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Carnegie Hall today announced the names of the 109 outstanding young musicians selected from across the country for the ninth annual National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA). The 2022 orchestra members - ages 16…

The artistic director of the Symphony of the Americas, Pablo Mielgo, presents an evening tribute to concertmaster Bogdan Chruszcz and welcomes the new concertmaster, Scott Flavin. The presentation will take place on Sunday, March 13, with…

Galyna Grygorenko, director of the Ukrainian State Agency for Arts and Arts Education, wrote an open letter to European Opera in response to the organization's statement regarding the war in Ukraine. The letter, signed by…

There are plenty of great arts shows to see this weekend in the Bay Area. Here is a partial overview. On stage: 'Sense and Sensibility', 'Ain't Misbehavin' Here are two musicals, one classic and one debut, theatergoers should know. "Sense…

It's rare for both Tampa Bay Opera companies to hold events on the same weekend. It's not that the St. Petersburg Opera and the Tampa Opera aren't on good terms – they are – but that there are a finite number of opera lovers.…

Biennale artistic director José Roca compares UVA renderings of Krause's soundscapes to electrocardiograms, and the installation promises invigorating moments that show the declining health of these ecosystems.Krause estimates that more…

Much of its significance will be that it comes from an all-female team of songwriters. Anna Appleby, Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, Cecilia Livingston and Ailie Robertson have teamed up with librettist Hazel Gould and designers Natalia Orendain…

The Handel and Haydn Society celebrates the joys of Baroque music with Bach + Vivaldi Gloria. On the program, three jewels of the Baroque period: the sunny Gloria by Vivaldi; CPE Bach's Magnificat, with festive trumpets and drums; and…

Jared Bybee sang "Some Enchanted Evening" many times in recitals and concerts but never in a performance. Until now.As Emile DeBecque, the wealthy landowner in the touring national production of "South Pacific," Bybee gets…

Two years ago this week, the San Diego Opera presented its final pre-pandemic performance at the San Diego Civic Theater. On Saturday, he will finally return. The new production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Così fan tutte" will not only…

Friends University has announced upcoming performances of two short operas this month: The old maid and the thief by Gian Carlo Menotti and Fables by Ned Rorem. The Opera Night will take place February 26-27, 2022. It is led by local…

NAPLES - The Mascagni Academy based in the Tuscan city of Livorno is looking into the future of Italian music by scouting for new talent abroad.This is part of the new operations of the Mascagni Department, created within the…

(Credit: Iko Freese) To celebrate its 50th anniversary season, Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO) will perform Mozart's "The Magic…

(Credit: Alain Hanel) The new production of “Il Turco in Italia” by Rossini at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo has been a symbolic bridge between the present and the future of this illustrious opera. The production's director was…

The Saint Petersburg Opera Company makes its stage debut in 2022 with three performances of Semele by George Frideric Handel on Friday, Sunday and Tuesday February 4, 6 and 8 at the Palladium Theatre. The Saint…

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (JLCO) features 15 of today's top jazz soloists and musicians - and the band will perform at the McCallum Theater at 7 p.m., Saturday, January 23. The show is presented thanks to the…

Concert by the Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra at the Dubai Opera on Monday, January 17, 2022, with the participation of maestro Vladimir Spivakov and Bolshoi Theater soloist Anna Aglatova. The event was organized by the Moscow government as…

By Bridgette M. Redman Contributing editor of the weekly Pasadena ohpera, by its very nature, is usually done on a large scale. The singers command large stages supported by choirs spread out behind them. Full orchestras perform…

NI Opera Artistic Director Cameron MenziesThis epic new production will be directed by NI Opera Artistic Director Cameron Menzies, whose critically acclaimed career spans the worlds of opera, theater, musicals, film and cabaret. The…

The El Paso Symphony Orchestra is delighted to usher in the New Year with its 16e annual collaboration with El Paso Pro-Musica on January 21 and 22, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Plaza Theater. Rightly titled 'Double Trouble', EPSO, conducted by…

(Credit: Drew Gardner) The Opernhaus Zürich has announced that the Italian conductor Riccardo Minasi has been…

A Chicago Opera Theater musical director returned to the podium to complete the closing of "Becoming Santa Claus" just three days after giving birth.Lidiya Yankovskaya is a accomplished conductor, having conducted more than 40 world…

The Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, led by artistic director and principal conductor Sergey Smbatyan, and Alexandr Yesayan, chairman of the honorary board of the Foundation for the support of the orchestra, develop a framework for!-->…

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) In 1924, Angeles Monrayo, an 11-year-old Filipino immigrant, started a newspaper because "I like to read about myself - what happens to me every day - when I'm an old woman."…

If you are bored in Beijing, it's because you want to be. No, but really. At least I'm having a hard time keeping up with the weekly leisure schedule. Talk about FOMO! Concrete example: Christmas day. Are you looking for a real…

