Rick Perdian

Prototype Festival continues with Snider’s luminous Hildegard

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United StatesUnited States Prototype Festival 2026 [3] – Sarah Kirkland Snider, Hildegard: Soloists, NOVUS / Gabriel Crouch (conductor). Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, New York, 14.1.2026. (RP)

Patrick Bessenbacher (Mechthild), David Adam Moore (Abbot Cuno), Paul Chwe MinChul An (Otto) © Maria Baranova

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Oklahoma! from the Orchestra of St. Luke’s came ripping through a sold-out Carnegie Hall

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United StatesUnited States Rodgers & Hammerstein, Oklahoma!: Soloists, Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Rob Berman (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 12.1. 2025. (RP)

Emmett O’Hanlon (Curly) and Micaela Diamond (Laurey) in Oklahoma! © Rebecca J. Michelson

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William Powers named as Pittsburgh Opera’s new General Director

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Pittsburgh Opera announced the hiring of William Powers as its new General Director, effective 1 July 2026

William Powers

William Powers will succeed Christopher Hahn who has served as Pittsburgh Opera’s General Director since 2008 and is retiring at the end of the 2025-26 season. Hahn had been Pittsburgh Opera’s Artistic Director from 2000-2008, becoming the second-longest serving in the company’s 87-year history. Richard Karp, the company’s first director, held the position from 1942 to 1977.

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