Dominique Labelle News

The Houston Symphony's December calendar features a special one-night-only performance as John Williams Joins Yo-Yo Ma on December 5 at Jones Hall. The Symphony will also celebrate the holidays with concerts for the entire family. On December 13, 14 and 15, the Symphony and Chorus will perform Very Merry Pops, which celebrates the season with holiday hits including a special piece, Glad Tidings, which features spiritual leaders from the Houston community as guest narrators.

Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Jane Moss today announced the roster for Lincoln Center's fourth multidisciplinary White Light Festival, today October 24 through November 23, 2013.

On November 21, 22, 23, 2013 at 7:30pm, at The David Koch Theater, British conductor and early music specialist Nicholas McGegan leads Handel's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. Mark Morris' luminous L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, set to Handel's glorious oratorio, is one of the most beloved dance works of our time.

In Mahler's mighty 'Resurrection' symphony, he dramatically addresses life-and-death issues as only he could-'one is battered to the ground and then raised on angels' wings to the highest heights.' CSO Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni opens the 2013-14 season by leading the Columbus Symphony Chorus, featured guest vocalists Dominique Labelle (soprano) and Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, including an off-stage brass ensemble echoing the last judgement from another world. This will also be the official debut of Jean-Sebastien Roy as the CSO's new concertmaster.

In Mahler's mighty “Resurrection” symphony, he dramatically addresses life-and-death issues as only he could—“one is battered to the ground and then raised on angels' wings to the highest heights.” CSO Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni opens the 2013-14 season by leading the Columbus Symphony Chorus, featured guest vocalists Dominique Labelle (soprano) and Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, including an off-stage brass ensemble echoing the last judgement from another world. This will also be the official debut of Jean-Sébastien Roy as the CSO's new concertmaster.

In Mahler's mighty "Resurrection" symphony, he dramatically addresses life-and-death issues as only he could-"one is battered to the ground and then raised on angels' wings to the highest heights." CSO Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni opens the 2013-14 season by leading the Columbus Symphony Chorus, featured guest vocalists Dominique Labelle (soprano) and Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, including an off-stage brass ensemble echoing the last judgement from another world. This will also be the official debut of Jean-Sebastien Roy as the CSO's new concertmaster.

English conductor Nicholas McGegan comes to the Hollywood Bowl for the second time this season to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a program of music by Mozart and Beethoven, tonight, September 3, at 8 pm. LA Phil First Associate Concertmaster Nathan Cole and PrincipAl Viola Carrie Dennis performing Mozart's Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, K. 364. The program also includes Mozart's Overture to Cosi fan tutte and Beethoven's Contredanses, WoO 14 and Symphony No. 1.

English conductor Nicholas McGegan comes to the Hollywood Bowl for the second time this season to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a program of music by Mozart and Beethoven, Tuesday, September 3, at 8 pm. LA Phil First Associate Concertmaster Nathan Cole and Principal Viola Carrie Dennis performing Mozart's Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, K. 364. The program also includes Mozart's Overture to Cosi fan tutte and Beethoven's Contredanses, WoO 14 and Symphony No. 1.

August 2013 sees the release of a world premiere recording of Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny's The King and the Farmer, an 18th-century opéra-comique which foreshadows many aspects of romanticism and made Monsigny famous in France and beyond.

English conductor and frequent Los Angeles Philharmonic guest conductor Nicholas McGegan returns to the Hollywood Bowl stage to lead the orchestra in an all-Mendelssohn program, tonight, August 22, at 8 pm. He is joined by exuberant young violinist Ray Chen, in his LA Phil debut, performing the composer's Violin Concerto, which was written for Ferdinand David, Mendelssohn's concertmaster at the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Also on the program are the Hebrides Overture and the 'Scottish' Symphony, both inspired by Mendelssohn's first visit to Great Britain.

English conductor and frequent Los Angeles Philharmonic guest conductor Nicholas McGegan returns to the Hollywood Bowl stage to lead the orchestra in an all-Mendelssohn program, Thursday, August 22, at 8 pm. He is joined by exuberant young violinist Ray Chen, in his LA Phil debut, performing the composer's Violin Concerto, which was written for Ferdinand David, Mendelssohn's concertmaster at the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Also on the program are the Hebrides Overture and the 'Scottish' Symphony, both inspired by Mendelssohn's first visit to Great Britain.

Opera Lafayette, renowned for its interpretation of early French opera, announces the release of its ninth recording on the Naxos label, Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny's 1762 opéra-comique to a libretto by Michel-Jean Sedaine, Le Roi et le fermier. Artistic Director Ryan Brown conducts the Opera Lafayette Orchestra in this world premiere recording featuring tenor Thomas Michael Allen and baritone William Sharp in the title roles, with sopranosDominique Labelle and Yulia Van Doren, mezzo Delores Ziegler, tenors Tony Boutté and Jeffrey Thompson, and baritone Thomas Dolié. The recording has been selected as a Key Release by the Naxos label for August 2013 and will be available worldwide on August 27, 2013. The recording is now available digitally on iTunes, Amazon, and the Naxos Music Library.

A number of program changes and additions have been made to the performances, screenings, and events presented by Great Performers and the White Light Festival at Lincoln Center this season. Below is a final schedule of events for both series through June 4, 2013.

Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Jane Moss today announced the roster for Lincoln Center's fourth multidisciplinary White Light Festival, October 24 through November 23, 2013. The Festival's focus is music's capacity to illuminate the many dimensions of our interior lives, with a particular emphasis this year on the power of the voice. Spanning numerous musical traditions, genres, and disciplines, the Festival will offer 23 performances, films, and events featuring seven premieres and debuts by artists and companies from more than a dozen countries, including France, India, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, the U.K., Mali, Estonia, Italy, Austria, Canada and the U.S. New to this edition of the Festival is White Light on Film, film screenings followed by discussions with their directors. Other Festival components include: a panel discussion focused on the subject of time, pre- and post-performance artist discussions, and the popular post-performance White Light Lounges.

Subscriptions are now on sale for the Columbus Symphony's 2013-14 Masterworks and Pops seasons.

The Columbus Symphony and Chorus will open this special program with the world premiere of Of Songs and Singing by the widely acclaimed composer Stephen Paulus, commissioned in honor of and conducted by Ronald Jenkins, director of the Columbus Symphony Chorus and Chamber Chorus since 1982. CSO Music director Jean-Marie Zeitouni will then take the podium to conduct Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Barber's nostalgic homage to small-town America featuring guest soprano Dominique Labelle, and will add guest baritone Joshua Hopkins for the soul-stirring A German Requiem by Brahms (named after the language in which it is sung) with its profound messages of peace, hope, and consolation.

Over three days of preliminary auditions today, February 25 through the 27th, 2013, approximately 90 of the best young American and Canadian opera singers will compete to reach the final round of the 42nd annual George London Foundation Awards Competition.

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) will open its 2012/2013 orchestra series with Principal Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado leading the orchestra for the first time at Carnegie Hall. The performance also marks Heras-Casado's main stage Carnegie Hall debut.

Over three days of preliminary auditions on February 25-27, 2013, approximately 90 of the best young American and Canadian opera singers will compete to reach the final round of the 42nd annual George London Foundation Awards Competition.