The Boston Camerata album "Hodie Christus Natus Est: A Medieval Christmas".In line with the cooling off period of the year, the final Classical Notes 2021 column takes stock of some of the year's notable recordings by local artists,…

Heartbeat Opera will host a four-city tour of its powerful 2018 adaptation of Beethoven's masterpiece FIDELIO, which Heartbeat artistic director Ethan Heard designed for the Black Lives Matter era.Heartbeat Opera FIDELIO is presented by…

Opera Saratoga and Proctors Collaborative announce a free New Years Eve concert at Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs, featuring Broadway and opera star Zachary James with pianist Laurie Rogers.The festive concert, which takes…

THE BASICS: Buffalo Opera Unlimited presented Bizet's full opera CARMEN on Friday, December 3 at 7:30 a.m., and will perform an encore on Sunday, December 5 at 2:30 p.m. at the Rockwell Hall Performing Arts Center, 1300…

Array Collective's Turner Prize-winning installation, The Druithaib's Ball THE Turner Prize, now in its 36th year, is the enfant terrible of art awards, with nominees such as Tracey Emin's My bed and the!-->!-->…

With events returning in person to the stages of the Bay Area, the classical music scene is feeling the love this holiday season. December brings concerts, operas, recitals and more; here are 10 of the top attractions to come. A happy…

The highly anticipated revival of Meredith Willson The man of music. With two Tony Awards®, Grammy Award®, and Emmy Award®-Winning star Hugh Jackman as Professor Harold Hill, and also starring two-time…

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, photo courtesy of Adonis Rose The Grammy Award-winning New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) will celebrate its nineteenth season with the annual Big Beat Gala fundraiser on Saturday, December 4, hosted by Big…

Park Avenue Armory today announced its lineup for the coming year, returning with a strong 2022 season of multidisciplinary productions and installations - including new commissions and world and North American premieres - that deliver…

EDWARDSVILLE - Opera Edwardsville (OE) now has the distinction of being the first local organization to be invited to launch the Arts and Issues series at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, with "Opera Edwardsville at Dunham Hall".…

(Credit: courtesy of Lester Dequaine Collection on Rosa Ponselle, Arthur Friedheim Library, Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University) The customs officer at the wharf was not quite sure what he was seeing. A towering…

What does Bach look like with an Australian accent? Maybe a bit like the musical projects of famous percussionist and marimba extraordinary Claire Edwardes and award-winning saxophonist Nick Russoniello. Nick Russoniello. Image…

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Photo credit: Luke Koch from Gooreynd The Cambridge Handel Opera Company (CHOC) has announced that it will be staging Handel's…

A well-known and popular duo will perform at the upcoming Chemainus Classical Concerts event on November 14th. Renowned soprano Eve Daniell will be accompanied on the piano by Rykie Avenant, co-artistic director of the Chemainus…

OSWEGO - The fall production of the Oswego Opera Theater will be “HMS Pinafore; or, The…

TOGETHER AGAIN: The Trenton Children's Chorus recently performed a benefit concert at the Morven Museum & Garden. They were led by artistic director Brittany Slaymaker. (Photo by Sherry Rubel) The Trenton Children's…

The Carmel Bach Festival has completed an almost flawless cycle of COVID-19 compliant main concerts at the Sunset Center. These evenings are repeated this week at the Festival. Additionally, a new daytime chamber music series has been…

Patrick Dupré Quigley to direct Seraphic Fire in Pergolesi performances Stabat Mater starting Thursday night in Miami. As he neared death at the age of 26, Baroque composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi wrote a work that…

The Brno National Theater (NdB) offers a full program of operas, ballets and theatrical performances, including numerous productions marking Ludwig Van Beethoven's 250th birthday. Credit: KK / BD. Brno, November 1 (BD) - Few people…

ADELAIDE CHAMBER SINGERS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Resigns The founding conductor and artistic director of the Adelaide Chamber Singers, Carl Crossin, will retire at the end of the 2021 season, after 36 years of service. Long-time…

Live music seems to be more powerful these days. Over the course of the conversations, the musicians share with me their deep gratitude and their relief to give concerts again. It must affect the energy and focus they put into each…

Soundstreams has appointed Toronto Artistic Director, Producer and Managing Director Beth Brown as its new Managing Director.…

The Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra will perform symphonies of greats such as Mozart and Mendelssohn.…

Today, WFO Artistic Director Rosetta Cucchi announced details of her schedule for the 71st Wexford Festival Opera, which will run for 17 days from October 21 to November 6, 2022.The program is built around the theme of magic and music and…

Classically trained pianist Elizabeth Brubeck taught two sons to play the family piano before her youngest boy, David, kissed the instrument, tells the story, but she couldn't have known then that he would be the one who would create…

Soprano Amanda Lynn Bottoms performed Thursday night at the Collaborative Arts Festival at Ganz Hall. Photo: Atlas Media With the plight of refugees and immigrants gaining attention in recent times, it was perhaps inevitable that…

