Patricia Westley, J’Nai Bridges, Sarah Dufresne & Eric Ferring Highlight Seattle Symphony’s 2026-27 Season

The Seattle Symphony has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The World of György Kurtág will include Will Langlie Miletich, Lucy Fitz Gibbon, and Ryan MacEvoy McCullough with Lembit Beecher and Seattle Symphony musicians. Performance Date: Nov. 6, 2026 Xian Zhang conducts Mozart’s “Requiem” and Joe Pereira’s Timpani Concerto. Soloists include Eric Schweikert, Mei Gui Zhang, Sarah Larsen, {…}

Feb 11, 2026

Dashon Burton, Mei Gui Zhang, Taylor Raven, Eric Ferring Headline New Jersey Symphony’s All-Choral Concert

(credit: Rob Davidson Media) The New Jersey Symphony is set to return to New Jersey Performing Arts Center for an all-choral program on April 16 and 18, 2026. The showcase will be conducted by Xian Zhang and features Mozart’s “Requiem,” Mahler’s “Songs of a Wayfarer,” and Fauré’s “Pavane.” Bass-baritone Dashon Burton, soprano Mei Gui Zhang, mezzo-soprano Taylor Raven, and tenor {…}

Nov 20, 2025

San Francisco Opera 2025-26 Review: The Monkey King

The beloved Chinese hero, Monkey, landed in San Francisco Friday night, complete with an entourage of dancers, singers, acrobats, and antics that came from an ancient story revisited, along with video-games and comics, among others. In the Lobby, before the performance, a group of young drummers from Grant High School, Sacramento and dancers from the Chinese American International School with {…}

Oct 23, 2025

San Francisco Opera to World Premiere ‘The Monkey King’ with Kang Wang & Konu Kim

The San Francisco Opera is set to present the world premiere of The Monkey King by composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang. The opera will be performed on Nov. 14 through 30 at the War Memorial Opera House. The opera centers around the mythical Monkey King, a perennial favorite in Chinese culture for over four hundred years, whose popularity {…}

Mar 25, 2025

Joyce DiDonato, Janai Brugger & Jamie Barton Lead Minnesota Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

The Minnesota Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances for the season. Thomas Søndergård and Joyce DiDonato open the season performing Strauss, Berlioz, Connesson, and Bernstein. Performance Dates: Sept. 18 & 19, 2025 Thomas Søndergård and Lauren Snouffer perform Sibelius Stenhammar, and Abrahamsen. Performance Dates: Jan. 16 & 17, 2026 Eun Sun Kim leads Beethoven’s Symphony {…}

Oct 24, 2024

The Atlanta Opera to Open with ‘The Magic Flute’

The Atlanta Opera is set to open its 45th Anniversary season with a production of W.A. Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The production, which is a pop-up storybook production, will be performed on the stage at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Nov. 2, 5, 8, and 10, 2024. The cast will include Santiago Ballerini as Prince Tamino, Mei Gui {…}

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