The Lyric Opera of Kansas City has announced its 2024-25 season. Kevin Puts’ “The Brightness of Light” will be performed. The work is based on letters by Georgia O’Keeffe and her husband, Alfred Stieglitz. Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry star. The work will be performed in a semi-staged concert with projections; the second half will consist of opera and Broadway {…}
Erato is set to release Kevin Puts’ “The Hours” from the Metropolitan Opera. The CD, set to be released on April 19, comes from the Met’s 2022 run which starred Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming and Kelli O’Hara. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the record. Based on both the award-winning 2002 film directed by Stephen Daldry and the original novel by Michael Cunningham, {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will be able to hear newly released archive recordings, a world premiere opera, debut albums, and some great baroque works. Erinnerung St. Florian Abbey Singers releases an album with an homage to Bruckner. Invocazioni Mariane: Andreas Scholl, Alessandro Tampieri & {…}
(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles) LA Opera holds the LA County Annual Arts and Health Week Summit with soprano Renée Fleming as advisor, advocate, and host. LA Opera’ is collaborating with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, First District; the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture; and Healing Arts, an initiative of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab {…}
(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles & Jaclyn Simpson) The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced its 75th anniversary season. This article features vocal performances only. Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Co-Artistic Director Renée Fleming and opera director Peter Sellars coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Performance Dates: June 29 & July 13, 2024 Soprano Renée Fleming, {…}
The LA Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the entire season. Mainstage Karah Son sings the title role in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Jonathan Tetelman, Hyona Kim, and Michael Sumuel also starring. James Conlon conducts the production by Mario Gas. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 13 2024 Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” returns for the first time {…}
Renée Fleming’s “SongStudio” program will return to Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute (WMI) this January for its sixth edition. Between Jan. 22-27, 2023, the program will feature a series of emerging vocalists and collaborative pianists as they are coached by world-renowned artists, including the famed American diva. This year will also include public master classes with Graham Johnson on Jan. {…}
CBS and the Kennedy Center have announced that the 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors will air Dec. 27 on the CBS Television Network and stream on Paramount+. This year’s honorees include actor and comedian Billy Crystal, acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming, British singer-songwriter, producer, and Bee Gees member Barry Gibb, rapper, singer, and actress Queen Latifah, and singer Dionne Warwick. Gloria Estefan {…}
The Celebrity Series of Boston has announced that pianist Inon Barnatan will join soprano Renée Fleming for a recital. The evening will showcase the two in the Boston premiere of “Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene” at Symphony Hall on Nov. 12, 2023. The recital is inspired by Fleming’s 2023 Grammy Award-winning album, “Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene.” The evening will {…}
(Film still: provided by Unison Media & IMAX) “Renée Fleming’s Cities That Sing: Venice (2023)” debuted in IMAX theaters on September 16, 2023. This very special feature-length film captures the most beautiful parts of Venice and explores opera’s nuanced details in vivid IMAX and Stage Access display. Fleming’s natural gift for storytelling and enriching the minds of audiences through her {…}
The University Musical Society at the University of Michigan is set to present Renée Fleming and Inon Barnatan in concert. The recital, which is set to take place on Sept. 28, 2023 at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, will be based around the soprano’s 2023 Grammy Award-winning recording “Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene.” The showcase will feature music by Caroline {…}