The 17th and 18th centuries rode roughshod over the programming at the 92NY the other night, when that brilliant British baroque ensemble, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and superb guest soloist, soprano Julia Bullock, bathed the audience in the warmth of what itself acknowledged was a lineup of ‘chestnuts.’
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that its next Composer-in-Residence, the renowned British composer Sir George Benjamin, will succeed Tania León in September 2025.
TENET Vocal Artists continues its 2024-2025 Season and 16th series this Spring with three curated performances by Shira Kammen, Jonathan Woody with The Sebastians, and Jolle Greenleaf.
Sur base de l’incontournable opéra baroque de Henry Purcell, la chorégraphe Blanca Li revisite le mythe de Didon et Énée pour dix danseurs et danseuses dans ce spectacle résolument contemporain.
Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Children’s Chorus will ring in the holidays with its annual Winter Concert, entitled 'Celebrating Joy'. Learn how to purchase tickets.
The 92nd Street Y in New York will present a performance by Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, featuring German Baroque works. The event will be available for streaming online. Learn how to purchase tickets.
The Dallas Bach Society will present 'Merrie England', featuring a pre-concert dance lesson set to Purcell's music. Explore the rich musical heritage of England with this engaging program. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
The Toronto Consort has appointed Daniel Taylor, O.C. as the company's new General and Artistic Director, Dame Emma Kirkby as the Consort's first-ever Honorary Patron, and the launch of the Consort's 2024-2025 Season. Learn more about the additions to the Consort!
In total transparency, I was apprehensive about this one because I’ve always associated opera with being outdated and inaccessible. However, director David Douglas has completely changed my mind.
The opera Innocence, directed by prolific Australian director Simon Stone; Club Amourperformed by legendary German dance company Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal; and Australian Dance Theatre’s 60th anniversary show A Quiet Language are the first ticketed shows to be announced for the 2025 Adelaide Festival.
Travel in time with BALAM Dance Theatre and experience three mesmerizing programs in the company’s 2024-2025 season. Learn more about the programming and see how to purchase tickets.
Festival Opera’s 33rd season will continue into autumn with a trio of Sunday afternoon artist recitals at the intimate Piedmont Center for the Arts, 801 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont.
During the Restoration and beyond, there were numerous attempts at rewriting Shakespeare - one famous example being Romeo and Juliet changing to a happy ending. His work has also been adapted for slightly different kinds of staging, which is evident in Henry Purcell’s operatic composition; The Fairy Queen is in fact a musical and slightly alternative view of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Ahead of Prom 68 (Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Les Arts Florissants and Compagnie Käfig combined to present their interpretation of Purcell’s piece, with Paul Agnew conducting.
JACK Quartet celebrates its 20th anniversary with a 2024-2025 season featuring international tours and the release of John Zorn's complete string quartets on Tzadik.
Discover the 2024–25 season at the Center for the Performing Arts. Learn more about the programming and see how to purchase tickets.
JACK Quartet will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a 2024-2025 season featuring a world premiere by Anthony Cheung and much more!
Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Scots Opera Project are set to join forces in late Summer to produce a new Scottish Gaelic and Scots Language version of Henry Purcell’s baroque operatic masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas.
La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera, presentan a la Academia de Música Antigua de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), bajo la dirección artística de Eunice Padilla, con la participación especial del director invitado Miguel Espinoza y la directora de coro Ethel González-Horta, en un concierto que llevará al público en un viaje a través de la música del barroco europeo.
Festival Opera will host two free Opera in the Park concerts in Orinda and in Walnut Creek. Learn more about the concerts!
Festival Opera has announced details of the company’s 2024 season highlighted by an innovative double bill of two one-act operas that are centered on the theme of love and loss. Learn more about the season here!
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