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Local Students Recognized In International Young Composers’ Competition

By Newswire on 8 May 2017 Choral, Newswire

The Vancouver Chamber Choir and Artistic Director Jon Washburn have drawn their 46th concert season to a close with the performance of YOUTH AND MUSIC 2017 and winner announcements of the 13th Biennial Young Composers’ Competition. The Vancouver Chamber Choir gives outstanding support to the growth and development of talented young composers. This year’s competition finalists were selected from 64 pieces submitted worldwide. The judges were conductor/composer Kathleen Allan, conductor George Roberts and Vancouver Chamber Choir Conductor and Artistic Director Jon Washburn. Each finalist’s piece was performed by the Vancouver Chamber Choir prior to winner announcements. Elementary (Ages 8-12) 1st…

Austin Opera’s Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Breaks our Hearts

By Paul E. Robinson on 7 May 2017 Classical Music, Opera

PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly. Cio-Cio San (Yunah Lee). Lt. Pinkerton (Dominick Chenes). Sharpless (Michael Chioldi). Suzuki (Mika Shigematsu). Goro (Doug Jones). Stage Director: Garnett Bruce. Lighting Designer: James Sale. Austin Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Richard Buckley. Long Center for the Performing Arts. Austin, TX. April 29, 2017. One might think that the story of Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly is a little dated; the opera, composed in 1904, is based on a play by David Belasco written a few years earlier, and concerns the seduction of a Japanese geisha (Cio-Cio San) by an American sailor (Lt. Pinkerton). Pinkerton marries her but, unbeknownst to…

La Bohème Under the Stars – OdM’s Production Free for the Public

By Newswire on 2 May 2017 150/375, Newswire, Opera

LA BOHÈME UNDER THE STARS Opera simulcast on a giant screen at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium, an event on the official program of Montreal’s 375th anniversary celebrations Saturday, may 27, 2017, at 7:30 pm, FREE Montreal, Tuesday, May 2, 2017 — Bringing its season to a magnificent close, the Opéra de Montréal, through a partnership with The Society for the Celebration of Montreal’s 375th Anniversary, BMO Financial Group, the Montreal Alouettes, the Société de transport de Montréal, and the Orchestre Métropolitain, is especially delighted to be able to offer 15,000 people the opportunity to attend a free open-air operatic event at…

Babes on the March – A Visit to Victor Herbert’s Toyland, with MasterVoices

By Charles Geyer on 29 April 2017 Concert Reviews, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Opera

A REVERIE: on Victor Herbert’s wonderful and terrifying children’s operatic dreamscape, Babes in Toyland, as presented and performed by MasterVoices (formerly the Collegiate Chorale), the Orchestra of Saint Luke’s, and a large cast of principals at Carnegie Hall on April 27; with one additional performance scheduled at the Tilles Center of LIU Post in Brookville, New York on April 29, 2017 at 7 p.m. Dear Diary: On Thursday night, I visited Toyland! Or at least I woke up believing I did. It seemed so real, I’m going to talk to you about it like it really happened. But I guess…

The Babes Are Back! MasterVoices Polishes Up Victor Herbert’s Babes in Toyland for a Glorious Return

By Charles Geyer on 26 April 2017 Contemporary, Interviews, Musical Theatre, Opera

PREVIEW: of the new MasterVoices concert presentation of Babes in Toyland by Victor Herbert (Carnegie Hall, New York City, April 27, 2017 at 7 p.m.); and INTERVIEW: with MasterVoices’ musical director Ted Sperling. Long before Sondheim walked on the dark side with Into the Woods, or Disney began issuing its franchise line of tailored fairy-tale musicals, composer Victor Herbert and his Broadway posse had raided the nursery cradle, character-snatching a mother lode of Mother-Goose autochthons to populate the monumental 1903 operetta, Babes in Toyland. They’re all there – Mary Quite Contrary, Tom Tom the Piper’s Son, Little Bopeep, Jack, Jill,…

One Day. One Voice : Music Monday Celebrates Music in our Lives from Sea to Sea to Sea!

