Brooklyn Art Song Society is set to open its 2024-25 season on Oct. 6 with Histories I: Das Wort. The evening will present three 19th-century masterpieces inspired by the Bible, exploring themes of love, sin, and redemption through the works of Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvořák, and Hugo Wolf. The works performed include Brahms’ “4 Ernste Gesänge,” Op. 121, Dvořák’s “Biblické {…}
Holy City Arts and Lyric Opera (HALO) has announced its fifth anniversary season. Sidney Outlaw and Warren Jones open the season as part of their US recital tour. Performance Date: September 15, 2024 (St. Johannes Lutheran Church) Up next is a run of Menotti’s “The Medium. Performance Date: October 24 & 26, 2024 (Battery Gadsden) “Carols by Candlelight” will take {…}
(Credit: Courtesy of California Symphony) California Symphony is set to kick off its new season with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. The performances, which are set for Sept. 21 and 22 at Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts, will star Laquita Mitchell, Kelley O’Connor, Nicholas Phan, and Sidney Outlaw. They are joined by 100 members of the San Francisco Conservatory of {…}
This week the Boston Baroque is set to present a new production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” featuring multiple company debuts and role debuts. Among the major debuts is Sidney Outlaw, who will sing his first Don Giovanni. Outlaw has performed several Mozart works including Leporello in “Don Giovanni,” Guglielmo in “Cosi fan tutte,” and Figaro in “Le Nozze di Figaro.” {…}
The Oratorio Society of New York is set to conclude its 150th Anniversary and 2023-2024 season with Händel’s “Samson.” The concert is slated to take place on May 6, 2024 with Kent Tritle conducting the piece with soloists Nola Richardson, Mary Beth Nelson, Lawrence Jones, Sidney Outlaw, and Joseph Beutel. The three-act oratorio is well-known for the arias “Let the {…}
Boston Baroque is set to present a new production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” The work, which is set to be performed on April 25, 26 and 28 at the Huntington Theatre in Boston, will star Sidney Outlaw in his debut as Don Giovanni, Susanna Phillips as Donna Anna, Patrick Carfizzi as Leporello, Michelle Bradley as Donna Elvira, Maya Kherani as {…}
Brooklyn Art Song Society is set to present The Dicther Project: Paul Heyse. The concert will be held on March 17, 2024, our annual Dichter Project returns to the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. The series has been exploring musical settings of the greatest German poets set by the greatest lieder composers, and this year’s installment will center on Paul Heyse, {…}
The American Composers Orchestra returns to Zankel Hall on Nov. 9 for a concert conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni. The concert entitled “The Quest: Epic Journeys,” will feature new works by Augusta Read Thomas, George Lewis, Jack Hughes, Guillermo Klein, and Nina C Young. The new pieces explore personal and abstract forms of human “Epic-ness.” Among the performers is baritone Sidney {…}
The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) released its 2023-24 season lineup and exciting collaborations. This article features vocal related works only. Mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams performs in the featured world premiere of a new work for mezzo-soprano, accordion, and orchestra by John Glover and librettist Kelley Rourke. Performance Date: October 25, 2023 Baritone Sidney Outlaw serves as soloist in the world {…}
The Oratorio Society of New York, led by Music Director Kent Tritle, has released its lineup for its 2023-24 season and special concerts for the 150th Anniversary celebrations. The season kicks off with “Bach’s Magnificat and Mozart’s Requiem.” Joining the Orchestra of the Society as soloists are soprano Laquita Mitchell, mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford, tenor Eric Carey, and bass Adam Lau. {…}
The Boston Baroque has announced its 2023-24 season featuring a number of vocal performances. The Boston Baroque opens its season with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 featuring Heidi Stober, Daniela Mack, William Burden, and Eric Owens. The program also includes the “Coriolan” Overture and Elegiac Song. Performance Dates: Oct. 13-15, 2023 The company will also perform Handel’s Messiah with Amanda Forsythe, {…}