North Carolina Opera’s company premiere of Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas marks the first time NCO has presented a Spanish-language opera. Featuring Vanessa Vasquez and Richard Ollarsaba. Joseph Mechavich conducts this production by John Hoomes. (Jan. 31-Feb. 2) https://ncopera.org/2024-2025-season/
Opera Carolina will open its 75th season with Carmen on Feb. 6-9. This is also the 25th year of James Meenan’s role as artistic director. https://www.carolinatix.org/events/detail/opera-carolina-carmen
New World Symphony’s 2024-25 season marks the fourth year of its “I Dream a World” festival, centering on the transition between the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement. On Feb. 8-9, conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson, founder and artistic director of the Philadelphia-based Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra in her NWS debut, leads a special cabaret […]
An excerpt of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’ Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Omar will open the North Carolina Symphony’s Feb. 21-22 program, conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto. After Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody, the North Carolina Master Chorale and soloists yet to be announced will join the orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. https://www.ncsymphony.org/events/629/beethoven-symphony-no-9/
