The Tanglewood Festival has announced a cast change for its August 12 and 13 concerts. The company said, “With great regret, after testing positive for COVID-19, cellist Yo-Yo Ma must withdraw from this week’s scheduled Tanglewood appearances, including today’s now canceled (8/10) Open Cello Workshop, Saturday’s (8/12) Open Rehearsal, and Sunday’s (8/13) Boston Symphony concert.” As a result, “Unparalleled American {…}
Photo credit: SF/Marco Borell This was a fancy recital: Renée Fleming and Evgeny Kissin. The audience was also the “who’s who” of classical music. Just behind me, Cecilia Bartoli is seated with her mother, the emerita Silvana Bazzoni. Not far away, Jeanine De Bique and Sabine Devieilhe. Other non-operatic essential names pop all from the balconies. They all came to {…}
Stage Access and ReachTV announced a partnership to bring opera, ballet, and classical music to more than 50 million viewers a month in various airports and hotels. The new partnership will offer a library of classical music content reaching 2,500+ screens in 90 U.S. airports, as well as 500,000 hotel rooms across North America. Emmy® and Tony award-winning performer Kelsey {…}
(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles) The Cleveland Orchestra will present “Renée Fleming and Friends” on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at its Mandel Concert Hall. The one-night-only event audiences will hear André Previn and librettist Tom Stoppard’s concert work “Penelope,” which was written specifically for Fleming. Alongside the soprano is actress Merle Dandridge (from “The Last of Us”), pianist Simone Dinnerstein {…}
Famed soprano Renée Fleming will be among those honored at the 46th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievements. “How thrilling to join the company of legendary artists who have received this recognition. This award demonstrates the richness and range of the performing arts in our country, and the Kennedy Center’s celebration is a powerful expression of our culture. Music has {…}
La Jolla Music Society has announced its 2023-24 Winter Season, celebrating its 55th anniversary with 71 events scheduled. Vocal highlights include a recital on Valentine’s Day, showcasing the exceptional talents of Rhiannon Giddens, soprano Renée Fleming, and star tenor Lawrence Brownlee. For this article, only classical vocal performances are listed. “To push San Diego’s conceptions of who we are as {…}
Credit: Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera has announced the schedule for its Summer HD Festival. Ten free opera screenings will be projected on the façade of the opera house in Lincoln Center Plaza on Aug. 26-Sept. 4. First up is a special presentation of the film “Moonstruck,” (1987) starring Academy Award-winner Cher, with costars Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, {…}
IMAX has announced the new dates for “Renée Fleming’s Cities That Sing” series. First up, “Cities that Sing: Paris” on August 26 for a one-day screening. Meanwhile, “Renée Fleming’s Cities That Sing: Venice,” will show on screens around the United States on September 16. The feature-length films were produced by Tripp Hornick and Elmar Kruse, and directed by Francois-René Martin, {…}
Leading sopranos Renée Fleming and Pretty Yende have been named the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Goodwill Ambassadors for Arts and Health for 2023. Fleming and Yende were selected for their “artistic achievement and advocacy for improved health outcomes through creative means.” Their duties began on April 8 with a concert titled “Healing Arts” which was dedicated to WHO’s 75th anniversary {…}
The Celebrity Series of Boston has announced its 2023-24 Season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Soprano Renée Fleming performs at Symphony Hall. Performance Date: Nov. 12, 2023 Tenor Karim Sulayman and guitarist Sean Shibe come together for a program that brings together 16th and 17th-century Italian and English works, traditional Sephardic and Arab-Andalusian songs, and Benjamin Britten’s {…}
The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Kimmel Center will present a special Great Stages Gala on May 16, 2023. The event, which kicks off at 8 p.m., will be led by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He will be joined by soprano Renée Fleming and singer Angélique Kidjo. Former 6abc Action News anchor Jim Gardner is set to host the performance. There will {…}