Rick Perdian

New York Festival of Song celebrates Steven Blier’s 50+ years on stage

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United StatesUnited States Various – ‘Amor: A Celebration of Steven Blier’s First 50 Years Onstage’: Lucia Bradford (mezzo-soprano), Michael Spyres (baritenor), Federico de Michelis (bass-baritone), William Socolof (bass-baritone), Steven Blier, Shawn Tang, John Musto (piano). New York Festival of Song, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, 15.2.2023. (RP)

Michael Spyres (baritenor) and Steven Blier (piano) © Cherylynn Tsushima

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Opera Philadelphia Chorus and Orchestra are center stage in Carmina Burana

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United StatesUnited States Bonds, Credo and Orff, Carmina Burana: Brandie Sutton (soprano), Joseph Tancredi (tenor), Ethan Vincent (baritone), Philadelphia Girls & Boys Choirs, Opera Philadelphia Chorus and Orchestra / Lina González-Granados (conductor). Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 5.2.2023. (RP)

Ethan Vincent (baritone) © Dominic M. Mercier

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Emma O’Halloran’s Mary Motorhead and Trade premiere at Prototype

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United StatesUnited States Prototype 2023 [2] – Emma O’Halloran, Trade and Mary Motorhead: Kyle Bielfield, Marc Kudisch, Naomi Louisa O’Connell (performers), Novus NY / Elaine Kelly (music direction). Abrons Arts Center, New York, 13.1.2023. (RP)

Naomi Louisa O’Connell (Mary Motorhead) © Maria Baranov

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BASS’s ‘Recovered Voices’ explores music by composers who perished in the Holocaust

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United StatesUnited States Various – ‘The World at War: Recovered Voices’: Kristina Bachrach (soprano), Anna Laurenzo (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Meglioranza (baritone), Stanichka Dimitrova (violin), Nathaniel LaNasa (piano). Brooklyn Art Song Society, First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, 6.1.2023. (RP)

Nathaniel LaNasa (piano), Anna Laurenzo (mezzo-soprano), Stanichka Dimitrova (violin) and Kristina Bachrach (soprano) © Joan Chiverton

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