Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège Appoints New Music Director

Austria’s Bregenzer Festspiele has appointed Enrique Mazzola to the newly created position of conductor in residence. The festival noted that Mazzola will conduct “Ernani” in the Festspielhaus in 2023 and “Der Freischütz” on the Lake Stage in 2024. Mazzola made his debut at the...

NEW Sinfonia is set to present “The Classical Masterpieces” concert on June 10, 2022 at St. Asaph Cathedral in the U.K. Mezzo-soprano Morgana Warren-Jones will headline the program, performing Mahler’s “Ruckert Lieder.”. Also on the program will be music by Debussy, Mozart, and Schubert. Conductor Robert...

The Philadelphia Orchestra is set to present the Gala Organ Concert at St. Bartholomew’s Conservancy on May 24, 2022. The showcase, which will honor Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and the Mutual of America Financial Group, will feature the orchestra under the music direction of David Robertson. Audiences will get a chance...

The Irish National Opera has unveiled its 2022-23 season which will feature 60 performances over the course of 52 weeks. The season kicks off with a production of “Maria Stuarda.” The opera will star Tara Erraught in the title role with Anna Devin and Amy Ní Fherraigh sharing the role of Elisabetta. Other cast members include Gemma Ní Bhriain, Arthur Espiritu, Giorgio Caoduro, and Callum Thorpe.

The Universal Music Fest has announced that Plácido Domingo and Sonya Yoncheva will perform at the Teatro Real. The festival announced the surprise concert via social media noting that the concert will take place on July 17, 2022. The concert will mark the return of Domingo at the Teatro...

Catalyst New Music will present a world premiere workshop of “This Is Not That Dawn” on May 27, 2022. The showcase, which will take place at The Center for the Arts at the Armory in Somerville, MA, will feature a preview of Omar Najmi’s new opera. The...

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on classical vocal performances. The Opening Concert will feature soprano Katerina Kneziková in a performance of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. Domingo Hindoyan will also conduct Janácek’s Sinfonietta. Performance...

That’s what’s on offer with Pocket Opera’s “No Love Allowed,” a bright, energetic revival of Richard Wagner’s second opera, “Das Liebesverbot.” The production features a translation by the company’s beloved founder, Donald Pippin, as directed by Stage Director Nicholas A. Garcia, and with music conducted by Jonathan Khuner.

With the pandemic came innovation, particularly in using video to present works. Renowned conductor Kent Nagano and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra explored the medium to create Micro concerts—bite-size, half-hour audiovisual performances that take their cue more from pop music visuals than from staid, traditional concert films. The videos...

The National Philharmonic is set to close out its 2021-22 season with a special concert performance on June 5, 2022. Piotr Gajewski will conduct the showcase, which takes place at The Music Center at Strathmore, and features a performance of Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis.”. Soloists include Claudia Chapa, Norman...

The Minnesota Opera has announced the Cohort of Creators for the next phase of its New Works Initiative for the next few seasons. The New Works Initiative creative cohor will be comprised of three composers including B.E. Boykin, David Hanlon and Kamala Sankaram; and three librettists Minita Gandhi, Harrison David Rivers, and John de los Santos.

The Berkeley Symphony Board of Directors has announced the selection of its new executive director, Kate Kammeyer. Her appointment ends the nationwide search that began in February 2022 and Kammeyer will succeed current Executive Director Jim Tibbs, who served Berkeley Symphony since 2019. In a statement Paul Bennett, President of...

Opera Memphis has announced a major change for its May 21 performance of “Così fan tutte.”. The company revealed that the performance will no longer feature the participation of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra or conductor Moody. Instead, the performance will showcase Jennifer Q. McGuire at the piano accompanying...

The Staatskapelle Dresden has announced its 2022-23 season with many vocal highlights. Here is a look. Philippe Herreweghe conducts Dorothee Mields, Sophie Harmsen, Alex Potter, Reinoud Van Mechelen, and Krešimir Stražanac in Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Performance Dates: Feb. 13 & 14, 2023. Christian Thielemann and...

On May 18, 2022, Opera Naples’ Artistic Director Ramón Tebar was named Cultural Ambassador with the key to the city of Naples. Tebar was honored by the Mayor Teresa Heitmann and the City Council for “his work influencing the arts throughout the region.”. “From the very first...

Spain’s Festival Castell de Peralada has announced its 2022 season featuring many great stars. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. Emily D’Angelo and Sophia Munoz lead a program of opera arias. Performance Date: July 23, 2022. George Petean, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Anna Pirozzi, and...

On May 12, 2022, American composer and educator Henry Mollicone passed away following a long-term illness. A graduate of the New England Conservatory, Mollicone was offered a position as assistant conductor with the New York City Opera and in 1975 became music assistant to Leonard Bernstein for the musical “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”

The Vache Baroque Festival has announced a new video series entitled “VB Showcase,” highlighting women composers of the baroque era. The Festival will release a video every two weeks from May 22 through July 31, 2022. Featured vocalists include sopranos Hilary Cronin, Angela Hicks, Jasmine Flicker, and mezzo-soprano...

Back in 1937, composer R. Nathaniel Dett’s “The Ordering of Moses” aired on NBC Radio. However, due to racist complaints, the network pulled the plug on the ending of the performance, resulting in a truncated broadcast. Dett’s work will now get its due on June 17, 2022...

Classical Movements has announced its summer slate for its Secret Garden Concerts in May and June 2022. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic performances only. The company will feature performances of “Le Nozze di Figaro” starring Musicians from the Prague Summer Nights...