Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider is set to premiere her first opera, “Hildegard,” in LA and New York. The work, which she also wrote the libretto for, will be presented in world premieres by Los Angeles Opera on Nov. 5-9, 2025 and PROTOTYPE Festival in New York on Jan. 9-17, 2026, with subsequent performances at the Aspen Music Festival and School {…}
The Wallis has announced its 2025-26 season. This article only features opera-related performances. The world premiere of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s “Hildegard” marks LA Opera’s 17th innovative collaboration with Beth Morrison Projects. Elkhanah Pulitzer directs. Performance Dates: November 5 – 9, 2025 The second installment of LA Opera and The Wallis recital series showcases bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green with pianist Adam {…}
On Sept. 25, Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider released her latest album “Mass for the Endangered,” a celebration of, and an elegy for, the natural world—animals, plants, insects, the planet itself—an appeal for greater awareness, urgency, and action. The piece is a six-movement Mass for the Endangered and is a rumination on the concept of the traditional Catholic Mass. It features {…}
This week audiences will get to hear the debut album of one of today’s greatest divas and two new pieces in world premiere recordings. Anima Rara Ermonela Jaho releases her debut recital disc “Anima Rara.” Recorded in Valencia in November 2019 with the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana and Andrea Battistoni, this recording brings together music championed by the Italian {…}
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago is set to celebrate its tenth anniversary season with digital programming that includes recitals, workshops, and the company’s annual Collaborative Works Festival. This year’s Collaborative Works Festival will exclusively feature women composers, as they commemorate the 100th anniversary since the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the right to {…}