Category: Opera song

Carmen Giannattasio in the title role of Puccini’s “Tosca” at the SF Opera in 2018 Photo: Cory Weaver/SF Opera
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The new music economy is here for artists and fans
LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The INFLOW music app announced the official launch ofRead More…

LAS CRUCES — A New Mexico State University student has the opportunity to travel to Austria this summer for a month-long intensive dive into voice, Read More…

The World Music Spring Festival is back, and back in full force. The historic showcase, which dates back to 1960, returns to live performances at SchRead More…

The 2022 nominations for the annual Tony Awards, recognizing achievement in Broadway productions, were announced last night by the Broadway League andRead More…

A few years ago, musician Ali Sethi was driving through Punjab, behind a jingle truck – the long-haul trucks known in his native Pakistan for their fiRead More…

Residents had the opportunity to attend a chamber music recital on Saturday at Penryn Chapel, offered by the Lowveld Chamber Music Association.
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In case you forgot, this Sunday is Mother’s Day! Give her a call, or better yet, invite her to do something fun with you this weekend. And for thoseRead More…

Ann Getty and Gordon Getty watch photographer Tara Lutz Stevens (left) take a photo of their granddaughter and her friends at Gordon Getty’s 80th Read More…

On April 21, 1977, the musical Anne opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theater (since renamed The Neil Simon Theatre.) In the title role was Andrea McArdRead More…

For parents who work in the demanding field of opera, juggling family chores while employed in live performance is a daredevil act. Their parenting roRead More…

Natural debate: A group of nature lovers will discuss “Prairie Time, A Blackland Portrait” by Matt White fRead More…

OWhatever you do discussing musicians’ concert attire choices, it takes an unusual level of fame before a singer’s jewelry gets its own credit in the Read More…

Opera Orlando is ready to hit the ball in its 2022-23 season with a tribute to the national pastime: baseball. The season, announced today, will alsoRead More…

Chinese-born composer Huang Ruo, gifted with the ability to transcend conventional lines between East and West through aesthetics and cRead More…

Encanto was one of the biggest films since its release in late November 2021, spawning TikTok trends and #1 hits with its catchy soundtrack.Read More…

RTE Jr, 4 p.m. Who knows better than a child what music he would like to hear? DJ Cara has the answer to this question. Email Read More…

In 2020, Emma Pask lost a close friend to breast cancer. She was with the singer when she took her last breath, and the experience had a profound effRead More…

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) Classically-trained musical comedy group, the “3 Redneck Tenors,” will bring their unique blend of Broadway favorites and fRead More…

Folks Operetta at the cast of “Die Kathrin” (Credit: Anthony Nguyen) True love is indestructible, and perhaps the more it is tested, the stronger itRead More…

“Even when I debuted at the Met when I was 19,” she explains, “there was an understanding that there was a trend toward roles that required acting skRead More…

The Royal Opera House has announced its 2022-23 season which will feature 20 new productions, nine world premieres and three UK premierRead More…

Opera director and producer Christopher Mattaliano, who served as general manager of Portland Opera from 2003 to 2019, has announced the creation of ORead More…

New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices program, which encourages collaboration for racial and gender equity in new orchestral music, has annRead More…

The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra will present a concert featuring three works by Romantic-era master Johannes Brahms. Led by IPO Music Director StRead More…

Opera, once divided into local companies of singers mostly from the same country, blossomed with the advent of air travel into a fully international aRead More…

Auditions begin April 1 for the Tulsa PAC Youth Choir, a new community performance program designed for students ages 11-18.Jeremy StRead More…

This moment offers a bath of patient calm and humanity after 80 minutes of quick drama. “Upload” contains elements of the darkly speculative “BRead More…

Anything that brings us closer to this experience surely serves Bach’s purposes; in any case, something must be done to extricate these wRead More…

It’s not meant to be a concert, but a musical gathering for peace. In Berlin on Sunday, some of Germany’s most famous pop stars will rally for peaceRead More…

On an eerily comforting morning in early March, composer Heather Christian visited the Ars Nova space in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, for the first tRead More…

On May 1, 1989, a full-page ad appeared in all four major New York newspapers calling for the return of the death penalty. The ad, paid for by DonaldRead More…

