The Tippet Rise Art Center announces its 2026 concert season. This article only features classical voice concerts. Soprano Mireille Asselin and baritone Jesse Blumberg present songs by Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Marc Blitzstein, Kurt Weill, and others. Richard Pearson Thomas accompanies at the piano. Performance Date: August 21, 2026 Read Related Stories Ema Nikolovska Makes Tippet Rise Art Center {…}
Carmel Bach Festival announces its 2026 and 89th summer season. This article only features classical voice concerts. First up is Haydn’s “The Seasons” with soloists Clara Rottsolk, Thomas Cooley, and Edward Nelson. They are joined by the Festival Chorale and Orchestra. Greta Pedersen conducts. Performance Dates: July 11 & 18, 2026 Clara Rottsolk, Reginald Mobley, Thomas Cooley, and Jesse Blumberg {…}
(Photo credit: Katz) Tafelmusik’s 2026-27 concert season is announced. This article only features vocal concerts. Tafelmusik continues its collaboration with Opera Atelier in Charpentier’s “The Descent of Orpheus.” Performance Dates: October 22 – 25, 2026 Cecilia Duarte performs in “Baroque Fiesta.” Lina Tur Bonet directs the concert featuring works by Handel and Vivaldi, along with music of the Spanish Golden {…}
(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 {…}