(Photo credit: Reneff-Olsen Productions) San Francisco Opera has released details about its annual Pride celebration, taking place on June 27. Opera singer and winner of the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Monét X Change is among the artists headlining this celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community. She will serve as emcee for the evening’s events. Soloists include mezzo-sopranos {…}
Jamie Barton is urging her followers to vote for Kamala Harris. The mezzo-soprano took to social media and said, “I flew back to GA so I can vote tomorrow. If you are undecided or not planning on voting, I implore you to *please* vote, and vote for Kamala Harris (and then vote blue down the ballot). The rights of you {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) You’ve heard the cliché that Caruso famously said about doing a production of “Il Trovatore…” You know it. I won’t repeat it. The spirit of the idea stands, but the reality is that it takes far more than just sticking four superstars on stage and letting magic happen. It doesn’t always work that way. {…}
(Image courtesy of Richard Tucker Foundation) The Richard Tucker Foundation has announced its 2024 gala, scheduled for Oct. 27, 2024. This year’s event will feature the talents of Xabier Anduaga and Michael Spyres, who are presented as a special guest. He is joined by past winners including Jamie Barton (Richard Tucker Award 2015), Stephanie Blythe (1999 Richard Tucker Award), J’Nai {…}
The Celebrity Series of Boston has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, violist Matthew Lipman, and pianist Tamar Sanikidze join forces for an evening of music by Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. There will also be music by composer Joel Thompson. Performance Date: Jan. 25, 2025 at NEC’s Jordan Hall Mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and {…}
(Photo credit: Thalhammer & Pledger) The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has announced its lineup for the 2024-25 season. This article only features vocal works. Soprano Mary Bevan opens the season with a program of works by Schubert. Edward Gardner conducts. Performance Date: July 17, 2024 Soprano Lucy Crowe, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston, tenor Nicky Spence, and baritone Jonathan Lemalu serves {…}
(Photo credit: The Kennedy Center) Renée Fleming VOICES at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have announced “John Gallagher Jr. and Band” as an addition to its program this season. The performance at the Kennedy Center coincides with Gallagher’s national tour of his upcoming third album, “Goodbye or Something.” Composed entirely by Gallagher, the 11 original tracks {…}
Though the most iconic grand opera in the art form’s canon, Verdi’s “Aïda” shouldn’t challenge a house of Lyric’s caliber too strenuously. The work requires four good-to-great singers, but we expect a top-five American opera house to arrange them. Though “Aïda” lends itself to maximalist stagings, smaller companies pare it down successfully by foregoing equestrian participants, or downshifting parades to {…}
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts has announced its 2024-25 season. This season, there is one vocal classical showcase on offer. Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton joins forces with violist Matthew Lipman and pianist Tamar Sanikidze at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater for music by Clara Schumann, Brahms, and Joel Thompson. Performance Date: Jan. 30, 2025 Among the other major performers throughout the season are {…}
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are vocal performances that will be seen. The orchestra will present an opera-in-concert version of Wagner’s epic “Der Ring des Nibelungen” in its entirety, becoming the first American orchestra in recent history to do so. Luisi and the DSO will perform “Siegfried” on Oct. 5, 2024, and “Götterdämmerung” on Oct. {…}
The Chamber Society of Lincoln Center has announced its 2024-25 season featuring a number of vocal performances. Here is a look. The company will present an Opening Night concert entitled “Haydn’s Suprise” dedicated to Haydn. Soloists include Stephanie Blythe, Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, Aaron Boyd, Daniel Phillips, Pinchas Zukerman, Paul Neubauer, David Finckel, Nina Bernat, and the Viano Quartet. {…}