Tag: musical director
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When the orchestra is the star of the opera
At the bottom of his sullen and bitter opera “Wozzeck”, Alban Berg evokes a barracks of soldiers in the middle of the night. A choir chants: ... -
Metropolitan Opera concert honors Ukraine
Vladyslav Buialskyi took center stage at the Metropolitan Opera, hand on heart, singing the national anthem of his country, Ukraine. It was February 28, when the ... -
Rising Filipino opera singer Pauline Tan takes the world stage
A Filipino mezzo-soprano and rising international opera singer by the name of Pauline Tan captivates audiences with her mesmerizing rich, deep and powerful ... -
Dallas Symphony Orchestra announces stellar lineup of programs for new season
As one of the nation’s premier performing arts organizations, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) presents world-class performances in Dallas and beyond. The orchestra’s 2022-23 season kicks ... -
Iain Beaton: From the supermarket aisle to the opera choir
Supermarket owner Iain Beaton took the plunge and joined an opera choir. Photo / Provided He says he’s not a natural singer, but Iain Beaton was ... -
Review of Jenůfa – a painfully sad and powerful story of infanticide | Opera
IEoš Janáček’s opera, revolving around the central story of infanticide, is nothing but anguished and painfully sad. Today, given the attention of the present times and ... -
British opera star who conquered the world stage
Few singers possessed a more complete and masterful vocal technique than Josephine Veasey, who died at the age of 91. and an instinctive sense of characterization ... -
Knoxville Opera returns to the stage with Boito’s ‘Mefistofele’ – Knoxville Arts
BY ALAN SHERROD IIn the opera world of the 1860s, more than the Alps separated Italy from Germany. The battle between the influences of Giuseppe Verdi ... -
Opera Based on Italian Novel ‘The Leopard’ Debuts in Florida
In this photo provided by EastWest Media in February 2022, Frost Opera Theater cast members rehearse at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music for ... -
Free tickets are now available for the world premiere at LA Opera of THREE WOMEN FROM JERUSALEM
On March 19, LA Opera will present two performances of The Three Women of Jerusalem (Las tres mujeres de Jerusalén) by Carla Lucero, conducted by the ... -
The Philadelphia Orchestra in concert on WRTI: Joshua Bell is soloist and conductor in works by Bruch, Price and Mendelssohn
Join us on Sunday, February 27 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday February 28 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 when our show Philadelphia ... -
Opéra National de Paris 2021-22 Review: The Marriage of Figaro
(Credit: Miguel Lorenzo Mikel Ponce) “Le Nozze di Figaro” was one of many productions staged by the Paris Opera (Paris Opera), which has been hit hard ... -
Prison choirs sing in a reboot of Beethoven’s opera about unjust incarceration
Beethoven’s opera Fidelio is the story of a man unjustly imprisoned. Through this story, an enterprising group of artists found a way to bring Fidelioliterally, in ... -
Parkes Hosts Orchestra Rehearsals for Overture Concert with Young Central West Musicians | Parkes Champion Post
Parkes has never seen anything quite like Overture. If you think this is just a regular performance by a few headliners, think again. It’s as much ... -
Vancouver Opera’s good fortune continues with Cavalleria rusticana
Breadcrumb Links local arts Entertainment Set in a long single act in two parts separated by the famous orchestral intermezzo, Cavalleria is a compact proposition that ... -
The next concerts of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra
The Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) will hold two concerts this month, featuring Prokofiev’s *Symphony No. 1 in D major on February 17 and Beethoven’s best dramatic ... -
Cleveland Orchestra invests in new technologies and new perspectives for the second season of “In Focus”
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Major changes are underway to Adella, the Cleveland Orchestra’s digital concert streaming platform. When the second season of “In Focus” programs launches on ... -
Edward Gardner appointed new Music Director of Norwegian Opera and Ballet
Edward Gardner, recently hailed by The Times (London) for the “sheer vivacity” of his musical creation, has been appointed Music Director of Norwegian Opera & Ballet. ... -
Tributes to Scottish opera stalwart Lady Veronica Gibson
Lady Veronica Gibson has been involved in Scottish opera since its formation in 1962. Lady Veronica Gibson, chairman of Scottish Opera for the past few years, ... -
Lowell House Opera will present the world premiere of NIGHTTOWN
Lowell House Opera, the professional opera company in residence at Harvard University, presents the world premiere of NIGHTTOWN: a lyrical reimagining of James Joyce’s Ulysses, by ... -
UW graduate solicited for premiere of historical film/music by Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra | Music
Among the audience waiting for the world premiere of Bill Banfield’s Eighth Symphony on Friday night will be Rigoletto Lopez, 23, the recent UW-Madison grad who ... -
No Sarasota Orchestra concerts in Bradenton due to COVID protocols
Susan L. Rife, special for the Herald-Tribune A newcomer to the Sarasota Orchestra podium, and in Sarasota itself, will lead the fourth Program of the masterpieces ... -
