Quinn Kelsey, Sasha Cooke & Russell Thomas Lead Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

The Baltimore Symphony has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Music Director Jonathon Heyward conducts Dukas’ “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and Scriabin’s “Prometheus: Poem of Fire,” alongside Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2” and Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain.” The concert features George Li and the University of Maryland Concert Choir. Performance Dates: Nov. 6-9, 2025 Patrick Quigley conducts {…}

Tafelmusik Unveils 2025-26 Season

Tafelmusik has announced the details of its 2025-26 season. For the purposes of the article, only vocal works are included. “Double Dixit: Lotti & Handel” features Tafelmusik Chamber Choir. Ivars Taurins directs. Performance Dates: November 28, 29, & 30, 2025 Händel’s “Messiah” is presented by soloists soprano Stephanie True, mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó, tenor Nicholas Scott, and bass-baritone Jonathan Woody. Ivars Taurins directs. {…}

Opera Lafayette Announces 204-25 Season

Opera Lafayette announces its 30th anniversary season. Soprano Amel Brahim-Djelloul performs in the Ensemble Amedyez and and Kalanidhi Dance in the opening event, “RE|CLAIM.” Performance Dates: October 21, 22, & 24, 2024 “RE | STORE” events are centered around Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane.” The cast features sopranos Mary Elizabeth Williams and Lindsey Reynolds, tenor Chauncey Packer, baritone Joshua Conyers, bass-baritone Jonathan {…}

Washington Bach Consort to Present ‘Te Deum! Sacred Grand Motets of Lully and Charpentier’

Continuing its 2024 Director’s Series, the Washington Bach Consort presents “Te Deum! Sacred Grand Motets of Lully and Charpentier” on March 10 at 4 p.m. at the National Presbyterian Church. This concert highlights a number of rarely heard works by French Baroque composers Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-87) and Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704). Lully’s “Thesée, Marche,” “Notus in Judaea,” and “O lachrymae,” among others {…}

Amanda Forsythe, Amanda Crider, James Reese, & Jonathan Woody to Headline Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s Mozart Requiem

The Elgin Symphony Orchestra (ESO) is set to present Mozart’s “Requiem” on Saturday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 6 at 3 p.m. The four soloists for the famed Mozart work will include soprano Amanda Forsythe, mezzo-soprano Amanda Crider, tenor James Reese, and bass-baritone Jonathan Woody. Joining ESO and the soloists are the Adrian Dunn Singers. The ensemble {…}