The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Thomas’ “Hamlet” will be presented in collaboration with Ópera Comique and will be conducted by Louis Langrée. The opera stars Jodie DeVos, Stéphane Degout, and Laurent Alvaro. Céline Gaudier directs. Performance Dates: Nov. 17 & 19, 2023 Dalia Stasevska and {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society has announced its 2023-24 season, the first under new Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen. “This season we will make the old new again as our orchestra and chorus approach every piece of music with passion, vitality, and freshness on instruments from the period as the composers intended,” said Jonathan Cohen, Artistic Director of the Handel and {…}
The Kansas City Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season. For the purpose of this article, we will only focus on vocal performances. Eduardo Strauser conducts Verdi and Schumann with the Kansas City Chorus. Performance Dates: Nov 17-19, 2023 Michael Stern conducts Joyce DiDonato in a program that includes Chen Yi, Charles Ives, Gustav Mahler, Joel Thompson, and Johann Strauss {…}
(Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) During the holiday season, the Met’s annual presentation of a family-friendly, abridged version of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” sung in English is a treat for the young and the young-at-heart. The show’s runtime is shy of two hours, and the Julie Taymor production, though getting a bit dated, offers plenty of spectacle and goofiness to {…}
The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive the holiday presentation of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The opera will be presented nine times starting Dec. 16 in the English-language adaptation which runs under two hours. Julie Taymor’s production returns to the Met with conductor Duncan Ward leading a stellar cast that includes tenors Ben Bliss and David Portillo as Tamino and {…}
(Credit: Arielle Doneson) The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has announced its Winter Festival entitled “The Magic of Schubert.” For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. First up will be a concert entitled “Into Eternity” featuring baritone Nikolay Borchev. He will be joined by the Orion String Quartet and pianist Wu Han. {…}
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. MasterVoices will present Bizet’s “Carmen” at the Lincoln Center (Rose Theater) with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s performing. The opera, which will be conducted by Ted Sperling and directed by Sammi Cannold, will star Ginger Costa-Jackson, {…}
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe Vs. Wade, the opera world reacted on social media sharing their thoughts on the verdict which will affect millions of women around the United States. Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton took to twitter and said, “We knew this was coming, and it’s still horrifically gut-wrenching. Stay mad, y’all. You have every reason to be. {…}
The Glyndebourne Festival has announced its 2023 slate. New Productions Kicking off the proceedings will be a new production of “Don Giovanni” starring baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Don Giovanni, Russian soprano Venera Gimadieva as Donna Anna, and Armenian soprano Ruzan Mantashyan as Donna Elvira. Mariame Clément directs with Evan Rogister conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Performance Dates: {…}
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2022-23 season which will feature Riccardo Muti’s final season as the CSO’s music director. Muti has served as Music Director for 13 years. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. Thomas Søndergård conducts a program with music by Stravinsky, Beethoven, and Sibelius with soloist Francesco Piemontesi and Chicago Symphony {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society will present Haydn’s “The Creation” on April 29 and May 1 at Boston’s Symphony Hall. The showcase will represent the last performances of Harry Christophers as artistic director of the company. The performance will be headlined by soprano Joélle Harvey, tenor Robert Murray, and bass-baritone Matthew Brook. Christophers was the artistic director of the Handel {…}