On Nov. 7-10 music director Nathalie Stutzmann leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Mozart’s mysterious and otherworldly Mass in C minor. Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska, Mezzo-soprano Julia Lezhneva, tenor Lunga Eric Hallam, and bass Harold Wilson join as soloists in a program that opens with Mozart’s 40th Symphony. https://www.aso.org/events/detail/all-mozart-with-stutzmann-chorus
The West Virginia Symphony’s Nov. 9 program is All-American, with Bernstein’s Candide Overture, Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia, and Copland’s Clarinet Concerto, featuring Robert Turizziani. Music director Maurice Cohn also leads the orchestra in Ellington’s Harlem and Gershwin’s An American in Paris. https://wvsymphony.org/season-calendar/americanvoices2425
Bring your appetite to Nashville Opera for the world premiere of Shawn E. Okpebholo and Mark Campbell’s The Cook-Off. As an appetizer, the company will open with Lee Hoiby’s Bon Appétit (The Julia Child Opera). Dean Williamson conducts the Nashville Opera Orchestra. (Nov. 15-17) https://www.nashvilleopera.org/performances/the-cook-off
Florida Grand Opera opens its season with Mozart’s The Magic Flute. The production runs Nov. 16-19 in Miami and Dec. 5-7 in Fort Lauderdale. The cast includes Ricardo Garcia as Tamino, Laura León as the Queen of the Night, and Sara Kennedy as Pamina. https://fgo.org/season/the-magic-flute/
