Monthly Archives: July 2022
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Opera Collective Ireland & Kilkenny Arts Festival present Handel’s Semele
Opera Collective Ireland and Kilkenny Arts Festival are delighted to present Handel’s masterpiece Semele for three special performances as part of KAF 2022. A story of ... -
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Announces FREE Community Concerts in August
FREE concerts in Ridgefield during the month of August Music at the Museum, Charles Ives Music Festival String Quartet on Monday August 1 from 6:30 p.m. ... -
Alcina Revue – Handel’s opera dazzles at Glyndebourne
You’re in Gatwick, taking a seat near Café Nero after simmering in a two-hour security line. The tannoy scolds: “Icarus Airways regrets to announce the cancellation ... -
TENORISSIMO with Fabio Saratori announced at the Hungarian State Opera
The most beautiful extracts from Italian opera are presented by Fabio Sartori, guest of honor at the festive opera gala Tenorissimo. The renowned tenor is accompanied ... -
Morrígan at the Cork Opera House fascinates from the first to the last scene
Composer John O’Brien and librettist Éadaoin O’Donoghue have created a work that fascinates from the first scene to the last. The Morrígan writers have turned to ... -
East Texas Symphony Orchestra performs ‘Jazz Night’ at True Vine Brewing Co. | New
The East Texas Symphony Orchestra held a “Jazz Night” performance Thursday at True Vine Brewing Co., packing the outdoor venue with a fun show. Enjoying pizzas, ... -
Opera of the week: Verdi’s Ernani at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma – SlippediscSlippedisc
Norman Lebrecht July 29, 2022 Slippedisc, courtesy of OperaVision presents tonight ErnaniVerdi’s first drama of driving melodies and driving rhythms with an all-star cast. Only 14 ... -
South Shore Arts & Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra Attracts Region to Arts – NWILife
South Shore Arts and the Northwest Indiana Symphony have a long history of promoting and advocating for the arts in our region. The history of South ... -
Søndergård hired as musical director of the Minnesota Orchestra | app
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård was hired Thursday as music director for the Minnesota Orchestra and given a five-year contract that begins with the ... -
Opera review: ‘The Flying Dutchman’ soars in Maine-based reimagining
Mark Delavan as The Dutchman and Felicia Moore as Senta in Opera Maine’s “The Flying Dutchman”. Photo by Martha Mickles Opera Maine elegantly landed another classic ... -
Canton Symphony Orchestra to play ABBA at ‘Dancing Queen’ pop show
CANTON — The 85th season of the Canton Symphony Orchestra will present an ABBA-themed pop concert on September 15. Like last season’s Beatles pop concert, the ... -
The saxophone highlights the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra concert in New York
The Mostly Mozart Festival, which had its origins as a summer concert series decades ago in the early years of New York’s Lincoln Center performing arts ... -
ON the Beat | Opera time inside and outside the Academy
This edition of ON the Beat was originally emailed to subscribers on July 22, 2022. To get Josef Woodard’s music newsletter delivered to your inbox on ... -
The opera talent lost his voice after a long Covid
A long battle with Covid robbed soprano Christina Orjis of her ability to sing, before a respiratory specialist helped get her health and career back on ... -
Bayreuth Festival: Opera offers an escape | cultural | Report on arts, music and lifestyle in Germany | DW
The premiere of Richard Wagner’s opera ‘Tristan and Isolde’ at the opening of the Bayreuth Festival on July 25 was greeted with thunderous applause from the ... -
EU Chamber Orchestra, St Nicholas Chapel, King’s Lynn
In what is turning out to be another great King’s Lynn Festival summer season, the King’s Lynn Festival Chorus and European Union Chamber Orchestra concert is ... -
Kyneton’s place at the Opera gala
Kyneton luthier Paul Davies is pictured in his workshop. Angela Crawford Kyneton luthier Paul Davies used reclaimed wood from the Sydney Opera House to craft 50 ... -
Orchestra’s summer concert returns to Manhasset – Entertainment
Sierra Exif JPEG The Shelter Rock Orchestra, under the direction of Music Director Stephen Michael Smith, will perform its annual summer concert on Sunday, July 31 ... -
Pamplin Media Group – Opera company OrpheusPDX debuts ‘L’Orfeo’
Christopher Mattaliano is back with two chamber works, convinced that Portland still has taste The first opera OrpheusPDX opens August 4 for three engagements. Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” ... -
Opera North’s ‘Cosí’ loves beauty and hilarity | Vermont Arts
Only Mozart could combine hilarity and pure beauty with the extremes of both, and he never did so more than in his comic opera “Cosí fan ... -
International opera star bows out in most famous role – Monterey Herald
They should have known when she was 8 years old. When third-grade student Linda Watson heard an 18-year-old perform Beethoven’s “Für Elise” at a piano recital, ... -
The opera singer doctor who went viral during the pandemic heads to West Sussex for a gig
