The Grand Teton Music Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. Concerts The season opens with Sir Donald Runnicles, conducting Caitlin Lynch, Renée Tatum, Clay Hilley, and Seth Carico in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, “Choral.” Performance Dates: July 3 & 5, 2025 Sir Donald Runnicles conducts Dobrinka Tabakova’s Orpheus’ Comet, Mozart’s Piano {…}
Knoxville Opera is set to present “Opera’s Greatest Hits: A Tribute to Robert Lyall”on Sept. 22, 2024. The event will be conducted by Francis Graffo and will feature such vocalists as Michael Chioldi, Hannah Ludwig, Murrella Parton, John Pickle, Scott Purcell, Renée Tatum, David Weigel, Cody Boling, Jacqueline Brecheen, Joel Brown, Lauren Boozer, Staley Clark, Tori Franklin, and John Overholt {…}
(Credit: Chris Singer) The Palm Beach Opera is set to open its first mainstage production of the 2023 Season with “Madama Butterfly.” The production opens on Jan. 20, 2023 and runs through Jan. 22. The opera will be conducted by acclaimed Italian conductor Carlo Montanaro and will showcase American stage director Alison Mortiz’s production. Sopranos Jennifer Rowley and Toni Marie {…}
Nashville Opera has announced its 2021 season, which will include three opera productions. First up will be Marcus Hummon’s “Favorite Son,” which will be performed at the Noah Liff Opera Center. The work will star Darrell Scott, John Riesen, and Emma Grimsley. Performance Dates: Jan. 21-23, 2022 Next up will be Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” which will star Aleksey Bogdanov, Sarah Coburn, {…}
Metropolitan Opera star Renee Tatum will speak about her career to Cal State Fullerton College of the Arts students via video conference on May 5 at 4 p.m. Tatum will speak with members of CSUF’s University Singers, directed by Robert Istad. The group regularly performs with professional orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Pacific Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra {…}
Boston Lyric Opera has announced its 44th Season with four new productions including three company premieres and a Northeast premiere. The season opens with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” starring soprano Yulan Piao in her company and role debut as Cio-Cio San, tenor Zach Borichevsky as Lieutenant Pinkerton, mezzo-soprano Nina Yoshida Nelsen in her company debut as Suzuki, and baritone Levi Hernandez as {…}
Pensacola Opera is set to present Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” the final mainstage operatic performance of the 37th season. Verdi’s masterpiece will be shown at the Saenger stage with a cast that includes Mary Evelyn Hangley as Leonora, Adam Diegel as Manrico, Dennis Jesse as Di Luna, and Renée Tatum as Azucena. Verdi’s opera will be directed by John Hoomes with {…}
On Nov. 13, 2019, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music staged the second performance of its production of Richard Wagner’s “Parsifal.” This epic work was brought to life through a fascinating mixture of traditional and modern techniques, both styles supporting each other and lending a wealth of meaning to the unfolding story. Given the vocal demands of the primary roles, {…}