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Opera News

  •  2008  
  •  2009  


2008

July 26
Midsummers Night’s Dream (Mendelssohn)
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA - BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Drew Carey, narrator

October 11, 17 and 19
Rigoletto (Verdi) -- Gilda
ARIZONA OPERA
Richard Buckley, conductor
David Gately, director
with Gordon Hawkins, Garrett Sorenson, Peter Volpe and Elizabeth Batton

 
November 1
Exsultate, Jubilate (Mozart)
Song Cycle (Rorem) – World Premiere
IRIS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Michael Stern, conductor

November 14 and 15
Sheherazade (Ravel)
DELAWARE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
David Amado, conductor

December 6 and 7
Messiah (Handel)
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Jerry Blackstone, conductor

December 11, 12, 13 and 14
Carmina Burana (Orff)
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Robert Baker, tenor & Hugh Russell, baritone

December 17 and 18
Messiah (Handel)
CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Scott Allen Jarrett, conductor


2009

January 25
Elijah (Mendelssohn)
LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE
Grant Gershon, conductor
Eric Owens, bass-baritone

February 13, 14 and 15
Leonore exerpts (Beethoven) – Marzelline
Lobegesang (Mendelssohn)
KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Dominique LaBelle, soprano & Thomas Cooley, tenor

February 21
Stabat Mater (Rossini)
FLORIDA BACH FESTIVAL
John SInclair, conductor

February 22
Easter Oratorio (Bach)
FLORIDA BACH FESTIVAL
John SInclair, conductor

February 28 and March 1
Ein Deutches Requiem (Brahms)
FLORIDA BACH FESTIVAL
John Sinclair, conductor

March 13
Cantata 202 (Bach)
Gloria (Handel)
Boston Baroque
CASALS FESTIVAL - SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
Martin Pearlman, conductor

March 14
Magnificat (Bach)
Gloria (Vivaldi)
Boston Baroque
CASALS FESTIVAL - SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
Martin Pearlman, conductor

March 20, 21 and 22
Lord Nelson Mass (Haydn)
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SYMPHONY
Michael Hall, conductor

April 2, 3, 4 and 5
Stabat Mater (Pergolesi)
Italian Duets (Handel)
AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
Ian Howell, countertenor

April 23, 24 and 25
Cantata No. 51 (Bach)
Cantata No. 191 (Bach)
GRAND RAPIDS BACH FESTIVAL
Dr. Pearl Shangkuan, conductor

May 16 and 17
Salve Regina (Haydn)
Grabmusik K. 42 (Mozart)
Missa de Los Angeles (Fajer)
MUSICA ANGELICA
Martin Hasselbock, conductor
Carolina Santo, mezzo-soprano, Roberto Carlos, tenor & Timothy Sharp, baritone