Rick Perdian

From blips to bliss with ‘Ensemble Connect Up Close’ at Carnegie Hall

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United StatesUnited States Various, ‘Ensemble Connect Up Close’: Ensemble Connect, Mia Bermudez, Michelle Di Muccio, Jalyn Gill, Erin Gonzales, Mariano Hurtado (dancers), Eduardo Vilaro (choreographer), Jackie Fox (lighting designer). Resnick Education Wing, Carnegie Hall, New York, 18.3.2024. (RP)

Joseph Jordan (oboe), Thapelo Masita (cello), Isabella Bignasca (viola) and Mika Sasaki (piano) © Chris Lee

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Five Singers win top prizes at the Metropolitan Opera’s 2024 Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition

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Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition: Metropolitan Opera, New York, 17.3.2024. (RP)

2024 Laffont Competition Grand Final Winners – [l-r] Daniel Espinal (tenor), Meridian Prall (mezzo-soprano), Emily Richter (soprano), Lydia Grindatto (soprano) and Navasard Hakobyan (baritone) © Karen Almond/Met Opera.

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Excitement and energy from the NYO-USA and Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Carnegie Hall

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United StatesUnited States Gershwin, Shostakovich: Daniil Trifonov (piano), Alumni of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 14.3.2024. (RP)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts pianist Daniil Trifonov and the NYO-USA All-Stars © Chris Lee

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Metropolitan Opera in 2024-2025

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024–25 season. The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024–25 season, which will consist of four Met premieres and 14 repertory favorites. The season opens on 23 September with the premiere of Grounded by Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori, starring Emily D’Angelo as a drone pilot and conducted by Met … Read more

Paola Prestini’s new opera Sensorium Ex premieres at Omaha’s The Common Senses Festival in 2025

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‘To Have A Voice Is Everything’ – New opera in the spotlight at National Sawdust

At the end of ‘Opera Evolved: Genre Fluidity’, my friend turned to me and said, ‘Well, are we going to Omaha?’ Nebraska hardly trips off the tongue when it comes to opera destinations, but perhaps it should. In 2025, The Common Senses Festival will present the world premiere of Sensorium Ex, a remarkable new opera by composer Paola Prestini with a libretto by poet Brenda Shaughnessy.

Hailey McAvoy (mezzo-soprano), Jerron Herman (director/choreographer) and Paola Prestini (composer) © Jill Steinberg

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New York Festival of Song and Young Concert Artists come together for a feast of lyrical delights

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United StatesUnited States Various, All Together Now: Chelsea Guo (soprano / piano), Megan Moore & Erin Wagner (mezzo-sopranos), Daniel McGrew (tenor), Joseph Parrish (bass-baritone), Francesco Barfoed (piano), Steven Blier (piano / arranger). Merkin Hall, New York, 21.2.2024. (RP)

Chelsea Guo (soprano) and Joseph Parrish (bass-baritone) © Cherylynn Tsushima

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