Frederica von Stade News

Created in 1946 under the name 'Symphonic Orchestra of the Municipal Theatre', it was the first exclusively symphonic official orchestra of Buenos Aires.

Ahead of its 10th anniversary season, the Young Women's Choral Projects of San Francisco (YWCP) announced today that Founding Director Susan McMane will retire in July 2022. At the end of the forthcoming season, Dr. McMane will conduct her final concerts with the Young Women's Chorus in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 23, 2022, and in Paris on Saturday, July 3, 2022.

The George London Foundation for Singers will present two events at New York's Morgan Library and Museum in the 2021-22 season: the finals of the 50th annual George London Foundation Competition for American and Canadian opera singers, postponed from early 2021, and a recital by the exciting young tenor and 2017 George London Award winner Aaron Blake, with pianist Ken Noda, marking the resumption of the foundation's annual recital series.

The George London Foundation for Singers will present 2 events at New York’s Morgan Library & Museum in the 2021-22 season: the finals of the 50th annual George London Foundation Competition for American and Canadian opera singers, postponed from early 2021, and a recital by the exciting young tenor and 2017 George London Award winner Aaron Blake.

The acclaimed Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo will perform at the 21st annual New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes's Americas Society program on July 7th at 7:00pm in a concert celebrating the heritage of Hispanic and Latin American tango traditions from Argentina and Uruguay.

In this interview, I get to find out what John has been up to and what he is working on next!

Creada en 1946 con el nombre de 'Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Municipal', fue la primera orquesta oficial exclusivamente sinfónica de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Sus primeros directores titulares fueron los maestros Lamberto Baldi y Jaime Pahissa.

The acclaimed Newman and Oltman Guitar Duo will perform at the award-winning Raritan River Music Festival on Saturday, May 29th at 4:00 P.M. 

San Francisco Opera Guild will present a complimentary virtual livestream event Life. Changing. An Evening with Frederica von Stade & Jake Heggie on Wednesday, April 28 at 6 pm Pacific.

Frederica 'Flicka' von Stade will join MET Orchestra musicians in a streaming program of chamber music. This performance will remember five orchestra colleagues who have passed away since the pandemic began. Flicka will sing Poulenc's 'Les anges musiciens,' ('Angel Musicians') from La courte paille as a tribute to their memories.

Today (April 15) in live streaming: Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus visit Backstage Live, Derek Klena chats on Clubhouse, and more!

Today's top stories: Karen Olivo announces they will not return to Moulin Rouge! when it returns to Broadway, and more.

The Dallas Opera's annual spring gala has been reimagined as a special virtual fundraising event this year, and will stream on TDO's website beginning Friday, May 7 at 7 p.m.

The schedule includes a week entitled From Page to Stage, featuring operas based on works by some of history’s great writers, and a week of fairy-tale operas entitled Once Upon a Time. The 1987 telecast of Puccini’s Turandot, with Eva Marton, Leona Mitchell, Plácido Domingo, and Paul Plishka, will be streamed for the first time on April 17.

Today (March 26) in live streaming: Richard Ridge chats with John Lloyd Young on Clubhouse, a Ragtime reunion on Stars in the House, and more!

Today's top stories: De Blasio announced plans to vaccinate theatre workers, first look at Hamilton in Australia, The Phantom of the Opera is seeking video submissions for the role of Christine, and more!

Emily Fons received a Grammy nomination for her work on the recording of Jennifer Higdon’s opera Cold Mountain. Fons has been lauded for her virtuosic abilities in the Baroque and Bel Canto repertoires and for the dramatic commitment and musicality she brings to modern works. She has performed with Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, and many others.

The Met has announced themed lineups for two weeks of its Nightly Met Opera Streams, the company’s ongoing series of encore Live in HD presentations and classic telecasts streamed on the its website during the coronavirus closure. The schedule includes a Myths and Legends week and a Love Triangles week.

In April, 2019, Pacific Opera Project performed Puccini’s Madama Butterfly 蝶々夫人 in Japanese and English at the Aratani Theatre, part of the Japanese-American Cultural Center of Los Angeles’s “Little Tokyo. With a new libretto by Josh Shaw and Eiki Isomura. See the film in which ll Japanese roles were sung in Japanese, English roles in English.

Today (February 5) in live streaming: Stars in the House celebrates Ann Reinking, Christy Altomare stops by Backstage Live, and more!