Orchestra prepares for a landmark program | Magnet
One of Australia’s greatest symphony orchestras will celebrate a milestone season by performing a varied program featuring a moving melody that the band’s forerunners performed at ... -
Opera Orlando’s THE SECRET RIVER will air on WUCF TV this month
Opera Orlando’s production of The Secret River will be televised later this month. The production will air Sunday, January 30 at 4:30 p.m. on WUCF TV. ... -
Orchestra, Chicago and Rat Pack at Ormond Beach | Culture & Leisure
The Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center offers a weekend full of entertainment at 399 NUS 1. The famous Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform at 7 p.m. ... -
Ashland Symphony Orchestra Concert, Art Exhibit at Ashland University
Michael Repper, who is auditioning for the position of Music Director/Conductor of the Ashland Symphony Orchestra, will serve as both conductor and featured soloist on ASO’s ... -
Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra: Good Time Music
Arranger, composer, brass maniac and musical alchemist, Steven Bernstein is a versatile gift to human ears. If you’re a living soul who’s ever felt your foot ... -
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra visits Mondavi
Pianist Olga Kern will perform British and Russian music The Mondavi Center plans to greet the New Year with a bang on Saturday evening (January 15, ... -
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra plans new, state-of-the-art $ 9 million music center in Little Rock
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s quarters have become so cramped that its leaders don’t think they can work there any longer. Over the past quarter of a ... -
The orchestra now begins the spring 2022 season at the Fisher Center at Bard College from February 5 to May 8, 2022
Conductor Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now at Bard College’s Fisher Center. Photo by Matt Dine The guest artists present the conductor Joseph Young, pianists Lara ... -
Chattanooga Symphony And Opera Appoints John Kilkenny As Executive Director
Don McDowell, president of the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, announced the appointment of John Kilkenny as executive director on Tuesday, effective March 1. John Kilkenny is ... -
Riccardo Minasi appointed first artistic director of the La Scintilla Orchestra
(Credit: Drew Gardner) The Opernhaus Zürich has announced that the Italian conductor Riccardo Minasi has been appointed the first artistic director of the Orchestra La Scintilla. ... -
A rare opera conductor gives birth and returns to the podium a few days later
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 ... -
Sarasota Orchestra soloist started early with Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson is a guest artist with the Sarasota Orchestra for the “Ohlsson Plays Rachmaninoff” concert. So is Rachmaninoff’s towering Piano Concerto No. 3 “devilishly ... -
Meet the Really Awful Orchestra from Wigan – which is doing very well
But even to the surprise of its creators, it turned out to be a big success with sold-out concerts around Wigan. A weird tramp note to ... -
“Andrea Senier”: The emblematic opera of dazzling musical power opens in 2022 for ELS
From January 20 and for 7 performances in the Stavros Niarchos room of the SNFCC, under the musical direction of Philip Ogen and staging – sets ... -
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra kicks off its 2022 season
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra has launched its 2022 season, which is impressive too. Entitled “Perpetual Emotion,” the program, which opens April 8 at Adelaide City Hall, ... -
Review of the Donizetti Opera Festival 2021: L’Elisir d’Amore
The Donizetti Opera Festival opened its opera performances with a new production of “L’Elisir d’Amore” under the direction of musical director Riccardo Frizza. The production was ... -
Four Maui Pops Orchestra Events on Tap at the Castle Theater
Maui Pop Orchestra in concert in 2018 (PC: Lorne Direnfeld) A dedicated orchestra of presenting light classical and contemporary pop music to Maui is several events ... -
Vacation South Bend Symphony Orchestra Morris Performing Arts Center
The Boston Pops remain the gold standard in how to do symphonic pop concerts. Particularly during the tenure of conductor Arthur Fiedler, the Boston pops lent ... -
Lyric Opera of Chicago will present PROVING UP
Lyric Opera of Chicago will present the acclaimed chamber opera by the award-winning team of composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek: To prove himself, performed ... -
DuPage Symphony Orchestra to bring “Yuletide Cheer” to Naperville on December 12
“Christmas is a glorious time of year, simple in origin, deep in meaning, beautiful in tradition and custom, rich in remembrance and charitable in spirit,” said ... -
Review: “Tosca” catches fire at the Met Opera
Sometimes, for reasons that no one can fully explain, an opera performance simply catches fire. This is what happened at the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday, when ... -
Luther College Opera Wins First Place in Division II of the National Opera Association Opera Production Competition | Securities
Luther’s spring 2021 opera production “Dido and Aeneas” won first place in Division II of the 2020-21 National Opera Association (NOA) Opera Production Competition. The competition ... -
