Shared Voices Program Aims to Help HBCU Student Performers Grow
Opera star Denyce Graves was in his first year teaching at Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute when he says he met a graduate student with a Read More…
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra opens voting for People’s Choice concert
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra today announced the six categories for its upcoming People’s Choice concert in November. Voting is now open, with musicRead More…
Honeck and a Great Met Cast Bring Glowing Grace to Mozart’s ‘Idomeneo’
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Des Moines Metro Opera performs ‘Carmen’, ‘Bluebird’s Castle’ in 2023
Central Iowa opera fans might consider it a tragedy of lyrical proportions to have missed the final performance of world-renowned Iowa bass-baritone SRead More…
Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble will present the premieres of “Five Borough Songbook, Volume III”
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Dame Malvina Major Foundation is hosting a free past winners show in New Plymouth
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Fall Fest and BBQ Cook-Off on October 1 in downtown Antioch
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The Celebrate Antioch Foundation will host its fifth annual Fall Fest and BBQ Cook-Off on October 1. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. downtown, join thRead More…
Ethan Daniel Davidson takes another creative twist on his new album – Presse et Guide
There are a lot of things that attract Ethan Daniel Davidson these days.
He is president of the Detroit Opera and a member of the board of trustees ofRead More…
Prague Reclaims Long Banned Jazz Operetta – SlippediscSlippedisc
Norman Lebrecht September 24, 2022 A review by Alexander Goldscheider, exclusive to Slipped Disc:
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PGSO kicks off the 2022/2023 season | CKPGToday.ca
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Ken Glickman looks back on coverage of Lansing’s art scene over the past 40 years
As the Wharton Center turns 40e anniversary, it reminds me how much my history of art and music writing at the Lansing State Journal is tied to the opRead More…
The “revolutionary” show will be presented for one night only by Opera Steamboat
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Cultural Eruption: Opera Festival Embodies the Beauty of the Sicilian Underground – Features
Participants have the option of camping or staying in a hostel at a site just outside the town center that is usuRead More…
Tradition Revisited – Chicago Reader
Lyric Opera introduced Chicago audiences to director Barrie Kosky last year, when he presented his production of The magic flute—created forRead More…
Peter Miles ’24 – The Williams Record
Although he has always been drawn to music, Miles first learned opera in his freshman year at college and has since performed in numerous shows. (PhoRead More…
THE SCOOP | Tapestry Opera tops Dora winners for 2022 with six trophies
The winners of the Dora Mavor Moore Awards were announced on September 19, 2022, with winners selected from a total of 235 nominations and 100 Read More…
Miscellaneous: Today in History (09/20/22)
Today is Tuesday, September 27, the 270th day of 2022. There are 95 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in the story: On September 27, 1996, iRead More…
Review: LA Opera centers a Donizetti heroine in a troubled United States
Agency is the necessary word that always comes up with “Lucia di Lammermoor”, which opened the new season of the Los Angeles Opera at the Dorothy ChanRead More…
Criticism of the Makropulos case – quick and flamboyant | Opera
OOnly someone who has lived for centuries could know how to find long-hidden evidence to help settle a protracted legal dispute over an inheritance. Read More…
September 18, Ruth Bader Ginsburg died
Today is Sunday, September 18, the 261st day of 2022. There are 104 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in the story: Read More…
Opera and Noh merge in INSeries’ The Nightsong of Orpheus
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Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ will end on Broadway
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Every day is a green day for American Stage’s Johnny Shea • St Pete Catalyst
Kinetic energy bounces off the walls of the theater during American Stage’s production of Green Day’s American Idiota “rock opera” with Read More…
Detroit Opera combines real and virtual in ‘The Valkyries’ – Press and Guide
You’ve never seen an opera staged like Detroit Opera’s “The Valkyries.”
