Rick Perdian

Voices of Ascension explores war, mortality and the consolation of music

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United StatesUnited States Haydn, Fauré: Sarah Frei (soprano), Meredith Wohlgemuth (soprano), Lucia Bradford (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Swensen (tenor), Joseph Parrish (baritone), Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra / Dennis Keene (conductor). Church of the Ascension (Episcopal), New York, 29.10.2026. (RP)

The Voices of Ascension with Dennis Keene (conductor) © Christopher Duggan

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Opera Philadelphia releases Tennessee Williams’s fever dream of desire and deception

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United StatesUnited States Courtney Bryan, Suddenly Last Summer: Soloists, Philadelphia Boys Choir, Members of the Opera Philadelphia Orchestra / Nathan Koci (conductor). Opera Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia, 22.10.2026. (RP)

Branden Lindsay (Dr. Cukrowicz ) and Stephanie Roth Haberle (Mrs. Venable) © Dominic Mercier

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Ukraine’s mothers who refused to abandon their children take center stage in Warsaw

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PolandPoland Maxim Kolomiiets, The Mothers of Kherson: Soloists, Artos Children’s Choir, Chorus and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera / Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor). Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, Warsaw, 16.10.2026. (RP)

Izabela Matuła (Kateryna ), Małgorzata Walewska (Olha), Kamila Dutkowska (Dasha) and Ólafur Sigurdarson (Bus Driver) © Krzysztof Bieliński

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