Bryn Terfel is unexpectedly stepping in at the last moment to sing the role of Scarpia for this evening's performance of Tosca, replacing James Morris, who is ill and withdrew early this afternoon.
North America's oldest and most programmatically diverse music festival, Ravinia, has named renowned pianist, music administrator and educator Kevin Murphy director of the festival's summer music conservatory, the Steans Music Institute.
The Collegiate Chorale presents its 2011 Spring Concert Something Wonderful: An Evening of Broadway with Deborah Voigt, with featured guest artist Paolo Szot, conducted by Ted Sperling with the American Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall.
Met Music Director James Levine leads the new production premiere of Die Walküre, Robert Lepage's staging of the second opera in Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. The production opens Friday, April 22, with an exceptional cast of Wagnerian singers, most of whom are singing their roles for the first time at the Met.
The New York Choral Society will celebrate its 52nd Anniversary with a Spring Gala, on April 6 at The National Arts Club.
The complete list of presenters at the sixth annual Opera News Awards, which will take place on April 17 at The Plaza in New York City, has been announced: beloved singer Barbara Cook will present the award to tenor Jonas Kaufmann; iconic film director Francis Ford Coppola will present to conductor Riccardo Muti; legendary soprano Renata Scotto will present to soprano Patricia Racette; conductor Andrew Davis will present to soprano Kiri Te Kanawa; and award-winning playwright John Guare will present to bass-baritone Bryn Terfel.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Classical KUSC continue their annual radio broadcast partnership, which last year expanded to more than 160 markets nationwide, and now reaches more than 800,000 listeners.
After impressing critics and fans alike as Puccini's Girl of the Golden West at the Metropolitan Opera, this spring Deborah Voigt returns to her home company for a milestone role debut: for the first time, she takes on Brunnhilde - one of opera's most challenging and iconic roles - in a new production of Wagner's Die Walkure.
The New York Choral Society will celebrate its 52nd Anniversary with a Spring Gala, on April 6 at The National Arts Club.
Theater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post and series producer Susan Haskins.
Theater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post and series producer Susan Haskins.
The Collegiate Chorale presents the concert We Remember Them: Choral Music from the Camps and the Ghettos, hosted by Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl, featuring pianist Kenneth Bowen and conducted by James Bagwell on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 7pm at Central Synagogue, 652 Lexington Avenue at 55th Street, NYC.
The Collegiate Chorale presents the concert We Remember Them: Choral Music from the Camps and the Ghettos, hosted by Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl, featuring pianist Kenneth Bowen and conducted by James Bagwell on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 7pm at Central Synagogue, 652 Lexington Avenue at 55th Street, NYC.
Broadway icon Patti LuPone and acclaimed mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe will co-host the sixth annual Opera News Awards, which will take place on April 17 at The Plaza in New York City.
The Metropolitan Opera Guild will celebrate revered soprano Renata Scotto at Hunter College's Kaye Playhouse on Sunday, February 27, sharing video clips of her remarkable performances and engaging in an illuminating, far-ranging conversation about her life and venerable career.
Artist Elizabeth Peyton's Wagner, an exhibition of works based on the characters in Der Ring des Nibelungen, will open at the Metropolitan Opera on February 25. Wagner is the second in a series of exhibitions celebrating the Met's new production of the composer's Ring cycle. Peyton's work will be shown at the Arnold & Marie Schwartz Gallery Met and in other locations throughout the opera house; this will be the first time an artist's exhibition will not be limited to the gallery itself. The show will include nearly 30 works. A majority are new monotypes and drawings made for the exhibition.
Artist Elizabeth Peyton's Wagner, an exhibition of works based on the characters in Der Ring des Nibelungen, will open at the Metropolitan Opera on February 25. Wagner is the second in a series of exhibitions celebrating the Met's new production of the composer's Ring cycle. Peyton's work will be shown at the Arnold & Marie Schwartz Gallery Met and in other locations throughout the opera house; this will be the first time an artist's exhibition will not be limited to the gallery itself. The show will include nearly 30 works. A majority are new monotypes and drawings made for the exhibition.
The Collegiate Chorale presents the concert We Remember Them: Choral Music from the Camps and the Ghettos, hosted by Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl, featuring pianist Kenneth Bowen and conducted by James Bagwell on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 7pm at Central Synagogue, 652 Lexington Avenue at 55th Street, NYC.
The Metropolitan Opera's 2011-12 season will feature the world's leading singers, conductors, and stage directors in seven new productions, including a world premiere, a Met premiere, and the first complete performances of a new Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Robert Lepage.
The Collegiate Chorale presents a panel discussion, Music as a Means of Hope and Resistance: A Panel Discussion on Choral Singing and Composition in the Camps and Ghettos, on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 6pm at Central Synagogue, 652 Lexington Avenue at 55th Street, NYC.
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