Directed by the company’s artistic director, Yuval Sharon, the Act III adaptatRead More…
Big Thief Announces 2023 Tour (including Radio City Music Hall)
big thief released their fantastic new double album Dragon New Warm Mountain I believe in you in February, and they announced a new leg of tour dates Read More…
Wheeler Opera House announces lineup of events for 2022-23 season
Aspen Laugh Festival returns February 21-25.Courtesy of Wheeler Opera Wheeler Opera House 2022-23 wilRead More…
Rembrandt Chamber Musicians announces 2022-2023 concert season in Evanston and Chicago
The Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, Chicago’s flagship ensemble spanning the spectrum of classical chamber music, has announced details for its 33rd concRead More…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of September 18-24
Celebrity birthdays for the week of September 18-24:September 18: Actor Robert Blake turns 89. Gospel singer Bobby Jones is 84 years old. Singer-actRead More…
9 upcoming shows in Birmingham to attend if you love theater
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For British musicians, the Queen was as much a cipher as an enemy
BRADFORD, England — In October 1958, Duke Ellington gave a concert in Leeds, an old-fashioned industrial city in the north of England. Elizabeth Read More…
Tulsa Opera adds ‘Into the Woods’ to the season | Arts & Theater
Just days after making a major change in its artistic direction, the Tulsa Opera announced that it was also revamping part of its upcRead More…
New Ulm Sings — State Street Theater Hosts Regional Competition | News, Sports, Jobs
Photo by Clay Schuldt Audreny Beranek: Audrey Beranek, 19, of Lafayette, won first pRead More…
A Phantom Of The Opera Murder Mystery In The Works At Peacock
Andrew Lloyd Webber Photo: Jamie McCarthy (Getty Images)There’s another murder mystery comedy series, this time with the songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber Read More…
In the extravagant world of a rare soprano
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The Wood Brothers expand their fall tour
The wood brothers have added 17 new dates to their upcoming fall tour. In addition to the previously announced first leg of the tour, whichRead More…
The Performing Arts Center dives into a new season full of music, theater and dance from around the world
After recently celebrating its 25th anniversary last spring, the UGA Performing Arts Center is back in full force with a stacked new season briRead More…
Kentucky Opera shatters outdated stereotypes with innovative shows
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The 2022 season could be the last for the Skowhegan Drive-In Theater
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A beginner’s guide to the queen
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Review of the Innsbruck Early Music Festival 2022: Astarto
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Whenever Silvia Paoli’s name pops up as the director of an upcoming production, you can be pretty sure she won’tRead More…
Burg Review: With “Antigone”, the Narcisse Theater presents an ancient drama for modern times
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Global Edition released, with full cast recordings in 7 languages
A new special Global Edition album by The Phantom of the Opera was released today by Universal Records.The Phantom of the Opera Global Edition is an eRead More…
De Beer becomes the first female director of the Volksoper Vienna
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Concerts scheduled on Thursdays at the Stonington Opera House
Geoff Warner Photo submitted Kate Caldwell Photo submitted STONINGTON — Opera House Arts has scheduled an evening of traditional folk, originalsRead More…
Grisha Martirosyan wins the 10th Veronica Dunne International Vocal Competition
Armenian baritone Grisha Martirosyan has won the 10th Veronica Dunne International Vocal Competition, which took place last week in Dublin and culminaRead More…
The International Contemporary Ensemble will present a collaboration with the Iranian Association of Women Composers in October
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Owen Lucas Wins 2022 NI Opera Young Opera Voice Award
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Having powers and being a superhero is a great way to help people. However, for these heroes to do what they do, they need a source of income. FoRead More…
Maggie Perrino moves from Carnegie to SCPA’s new artistic director
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Lizzo is enchanting in a floaty iridescent dress at the 2022 MTV VMAs
Lizzo brings her A-game to the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.The singer arrived on the red carpet wearing a puffy navy dress. The dramatic piece, takenRead More…
Bard on the Beach will present ‘Opera & Arias: A Celebration’
Bard on the Beach is scheduled to present “Opera & Arias: A Celebration” on September 12 and 13, 2022.
The Vancouver-based company willRead More…
Beautiful performances of well-chosen favorite operas
Louis Sharpe, conductor and Eleanor Greenwood, soprano. Photo: Peter Hislop
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When is the movie coming to HBO Max?
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San Francisco Chronicle presents Opera in the Park
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Why live shows are key to the classic WA music experience
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WIU Music Alumnus performing at opera houses around the world
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Rogue Valley Live Theater, Streaming Plays: August 26 – Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News
Jeff McCamish, left, as Charles Babbage, Cody Pettit as Lord Lovelace and Melanie Marie as Ada Byron Lovelace, star of the Collaborative ThRead More…
The Black Lodge: William S. Burroughs and David Lynch united in one dark opera
Although he never had a best-selling novel or essay book, although his spoken word albums never sold beyond a few ephemera, William Read More…
Luciano Pavarotti’s Walk of Fame star to be unveiled
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Australia’s Best Soul Artists & Singers – Music Love
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After years of disrepair, the Lyric Theater brings life to Blue Island’s entertainment district
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St Davids Cathedral hosts major concerts as part of the Fishguard and West Wales International Music Festival
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Fifteen composers at 30 | Classical music
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William Dart Review: Auckland Opera Studio Gala Concert
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The Grant Park Music Festival finale is a magical ‘creation’
Before the universe, there was… what? Haydn ventures a musical guess in the enigmatic introduction to his oratorio ‘Creation’. When the notes fiRead More…
Freeze Frame Opera returns to Showgrounds with La Fanciulla del West by Puccini and Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Nostalgic miners on the whipping, a single girl in an outback town, and a massive power imbalance – what could go wrong?Everything goes wrong in PucRead More…
Tanya Tucker reacts to Chapel Hart’s qualifying performance
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St. Augustine tops Preservation magazine’s guide to historic downtowns
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Hanae Mori, film designer, empress, dies, according to reports
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William Dart review: New Zealand Opera’s Call of the Huia
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The world’s most influential opera, La Traviata, is coming to Adelaide • Glam Adelaide
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The Monticello Opera will host Southern Music Rising this Saturday
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Full Case Announced for Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s BRIGHT STAR at Fort Salem Theater
Bluegrass and the Blue Ridge Mountains soon take over the main stage at the Fort Salem Theater in Bright Star, the Grammy and Tony Award-nominated hitRead More…
Review: Opera Neo handles ‘Ariodante’ with care
Six decades ago, opera companies began bringing Handel’s musical dramas to life, but it wasn’t until 2002 that San Diego Opera entered the game with “Read More…
The bookseller – Rights – Renard seizes the collection of “crazy” operas of Kent
Renard Press landed Opera Obscura: a totally improbable selection of impossible opera written and illustrated by Peter Kent.