Alex Aldren After giving up his pre-Covid medical career in a bid to make a name for himself in the world of opera, Alex returned to ... -
Family orchestra performs at McAllen – San Benito News
By Rene Torres McAllen was home to a single-family orchestra that could make music to fill a full schedule, as all seven members of the family ... -
Landmarks Orchestra Concert at Hatch Shell
Landmarks Orchestra Concert at Hatch Shell Connecting communities through art with free summer fun! Updated: 11:02 a.m. EDT July 22, 2022 Hide transcript View Transcript CITYLINE. ... -
Margot La Rouge/Le Villi, review Opera Holland Park – Parisian fantasies and Black Forest cake
Served together this way, Delius’s Margot La Rouge and that of Puccini The Villa offer a kind of small tasting menu of the opera scene of ... -
Upcoming at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Maybe it’s a little naïve or sentimental on my part, but I believe you make music better with people you care about. Part of the reason ... -
Final Fantasy 35th Anniversary Orchestra Concert Coming to Vancouver
Gamers will be in Final Fantasy heaven this summer when a concert tour celebrating a milestone year for the franchise makes a stop in Vancouver. A ... -
The National Repertory Orchestra celebrates Leonard Bernstein with a screening of “West Side Story” and a free concert
The cast of 2021’s “West Side Story.” The film will be screened by the National Repertory Orchestra and Breck Film on Wednesday, July 27.Niko Tavernise/Twentieth Century ... -
The Joy of Opera | AspenTimes.com
Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel plays the title role in Falstaff Friday.Mitch Jenkins/Courtesy Photo When Paula Suozi and Patrick Summers meet, it’s clear that they have a very ... -
Barcelona Opera Orchestra concert master arrives at Knox United Church in Parksville
The concert master of the Barcelona Opera Orchestra will visit the Knox United Church in Parksville (345 Pym St.) for two performances of classical music on ... -
National Youth Orchestra concert in Aberdeen and Dundee
National Youth Orchestra concert in Aberdeen and Dundee Calendar An icon of a desktop calendar. to cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line ... -
Valley News – Opera preview: Classical compositions resonate in wider Upper Valley stage
Two opera companies are opening performances this week, and both reflect on their origins. Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Opera North opens a production of Cosi Fan ... -
Geneva Light Opera brings Mozart’s grotesque comedy to the Smith | Entertainment
GENEVA — Only Mozart could turn an opera about kidnappings, human trafficking and misunderstandings between religions into comic gold. The Geneva Light Opera presents “The Abduction ... -
SunLive – Tauranga Opera Singer Finalist in New Zealand Song Quest
Soprano singer Felicity Tomkins has been selected as one of five finalists for the Lexus Song Quest 2022, New Zealand’s most acclaimed opera competition. Felicity, a ... -
The Discovery Orchestra will record a concert for a national public television special
NEW | FEATURES | PREVIEWS | EVENTS originally published: 07/19/2022 (SUMMIT, NJ) — Led by Founder and Artistic Director George Marriner Maull, The Discovery Orchestra makes ... -
Individual tickets for the entire 2022-2023 Philadelphia Opera season will go on sale this Tuesday, July 19
Single tickets for the 2022-2023 Philadelphia Opera season go on sale Tuesday, July 19, when opera-goers can curate their experience with a wide range of options, ... -
The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra’s free performance in Edinburgh will be a historic occasion – Angus Robertson MSP
Register to our daily newsletter Liudmyla Monastyrska will perform an aria from Verdi’s Aida (Photo: Mandl/Getty Images) Free tickets are now available and the public is ... -
Opera and Broadway at Padma Legian-August 30
Take note to book an exceptional evening of superlative musical entertainment featuring the music of opera and Broadway on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. As part of ... -
Opera Review: Opera Queensland turns tragedy into magic with Verdi’s La Traviata
With red Mill wow audiences in Sydney, Brisbane’s Lyric theater hosts its own tragic tale of Parisian courtesans and unhappy love affairs. Verdiis iconic La ... -
Municipal district: the music is back with the return of the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra
For the first time in three years, the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is pleased to offer a full season of five concerts in 2022-2023. “The PSO ... -
Opera Singing Dorrie Performs Land of Hope and Glory in Spectacular Proms
FORMER opera singer Doris Smith can still hit the right notes – even at the age of 92. Better known as Dorrie, she gave a patriotic ... -
The Sydney Opera House gets a makeover
In the two years of concert cancellations amid a pandemic, the Sydney Opera House has undergone extensive renovations and will usher in a new era before ... -
The Baroque Orchestra of NJ will perform comforting chestnuts along with new creations during a month-long festival
Robert Butts conducts the New Jersey Baroque Orchestra. The job sometimes requires Maestro Robert W. Butts to come to work in a tuxedo, but don’t let ... -
