Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao Announces 2025-26 Season Featuring Sasha Cooke & Carlos Mena

The Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances on offer. Orchestral  Sasha Cooke joins Ramón Tebar for Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. The concert also includes Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2. Performance Dates: Oct. 16-17, 2025 Carlos Mena conducts Bach’s St John Passion with Ana Quintans, Rodrigo Carreto, José Coca Loza, and Peter Harvey. Performance {…}

Jonas Kaufmann, Jakub Józef Orliński, Asmik Grigorian, Elīna Garanča, Pretty Yende, Kate Lindsey, Marina Rebka, Julian Prégardien & Ludovic Tézier Lead Wiener Konzertahus’ 2025-26 Season

The Wiener Konzerthaus has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. The Constellation Choir & Orchestra under Sir John Eliot Gardiner perform Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2025 Fabio Luisi conducts the Wiener Symphoniker in Franz Schmidt’s “Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln.” Soloists incude Maximilian Schmitt, David Steffens, Giulia {…}

Irene Roberts, Golda Schultz, Sasha Cooke, David Portillo & Joélle Harvey Lead San Francisco Symphony’s 2025-26 Season

The San Francisco Symphony has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Donald Runnicles conducts Alban Berg’s Seven Early Songs and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. Irene Roberts is a soloist. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-28, 2025 Jane Glover conducts Händel’s “Messiah” with Heidi Stober, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Josh Lovell, and Will Liverman. Performance Dates: Dec. 5 {…}

Quinn Kelsey, Sasha Cooke & Russell Thomas Lead Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

The Baltimore Symphony has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Music Director Jonathon Heyward conducts Dukas’ “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and Scriabin’s “Prometheus: Poem of Fire,” alongside Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2” and Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain.” The concert features George Li and the University of Maryland Concert Choir. Performance Dates: Nov. 6-9, 2025 Patrick Quigley conducts {…}

Sasha Cooke, Clay Hilley & Heidi Stober Lead Grand Teton Music Festival’s 2025 Season

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 {…}

Morris Robinson, Nicholas Phan, Sash Cooke & Camilla Tilling Lead Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Matthias Pintscher conducts the May Festival Chorus in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “The Bells.” The program also includes Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. Performance Dates: Nov. 8 & 9, 2025 Lauren Snouffer, Sasha Cooke, Nicholas Phan, and Jonathan Lemalu perform George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.” Cristian Măcelaru conducts. Performance {…}

Sasha Cooke, Tommi Hakala, Johanna Rusanen Headline First Half of Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

The Philharmonia Orchestra has announced the first half of its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of performances featuring classical vocal performances. First up is a program featuring music by Sibelius and Grieg with soprano Johanna Rusanen and baritone Tommi Hakala. Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts the showcase. Also on the program is the Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat Male Voice Choir and pianist Stephen {…}