The staging of "Don Giovanni" at the San Antonio Opera is going as planned, with the musicians of the San Antonio Symphony outside handing out leaflets instead of playing in the pit.The musicians, who are on strike, plan to broadcast…

Choir director Eric Townell considers Roger Wilhelm, who died at the age of 84, to be the gold standard for a gentleman. Wilhelm was director of the shrine choir of Asbury's First United Methodist Church for nearly 30 years and Music…

Guerilla Opera created the new chamber opera by composer Gabriele Vanoni and librettist Ewa Chrusciel Ellis last night at the Old South Meeting House in Boston. Once again, Guerilla innovates in the field of chamber opera. Selling…

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Ogni Suono (saxophonists Noa Even and Phil Pierick) performed at the Ear Taxi Festival at the DePaul Museum on Friday. Ear Taxi Festival 2021, presented by New Music Chicago, is a city-wide celebration of contemporary and…

Norman Lebrecht 02 October 2021 Press release: Glyndebourne announced its support for the Pegasus Opera Mentorship Program, which provides aspiring and emerging artists of African and Asian descent with a…

When the curtain rises on WFO 2021 later this month, it will mark the 70th anniversary of this internationally renowned opera festival. But it won't be the only celebration of this 70th year. The festival team today announced their…

The pirates of PenzancePhoto: Jeff Roffman, Atlanta Opera HouseAfter a centennial season canceled due to COVID and another season held outdoors at Summit Park (again due to COVID), the Cincinnati Opera House is returning home to!--]}%-->…

(Photo: Concetto Armonico) Cavarzere is a small town located in the Veneto countryside in northeastern Italy, with a population of less than 15,000. One of his claims to fame is that conductor Tulio Serafin was born in the…

WINCHESTER - After COVID-19 kept them off the stage for over a year, members of The Arts Chorale of…

Conductor Dong Quang Vinh (Photo: nhandan.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Through his tireless efforts to promote Vietnamese music, conductor Dong Quang Vinh is known as an “ambassador” by the national music world,…

As Goodspeed Opera House is finally reopening its doors to theatergoers, things are different.There are, of course, the public COVID rules; everyone must be fully vaccinated or have a pre-approved exemption and a negative!-->!-->…

This week audiences will be feasting on many new releases of world premieres, full operas, solo albums and classic productions. Here's a look at what's new for this week. He pirata Prima Classic is releasing Bellini's…

Local actors, singers, dancers and musicians who have been yearning for performances for months now hope…

In 2018, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir was struck by the brutal resignation of its famous conductor, mired in controversy. Two years later, along with the whole world, they closed themselves indefinitely amid a pandemic that made singing…

The power of music to affect people is immense but deeply personal. Listening to music can be therapeutic, introspective, or even like having a non-judgmental companion on an introspective road trip.Combined with good…

Music updatesSign up for myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about music news. In to a statement, a new piano concerto by Rebecca Saunders, the soloist cries out to make her voice heard. Sometimes passing his…

The Orchester symphonique de Saint-Louis, led by musical director Stéphane Denève,…

CRYSTAL FALLS - This year the Beethoven and Banjos Music Festival musically celebrates the Upper Peninsula and Earth watersheds with a program that combines classical, folk and indigenous music and dance. The program is called…

The 22-piece Covent Garden Sinfonia Orchestra has undergone a gruesome makeover, with violinists, pianists, cellists and bassoonists participating in the performance. A team of specialist SFX artists took eight hours using advanced…

NEW BEDFORD - On August 26 at 6 p.m., the Seaglass Theater Company will present “The Lure of the Sea,” a concert of classical vocal repertoire that highlights the relationship of fishermen and women to…

SALZBURG, Austria - “Intolleranza 1960”, Luigi Nono's furious musical theater work, is a cry of dignity in the face of oppression, racism against migrants and a ruthless ecological disaster. And that…

Subscribe to our Policy NewsletterNY for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across New YorkThe New York City Opera (NYCO), which has lived a precarious existence for the past five years,…

Inland Northwest Opera takes Little Red Riding Hood to eastern Washington and northern Idaho with classic characters and story, but with a few twists and turns. As the tale suggests, the wolf likes the idea of…

ALTOONA - The Altoona Symphony Orchestra is delighted to announce its 2021-2022 concert series. The past year and a half has been difficult. Opportunities for in-person…

Kaohsiung, August 3 (CNA) The Kaohsiung National Center for the Arts announced on Tuesday that it will stage Astor Piazzolla's "María de Buenos Aires" next month to mark the centenary of the Argentine composer.In a statement,…

Although lead opera director Sir Graham Vick, who died of complications from Covid-19 at age 67, has worked on many of the world's most prestigious stages, he has led the way with his own brand of productions on a low budget in…

LONDON - Graham Vick, a British opera director who has worked at prestigious houses like the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala while seeking to broaden the appeal of opera by staging works in abandoned rock clubs and old factories and…