Hopewell Festival will present its inaugural concert on August 16, 2026, at Hopewell Valley Vineyards in Pennington, New Jersey. The concert, “Celebration of Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song,” will feature soprano Latonia Moore with The Guy Mintus Trio, presented in partnership with New York City Opera’s Bryant Park concert series. The program will explore music associated with Fitzgerald and {…}
Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America has announced its 2026 summer season, running May 28 through September 11. Here is a look at vocal offerings. New York City Opera opens the season with an “American Classics” program. Performance Date: May 29, 2026 Harlem-based chamber orchestra The Unsung Collective marks Juneteenth with a program of works by contemporary {…}
The Cleveland Orchestra announces its 2026 summer season. Here is a look at the vocal events. Tenor Limmie Pulliam performs music by Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein, and other leading American voices. Edwin Outwater leads The Cleveland Orchestra. Performance Date: July 3, 2026 Soprano Latonia Moore, tenor Brandon Jovanovich, and the Blossom Festival Chorus present “A Night at the Opera” led by {…}
ArtSmart will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a gala event on April 8, 2026, at the University Club of San Francisco. The evening will feature performances by soprano Latonia Moore, the organization’s first-ever Director of Engagement and Advocacy, and baritone Will Liverman. This past October, ArtSmart put on a gala that featured performances by Michael Fabiano, Pretty Yende, and Isabel {…}
On December 2, 2025, the Metropolitan Opera delivered a ray of sunshine with a jubilant opening of Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.” Last seen on the Met stage in their 2021 season, this year’s run featured new and returning artists who all came together for something as uplifting as it was exciting. In regard to James Robinson’s production, many of my {…}
ArtSmart has announced that American soprano Latonia Moore is the organization’s new Director of Engagement and Advocacy. The role is newly created for Moore. Moore, a renowned soprano who has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House, Opera Australia, Houston Grand Opera, and The Dallas Opera, among others, has served on the ArtSmart Board of Directors since 2021. {…}
(Photo: Rafael Salvador) On September 19th, the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo brought to the stage its first production of “Porgy and Bess,” an opera by George Gershwin (1898-1937), with a libretto by Edwin DuBose Heyward (1885-1940) and Ira Gershwin (1896-1983), based on the novel turned into a play “Porgy,” by DuBose Heyward. The theater assembled not only a cast {…}
Opera Carolina has announced its 2025-26 Season. The season opens with Pergolisi’s Stabat Mater performed in remembrance of the events of 9/11. Corey Lovelace and Leyla Martinucci star alongside the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and conductor Emily Jarrell Urbanek. Performance Date: Sept. 11, 2025 “A Night To Remember” will feature music by Giacomo Puccini. This gala concert will be held at {…}
Opera Carolina has unveiled its 2025-26 lineup, marking the first season under new management. “A Night to Remember” opens the season. The concert is presented in partnership with the Puccini Festival of Torre del Lago. Performance Date: November 1, 2025 The “9/11 Commemorative Concert” features a performance of Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater.” Performance Date: September 11, 2025 A double bill of Puccini’s {…}
The Cleveland Orchestra announced the addition of new events to the 2025 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival. Highlights of the third installment of the Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival include three concert performances of “Jenůfa” with Latonia Moore, Pavol Breslik, Miles Mykkanen, and Nina Stemma cast, and “Vox Humana,” a program of music by Bach, Poulenc, {…}
Latonia Moore has joined TACT Artists Management for General Management. The soprano will be represented by Veronika Arkhangel. Moore is an acclaimed soprano who has performed to great claim at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Opera Australia, and Teatro Colón. She is a three-time Grammy Award winner for “Champion,” “Fire Shut up in my Bones,” and “Porgy and Bess” and is {…}