Santa Fe Pro Musica presents its 2025-26 season. This article only features vocal events. Gabriel Kahane performs music by Dvořák in the opening concert. Performance Date: October 5, 2025 Soprano Sherezade Panthaki headlines “A Baroque Christmas.” Performance Date: December 20, 2025 Soprano Sherezade Panthaki joins the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra in a concert featuring Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” Performance Date: {…}
(Photo: Kathy Wittman) Once every other year, Boston becomes THE city to be in if you are a hardcore early music addict. While many festivals claim to focus on early music, they often stick to the usual crowd-pleasers—Bach, one of the Scarlatti’s, Vivaldi, etc. The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) offers something stronger. Under the leadership of Paul O’Dette and {…}
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem has announced its 117th Bethlehem Bach Festival, titled, “A Reimagined Celebration of Music, Tradition, and Bach.” The four-day celebration of Bach features beloved traditions, acclaimed performers, and fresh new programming. This year the festival takes on a streamlined format, transforming the event into one immersive, long weekend filled with the music, scholarship, and community that define the {…}
The Manchester Music Festival has announced its 2025 season lineup. This article only features opera events. Soprano Sherezade Panthaki performs works by Handel and Purcell on the opening night program, “Baroque and A Famous Musical Quote.” Performance Date: July 10, 2025 Composer Perry Goldstein and writer Richard Powers discuss their collaborations and creation of “Birding by Ear.” Baritone Randall Scarlata {…}
The San Francisco Early Music Society will present soprano Sherezade Panthaki and the early music ensemble Musica Pacifica in “Invitation to a Salon,” a French Baroque concert. The program features music that would have been enjoyed in a typical Parisian salon of the mid-18th century; suites and sonatas by Jean-Philippe Rameau and Jean-Marie Leclair; one of Georg Philipp Telemann’s “Paris” {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. For this edition, we will spotlight audiences will get a chance to learn about a number of world premiere pieces and recordings as well as solo albums by young artists in the industry. We Have Tomorrow American tenor Eric Ferring releases his latest {…}
The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal has announced its 2023-24 season. The season opens with Camilla Tilling, Rose Naggar-Tremblay, Ladislav Elgr, Matthew Rose, and Jean-Willy Kunz. Rafael Payare conducts a program that includes Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass and Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” Performance Dates: Sept. 12-14, 2023 Gemma New conducts Colin Currie and OSM Chorus in Nicole Lizée’s “Blurr is the {…}
Ars Lyrica Houston has announced its 2023-24 season. The season kicks off with “Fallen Angels,” a concert featuring music by Carissimi, Purcell, and Vivaldi. Soloists include Nola Richardson, Jay Carter, Thomas O’Neill, and Enrico Lagasca. Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2023 Next up is “Ecstatic Visions” featuring soprano Sherezade Panthaki. The concert features music by Rameau, Schmeltzer, and Händel. Performance Date: {…}
Marking its 125th year The Bach Choir of Bethlehem is set to present J.S. Bach’s “Easter Oratorio” and Handel’s “Messiah,” Part 3. The Bach Festival orchestra and choir welcome soloists soprano Sherezade Panthaki, countertenor Daniel Taylor, tenor Isaiah Bell, and baritone Harrison Hintzsche. Dr. Christopher Jackson conducts. This concert completes the choir’s full cycle of Handel’s “Messiah.” Part 1 was {…}
Chatham Baroque is set to perform ‘The Isle of Delos” in February with soprano Sherezade Panthaki. The program will feature the sublime music of Èlisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, a keyboard prodigy in the court at Versailles turned composer extraordinaire. The performance will include Jacquet de la Guerre’s bucolic cantata for chamber ensemble and solo voice which sets a sensual, {…}
The Bach Society of Saint Louis will present its annual Christmas Candlelight Concert on Dec. 9, 2022. The event will feature performances of traditional carols, including “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” “O Holy Night,” and “Joy to the World.” Also on the program is music by Mozart. Soprano Sherezade Panthaki will solo in the performance. The soprano has appeared with {…}