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Chopin: I am not afraid of darkness
Spazju Kreattiv is now screening an unusual documentary film taking the viewer on a cinematic journey through unique and grim landscapes while wondering if classical music can heal places affected by…
Crochet left bank of a French organist
DCF 1.0During the splendid organ recital last Sunday, one could imagine the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston transformed into a French cathedral. Maurice Clerc, emeritus titular organist of Saint-Bénigne Cathedral in Dijon, France,…
Canton Symphony Concert Features Black Composer and Acclaimed Pianist
CANTON − Sunday Cantonal Symphony Orchestra the concert will feature the acclaimed black pianist michelle cann performing the concerto of a pioneering black composer.Nathan Maslyk, symphony marketing director, said on 7 p.m. MasterWorks…
Loretta Ann Ciferno 1931-2022 | News, Sports, Jobs
COLUMBUS — Mrs. Loretta Ann Ciferno, 91, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Friday, September 23, 2022, surrounded by her loving family in Columbus, where she had lived for nearly 30 years.Loretta was born in…
Andy Sheppard features in impressive roster at Triskel for Cork Jazz Festival
English saxophonist Andy Sheppard played in a band led by legendary American bassist Charlie Haden, a multi-faceted musician whose backgrounds ranged from folk to free jazz."I'm in the middle of a solo, and Charlie was playing right behind…
Chicago Classical Review » » Apollo’s Fire sparks with exuberant version of Monteverdi’s…
By Lawrence A. Johnson
Jeannette Sorrell directed Apollo's Fire in Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 Sunday afternoon at Alice Millar Chapel in Evanston. Photo: S. Keenan
It's been a really good fall in Chicago for baroque and before music.…
The piano-wind trio promises a good show
There is a tendency to equate chamber music ensembles with the traditional string quartet, allowing for number and piano variations. Strictly a generalization. However, as the Chamber Music Society has shown us over the years, this genre…
Usually shy, Kimberly Hernandez’s voice can raise the rafters
Thomas R. OldtIt's probably accurate to say that Imperial Polk County isn't particularly known for incubating opera singers. But that doesn't mean there isn't — and one of the standout talents is mezzo-soprano Kimberly E. Hernandez of…
The week in classic: Tosca; Ottone magazine – faith and fantasy | Opera
A a huge painted stage curtain appears repeatedly throughout German director Christof Loy's impressive new film Tosca for the English National Opera. He slips through a church wall in Act 1, then into the gripping murder scene in Act…
Kurzak provides most of the heat in the Met’s simmering ‘Tosca’
Aleksandra Kurzak and Michael Fabiano star in Puccini Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera
Tosca is not just an opera - the title itself is a nutshell substitute for how opera is imagined in…
Jazz pianist Amina Figarova shares her “joy” at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville
Amina Figarova is on the road to share the joy."The music I wrote, and the title, I think, says it all: joy. I wanted to put all those negative feelings to rest," she says of her latest album, "Joy." The acclaimed jazz pianist spent a…
Honeck and a Great Met Cast Bring Glowing Grace to Mozart’s ‘Idomeneo’
Michael Spyres plays the lead role of Mozart Idomenee at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera
The Metropolitan Opera revived Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's 1982 production of Mozart Idomenee for the second night of…
The Glenn Gould Prize is awarded to renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel, one of the world's most acclaimed conductors, is the 2022 winner of the $100,000 Glenn Gould Prize.The award was announced Sunday in Toronto at the Royal Conservatory of Music's TELUS Center for Performance and Learning.…
Best Welsh Songs | Classical music
Wales is justifiably proud of its singing heritage. The song, both religious and secular, is hugely important to Welsh culture - it's not for nothing that it's often known as the Land of Song. In particular, choral music is an essential…
LE MARRIAGE DE FIGARO at Opera San José transports the action to India’s colorful north
Mozart's exuberant Bollywood-style finale Figaro's wedding at the San Jose OperaOpera San José's vibrant new production of Mozart's perennial audience favorite Figaro's wedding delivers a host of delights, including a pair of bright central…
An exciting young baritone is born
Baritone Kris Gonzales at the Minamahal show at the CCP. Photo by Vangie Oliquino.
