The 75th Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts has been announced featuring chamber, orchestral and vocal concerts. Here is a look at the vocal events. Gweneth Ann Rand, Simon Lepper, and Rachel Jones perform Messiaen’s “Harawi – Chant d’amour et de mort.” Performance Date: June 8, 2024 Rt Revd Martin Seeley, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich preacher, Aldeburgh {…}
Photo credit: Eva Herzog The Roberts Institute of Art presents “Hey, Maudie,” a new commission by opera newcomer Rachel Jones on Sept. 21. “Hey, Maudie” draws on the operatic form alongside poetry, and wide-ranging music and oral traditions. The four-act piece follows the character of Maud Martha sung by soprano Gweneth Ann Rand, as she converses with a choral ensemble {…}
Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival announced the full lineup of performances for 2023. The festival runs from Aug. 29-Sept. 12. Here’s what the 2023 Opera Festival will offer audiences. Laura Reid presents a song cycle of hope using recorded sounds, voices, and instruments. Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Hope is a thing with Feathers,” contemporary writers Ahed Al Hamwi, {…}
Credit: Francesco Bondi Each year, The Haydn Foundation of Bolzano and Trento presents a short program of operas with an emphasis on the new and experimental, which, this season, included the world premiere of “Peter Pan, The Dark Side,” written by the composer Wolfgang Mittere and librettist David Pountney. The idea for the work came from the foundation’s artistic director, {…}
Photo: © Lloyd Winters Unlike ballet, which has “The Nutcracker” as a festive staple, there aren’t very many Christmas operas. “La bohème” opens on Christmas eve, and there is invariably snow, but yuletide is hardly the subject of the opera. ENO were scheduled to perform John Adams nativity oratorio “El Niño” during lockdown, but it sadly got canned. Along comes {…}