Boston Baroque Presents Gluck's IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE This April
by A.A. Cristi
- Mar 1, 2023
Boston Baroque's 50th Season concludes with the much-anticipated annual staged opera with performances of Gluck's rarely-heard Iphigénie en Tauride. Performances will take place on Thursday, April 20 at 8pm, Friday, April 21 at 8pm, and Sunday, April 23 at 3pm at GBH's Calderwood Studio in Brighton, MA. The Friday evening performance will also be livestreamed on the global streaming platform IDAGIO, welcoming virtual audiences around the world alongside live studio audiences on site.
THE HOURS With Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming & More to Air on PBS
by Michael Major
- Feb 1, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera's recent production of The Hours, starring Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara, and Joyce DiDonato, will air on PBS. Phelim McDermott directs with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting. Christine Baranski will host the special.
The Santa Fe Opera Names 44 Apprentice Singers For The 2023 Season
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 12, 2023
The Santa Fe Opera has announced the 44 members of its 2023 Apprentice Program for Singers. The roster includes promising young vocalists from across the USA including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as from East Africa, Australia, Canada, China, South America and South Korea.
Boston Baroque Closes 50th Season with March Concert and April Opera
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 11, 2023
Boston Baroque concludes its 50th season with two programs in March and April. First, Boston Baroque presents two works by Mozart—his “Jupiter” Symphony No. 41 and the Sinfonia concertante featuring soloists Christina Day Martinson, violin, and Jason Fisher, viola. Finally, the season comes to a close with a new production of Gluck's opera Iphigénie en Tauride starring Wendy Bryn Harmer, William Burden, and Jesse Blumberg.
Review: THE HOURS Goes by in Minutes as Met Gives Birth to Fascinating Opera by Puts and Pierce
by Richard Sasanow
- Nov 25, 2022
The Met gave birth to a fascinating new opera on Tuesday and it wasn’t a moment too soon to unleash composer Kevin Puts’s THE HOURS on an audience that sometimes seems doomed to die inundated by too many AIDAs, BOHEMEs and CARMENs. The world premiere production of THE HOURS by Puts and Greg Pierce was directed by Phelim McDermott. The cast was a starry one, led by soprano Renee Fleming, soprano Kelli O’Hara and mezzo Joyce DiDonato.
New York Festival Of Song Continues Mainstage Series At Kaufman Music Center With KABARETT, November 16
by A.A. Cristi
- Oct 13, 2022
New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, continues its 2022-23 Mainstage Series with KABARETT on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 8:00pm. The program highlights songs from Berlin's fabled nightspots during the Weimar era, featuring music by Hollaender, Spoliansky, Bienert, Tucholsky, Eisler, and others. Soprano Sari Gruber, mezzo-soprano Naomi Louisa O'Connell, and baritone Justin Austin join Mr. Blier at the piano.
BWW Review: New HAMLET Makes Its Mark at the Met with Stellar Cast, Impressive Production
by Richard Sasanow
- May 30, 2022
Is there another Shakespearean drama filled with as many quotable quotes as “Hamlet” (even when they’re used out of context and given a foreign meaning)? But “To be or not to be” is surely the most referenced and, certainly, in the new operatic HAMLET currently at the Met by Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn, in Neil Armfield’s thoughtful, urgent production, it's given the best showcase. Indeed, it helps shed a different light on the hero of the story.
Boston Baroque Celebrates 50th Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi
- May 4, 2022
Boston Baroque will celebrate its 50th Anniversary Season with both concerts and events at NEC's Jordan Hall, GBH's Calderwood Studio, and on the global streaming platform IDAGIO. The season, led by founding Music Director Martin Pearlman, includes a return to Handel's Messiah and Bach's masterpiece, the B minor Mass, Mozart's “Jupiter” Symphony, and a much-anticipated new production of Gluck's opera Iphigénie en Tauride starring soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer and tenor William Burden.
New York Festival of Song to Hold Annual Gala
by Marissa Tomeo
- Apr 13, 2022
New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) holds its annual Gala—this year titled Still in Love—on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 6:30pm at the Racquet and Tennis Club, celebrating the musical contributions of Duke Ellington and his collaborator Billy Strayhorn.
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