The Friends for Cultural Concerns of the Philippines (FCCP) staging of Minamahal Kita on Thursday night (September 15) in the main theater lobby of…
Salzedo: the forgotten part of 20th century English classical music
Leonard Salzedo conducted the recording of Spanish Fiesta, which included his own Divertimento Espagñol. Photo: Courtesy of Caroline Salzedo
He was a prolific composer of ballet and orchestral scores evoking the rhythms of his Sephardic…
AUREA ENSEMBLE PRESENTS a concert celebrating the ideals of democracy and equality
What happens when artists meet at the margins of their disciplines and push the boundaries back and forth? What happens is AUREA, a performance ensemble engaged in a joyful quest to investigate and reinvigorate the harmony of music and…
South Florida Classical Review » » The Miami Lyric Opera celebrates 20 years with a richly dramatic…
Francesca Aguado holds the title role of Bizet Carmen at the Lyric Opera of Miami.
The Miami Lyric Opera celebrates its 20th anniversarye anniversary this season, and on Saturday night, the robust company took the stage at the South…
Album Reviews: Sweden | Ozzy Osbourne | LeAnn Rimes | Sudan Archives
ICP Sweden: Dean ChalkleyDaim: Autofiction (BMG) ***Ozzy Osbourne: Patient Number 9 (Columbia Records) ***LeAnn Rimes: God's Handiwork (EverLe Records/Thirty Tigers) ***Sudan Archives: Natural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw) ****Thirty…
Canberra Symphony Orchestra announces 2023 season
The Canberra Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023 programme, Chroma, a season of three concert series, woven through music with an intricate fascination with Australian colour, visual and landscape, followed by the annual CSO Prom.…
Your Weekly Guide to the Arts
Start your long weekend by occupying the Overton Park Shell, discovering eye-opening exhibits, hearing Grammy-winning voices and celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month. Discover other local artistic events on…
Weapons of Love (The Song Company)
In this new program from its MainStage series, the Song Company performs the seven-part oratorio by Dietrich Buxtehude Membra Jesu nostri patientis sanctissima (1680), intertwined with a world premiere of Chris Williams' I pray to the sea,…
Opera meets cinema: the question of the use of opera in Dario Argento’s “opera”
Shot by Italian director Dario Argento in 1987, and praised for its creative gore and dramatic use of tension, the giallo (Italian crime thriller) "Opera" recounts the bloody escapades of a masked killer as he tracks down an…
Cornell Concert Series returns in full
August 29, 2022
Cornell College music department presents the return of a full Cornell…
PSPC announces one-year residency with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Classical music fans and the Chamber Music Society will now have the chance to hear them in Saratoga year-round instead of the usual summer performances. The Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced a new year-round residency for CMS…
At the Quisisana Resort in Maine, music is everywhere
A performance at the Quisisana Resort in Maine.
Courtesy of Quisisana Resort
There are classic Maine resorts, and then there's Quisisana Resort, which describes itself as an "all-inclusive musical theater resort on Lake…
Classical music returns to Marbella from September 1 to 10
CLASSICAL music returns to Marbella from September 1 to 10 thanks to the VII Marbella International Music Festival.
There will be a cycle of classical concerts, music masterclasses and a new edition of the traditional…
Stagg, Australian World Orchestra, Mehta, Edinburgh International Festival Revue 2022
Zubin Mehta conducts the Australian World Orchestra at Usher HallThe two images by J Shurte for the Edinburgh International Festival
The Edinburgh International Festival is playing its part in the UK/Australia 2021-22…
Cantabile Pune will lead a “Thankful” concert on August 28 and raise funds for a retirement home
Cantabile Pune is set to conduct 'Thankful', a musical concert with performances from its adult and children's choir, on August 28 at Bishop's School, Camp. The concert is a fundraising event in aid of the Eventide Home for the Elderly…
World premiere of Lennon and McCartney’s new classical music opera Gelert
A brand new opera about one of Wales' best-known legends and written by Royal Composer Paul Mealor will have its world premiere at a leading music festival.
