Francis Poulenc News

Dialogues des Carmélites is now playing at Den Norske Opera. Performances run through 25 Apri.

While there are three mini-operas within the SHORTS programme, this reviews centres around two of them: LA VOIX HUMANE and THE IMPRESARIO. Over the last couple of years, I have been lucky enough to attend various operas staged in Cape Town. They are magnificent: grand and opulent.

Trying to escape all the suffering in the world, a young girl joins a convent. However, as the convent walls are unable to keep the pain out, she must find peace within herself. A strong and beautiful opera that leaves no one untouched!

Celebrate the Curtis Institute of Music's historic 100th anniversary with the 2024-25 season, 'Great to Groundbreaking'.

This autumn, Cape Town Opera will present SHORTS: A Festival of Pocket Operas, a captivating series of concise operas, at the Artscape Theatre from April 11 to April 21, 2024.

The National Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2024–2025 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Music at Kohl Mansion (MAKM), the Bay Area's venerable presenter of the finest international chamber music, will continue its 41st anniversary with the much-anticipated 2024 spring concert series.

Celebrate Women's History Month with the Chicago Sinfonietta.

Celebrate the final season of the Evanston-based BACH WEEK FESTIVAL, a beloved Chicago spring tradition since 1974. The 50th anniversary season, running from April 26 to May 5, 2024, will conclude with J. S. Bach's final sacred masterpiece, the Mass in B Minor.

Discover the latest works of Ismael Morales and Alex Taylor, premiered by El Ensamble de Cepromusic. Stay updated with the newest trends in music and performances.

Pegasus Opera Company and Hagemann Rosenthal Associates are proud to present a double bill featuring the gripping female driven stories of Roman Fever by Philip Hagemann and The Human Voice (La Voix Humaine) by Francis Poulenc, play by Jean Cocteau at Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London.

BCM Spring, the annual series from Bridgehampton Chamber Music, Long Island’s longest-running classical music festival, welcomes spring in 2024 with three concerts including a harp program, delectable French repertoire, and Mozart gems featuring some of the finest chamber musicians performing today.

American composer-pianist Thomas Nickell continues the Avant Garden series with a concert featuring Dvořák's Serenade for Wind Instruments and Poulenc's Aubade Concerto Choréographique.

ISOLA–a prismatic meditation on time, mental health and isolation– is the new opera by composer Alyssa Weinberg with a text by poet J. Mae Barizo that launches Long Beach Opera's 2024 Season.

Discover the exciting lineup of March concerts at The Royal Conservatory. Learn how to purchase tickets!

As we celebrate The Evolution of NYCB's artistry this winter, audiences will bear witness to the evolution of an artist when Principal Dancer Tiler Peck presents CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS, her choreographic debut for the Company, on February 1.

New York City Ballet will open its 2024 Winter Season on Tuesday, January 23 with a program of works by Jerome Robbins, the Company’s Co-Founding Choreographer.

Experience the 2024 Winter/Spring Music Series at Kohl Mansion featuring world-renowned chamber musicians in 5 unforgettable concerts. Don't miss out on these exceptional performances. Tickets now on sale at musicatkohl.org.

Ever since American jazz became old enough to carry a passport, French composers were ready to absorb lessons and borrow licks from the exciting new avant-garde style. That enthusiasm was reciprocated by jazz musicians elated to be treated with dignity, and eager to explore the blithe melodies and beguiling harmonies that came so naturally.

Pianist Alejandro Barrañón pays tribute to Francis Poulenc and György Ligeti in a concert at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.