(Photo: Birgit Gufler) Christoph Graupner was a prolific German composer and harpsichordist from the late 17th and 18th centuries. Born near to the German city of Zwickau in 1683, he decided to study law in Leipzig before changing to follow a career in music. By 1705, he found himself working at the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg as a harpsichordist {…}
The National Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances on offer. Eugene Rogers conducts Morris Robinson in a program that includes music by Jessie Montgomery, Aaron Copland, and Carlos Simon. Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2024 Gianandrea Noseda and Rachel Willis-Sørensen join forces for music by Carlos Simon, Strauss, and Beethoven. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}
Valencia’s Palau de les Arts’ 2023-24 season featuring opera, recitals, concerts, and zarzuela. Opera Dima Orsho and Carla Nahadi Babelegoto star in “Women at Point Zero.” Performance Date: Sept. 15, 2023 James Gaffigan conducts Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” in Richard Jones’ production. The cast includes Arsen Soghomonyan, Doris Soffel, Ekaterina Guseva, Elena Maximova, Roman Burdenko, and Nikolay Zemlianskikh. Performance {…}
Spain’s Orquesta Sinfonica de RTVE has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Christoph König opens the season with music by Arriaga, Mozart, and Bruckner. The soloists are Marina Monzó, Štěpánka Pučálková, Airam Hernández, and Damián del Castillo. Performance Dates: Oct. 5 & 6, 2023 Marc Albrecht and Ekaterina Antipova lead a performance of music {…}
Spain’s Orquesta de Extremadura has announced its 2023-24 season celebrating Andrés Salado’s third season as Music Director. Here are the vocal performances. Mar Morán, Sandra Ferrández, Airam Hernández, and David Menéndez perform Mozart’s Requiem. Andrés Salado conducts. The program also includes music by Purcell. Performance Dates: Feb. 8 & 9, 2024 Jone Martínez and Carlos Mena team up for a {…}
The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville has announced its 2023-24 season. Opera Henrik Nánási conducts a new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” by Allex Aguilera. Stuart Skelton, Elisabet Strid, Agnieszka Rehlis, Markus Eiche, Albert Pesendorfer, Jorge Rodríguez-Norton, Fernando Campero, and Juan Antonio Sanabria star. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2023 Yolanda Auyanet and Berna Perles share the title role {…}
The Orquesta Ciudad de Granada has announced 2022-23 Season and here is a look at the vocal performances. The Chorus and Orchestra of Granada will perform an all-Händel program with Harry Christophers conducting. Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2022 Lucas Macias conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of Granada in a program of music by Brahms and Lopez-Montes. Performance Dates: Sept. 30 {…}
Spain’s Euskadiko Orkestra has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. M. Mussorgsky, G. Carpenter, Dvorak, and Tchaikovsky make up the program conducted by Roberto Fores and featuring Easo Gazete Easo Eskolania Performance Dates: Oct. 28-Nov.4, 2022 Pablo Gonzalez conducts Orff’s Carmina Burana” with Jone Martinez, Carlos Mena, Javier Franco, and the {…}
The Sinfonia Nacional de Galicia has announced its 2019-20 season. For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on the vocal or opera-related concerts. Here is a look: The Compania Nacional is set to present “Carmen” in a ballet version using the music of Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin. Performance Dates: Nov. 22 & 23, 2020 Gian Battista Pergolesi/Johann {…}
The Orquesta Cuidad de Granada has announced its 2019-20 season. For this article, we will only focus on vocal highlights. Maria Katzarava takes on the title role in Alberto Garcia Desmestres’s “Juana sin Cielo.” Desmestres conducts the work. Performance Dates: Nov. 15 & 16, 2019 Handel’s Messiah takes the stage for the holiday season with soloists Jone Martinez, Federica Carnevale, {…}