There will be two performances of the community opera, Gelert, at the North Wales…
Distinguished Club Private Arrangements – The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Arnold Schoenberg by Egon SchieleDuring the years 1918-21, under the heading Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen, Arnold Schoenberg and his colleagues produced versions for chamber ensemble of well-known orchestral masterpieces. The…
Chicago Classical Review » » Larry Rachleff, 1955-2022
By Lawrence A. Johnson
Larry Rachleff, a fiery conductor and inspirational teacher who was the founding music director of the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, died Monday in Houston after a long battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.…
Songs From Here features locally written and performed poetry and songs
Sarah Tuttle
Songs From Here featuring classical soprano Sarah Tuttle and pianist Bridget Convey will be presented at 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 14 at the Arts Center Denmark.
Songs From Here is a new initiative by Maine musicians to…
Obituary of Judith Durham | pop and rock
Judith Durham, who died of bronchiectasis at the age of 79, was the lead singer of The Seekers, her soprano voice helping to make the group one of the most popular of the 1960s. The Seekers were both the first great Australian band to…
Conyers donates $50,000 for SCSU Concert Choir Scholarships | Education
Special for T&D
South Carolina State University President Alexander Conyers recently awarded the university's Concert Choir $50,000 for recurring…
AIR 2022 awards announced
Genevieve Lacey and Marshall McGuire won Best Classic Album or EP at the 2022 Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) Awards for their album Arborpublished by the ABC.
The recorder virtuoso and harpist collaborated digitally…
Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival brings new and old classical music to wine country
To many ears, no phrase screams "elitism" like "wine appreciation." Unless it's "classical music".Violinist Sasha Callahan understands these stereotypes. The Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival which she co-directs is dedicated to…
Longtime KUT-KUTX airline personality John Aielli dies at 76
Longtime KUT-KUTX airline personality John Aielli dies at 76
Jean AielliLongtime KUT and KUTX/Austin radio personality John Aielli died on Sunday. He was 76 years old. Aielli began his career at KUT 90.5 in September 1966 as a…
Aspen Music Festival review: A confusing debut from Van Cliburn’s winner
The Aspen Music Festival has a long and rich relationship with the Van Cliburn Piano Competition which offers a prime time recital by the winners every four years. This year's winner,…
South Florida Classical Review » » Miami Beach Classical Music Festival Ends With A Worthy “Orfeo”
"Orpheus and Eurydice." Painting by Frederic Leighton, 1864.
The Miami Beach Classical Music Festival continued its ninth season with Claudio Monteverdi's The Orfeo, played Saturday afternoon at the Faena Forum.
Created in 1607 in the…
The row of Russian sponsors overshadows the opening of the Salzburg festival | Classical music
The official opening of one of the biggest classical music festivals in the world is overshadowed by the appearance of a conductor whose orchestra and choir are financed by a bank controlled by the Russian government.Cultural commentators…
Jersey Shore Pops presents Music of The Nigh at Middle PAC | Cape May
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Linda Gentille and the Jersey Shore Pops will perform "Music of the Night" at 7 p.m. on July 23 at the Middle Township Performing Arts Center.Offering a special tribute to Broadway legends Andrew Lloyd…
Sounds Of Friendship Concert: Arirang Meets Pokarekare Ana
Tuesday, July 19, 2022, 5:43 p.m.Press release: Consulate of the Republic of Korea
Thursday July 28, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland FREE ENTRANCENew Zealanders…
8 musical films told entirely in song (and without dialogue)
Musicals are a popular genre of film that features characters singing songs and performing dance numbers as they would be seen on a stage. Many popular musical films have, in fact, been adapted from plays like Mama Mia!, a musical film…
Light up 2022 | Urban list
As South Australia holds the reigning cultural crowns of world fame Adelaide Fringe and Adelaide Festival in the last days of summer, they can now add a winter counterpart to their arsenal. Light Up Festival returns to Adelaide in July to…
South Florida Classical Review » » Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’ delights young and old…
Mozart's "The Magic Flute" premiered Sunday at the Miami Beach Classical Music Festival at Temple Emanu-El.
