Lifting Every Voice Kevin McBeth lives the choral conductor’s dream in his first full year as director of the St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus.
The Music of Budapest, Prague and Vienna Feb. 25–Mar. 29, the Kennedy Center hosts a festival featuring performances from the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington National Opera, Prague Philharmonia, Christoph Eschenbach with Matthias Goerne, Katona József Theatre, and many others.
For his first season as music director of The
Philadelphia Orchestra—beginning in October 2012—
Yannick Nézet-Séguin promises a breathtaking range of
music.
Jay Hunter Morris scored a major Met triumph last fall when he took over mere days before the premiere to sing the title role of Robert Lepage’s new production of Siegfried. Now he’s back for Götterdämmerung, which opened on January 27 and continues its run this month.
In a major endorsement of General Director Dominique Meyer's first two years as Intendant of the Vienna State Opera, Austria's Culture Minister announced that his contract has been extended until the end of August 2020.
New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert is a man of many ideas and interests, and he has candidly shared his musings on his blog, aptly titled Curiously Random.
One of the hottest young conductors today, and known for his “astonishing flexibility and range as a conductor” (Wall Street Journal), Pablo Heras-Casado is the newly-appointed Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s.
The Cinderella that Houston Ballet will revive in February, the one Stanton Welch originally choreographed for The Australian Ballet in 1997, is dark. And Cinderella does not end up with
the prince.
It is nothing short of spectacular: 400 student singers,
the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, a trio of esteemed vocalists,
three world premieres, newly commissioned projections, and Carl Orff's seminal Carmina Burana—all in one concert.
Sir Andrew Davis has been music director of the renowned Lyric Opera of Chicago since 2000. Between performances of The Magic Flute, Davis offers the latest installment of “20 (Plus) Questions.”
This winter (debuting Jan. 28) New York City Ballet will present its first-ever all Christopher Wheeldon program, featuring three works by the British-born choreographer and former NYCB soloist and Resident Choreographer.
This month the New York Philharmonic joins the Chinese
American community in celebrating the Chinese New
Year. Ken Smith reveals the history and hopes behind
this first-ever Philharmonic celebration.
Feb. 25–Mar. 29, the Kennedy Center hosts a festival featuring performances from the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington National Opera, Prague Philharmonia, Christoph Eschenbach with Matthias Goerne, Katona József Theatre, and many others.
