Atlanta Concertmaster Conducts and Solos in Vivaldi

Atlanta Symphony concertmaster David Coucheron gets the solo spotlight on Jan. 12 when the orchestra performs Vivaldi’s effervescent masterpiece, The Four Seasons, which Coucheron will both play and conduct. The […]

‘Florencia’ Introduces Spanish Opera to NC

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 […]

Opera Carolina Turns 75

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

Hazel Scott Featured in New World Symphony Cabaret

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 […]

Giddens Meets Beethoven in N.C.

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, […]

Multi-Composers’ Tribute to Bach in Mobile

Arcis Saxophon Quartett closes the Mobile Chamber Music season with a kaleidoscopic tribute to J.S. Bach. Works on the March 16 concert include excerpts from Nikolai Kapustin’s 24 Preludes and […]

Anne Frank Monodrama in Birmingham

With music and libretto by Grigory Frid, the monodrama The Diary of Anne Frank (for soprano and chamber orchestra) premiered in 1972. It will be presented by Opera Birmingham, with […]

Jacquot Makes First Appearance With N.C. Symphony

Conductor Marie Jacquot will make her debut with the North Carolina Symphony on April 25-26. She will conduct Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Marie-Ange Nguci), and […]

Ravel Closes WV Season

At the West Virginia Symphony’s season finale on May 3, music director Maurice Cohn will focus on Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé and Bolero. In the first […]

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