Maria Agresta, Martin Muehle, Pretty Yende, & Angelo Villari Among Performers at 2025 Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund

(Photo credits: Elisa Rinaldi, Simon Pauly, & Gregor Hohenberg) Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund announces its 2025 lineup. Soprano Maria Agresta and tenor Martin Muehle perform opera classics from Verdi to Puccini in the Italian opera gala. Carlo Montanaro conducts the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen. Performance Date: June 1, 2025 Works by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and those who inspired his writing {…}

May 15, 2025

Miller Theatre at Columbia University Announces 2025-26 Season

Columbia University’s Miller Theatre announces its line up for the 2025-26 season. This article only features classical voice works. The season opens with a special concert in honor of Tania León, the 2025 recipient of the William Schuman Award given by Columbia University School of the Arts. The program showcases her body of work. Sorpanos Rachel Doehring Jackson and Sophie {…}

Apr 2, 2025

Claire Booth, Iestyn Davies & Santiago Sanchez Star in Ryedale Festival 2025

(Photo credit: Chris Sorenson) Ryedale Festival has announced its lineup for the 2025 season. This article features vocal concerts only. Soprano Claire Booth is joined by violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen and pianist Christopher Glynn for the Yorkshire premiere of Gavin Higgins’ “Speak of the North.” They also perform Grieg’s “Haugtussa,” along with other works. Performance Date: July 12, 2025 Soprano Claire {…}

Mar 5, 2025

Stile Antico to Present ‘The Prince of Music’

(Credit: Eduardus Lee) Stile Antico will celebrate its 20th season by honoring the 500th anniversary of Renaissance polyphony, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. The concert will be presented on March 29 at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin and will include some of the composer’s most beloved and timeless motets, gems by other leading composers active in Rome at that {…}

Mar 11, 2024

Stile Antico to Perform ‘A Divine Hope: Dante’s Journey from Inferno to Paradise’

(Credit: Kaupo Kikkas) On April 13, British vocal ensemble Stile Antico will return to the Church of St. Mary the Virgin for a program entitled “A Divine Hope: Dante’s Journey from Inferno to Paradise.” The program will tell the story of Dante Alighieri’s “La Comedia (Divine Comedy),” a masterpiece in the Western canon that has influenced our perception of the {…}

Jun 25, 2023

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts Unveils 2023-24 Season

(Photo credit: Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre at Columbia University) The vocal performances included in the 2023-24 season at Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts are listed below. “John Zorn at 70” is a three-concert celebration for the composer’s birthday. Each performance in the series explores a different facet of Zorn’s canon. Soprano Barbara Hannigan will perform many {…}

Feb 1, 2022

Miller Theatre to Present Stile Antico this February

Columbia University’s Miller Theatre is set to present Stile Antico on on February 19, 2022. The ensemble will present a program of sacred music by such composers as Allegri, Byrd, de Lassus, Monteverdi, Muhly, Sheppard, Tallis, and Taverner, among many others. “We look forward to welcoming Stile Antico back to our Early Music series and onstage at Miller Theatre for {…}

Jun 21, 2019

Tom Randle, Hilary Summers & Andrew Watts Lead Dartington International Summer School & Festival’s 2019 Season

Dartington International Summer School & Festival has announced its 2019 concert program. The festival will take place from July 27 – August 24, 2019. In her fifth and final year as Artistic Director, Joanna MacGregor “is gifting Dartington audiences a personal and intimate series of performances” featuring composers and music that she has found “profoundly influential.” For the purposes of {…}