Francis Poulenc News

Suzy Klein, the new head of BBC Arts and Classical Music TV, has announced a range of new and forthcoming highlights for audiences, including a major new commitment to performance with a new dedicated Sunday evening slot and more details on the landmark arts series Art That Made Us.

Kent’s spring concert schedule has undergone a few shuffles, but is going ahead largely as planned, featuring Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Oratorio Society of New York and soloists Susanna Phillips, Lucia Bradford, Isaiah Bell, and Justin Austin at Carnegie Hall (May 9) and more.

I was fortunate enough to get to head down to DeVos Hall for the first live event I have been to there in over two years, the last being to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the week the tour was put on pause due to Covid.   I was very excited to come back for a very special event, to not only hear a great concert but to help send off someone whom I’ve gotten to see quite a bit since starting BroadwayWorld Detroit back in 2018.  Grand Rapids Symphony, Associate Conductor John Varineau, retired in May 2021. He was recognized at an outdoor event on August 1, 2021. This concert marked his farewell, where he lead the orchestra Grand Rapids Symphony Adult Chorus.

As only the third American opera company in history to reach this centennial milestone, the Company’s 2022–23 Season will honor San Francisco Opera’s glorious past while inviting the public into an exciting new era of musical excellence under Kim’s music directorship and a renewed commitment to innovation.

Join the New York City Master Chorale for our first live performance since February 29, 2020 - our upcoming concert What Sweeter Music on Sunday, December 19th at 3 p.m. at Saint Ignatius of Antioch at 552 West End Avenue in Manhattan.

The critically-acclaimed Palisades Virtuosi flute, clarinet and piano trio will be in concert on Saturday, December 4 @ 4:00 PM, performing Blow, Blow Ye Winter Winds!, a holiday concert at The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place in Ridgewood, NJ.

Ian Bostridge, ténor will perform alongside Saskia Giorgini, piano at Grand Theatre de Geneva next week.

Peace, joy, merriment, and hope — Christmas wouldn't be the same without Tafelmusik! Almost 21 months after its last live public performance at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Tafelmusik will make its long-awaited return to the stage with A Tafelmusik Christmas.

Née à Lyon, diplômée du Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon dans la classe de Françoise Pollet. En 2006, elle intègre l’opéra-studio du Bayerisches Staatsoper, puis entre dans la troupe deux ans plus tard. Elle remporte, en 2011, le Quatrième Prix au prestigieux concours Reine Elisabeth à Bruxelles. Depuis, elle s’est produite sur les plus grandes scènes européennes dans nombre d’opéras du répertoire français, italien et allemand.

Today, Young Women's Choral Projects of San Francisco Founding Director Susan McMane announced the performances for its 10th anniversary season.

In La Voix Humaine, soprano Patricia Racette is enthralling as she engages with each twist and turn of the score as though it is an emotional punch. She created this role in several cities and in each she has pulled the audience into the immediacy of Elle’s predicament. The 40-minute musical work gives the soprano a wide range for expression.

Verdi’s Il Trovatore can be seen live online on Sunday, October 3 at 2:00 pm or on Wednesday, October 6 at 7:30 pm live streamed directly from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Streamed live, they will not be able to be re-visited. Access to these performances is $30.00, available by clicking on the link below.   LINK https://www.laopera.org/performances/2122-season-page/il-trovatore-3/

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), will present the eleventh season of Great Music in a Great Space under the direction of Kent Tritle, Director of Cathedral Music and Organist.

This bi-lingual presentation of Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau's one-act tragedy will be sung in French and spoken in English, combining the operatic monodrama with the original play.

The coordination of the three wind soloists was impeccable.

Poulenc's one act opera, La Voix Humaine will be presented at the 2021 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Tuesday, Sept. 14 - Saturday, Sept. 25) on Sunday, September 19 at 7:30PM at MuCCC (142 Atlantic Ave Rochester, NY 14607).

Kent Tritle's 2021-22 season schedule features a full slate of events: he leads five concerts at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine with the Cathedral Choir, four with Oratorio Society of New York, four with Musica Sacra, and three with groups at the Manhattan School of Music.

Whether you attended OTSL's sold-out 2021 Festival Season in person or not, now you can experience the magic of the company's first-ever outdoor season with beautiful HD streams of every opera!

Poulenc's one act opera, La Voix Humaine will be presented at the 2021 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Tuesday, Sept. 14 - Saturday, Sept. 25) on Sunday, September 19 at 7:30PM at MuCCC (142 Atlantic Ave Rochester, NY 14607).

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra is thrilled to be returning to live music performances, both indoor and outdoor, this fall. By popular demand, the PSO will once again present chamber concerts at Morven Museum & Garden's Pool House, with performances by the Jasper String Quartet and the Exponential Ensemble.