(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) The Associated Press has reported that the Metropolitan Opera’s ticket sales for the 2022-23 season increased over the previous season. Per the report, the company managed to sell 66 percent of all tickets, up from 61 percent the previous season. The company had projected that it would manage to sell over 68 percent of {…}
On June 17, 2023, Pangea NYC will present operatic countertenor and leading vocal teacher David Sabella in a cabaret show titled “Amanda Reckonwith in Residential Care.” Music directed by Mark Hartman, the show will see Sabella spoof and celebrate a number of operatic gems and moments from the era of all-male operatic group of La Gran Scena, as well as {…}
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) will kick off its 2024 season with a grand celebration in honor of Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins’ 80th birthday. Famously known as “The Man with Glasses and Mullet in Coronation,” Jenkins will be honored on Jan. 15, 2024, at the Perelman Stage in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium. The concert will feature a selection {…}
Brooklyn’s Soapbox Gallery has announced that Mark Padmore’s previously announced concerts have been canceled. In an official statement, the company noted that “Due to positive COVID-19 tests in the production staff, the remaining dates of Sono Fest! at Soapbox Gallery have been canceled… This includes tonight’s concert (June 12) with the Momenta Quartet, the concerts June 13-18, and the ‘Coda’ {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced that The Robert K. Johnson Foundation will become the new sponsor of its Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts. The Robert K. Johnson Foundation–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network will present 27 broadcasts in the upcoming 2023-24 season. The first is Catán’s “Florencia en el Amazonas” on Dec. 9, 2023. “Mr. Johnson has long held the Met Saturday {…}
The American Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its plans for the 2023-24 season. “As we prepare for our 62nd season, I am energized by our ongoing ability to renew live orchestral music as a vital force in contemporary American culture,” said Music Director Leon Botstein in an official press statement. “Now that we have emerged from the major restrictions of the pandemic, the ASO continues {…}
Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble will present a free concert in benefit of Ukraine and World Central Kitchen on June 11, 2023. The showcase will feature soprano Jennifer Gliere, soprano Judith Barnes, and bass Jonathan Harris. Chris Fecteau will join them from the piano. The program will feature music by Gliere and Lysenko, among others. The performance will take place at Campos {…}
On June 15, 2023, Libero Canto will open their concert tour of Hungarian Folk songs honoring Béla Bartók. Titled “Ágról Ágra: from Branch to Branch,” the a capella program will see a number of folk songs in their traditional forms, with arrangements by contemporary composers such as Song Yi Jeon, Guillermo Klein, and LC’s Marisa Michelson and Sara Serpa. There {…}
Composer/pianist Felix Jarrar will present an abridged concert version of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s “Robert le Diable” at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 10, at St. John’s in the Village. Titled “Speak of the Devil,” the concert presentation showcases highlights from the opera, including the “Evocation Scene,” in a condensed format lasting less than 90 minutes. In the showcase, the roles of {…}
The New York City Opera has announced that it will team up with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra to present “Starry Night Classics” on August 15, 2020. The concert, which will take place at The Freeman Stage in Fenwick Island, DE will feature excerpts from such operatic classics as “Carmen,” “Faust,” “Rigoletto,” “La Bohème,” and “Turandot,” among others. The event will {…}
Opera Breve will open its 2016-17 season with Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” on December 8. The opera will star Gary Ramsey, a baritone who is best known for his interpretation of Don Alfonso in Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” at the Loft Opera and Bonnie Frauenthal, a soprano who was recently praised in La Scena Musicale for her role {…}
