Prototype Festival continues with Snider’s luminous Hildegard

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

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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Despite a stellar double act, Charles Edwards makes a new Met I puritani more confusing than it need be

United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Bellini, I puritani: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Habib Azar) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, on 10.1.2026 and seen at Everyman Chelmsford on 13.1.2026. (JPr)

Lisette Oropesa (Elvira) and Lawrence Brownlee (Arturo) © Ken Howard/The Met

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