Cecilia Duarte

Piffaro, The Renaissance Band Announces 2025�"2026 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 5, 2025

Piffaro, the Renaissance Band will return for its 41st season with a rich slate of concerts celebrating early music and community partnerships across Philadelphia, Wilmington, and New York City.

The Hobby Center Unveils 2025-26 Season for Discovery Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 6, 2025

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts will once again welcome thousands of Houston-area students for the 2025–26 ExxonMobil Discovery Series. Learn how to attend.

Ars Lyrica Houston Reveals Details for its 2025/26 Concert Season
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 2, 2025

Ars Lyrica Houston has announced its 2025/26 season, Twists of Fate. This new season explores the unpredictable forces that shape lives, through music that draws on ancient myths, biblical parables, and timeless tales of love, loss, and transformation. 

ORĺGENES: VOICE AND PERCUSSION THROUGH THE AGES to Present Sensory Inclusive Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 5, 2025

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in partnership with Ars Lyrica Houston will present a sensory inclusive performance of Orígenes: Voice and Percussion Through the Ages. Learn more!

Ars Lyrica Houston Celebrates Baroque Music From Hispanic Cultures in CROSSING BORDERS
by Stephi Wild - Nov 7, 2024

GRAMMY-nominated ensemble Ars Lyrica Houston will present Crossing Borders, a festive evening of music from the 17th and 18th century Spanish and Latin American eras.

Ars Lyrica Houston Reveals 2024/25 Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - May 1, 2024

Ars Lyrica Houston has announced their 21st anniversary season, Ties That Bind. Learn more about the six mainstage subscription programs here.

Mozart and More Set for Tafelmusik 2024/25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2024

Tafelmusik has revealed the details of its 2024/25 season. Learn what to expect from the programs and see how to purchase tickets.

Bach Collegium San Diego Will Perform Handel's MESSIAH in a Cross-Border Collaboration
by Stephi Wild - Nov 22, 2023

Bach Collegium San Diego (BCSD), one of the country's leading ensembles, celebrates the holiday season with Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah with performances both in English and Spanish featuring BCSD's commissioned Spanish libretto by Mario Montenegro, and delivered with BCSD's customary virtuosity and vibrancy. 

Five Boroughs Music Festival Opens 2023-24 Season With REENCUENTROS
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 14, 2023

Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF) presents Cecilia Duarte, Trio Chapultepec, and percussionist Jesús Pacheco for its 2023-2024 season opener, Reencuentros, on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 7:30pm. The informal performance will take place at Five Boroughs Brewing Company in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, with a subsequent concert on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 7:30pm at Flushing Town Hall in Queens.

Duarte Sings MY LATINO HEART At The Music Institute of Chicago, September 23
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 8, 2023

The Music Institute of Chicago's 2023–24 season of Nichols Concert Hall Presents opens with mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte performing a program entitled “My Latino Heart” Saturday, September 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, in downtown Evanston.  

Review: New York Becomes HOMETOWN to Kaminsky-Reed Opera About ICE Raid on Slaughterhouse in Iowa
by Richard Sasanow - Nov 11, 2022

HOMETOWN TO THE WORLD--the 70-minute contemporary chamber opera by Laura Kaminsky and Kimberly Reed about the aftermath of a 2008 raid by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on a slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa--is about as far from the Midwest of Meredith Willson’s THE MUSIC MAN imaginable.

Houston Grand Opera's Popular Mariachi Opera, El Milagro Del Recuerdo, Returns On December 8
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 12, 2022

On December 8, 2022, Houston Grand Opera (HGO) welcomes the holiday season with the return of composer Javier Martínez and librettist Leonard Foglia's heartwarming, family-friendly, company-commissioned mariachi opera, El Milagro del Recuerdo/The Miracle of Remembering.

Ars Lyrica Houston Opens Its 2022-23 Season With HAIL, BRIGHT CECILIA!
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 18, 2022

On Friday, September 23 at 7:30 pm, Grammy-nominated early music ensemble Ars Lyrica Houston begins its 2022-23 season with an exultant concert in Zilkha Hall featuring eight solo singers and a colorful Baroque orchestra.

Single Tickets For Houston Grand Opera's 2022�"23 Season Now On Sale
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 11, 2022

Houston Grand Opera's mainstage 2022–23 season has something for everyone and is comprised of 46 performances across seven productions.