Opera Praktikos to Present Matinee Performance Series

New York’s first disability-affirmative opera company Opera Praktikos has announced its upcoming matinee performance series. “There Will Be Cake,” is a matinee mono-opera concert series with performances by abled and disabled artists. Hailey McAvoy and Shanley Horvitz make up the cast. They are accompanied by music director and pianist Calvin Hitchcock. Gwynn MacDonald directs the productions of Lee Hoiby’s “Bon {…}

SAS Performing Arts Company Names Finalists For its 2023 Vocal Competition

Finalists in the SAS Performing Arts Company’s 2023 Vocal Competition have been announced. The fourth annual competition will see sopranos Anna Aistova, Lynnesha Crump, Carami Hilaire, Shelen Hughes, Clara Luz Iranzo, and Cong Conc Wang, mezzo-sopranos Annie Chester, Shanley Horvitz, Melina Jaharis, Anna Kelly, and JoAnna Vladyka, tenors Charles Calotta and Minghao Liu, and baritone Seung Chan Hong.  The collaborative {…}