Ravinia: “The only railway station with a resident orchestra” | Beyond Chicago from the air
Ravinia: “The only station with a resident orchestra” Nineteenth-century American cities, including the rapidly growing and industrializing Chicago, were overcrowded and dirty places with little green ... -
Before La Scala, Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi: opera, director, direction and distribution
Milan, December 2, 2021 – It’s a matter of days: Milan is getting ready for the Prima della Scala, Tuesday December 7 day of Sant’Ambrogio. On ... -
Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra’s Poinsettia Pops concert returns on Saturday
The highly anticipated Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra Poinsettia Pops holiday concert is scheduled to return at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Montfort Concert Hall at the Union ... -
Symphony Orchestra, Big Band swing during the holidays with Tchaikovsky, the Duke and Billy – URI News
KINGSTON, RI – December 1, 2021 – Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker Suite” is as Christmas as candy canes, ornate rooms and snowy vigils. The fairytale ballet and ... -
54 Below Review: Paulo Szot: Una Noche Encantada
On November 25, 2021, baritone Paulo Szot performed a special Thanksgiving concert at Feinstein’s / 54 Below. Audiences were treated to a special menu and selections ... -
The conductor of the Met Opera abandons the “Figaro”
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, musical director of the Metropolitan Opera, will not conduct, as planned, a revival of Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” in January, the company announced Monday ... -
A Life Risen – an opera about AIDS and life …
Tuesday November 30, eve of World aids day, is the 23rd anniversary of the death of Simon nkoli. Simon died of AIDS. He was an assortment ... -
Daniel Harding’s tenure as Music Director of the Swedish Radio Orchestra extended
(Credit: Julian Hargreaves) The Swedish Radio Orchestra has announced that Daniel Harding will extend his post as music director of the orchestra until 2025. “From the ... -
DuPage Symphony Orchestra Lights Up Naperville With “Inspirations”
“Do not believe those who try to persuade you that composition is but a cold exercise of the intellect. The only music capable of moving and ... -
Venezuelan musicians aim for biggest orchestra | News | DW
Some 12,000 musicians are looking for a place in the record books after playing in what is believed to be the largest orchestra ever assembled to ... -
Sarasota Orchestra Concert Features Music Director Bramwell Tovey
The Sarasota Orchestra opened a new chapter in its history Saturday night with the first official concert under the direction of its Music Director-designate Bramwell Tovey ... -
free orchestral concert aims to break down barriers | New
JEFFERSONVILLE – A new nonprofit orchestra serving southern Indiana and Louisville is focused on providing concerts accessible to all. The Derby City Chamber Orchestra will perform ... -
Kazuki Yamada appointed conductor of Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra
(Credit: Zuzzana Specjal) The Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra has announced that Kazuki Yamada has been appointed as the next conductor. Yamada will succeed Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla in ... -
Fabio Luisi extends contract with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
(Credit: Monika Rittershaus) The Danish National Symphony Orchestra has announced that it will extend the contract of its conductor Fabio Luisi until 2026. Luisi will conduct ... -
Nat King Cole is remembered at the National Symphony Orchestra concert
Nat King Cole sold 50 million records during his career. The recording industry credits him as the voice that built Capitol Records. This is because he ... -
East Texas Symphony Orchestra concert will feature classical guitar music |
As the conductor of the East Texas Symphony Orchestra, Richard Lee has learned that Tyler’s audiences appreciate programs featuring classical music on the guitar. During the ... -
East Texas Symphony Orchestra concert will feature classical guitar music | @Player
As the conductor of the East Texas Symphony Orchestra, Richard Lee has learned that Tyler’s audiences appreciate programs featuring classical music on the guitar. During the ... -
Concert by the North West Symphony Orchestra to present favorite films
The Northwest Symphony Orchestra’s final concert of the season will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 19 at the Forest View Educational Center, 2121 S. ... -
Pianist Alon Goldstein entertains Friends of Atlantic Classical Orchestra in Indian River, Martin and Palm Beach counties
The Friends of the Atlantic Classical Orchestra recently kicked off the 2019 season with a series of benefit concerts featuring “An Intimate Evening of Beautiful Piano ... -
Atlantic Classical Orchestra is getting ready for the new season, Treasure Coast Hall
Maestro David Amado, musical director and conductor of the Atlantic Classical Orchestra, made a brief meeting last week on the Treasure Coast to warm up the ... -
American Classical Orchestra opens season at Lincoln Center with prodigy Adrian Romoff
The American Classical Orchestra opens its 2017-18 season on Saturday, September 16, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center with a concert ...
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