Placido Domingo News

Washington National Opera (WNO), under the leadership of General Director Placido Domingo, presents Donizetti's Don Pasquale in eight performances, May 13 to 27, 2011, at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

Washington National Opera (WNO), under the leadership of General Director Placido Domingo, presents Christoph Willibald Gluck's masterpiece Iphigenie en Tauride in eight performances, May 6 to 28 at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

The Cleveland Orchestra will have three new commercial recordings available worldwide in May: a new DVD recordings of Franz Welser-Most leading Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 recorded at Severance Hall; Pierre Boulez leading the Adagio from Mahler's Symphony No. 10 and Des Knaben Wunderhorn with vocal soloists Magdalena Kožena, mezzo-soprano, and Christian Gerhaher, baritone; and a CD of Mitsuko Uchida leading and performing Mozart's Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 27.

The Music Institute of Chicago (MIC), now in its 81st year, hosts its annual gala Wednesday, May 4 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, 120 East Delaware Place.

Roundabout Theatre Company announced the full company of the new musical Death Takes A Holiday, with a book by Peter Stone & Thomas Meehan, music & lyrics by Maury Yeston, directed by Doug Hughes. The cast will include Linda Balgord (Contessa Danielli), Matt Cavenaugh (Eric Fenton), Mara Davi (Alice), Joy Hermalyn (Cora), Jay Jaski (Lorenzo), Simon Jones (Dr. Dario Albione), Rebecca Luker (Duchess Lamberti), Patricia Noonan (Sophia), Julian Ovenden (Prince Sirki / Death), Jill Paice (Grazia), Michael Siberry (Duke Lamberti), Alexandra Socha (Daisy Fenton), Don Stephenson (Fidele), Max Von Essen (Corrado Montelli).

Starting today, American Public Media will broadcast the first studio concert recorded from Orchestra of St. Luke's new home, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music.

IFC Center today announced a new program to bring Emerging Pictures' "Opera in Cinema" and "Ballet in Cinema" presentations to downtown Manhattan this spring.

The long overdue London premiere of the Broadway musical The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd, directed by acclaimed West End and RSC director Ian Judge, and designed by three time Olivier Award winner Tim Goodchild, opens for a four week limited season at the Finborough Theatre on Tuesday, 7 June 2011 (Press Night: Thursday, 9 June 2011 at 7.30pm).

The New York Choral Society will celebrate its 52nd Anniversary with a Spring Gala, on April 6 at The National Arts Club.

At the ripe young age of 16, Anna Maria Litvinenko is the youngest competitor that will perform in the respected International Tchaikovsky Competition, this year comprised of four music categories, 25 countries, and 122 musicians. Anna, a junior in the New World School of the Arts (NWSA) high school program, is an accomplished cellist who just last year performed Dvorak's Cello Concerto with the Miami Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Eduardo Marturet.

New York Festival of Song will present Broadway's Kelli O'Hara and opera star Joseph Kaiser in a special event at Carnegie Hall entitled A FINE ROMANCE-SONGS OF JEROME KERN The performance will take place at Weill Recital Hall at 7PM on April 4, 2011.

The world famous FLYING KARAMAZOV BROTHERS will play their final performance in New York on Sunday April 3 prior to a London engagement at the Vaudeville Theatre beginning June 9. Tickets for London will be available beginning April 1: Call 01144 844 412 4663 or visit www.fkb.com.

Washington National Opera (WNO), under the leadership of General Director Placido Domingo, presents Donizetti's Don Pasquale in eight performances, May 13 to 27, 2011, at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

The New York Choral Society will celebrate its 52nd Anniversary with a Spring Gala, on April 6 at The National Arts Club.

The world famous FLYING KARAMAZOV BROTHERS will play their final performance in New York on Sunday April 3 prior to a London engagement at the Vaudeville Theatre beginning June 9. Tickets for London will be available beginning April 1: Call 01144 844 412 4663 or visit www.fkb.com.

Two brilliant women, centuries apart, push the boundaries of science while grappling with motherhood in San Jose Repertory Theatre's production of Legacy of Light, by Karen Zacarías. DC Theatre Scene calls this adventurous comedy '... an intellectual joyride ... a wonderful play, well worth seeing.'

Two brilliant women, centuries apart, push the boundaries of science while grappling with motherhood in San Jose Repertory Theatre's production of Legacy of Light, by Karen Zacarías. DC Theatre Scene calls this adventurous comedy '... an intellectual joyride ... a wonderful play, well worth seeing.'

Washington National Opera (WNO), under the leadership of General Director Placido Domingo, presents Christoph Willibald Gluck's masterpiece Iphigenie en Tauride in eight performances, May 6 to 28 at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

Devoted to stimulating its South Florida audience with a diverse repertoire, Florida Grand Opera (FGO) continues its current season with Don Giovanni, one of the world's most beloved operas, and the newly-commissioned Cyrano. The two productions will be performed throughout April and May, beginning with Don Giovanni on April 16, 2011.

The Music Institute of Chicago (MIC), now in its 81st year, hosts its annual gala Wednesday, May 4 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, 120 East Delaware Place.