The combination of comedy, fantasy and moral elevation makes The magic flute a perfect introduction to opera for newcomers to…
Chicago Classical Review » » Opera Festival of Chicago opens its second season with a Rossini rarity
Kenneth Tarver, Alexander Adams-Leytes and Katherine Beck star in Rossini The inganno felice, presented by the Chicago Opera Festival. Photo: Elliot Mandel
True to its mission to perform rarely heard Italian operas, the Opera…
MusicWatch Monthly: Fingers crossed for festivals
The sun is (fingers crossed) here to stay, and summer is festival season in Oregon. Sometimes I get a little of that summer sadness beginning of July because my body has not yet caught up with the weather. But, at the very least,…
From Carthage to Sandy Bay
Dawn Upshaw (file photo)Would anyone deny that Dido's Lament, by Purcell, frequently staged and highly regarded Dido and Aeneas is the saddest music in the world? Probably not, but librettist Stephanie Fleischman and composer Melinda…
Soprano Angela Brown receives lifetime achievement award
June 25, soprano opera Angela Brown received the first Lifetime Achievement Award from The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) for his impactful career and his personal commitment to the diversity of role models,…
Andrea Bocelli stuns Inverness with once-in-a-generation performance
REVIEW: Andrea Bocelli stuns Inverness with once-in-a-generation performance
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Washington Classical Review » Blog Archive » The Maryland Lyric Opera returns to the stage with an…
Javier Arrey and Mary Feminear as Mozart's Count and Countess The Marriage of Figaro at the Maryland Lyric Opera. Photo: Julien Thomas
After two semi-organized concerts earlier this spring, the Maryland Lyric Opera closed its…
From Saturday 2 July to Friday 8 July
FILMS AND MUSIC WITH AEDÍN GORMLEY
As Tom Cruise celebrates his 60th birthday this weekend, Aedín looks back on his career and features music from a selection of his films, including The Firm and Born on the Fourth of July. Classic film…
Penarth Chamber Music Festival review – bold and invigorating performances | Classical music
Bformer programming by cellist co-directors Alice Neary and violinist david adams made them four day summer festival a most attractive event and it is clearly also a factor in attracting fellow musicians from all over to join them. Chamber…
Finding The Wasps cohesion isn’t easy
The more than 2,000 spectators stood up and enjoyed the performance.
The 2022 San Diego Mostly Mozart Festival concluded with concerts on Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18. They were, as always, excellent.
An unexpected treat…
Globe-trotting conductor Napa conducts “The Greatest Wagner Concert Ever!” | Arts…
PAUL FRANCON
Little known to most Napans, an internationally renowned symphony and opera conductor lives among us and will present "The Greatest Wagner Concert…
Sarah Brightman returns to the Seabourn Encore
Sarah Brightman, the world's best-selling soprano, will perform for one night only for "An Evening of Music and Conversation" on the Seabourn Encore.
Brightman, patron of the Encore, named the ship at a ceremony in Singapore in January…
Kedward Avilés: the Puerto Rican singer destined for greatness
Born in Manatí, Puerto Rico, Kedward Avilés discovered music very young. He learned to sing boleros, bohemian and trio music from his grandparents with whom he grew up. In grade 5, he worked for the first time in a musical theater…
Diverse Third Week of FestivalSouth Features Outstanding Singers, Family Events and Golf
The third week of FestivalSouth® features events for all ages: Artie events for families, coffee concerts, a Liberace tribute concert and events celebrating June 19 and women's compositions. The complete schedule and all the details are on…
Bringing the dream back to life
Six years after the world debut of Dream of the Red Roomthe first operatic adaptation of the 18th-century Chinese epic novel of the same name, the opera will return to San Francisco with a mostly new cast…
A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR UKRAINE
The Middletown Arts Center is delighted to host a benefit concert for Ukraine featuring award-winning soprano Malena Towers who will perform to music by Vivaldi, Mozart, Puccini and Lloyd Webber. Experience an afternoon that is sure to…
Rogovoy report 10/06/22 | WAMC
The cultural highlights of our region this weekend are chamber music, baroque music, jazz, theater… and much more.Improvisation in music did not start with jazz. Crescendo Music presents a program…
Deborah Cheetham says it’s time for the classical music industry to trust First Nations to…
Yorta Yorta Soprano and composer Deborah Cheetham has been named the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Australian Women in Music Awards.
