petrenko as Leporello, Alexandros Stavrakakis as Il Commendatore, Julien {…}
Rolando Villazón will celebrate his 50th birthday with a concert “Cinquentañero.” The concert, which will be held on Feb. 21, 2022, one day before his 50th birthday, will take place at the Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg. Many of Villazón’s closest collaborators will celebrate the famed tenor’s milestone birthday including Daniel Barenboim, Plácido Domingo, Charles Castronovo, Magdalena Kozena, Regula Muehlemann, Fatma Said, {…}
Soprano Fatma Saïd is set to appear at the Schubertiade in Hohenems as part of the organization’s first set of October performances. On Oct. 3, 2021, Saïd will perform songs for Soprano, clarinet, and piano by Louis Spohr as well as several songs by Schubert, including “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen.” She will be joined by clarinetist Sabine Meyer, violist {…}