By Newswire on 26 April 2017 Arts Industry, Newswire, Vocal

Regional Events on Monday, May 1st Take Place From Charlottetown to Vancouver For Immediate Release, April 25, 2017 (Toronto, Canada) – The spirit of Music Monday stretches across the nation with spectacular showcase events in cities – from Charlottetown to Vancouver – as thousands of students, musicians, parents, and community members come together to create Canada’s largest single event dedicated to raising awareness for music education. Harnessing the unifying power of music, the 13th Annual Music Monday is a program created by the Coalition for Music Education in Canada which celebrates the power of learning and making music for all children and youth in Canada. …

Lawrence Brownlee in Charlie Parker's Yardbird, Photo: Dominic M. Mercier

Tenor at the Table! Opera Philadelphia Welcomes Lawrence Brownlee as Artistic Advisor

By Charles Geyer on 18 April 2017 Interviews, Opera, Vocal Jazz

INTERVIEW: with Lawrence Brownlee (and Opera Philadelphia general director David Devan). The busy life of one world-class tenor just got that much busier, and the American opera scene stands to benefit mightily by it. On March 30, Opera Philadelphia announced that renowned tenor Lawrence Brownlee will be its newest “artistic advisor” – a role in which the artist will carry an impressive brief of prerogatives for advancing the programming, outreach, and project development of a company already regarded as among the most progressive, energetic and innovative in the country. Brownlee is, of course, an international performance star, appearing regularly on…

Lebrecht Weekly – Karol Szymanowski; Stabat Mater, 3rd Symphony (Warner)

By Norman Lebrecht on 13 April 2017 CD and Book Reviews, Choral, Contemporary, Lebrecht Weekly, Orchestral

Never a big Easter bunny, I generally receive the springtime festival releases with the same excitement as I’d feel about a Placido Domingo Christmas record. What comes round, comes round. This one, however, is pure class. The international Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak opens with a Litany to the Virgin Mary that is slow, devout, soulful and twenty shades lighter than one might expect from a Polish Catholic ritual. Kurzak has never sounded sweeter or more comfortable on record. The little-known Litany is followed by the more familiar Stabat Mater and capped with Szymanowski’s third symphony, the ‘Song of the Night’…

Hartwick to Host Summer Opera Camp

By Newswire on 11 April 2017 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Newswire, Violin, Vocal

ONEONTA, NY—Hartwick College will host the Foothills Opera Experience, an opera camp for graduate, undergraduate, and some gifted high school students going into opera performance, from June 9-18, 2017. This is the first year the Foothills Opera Experience has been held outside of Binghamton, and the first major summer music program to be held on the College campus since 2012. The program will take students from “page to stage” in one week. It will offer an intensive, personal curriculum that will focus on creative process, diction, opera coaching, voice coaching, and movement/dance. Participants will also perform in at least two…

Canadian Baritone Philip Kalmanovitch Makes Finals of 20th Annual Lotte Lenya Competition

By Newswire on 5 April 2017 Art Song, Arts Industry, Choral, Education, Opera, Vocal

The Kurt Weill Foundation is pleased to announce the fourteen young singer/actors named as finalists for the 20th annual Lotte Lenya Competition: Curtis Bannister (31, Green Bay, WI) Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod (29, Tel Aviv, ISR) Felipe Bombonato (28, Gainesville, FL) Molly Dunn (28, South Orange, NJ) Jasmine Habersham (27, Macon, GA) Michael Hewitt (26, Denver, CO) Philip Kalmanovitch (32, Ottawa, ON) Marie Oppert (19, Paris, FR) Tony Potts (24, Fargo, ND) Taylor Raven (25, Fayetteville, NC) Katherine Riddle (25, Annapolis, MD) Lisa Rogali (22, Bergenfield, NJ) Bradley Smoak (32, Cary, NC) Paulina Villareal (27, Torreón, MX) The contestants represent a…

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