Publisher Will Dady has Read More…
Meet musicians to play at the American Legion World Series
Each year, the American Legion World Series centers around baseball players who have spent the summer competing to make it to the big Shelby contest.TRead More…
What is Chautauqua? A brief story.
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The Olympic Music Festival begins its season today
PORT CITY — The Olympic Music Festival begins its 2022 summer season in Port Townsend today.
The 39th summer season of the festival features in-Read More…
Willene Gunn “was a ball of energy” – Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News
Art Director for Ashland-based Brava! Opera died this week Willene Gunn after a BraRead More…
A provocative orchestra of Ukrainian artists hopes Putin can hear them
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Quick take with Richard Wharton
Salem’s resident mad scientist has a new face. Actor Richard Wharton took on the role of Dr Wilhelm Rolf, succeeding actor Will Utay.
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Triumph for the double production of the Longborough festival
THERE was something unfamiliar about Longborough Festival Opera’s final production of the 2022 season with its double bill of ancient and modern. BuRead More…
Opera meets Broadway in a new musical revue L’OPÉRA! MUSICAL
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Playhouse Square appoints replacement for CEO Gina Vernaci | Arts & Culture
Live from London, Playhouse Square has appointed its new CEO. Craig Hassall has run the Royal Albert Hall since 2017. He will come to Cleveland earlyRead More…
How will the first-ever Winter World Cup affect cinema? | Features
For some in the European film industry, the FIFA Winter World Cup, which takes place in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, is like a meteor cRead More…
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Hamilton | The Georgetown Dish
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Review: New ‘Ring’ in Bayreuth Renders Wagner Magicless
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Musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ is gearing up for its Detroit debut this week
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Fremont native Kunkle at Yellowstone’s 150th anniversary
SANDUSKY – For Kirsten Kunkle, singing has always been at the center of her life.She grew up in Fremont and started taking voice lessons at age 12 in Read More…
Review: At Merola, a Mozart opera bursts with comic vitality
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‘America’s Got Talent’ Sofía Vergara loves 88-year-old burlesque act
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NESA Graduates Work on Broadway and Beyond
Students at the North East School of the Arts have spent some of the shrinking hours of their summer break on campus, hoping to land roles in the threRead More…
Beyond the voices… and the voices from beyond | cultural | Savannah News, Events, Restaurants, Music
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Savannah Voice Festival (SVF) is jam-packed with songs in anticipation of kicking off the summer feRead More…
NEWS: IN Series announces 2022-23 40th anniversary season
FULL LIVE SEASONS IN WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE
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A memorable evening in Ravinia with masterpieces by Golijov and Bernstein | Chicago News
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Opera School alumni claim prizes at Lexus Song Quest
Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono won the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation Scholarship at Lexus Song Quest. Photo / John WansbroughOnce again, the prowess and talentRead More…
Vietnamese conductor will lead a concert of French chamber music | Culture – Sports
Vietnamese conductor Le Phi Phi. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Symphony Orchestra and Opera of Ho Chi Minh City Ballet (HBSO) will present a Read More…
In the days since his death, those affected by Archie Roach are opening up about the legacy he leaves behind
From the top of Arnhem Land, where musicians are inspired by his timeless lyrics, to the streets of Melbourne’s Fitzroy, where fans leave floral tribuRead More…
‘The Pomp Room’ documentary celebrates former Sioux Falls bar
Music fans of all ages were in attendance Saturday night for the sold-out premiere of “The Pomp Room: A Rock N Roll Bar Story,” at the Orpheum TheaterRead More…
Glimmerglass double bill features themes of religious zeal, spiritual service
COOPERSTOWN — Religious zeal and spiritual service are the intertwined themes of new operas in the double bill which opened Friday night at the GlimRead More…