Christiane Karg, Shelén Hughes, Reginald Mobley, John Brancy to Star in The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2025 Blossom Music Festival

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2025 Blossom Music Festival. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Osmo Vänskä will conduct “Carmina Burana” with Shelén Hughes, Reginald Mobley, and John Brancy as the soloists. Also on the program is Sibelius’ “En Saga.” Performance Date: July 12, 2025 Elim Chan will lead a performance of Ravel’s “Shéhéreazade” with soprano {…}

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 {…}