AWMA jurors described Cheetham as a trailblazer whose voice spoke much…
AKM will welcome an Austrian soprano
ISTANBUL
As part of the 50th Istanbul Music Festival, Austrian soprano Anna Prohaska will take the stage at the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) on June 9. During the concert, she will share the stage with the…
Five Next Festival world premieres at Music Mountain – The Millbrook Independent
Conductor Peter Askim and orchestra
by Kevin T. McEneaney
Sometimes one can be transported or teleported to another planet while attending a concert; it was one of those magical Saturday nights at Music Mountain with the sun setting…
Singer Claire Khodara releases Modern Lullaby album for autism awareness
Entrepreneur and singer, Claire Khodara released an album, Modern Lullaby, where the soprano ... sing covers of pop songs in lullaby versions to create music that parents and children will enjoy. All proceeds from the album…
Ankara Cultural Route Festival Brings Thousands of Artists Together
The Başkent Culture Road Festival, which will last until June 12, brings together 5,971 artists and offers 560 activities at more than 70 points in the capital, ushering in a new kind of vitality in Ankara - a city with…
Xenakis: Music & Math Review – Visceral Intensity Takes Us Beyond Theory | Classical music
Oith other events to mark the centenary of the birth of Iannis Xenakis this year, still rare in the UK, Birmingham's day of workshops, lectures and concerts, presented on the day of the anniversary itself under the auspices of the…
Tenor Lower Burrell to perform at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland before leaving for Juilliard
Ernie Clowes heard a familiar noise coming from across the street.
He said he thought to himself, “Wow, there must be a neighbor who loves opera like me. They have to play it on the radio.
He didn't come on the airwaves.
The powerful…
Haselbock, Buchbinder, Vienna Boys’ Choir will perform at the Liszt Music Academy in 2022/23
Written by BT/MTI
The Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest will welcome international artists such as Martin Haselbock and Rudolf Buchbinder, as well as the Vienna Boys'!-->…
The week in classic: Mavra/Pierrot lunaire; LSO/ Tilson Thomas; Gabrieli/ McCreesh | Classical…
On paper, Stravinsky's one-act opera mavra (1922) has everything from cross-dressing to sharp repartee. At just 25 minutes, it gives four singers a chance to show off their comedy chops at top speed. You guessed it. In the theater, it…
Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing: The Meaning of the Song
When the screen suddenly goes black and the accents of Journey's Do not stop Believing remained silent during the finale of an iconic TV show The Sopranos in 2007, it might have symbolized the death of Tony Soprano, but it started a new…
Scottish Opera to present Perth Arts Festival 50th Anniversary Opening Gala
ON THURSDAY 19 May, at the Perth Concert Hall, Scottish Opera presents a program of some of opera's most moving and delightful music to open the 50th anniversary festival of the Perth Festival of the Arts.
The…
Washington Classical Review » Blog Archive » The beautiful cast of Maryland Lyric Opera ends its…
Bass Andrea Silvestrelli sang the role of King Philip II in Verdi don carlo with Maryland Lyric Opera on Friday nights. Photo: Julien Thomas
Do you feel cynical about the intersection of religion and politics for some reason?…
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Dawn Upshaw and more announced for The Soraya’s 2022-2023…
Subscription tickets to the Premium Classical 2022-23 series of seven extraordinary concerts are on sale until May 24 at The Soraya.org. Only Premium Classical Series subscribers will be guaranteed tickets to the Israel Philharmonic…
Apollo’s Fire destroys home for 30th anniversary of St. Raphael’s Church in Bay Village
BAY VILLAGE, Ohio — Some classic performances have people walking away saying, oh, that was good. But few see the audience give two standing ovations first, then walk out with a clear bounce in their step and take the opportunity to tell…
Requiem by Verdi, La Bohème & More by Puccini announced for the Philharmonic Orchestra and the…
To celebrate the expected return of its audience, the Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir of Music Lovers (OPCM) will only present grandiose lyrical masterpieces in 2022-2023.This season, the exchange between the soloists and the choir will…
Seattle Opera’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ Olga Syniakova Reflects on Art and…
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the shockwaves have been felt around the world and in many aspects of life - even in the generally rarefied world of classical music, in which the concert hall and opera more often offer refuge…