WA Opera’s Tosca at His Majesty’s Theater a winter wallow with Maija Kovalevska, Paul O’Neill and Warwick Fyfe
Fatal attraction and brutal oppression are the twin engines of Puccini’s visceral ‘veristic’ opera Tosca, elements that WA Opera decisively captures with a trio of sublime ... -
The Berkshire Opera Festival presents its summer event on the main stage: DON GIOVANNI in August
On August 20, 23 and 26, Berkshire Opera FestivalThe 2022 season wraps up with the most ambitious undertaking of the summer: a new staging by BOF ... -
Choros Vol. 2; Flor de Tremembé (São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Tibiriçá)
Mr. Camargo Guarnieri was the outstanding Brazilian composer of the generation after Villa-Lobos. Like the latter, his music is inspired by Brazilian dance rhythms and uses ... -
The rain is no match for Barton Pine and the Grant Park Orchestra | Culture & Leisure
The Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus are reliable and popular performers, so you can count on good-sized crowds at their concerts – except when Mother Nature ... -
‘On Gold Mountain:’ A New Opera in a Unique Performance
Comment Opera is a very Western art form. Born in Italy in the 1500s, it flourished in the royal courts and lavish theaters of Western Europe ... -
Review of the Royal Opera House 2021-22: Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
(Credit: Tristram Kenton/Royal Opera House) Double crossing, licentiousness and the sad demise of a once-popular showman: it all happened on the streets of Westminster as the ... -
David Lloyd-Jones obituary | Opera North
David Lloyd-Jones, who died at the age of 87, was not only a conductor, but also an academic, a translator and a leading figure in British ... -
Datuk Aishah will join the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert in August
On August 6, 2022 at 8:30 p.m., the undisputed queen of Malaysian pop, Datuk Aishah will join the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) in a highly anticipated ... -
Enjoy world-class performances all summer long in HD at the Opera | arts and entertainment
You might have your defense mechanisms lined up as to why you can’t attend the opera. Maybe your suit is in the laundry or you have ... -
Rehearsals for PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at the Sydney Opera House begin today
Opera Australia in association with The Really Helpful Groupwill present by Cameron Mackintosh spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber The Phantom of the Opera in ... -
WATCH NOW: Kenosha Opera Festival Hosts Public Events | Local News
The Kenosha Opera Festival, launched in fall 2019, is back in full force this season, with two operas, a recital and even an evening of bawdy ... -
We review the Leeds Castle concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
It felt like the stars had aligned for the return of the Leeds Castle concert to its usual July slot last night. Last year’s event took ... -
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 ... -
Kunqu Opera joins harp quintet to breathe new life into music
A rehearsal for the crossover concert with songs adapted from the classic Kunqu Opera The pavilion of peonies took place at Jinji Lake Concert Hall in ... -
Messiah (Canberra Symphony Orchestra)
Handel’s Annual Tradition Messiah took on a new dimension when the Christmas performance in July of this nearly 300-year-old work at Llewellyn Hall, Canberra. Messiah is ... -
Jurassic World Orchestra UK Concert Tickets
jurassic world is returning to the UK for one night only – and it will be a special night indeed! With Jurassic World: Dominion After hitting ... -
The White Lake Chamber Music Festival presents The Baroque Festival Orchestra | New
To conclude 10 days of exciting and wonderful music from the White Lake Chamber Music Festival, the ever-popular Baroque Festival Orchestra concert. Many remarkable and distinguished ... -
The Scarborough Spa Orchestra takes the stage this weekend
A POPULAR music group will take the stage this weekend. The Scarborough Spa Orchestra will kick off their summer season this Sunday (July 10) with a ... -
Review: Buxton’s New Opera Musical Gypsy Is Simply Stunning
Joanna Riding plays Mommy Rose The performance also heralds the start of the Buxton International Festival and on this slightly sultry evening it is glorious to ... -
The State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia and the Swedish Philharmonic will launch the Fairfield Halls International Orchestral Concert Series 2023/24
Fairfield Halls General Manager Jonathan Higgins and the entire BH Live team have announced two major classical concerts for the start of 2023. Concerts of State ... -
A cappella group Rockapella will perform with the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra
BAY HARBOR – Rockin’ with the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra Pops at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19 at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts ... -
Illuminations (Camerata – Queensland Chamber Orchestra and QPAC)
The Camerata concert Illuminations takes its name from the vibrant cycle of songs by Benjamin Britten, composed for string orchestra and soprano voice, and using the ... -
The Wallingford Symphony Orchestra presents an annual Pops concert on Sundays
