Freddie Ballentine, Kevin Short, Janai Brugger, Kathryn Lewek & Matthew White Lead Cincinnati Opera’s 2027 Season

The Cincinnati Opera has announced its 2027 Summer Festival. The season opens with “John Lewis: Good Trouble” by Maria Thompson Corley and Diana Solomon-Glover. The opera will star Freddie Ballentine, Kevin Short, Marietta Simpson, Victoria Okafor, Sirgourney Cook, Ron Dukes, Markel Reed, and Andrew Turner. Timothy Douglas serves as stage director and dramaturg, with Everett McCorvey, founder and music director of {…}

Jan 15, 2025

The 2025 George and Nora London Foundation Competition Announces New Program Details

The George and Nora London Foundation Competition has released updates regarding the 2025 final competition. This year, the final round of the competition for American and Canadian opera singers will be open to the public and will be made available via live stream. A dozen competitors will perform in the final round with pianist Lachlan Glen before a panel of {…}

Jul 25, 2024

Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2024 Review: Julius Caesar

(Photo: Eric Woolsey) For their 2024 mainstage summer festival season, Opera Theatre Saint Louis (OTSL) paired two fixtures in top-ten performance frequency, “The Barber of Seville” and “La Bohème,” with two exciting, less offered menu items. Philip Glass’s “Galileo Galilei” (2002) received just its fourth staging anywhere, while George Frideric Händel’s operatic capolavoro, “Julius Caesar” (“Giulio Cesare in Egitto,” 1724) {…}

Jun 28, 2024

George and Nora London Foundation for Singers Announces Its 53rd Annual Competition & Recital by Megan Moore

The 2024-25 season of the George and Nora London Foundation for Singers will present the 53rd edition of the foundation’s annual competition. The final round of the competition, which is open to the public, takes place on Feb. 21, 2025, at the Morgan Library and Museum. Approximately a dozen singers compete for five George London Awards of $12,000 each. Those {…}

Apr 22, 2024

Boston Baroque Announces 2024-25 Season

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 {…}

Nov 6, 2023

Megan Moore & Aleksey Bogdanov Headline Clarion’s ‘Rachmaninoff @ 150: Songs and Romances’

Clarion is set to present “Rachmaninoff @ 150: Songs and Romances” on Nov. 7, 2023. The showcase will feature baritone Aleksey Bogdanov, mezzo-soprano Megan Moore, and pianists Craig Ketter and Brian Zeger at the Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City. Among the works on offer are selected songs and romances as well as Piano Works for Four Hands, {…}

Aug 10, 2023

Megan Moore & Stephanie Blythe Star in The Orchestra Now’s 2023-24 Season

The Orchestra Now has unveiled its 2023-24 season. “As we approach the ninth successful season of TŌN, I am exceedingly proud of all we have accomplished since the Orchestra was launched in 2015,” said Music Director Leon Botstein in an official press statement issued by the company. “I am delighted to continue that impressive record in the 2023-24 season with {…}

Jul 21, 2023

Latonia Moore, J’Nai Bridges, Corinne Winters & Germán Enrique Alcántara Lead San Diego Opera’s 2023-24 Season

The San Diego Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. Productions The season opens with Javier Martinez and Leonard Foglia’s “El Milagro del Recuerdo.” The production will star Sishel Claverie, Vanessa Alonzo, Claudia Chapa, Héctor Vásquez, and Guadalupe Paz. Leonard Foglia directs. Performance Dates: Dec. 1 & 3, 2023 Germán Enrique Alcántara, Alexander McKissick, Ethan Vincent, Tasha Koontz, and Megan Moore star in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Yves Abel conducts. {…}

Jul 11, 2023

Berkshire Opera Festival to Present ‘Breaking the Mold: Baroque, Bel Canto, and Beyond’

The Berkshire Opera Festival is set to open its 2023 summer season with “Breaking the Mold: Baroque, Bel Canto, and Beyond.” The concert will showcase arias and ensembles spanning 300 years, on July 22 at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. Audiences will get hear music that ranges from Händel to Heggie. The performance will feature a cast of some of BOF’s {…}

Jul 4, 2023

Young Concert Artists Unveils 2023-24 Season

Young Concert Artists (YCA) revealed its 2023-2024 season, including debuts of four new artists in New York and a co-presentation with the New York Festival of Song. The season will feature YCA Auditions and a Winners Concert, both live-streamed, four noontime performances, and a grand finale at Carnegie Hall. Four YCA artists will also showcase their talent at the Kennedy {…}

Jun 28, 2023

New York Festival of Song Announces 2023-24 Season

The New York Festival of Songs has announced the lineup for the 2023-24 season. “100 Years of Broadway Love” is presented by soprano Kerrigan Bigelow, mezzo-soprano Sophia Baete, and baritone Shavon Lloyd, with Steven Blier as pianist following a weeklong residency in Orient, NY. Performance Dates: August 21-27, 2023 Kicking off its 36th season mainstage season is curators and co-pianists {…}