The 11th Wakkerstroom Music Festival will be held March 18-21 and will feature a fantastic selection of classical music.
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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne both made appearances in the music video for alt-rock sensation Yungblud’s “The Funeral.” At the end, we learn why a funeralRead More…

The UK-based Cheltenham Music Festival has announced its 2022 season.
For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on vocal andRead More…

“There’s so much work to do, but the most important thing is that we’re on the right track and moving forward,” said Arizona Opera president and generRead More…

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX – Audiences will experience classical music performances by extremely gifted young musicians on Saturday, March 12, whRead More…

It’s probably safe to say that Herbert Blomstedt won’t be the New York Philharmonic’s next music director.When Jaap van Zweden leaves the orchestra inRead More…

March 4, 2022, 1:46 p.m. | Updated: March 4, 2022, 2:14 PM As Russia contRead More…

EMMA Concert Association will present the “Bad Boys Of Opera”, a new touring concert production featuring four highly acRead More…

The remarks were in line with a video statement released by the Met on Sunday, in which Gelb said emphatically that the company “can no longer engage Read More…

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‘CYRANO DE BERGERAC’ There is no shortage of variations on Edmond Rostand’s 19th century play “Cyrano de Bergerac”, in which the brilliant but big-nosRead More…

The Manhattan School of Music has named two Met Opera alumni and current staff to join its faculty.
Thomas Lausmann, who is the Met OpeRead More…

The eight-week festival will also feature the world premiere of a new dance commission. Bard SummerScape returns to the Hudson VallRead More…

Rising tenor Limmie Pulliam will play the title character in Livermore Valley Opera’s production of Verdi’s ‘Otello’. (Photo courtesy of LVO) TriRead More…

Last year Rafał brought ‘The Ride’ to Rotterdam, but the real journey came this year with Poland’s abrupt change of plans regarding their trip to EurRead More…

Händel Festival Halle has announced its 2022 roster, marking 100 years of the companyand birthday.
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Occasionally Jeffrey L. Page choreographs and directs the performances of singers such as Beyonce, Mariah Careyand Jazmine Sullivan. Occasionally he Read More…

Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 7:30 p.m.Four women from Coventry, four different stories, a common neRead More…

Don’t miss Oklahoma!, presented by the Mansfield Operatic Society at the Mansfield Palace Theater from March 9-13. (Photo by David Stringfellow)The cRead More…

Join the Hugh Hodgson UGA Opera Theater School of Music because it presents Mozart’s comic opera “Così fan tutte”. The semi-organized concert wilRead More…

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Continuing a proud tradition of showcasing the iconic artists of our time, National Sawdust proudly presents Duet Behavior 2022, an intimate evening fRead More…

Later this month, Jan Agee will leave his home in Davis, board a plane and fly 6,000 miles to Germany just to attend an opera. And she’s not evenRead More…

EIIR: The Platinum Record, which was announced to mark the historic day of the monarch’s accession, will be released on the Queen’s 96th birthday in ARead More…

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What is pastoral music?
Derived from the Latin word “pastor” – which means “shepherd” – pastoral music is, in short, thRead More…

The Boston Lyric Opera has been experimenting with made-for-video productions for over a year now as the pandemic drags on, bringing the weird (“TheRead More…

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The new production of Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” at the Monte-Carlo Opera was a symbolic bridge between tRead More…

“Forgive me, Majesty. I am a vulgar man! But I assure you that my music is not.―WA Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart reigns as one of the finestRead More…

A a large fat crumpet appears to have landed in the middle of Budapest’s city park, its holey circular mass impaling itself on a grove of trees. IRead More…

Exactly 720 days had passed since the Philadelphia Opera House last performed for a live audience – indoors – when audiences filled 1,100 seats thRead More…

Paul Catala | Ledger ChroniclerMarie Osmond brings six decades of music to Lakeland with ”An Evening with Marie Osmond” on January 22.Nine-time GRead More…

The Perth Concert Hall and the Perth Theater have launched a full program of performances and community activities for the first six months of 2022. NRead More…

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Big Something released a full live compilation album titled Escape from the living room. The LP features a collection of tracks captured frRead More…

There is precisely one famous story about Hans Rosbaud – although, like its subject, it is not as famous as it should be.This Austrian conductor was sRead More…

One of the greatest musical adventures of Andy Irvine’s life began with a boatman who left him in the dry on Sherkin Island in West Cork in the late sRead More…

