Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal Announces 2024-25 Season

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montreal has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Bruckner’s “Te Deum” with Latonia Moore, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Limmie Pulliam, and Ryan Speedo Green. The program also includes Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9 and Balfour’s Premiere for choir and orchestra. Performance Dates: Sept. 22, 2024 Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Candian soloists in Beethoven’s Symphony {…}

Mar 18, 2024

Asmik Grigorian, Latonia Moore & Sarah Aristidou Lead Cleveland Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 Season. Here are the vocal performances. Klaus Mäkelä and Jennifer Johnston perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 3. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-19, 2024 Franz Welser-Möst conducts Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde” and a new work by Bernd Richard Deutsch. Limmie Pulliam and Iurii Samoilov are the soloists Performance Dates: Nov. 21 -23, 2025 Fabio {…}

Oct 2, 2023

Maria Callas, Nicky Spence, Jonathan Tetelman, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Regula Mühlemann Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Welcome back for this week’s edition of the CD and DVD releases on offer in the opera world. This week is particularly crowded with releases of Maria Callas by Warner Classics to celebrate her centennial. There are also a number of debut albums as well as the second album to one of the biggest rising tenors of his generation. Audiences {…}

Sep 6, 2023

Master Chorale of South Florida Reveals 2023-24 Season

Credit: Wade Caldwell Master Chorale of South Florida has unveiled its 2023-24 schedule featuring music by Fauré, Beethoven, and Mozart. The season opens with Fauré’s Requiem, which will be preceded by Joshua Rist’s powerful “Invictus” and followed by Joel Thompson’s “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” an emotional contemporary work based on the final words of Black Americans killed by {…}

Aug 3, 2023

Florida Grand Opera Announces 2023-24 Season

The Florida Grand Opera has announced its 2023-24 season with three renowned operas. The season opens with Verdi’s timeless classic “La Traviata.” The opera will star Cecilia Violetta López, Pavel Petrov, and Troy Cook. Chía Patiño directs and Joe Illick conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 11 – Dec. 2, 2023 The second opera of the season will be Leoncavallo’s “I Pagliacci.” It {…}

May 27, 2023

Limmie Pulliam, Jeni Houser & David Blalock Lead Madison Opera’s 2023-24 Season

The Madison Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the three productions. Michelle Johnson sings the title role of Puccini’s “Tosca“ with Limmie Pulliam as Cavaradossi and Craig Irvin as Scarpia. John DeMain conducts the production by Frances Rabalais. Performance Dates: Nov. 3 & 5, 2023 Joseph Bologne’s “The Anonymous Lovers” will star Keely Futterer, David Blalock, and Yazid Gray. {…}

Mar 30, 2023

Isabel Leonard, Dashon Burton, Katalin Károlyi, Limmie Pulliam Headline New World Symphony’s 2023-24 Season

The New World Symphony has announced its 2023-24 season, which will be the first by Artistic Director Stéphane Denève. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. Denève will lead music by Prokofiev, Lieberson, and James Lee III. Mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor performs. Performance Dates: Oct. 14 & 15, 2023 Mezzo-soprano Katalin Károlyi headlines a {…}

Mar 10, 2023

Piotr Beczala, Magdalena Kožená & Asmik Grigorian Lead Gewandhausorchester Leipzig’s 2023-24 Season

The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. Andris Nelsons conducts a concert that includes Hanna-Elisabeth Muller and Kirill Gerstein. Thomas Ades and Sibelius are featured on the program. Performance Dates: Sept. 14 & 15, 2023 Andris Nelsons conducts a Mendelssohn program with soloists Elsa Benoit, Werner Gura, and {…}

Jan 26, 2023

WQXR New York Announces New Podcast Series “Every Voice with Terrance McKnight”

Terrance McKnight, commentator, curator, writer, author, pianist, and the weekday evening host of New York’s classical station WQXR will present a new podcast series, “Every Voice with Terrance McKnight.” The series will feature 16 episodes and debut on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. The series highlights voices, histories, and marginalized communities that have been left out of Western classical music. In the first four {…}

Dec 17, 2022

Limmie Pulliam to Make Met Debut in ‘Aida’ Performance

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a new cast change for its “Aida” performance Dec. 17. The company noted that tenor Limmie Pulliam will make his Met debut as Radamès, replacing Brian Jagde, who was originally scheduled to sing. Pulliam has performed with the LA Opera, Vashon Opera, Livermore Valley Opera, and the Cleveland Orchestra. His repertoire includes the works of {…}

Nov 14, 2022

Tamara Wilson, Limmie Pulliam, Eric Owens, Kelle O’Connor Headline Cleveland Orchestra’s Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival: ‘The American Dream’

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced the first ever Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival: “The American Dream.” “With this season’s inaugural Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival: ‘The American Dream’ and future annual festivals, The Cleveland Orchestra is creating space and a forum at Severance Music Center and within the greater Cleveland community to explore broader topics through {…}

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