On January 21st, Vocal Arts DC presents Davóne Tines in virtual concert with pianist Adam Nielsen in a program titled, “Recital No. 1: Mass”. The performance, which uses the Catholic mass to explore the diversity of the human experience, will feature world premiere works by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Caroline Shaw along with Tyshawn Sorely.
Bang on a Can will stream performances from all four 2020 Bang on a Can Online Marathons - “A Marathon of Marathons” for on-demand viewing from December 24, 2020 - January 1, 2021 at marathon2020.bangonacan.org.
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), in partnership with the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) and SFCM President’s Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion, has extended the deadline for application to its newly created Emerging Black Composers Project to February 1, 2021.
San Francisco Opera Center Director and Merola Opera Program Artistic Director Sheri Greenawald, whose December 2020 retirement was announced in March, received the San Francisco Opera Medal at a special Zoom event organized by San Francisco Opera and Merola Opera Program. The Opera Medal, the Company's highest honor, was awarded to Greenawald for her extraordinary service and leadership with the Company.
Today, The Cleveland Orchestra announced that due to the ongoing pandemic, and an abundance of caution to maintain the health and safety of musicians, staff, guests and volunteers, the Orchestra will not have any audiences in Severance Hall in January and February as originally planned.
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Los Angeles Opera has a number of excellent recitals on its website including one by baritone Craig Colclough in which he sings the Shakespeare monologues from Otello and Macbeth that Verdi set to music. Together with pianist Jeremy Frank, Colclough presents a program that also includes works by Beethoven, Wagner, Porter, and Vaughan Williams.
The artists and artistry of San Francisco Opera will be on full display in Celebrating the Voices of San Francisco Opera, a virtual event premiering on Friday, December 4 at 7:30 pm Pacific.
The Met has announced themed lineups for four weeks of its Nightly Met Opera Streams, a free series of encore Live in HD presentations and classic telecasts streamed on the company's website during the coronavirus closure. The schedule includes a week of In Plain English, an Epic Proportions week, followed by a week of Holiday Fare, and more.
It has been 250 years since Trinity Church Wall Street first hosted one of the earliest American performances of Handel's Messiah, and today its interpretation of the oratorio has been hailed as “the best Messiah in New York” (New York Times).
Artistic Director Michael Ritchie announced Center Theatre Group’s 54th season at the Ahmanson Theatre will begin in August 24, 2021, four months later than it was formerly scheduled. The season features the previously announced “The Lehman Trilogy,” “The Prom,” “Hadestown” and “Dear Evan Hansen” plus “1776” which was previously announced for the 2019 – 2020 season.
Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, November 7-8, 2020.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will present a free online concert, New Milestones I: Transitions (Endurance and Evolution), available starting Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 7:30pm ET and remaining on demand. The performance features composer Zosha Di Castri's Sprung Testament for Violin and Piano performed by Kristin Lee and Orion Weiss.
Actor Paul Giamatti brings Herman Melville's classic short story, Bartleby, the Scrivener, to life in a new audio recording released today by the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center.
English National Opera has announced that due to England entering its second national lockdown on Thursday, November 5 to stop the spread of coronavirus, they will be cancelling live performances of Mozart’s Requiem and John Adams El Niño.
OPERA America has announced the inaugural group of inductees to the Opera Hall of Fame. The Opera Hall of Fame recognizes the achievements of outstanding living American artists, administrators, and advocates who have strengthened the art form and the field. It was established in 2020 on the occasion of OPERA America's 50th anniversary, a celebration of the progress of the industry over the past half-century.
JQA from San Diego Repertory Theatre allows Quincy Adams to step into the spotlight as it reviews his life, politics, and the U.S. government in general through a more modern lens, it is streaming through November 5th.