(Photo credit: James Matthew Daniel) Michael Hersch’s latest opera, “and we, each,” created in collaboration with poet Shane McCrae, makes its New York premiere at National Sawdust on Feb. 6. Soprano Ah Young Hong and baritone Jesse Blumberg perform the two singing roles. Tito Muñoz will conduct a five-piece ensemble comprised of New York players. James Daniel, who previously staged Hersch’s {…}
The Boston Baroque has announced its 2024-25 season. Haydn’s “Die Schöpfung” is set to start Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton. Performance Dates: Oct. 4 & 5, 2024 Handel’s “Messiah” will include Maya Kherani, Avery Amereau, Omar Najmi, and Jesse Blumberg, Performance Dates: Dec 7 & 8, 2024 Erin Morley performs a program of Beethoven and Mozart. Performance {…}
(Photo: Catherine Hancock) Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) presented “Circles V: The Minnesota Connection” on Friday, February 2nd 2024 at First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. The program focused on works by Michael Djupstrom, Libby Larsen, Reinaldo Moya, and Dominick Argento. The pre-lecture before the program began featured Larsen and Moya discussing their works and the Minnesota connection. Larsen’s comments about her work, “The {…}
Cincinnati Song Initiative has announced its 2023-24 season as well as its new national training program. The season kicks off with its “CSI Mobile” series with a program entitled “Songs of Life, Love, and Power.” The showcase features such artists as Katherine Jolly, Kathryn Leemhuis, and pianist Samuel Martin. Performance Date: Sept. 10, 2023 Next up is the opener of {…}
Boston Baroque is set to conclude its 50th season with two programs in March and April. The first program will be a concert of Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 and the Sinfonia concertante featuring soloists violinist Christina Day Martinson and violist Jason Fisher. The concert will be held on March 25 and 26 at GBH’s Calderwood Studio, and NEC’s Jordan Hall. {…}
The Oratorio Society of New York will perform its 148th performance of Handel’s Messiah in time for the holiday season. The performance, which is set for Dec. 19, 2022, will be performed at the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. This year’s performance includes soloists soprano Maria Brea, contralto Heather Petrie, tenor Joshua Blue, and baritone Jesse Blumberg, {…}
“Southern Crossings,” a new chamber opera, will have a world premiere in two performances on June 16 and 18, 2022. The work by Syrian composer Zaid Jabri and librettists Yvette Christianse and Rosalind Morris will be presented at the Gerald W. Lynch Theatre, John Jay College in New York City. The opera is set in 1863 and features the story {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta/Arielle Donoson/© Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical) Carnegie Hall has announced its 2021-22 season featuring some of the world’s greatest artists. For the purpose of this article, we will only focus on the vocal works. Here is the full slate: Soprano Marija Jelic performs a recital alongside pianist Jasna Popovic. Performance Date: Oct. 5, 2021 Tenor Jonas Kaufmann {…}
Boston Lyric Opera presents the New England premiere of “Fellow Travelers.” The opera by composer Gregory Spears and librettist Greg Pierce’s is a political drama that follows a gay romance through the McCarthy-era “lavender scare.” The production is set to star Jesse Blumberg, Jesse Darden, Chelsea Basler, Simon Dyer James Maddalena, David McFerrin, Michelle Trainor, Vincent Turregano, and Brianna Robinson. The {…}
On Nov. 11, 2018, the Oratorio Society of New York will celebrate Polish Independence. The concert, led by Kent Tritle, will be part of “100 for 100,” a worldwide musical commemoration of the Polish centenary in conjunction with the Polish Cultural Institute New York, and PWM Edition. The concert will feature Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater and Górecki’s Euntes Ibant et Flebant. {…}
On Jan. 13 the Minnesota Opera previewed the upcoming world premiere of William Bolcom’s recent opera “Dinner at Eight.” At the Feinstein 54 Below in Manhattan, the company held a dinner for members of the New Works Forum, sponsors and donors of the company. Bolcom was present at the dinner alongside librettist Mark Campbell. During a Q & A, Bolcom {…}