Editor’s Note: A sports-themed art exhibition, an original Peking University opera and a family concert enjoyed by children around the world, here arRead More…

Wow, has it really been almost two years since we last sat in Symphony Hall watching a live BSO performance? But it was for more than that, we were Read More…

The first week of the year sees severalRead More…

Inon Barnatan is scheduled to open the Aspen Music Festival Winter Concert Series at Harris Concert HRead More…

Between Christmas and New Years, we had another special occasion to celebrate here in TODAY as co-host Savannah Guthrie turned 50 last week.Several oRead More…

Mark Strachan, founder of online choral sensation Choir of the Earth, received a British Empire Medal (BEM) as part of the Queen’s New Year Honors 20Read More…

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For Iván Ayón-Rivas, 2021 has been a party in small groups. Selected by OpRead More…

A dramatic gothic tale of a disfigured musical genius who is obsessed with an innocent singer, a hit show The Phantom of the Opera packed theatersRead More…

Plenty of entertainment is planned at Expo 2020 Dubai for New Years Eve, but New Years Day at the site will also be lively.From dining offerings to lRead More…

This exclusive experience, a fundraiser for Opera Colorado’s educational programs, includes accommodations, an elegant dinner and performance of MoraRead More…

It’s that time of year, and Christmas carols add to Christmas spirit and joy around the world. There are many versions of popular ChrisRead More…

Universallighting To sing (2016) was a jukebox musical that felt both stripped down and overloaded. It was stripped down in the sense that it strippRead More…

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Musical excellence is not everything, even in a concert. Beth Morrison Projects, the esteemed Brooklyn-based opera producer / curator, collabRead More…

When the church buildings were able to reopen earlier this year and we returned to worship in person, to begin with, singing was not allowed. I donRead More…

There can never be too much good music, but too much music can be another matter.At the turn of this century, before streaming took over and before YRead More…

Meel Tamphanon for the Boston Globe“In opera, argues Matthew Aucoin, all words are dream words. Exchanging ideas with one of his cRead More…

‘Porgy and Bess’ offers us an orchestral sumptuousness of a degree that should satisfy anyone who enjoys classical music, as in the music of the hurrRead More…

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Happy Holidays from all of us at Iowa Public Radio! We are happy to provide the soundtrack of your holiday traditions and special programming that cRead More…

December is a month of traditions. A myriad of religious observances, baked goods, decorations and family obligations. We all have our conventiRead More…

Pietra De Mello-Pittman and Ella Spira with their MBE. Gulf today, Read More…

The Sydney Opera House has announced three performances for the first half of next year as part of their Utzon music series of chamber concerts, tRead More…

Australian singer Sia Furler is hoping to create a “Siaverse” in the Opensea NFT Marketplace for fans to engage with her art. FamouRead More…

Along with cabin fever, anxiety, and homemade baking, vocals were one of the first themes of the lockdown laRead More…

For decades, Cal State Fullerton has maintained a reputation as a school that produces opera stars. Deborah Voigt, Read More…

The Stanislaus County Library has announced the NASA Reading Challenge, which will take place December 1-31. This challenge centers on the winter laRead More…

The Minot Symphony Orchestra and the Western Plains Opera will present the work of Gian Carlo Menotti “Amahl and the night visRead More…

House of Gucci may not feature any music from stars Lady Gaga and Jared Leto, but the soundtrack is made up of a Read More…

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Here’s a Lexington list and guide to the best weekend events in central Kentucky on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays if you’re bored and neeRead More…

“This production of A Midsummer Night’s dream marks the start of a meaningful collaboration between NIDA and SCM.
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Grammy nominations have been announced with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Metropolitan Opera leading the operRead More…

Few operas are as mountainous as “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” by Wagner. The rarely performed work, rich in sonorous rumbles and Read More…

Visions of Nar ??Evans / Elphick / Odamura ??Utzon Hall, Sydney Opera House, November 19With international travel currently being a scarce commodity,Read More…

The National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene (NYTF) is offering exciting new Hanukkah programming today as part of its groundbreaking 107th season. ESN, Read More…

Norman Lebrecht November 17, 2021 Inner World – Wigmore HallClick here for discounts on tickets for under 35sOn Wednesday eveRead More…