Hera Hyesang Park, Ruby Hughes, Joshua Hopkins, Guy Cutting Perform in BBC Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2026–27 Season

(Photo credit: Ash Mills) The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra announces its 2026–27 season. This article only features classical voice concerts. Julia Grüter and Joshua Hopkins perform with the Audi Young Persons’ Choral Academy in Brahms’ “Requiem” and Lili Boulanger’s “Psalm 24.” Anja Bihlmaier conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 25, 2026 Guy Cutting performs with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in “British Iconoclasts.” Zoë {…}

Oct 7, 2024

Heidelberger Frühling Musikfestival Announces 2025 Season

The 29th Heidelberger Frühling Musikfestival has released the details of its 2025 season, titled “Liberated Time.” For the purposes of this article only vocal performances are included. Soprano Eleanor Lyons, mezzo-soprano Sophie Harmsen, tenor Benjamin Hulett, and bass Johannes Kammler with the Collegium Vocale Gent present works by Eisler and Beethoven. They are accompanied by the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées under {…}

Nov 18, 2022

Javier Camarena, Brian Mulligan, Cecilia Duarte & Aiden K. Feltkamp Lead New CD/DVD Releases

This week audiences will get to hear various world premiere recordings, a tenor singing Donizetti and Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Emily & Sue Adhyâropa Records is set to release a cappella pop-opera album from L.A.-based composer Dana Kaufman and librettist Aiden K. Feltkamp. The work will feature soprano Jasmine Muhammad and Iris Vocal Trio. This piece focuses on the little-known romantic {…}

Jun 21, 2022

Clifton International Festival of Music 2022 Review: Ruby Hughes & Sergio Bucheli in Concert

On a sunny and lazy Sunday evening, the 2022 Clifton International Festival of Music held its fourth performance. From the captivating beauty of the English choral tradition, paying special homage to Vaughan Williams (this year marking his 150th anniversary), the Festival moved to the English Renaissance. Hosted within the grand and imposing nave of the Clifton Cathedral–a quintessentially Brutalist building {…}

May 31, 2022

Ruby Hughes Headlines World Premiere of Edmund Finnis’ ‘Out of the Dawn’s Mind’

(Credit: Phil Sharp) Soprano Ruby Hughes and the Manchester Collective are set to world premiere Edmund Finnis’ “Out of the Dawn’s Mind.” The work, which will be premiered on tour in Nottingham, Liverpool, London, Manchester, and Bristol between June 16-24, is based on five poems by British poet Alice Oswald. The work’s movements include “A Rushed Account of the Dew,” {…}

Jan 28, 2020

Joyce DiDonato & Diana Damrau Headline New CD/DVD Releases (Week Of 1/27)

This week there are new releases from a recent Grammy winner, a Cardiff winner, and two well-known artists performing songs. Agrippina Coming off her Grammy win, Joyce DiDonato brings her acclaimed interpretation of Handel’s opera “Agrippina” in a complete CD recording. Performing alongside Maxim Emelyanychev, Chief Conductor of Il Pomo d’Oro, DiDonato is joined by a cast that also includes {…}

Feb 26, 2019

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Announces 2019-20 Season

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has announced its 2019-20 season. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal performances. Kicking off the 2019-20 season is “James Gaffigan Leads Debussy and Roussel,“ to be held in the Royal Concert Hall’s Large Hall. James Gaffigan will conduct the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in an evening of French works of exotic influence. {…}