WALLINGFORD — The Wallingford Symphony Orchestra will perform its annual Pops concert Sunday at 7 p.m. on the lawn outside Seymour St. John’s Chapel at Choate ... -
The orchestra maintains the music for this method of public dissemination
Contrary to popular opinion, special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) mergers are not dead. The alternative IPO method is just to see tough times due to an ... -
Opera Album Review: Surprise! Michael Haydn – Joseph’s brother – turns out to be an excellent opera composer
By Ralph P. Locke This “serenata” (or chamber opera) with characters from Greco-Roman mythology receives an elegant world premiere recording that could bring a great composer ... -
The National Opera of China celebrates its 70th anniversary
Soprano Yao Hong performs at the July 6 concert. [Photo provided to China Daily] A concert was held at the National Opera of China in Beijing ... -
Auckland gears up for one-of-a-kind live symphony orchestra concert
The people of Auckland will soon witness a musical extravaganza. New Zealand’s first-ever Bollywood concert with a live 45-piece symphony orchestra will take place in Auckland ... -
Experience Symphony in the Park with the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra at a free concert at Port Credit — Modern Mississauga Media
This Sunday July 10, the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra will perform a free concert of light classics, pop and popular movie themes in Port Credit Memorial Park ... -
‘Pocket’ opera heading to Thanet and Sandwich – The Isle Of Thanet News
Kent Chamber Opera performances By work experience journalist Margo Bewley (Royal Harbor Academy) The ‘pocket’ opera comes to Thanet and Sandwich as part of a performance ... -
Growing City: Converging Paths Form Preston’s First Orchestra | Citizen of Preston
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Houston Grand Opera’s resident composer experiments with music
In its 67-year history, the Houston Grand Opera had never had a full-time composer-in-residence until Joel Thompson’s work changed his mind. One of America’s leading opera ... -
East Texas Symphony Orchestra Recently Hosted Sold-Out Performances of ‘A Texas Tribute’ | Culture & Leisure
The East Texas Symphony Orchestra presented two sold-out performances of “A Texas Tribute” on June 18 at the Rogers Palmer Performing Arts Center on the campus ... -
Jay Johnston – second generation on stage
Cheboygan native Jay Johnston sat down with former Cheboygan Opera House Executive Director Kathy King Johnson to talk about his experiences. For me, the history of ... -
Opera North joins the Music Federation for the Big Sing – South Leeds Life
I was very happy and honored to be invited to see Opera North and the Music Federation (Windmill and Low Road Elementary Schools) join forces to ... -
“When a symphony orchestra knocks on your door, you don’t really know how to say no”
Lyrics by Ben Lamb Electric Fields took the stage with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for a special NAIDOC show this week. Electric fields are an unstoppable ... -
Play with the Philharmonic Orchestra
published: Jul 4, 2022 4:30 AM For the first time ever, the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO) invites members of the community to perform with the orchestra ... -
Opera Saratoga is off to a great start, but perhaps the best is yet to come
I used to have a colleague who on June 22 took great pleasure in informing the world that from that day on we began to lose ... -
an opera review by Victor Grynberg » J-Wire
July 3, 2022 by Victor Grynberg Read on for the article Congratulations to Opera Australia, which once again gave us an unforgettable evening. Giacomo Puccini, the ... -
‘Country House Operas’ offer a glimpse into the future of opera
When British TV host Bamber Gascoigne unexpectedly inherited a 350-acre estate in 2014 from his 99-year-old great-aunt, he was stunned by the inheritance tax bill he ... -
How the Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square hopes to bring “comfort and peace” in July
The Temple Square Tabernacle Choir sings during the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ... -
The Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra will perform on July 4 at Tom Brown Park
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Tallahassee’s 4th of July tradition continues with Celebrate America. The family party will take place at Tom Brown Park, but with something ... -
Review: Spotlight on SF Opera’s music director Kim in a beautiful one-off concert
San Francisco Opera conductor Eun Sun Kim receives a standing ovation during “Eun Sun Kim Conducts Verdi” at the War Memorial Opera House on Thursday, June ... -
The executive director of the Lakeland Symphony Orchestra sang in a local band
The new executive director of the Lakeland Symphony Orchestra has a long history in Polk County. But only longtime locals might remember when Ashley Metts Miller ... -
Beethoven’s Ninth (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus)
In recent times, the appearance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony often signals something historic or monumental. Many of us still remember that extraordinary concert in Berlin in ...