United States Prototype Festival 2026 (4) – Art Bath; Michael Gordon, What to Wear: New York, 16 &17.1.2026. (RP)
Prototype ends with an eclectic artistic soiree and an iconoclastic stroke of genius
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Prototype Festival continues with Snider’s luminous Hildegard
United 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)
Oklahoma! from the Orchestra of St. Luke’s came ripping through a sold-out Carnegie Hall
United States Rodgers & Hammerstein, Oklahoma!: Soloists, Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Rob Berman (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 12.1. 2025. (RP)
William Powers named as Pittsburgh Opera’s new General Director
Pittsburgh Opera announced the hiring of William Powers as its new General Director, effective 1 July 2026
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.
The Prototype Festival celebrates Beth Morrison Projects at 20
United States Prototype Festival 2026 [1] – BMP: SONGBOOK: Soloists, Jeffrey Zeigler (cello), Shayna Dunkelman (percussion), Contemporaneous / Kazem Abdullah (conductor). National Sawdust, Brooklyn, 8.1.2025. (RP)
Stunning singing is the hallmark of the Met’s complex, retro I Puritani
United States Bellini, I Puritani: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 3.1.2026. (RP)
Vivaldi reigns supreme in Opera Philadelphia’s The Seasons
United States Vivaldi, The Seasons: Soloists, Commonwealth Youth Choir, Opera Philadelphia Chorus and Orchestra / Corrado Rovaris (conductor). Perelman Theater, Philadelphia, 21.12.2025. (RP)
Musica Sacra gives Christmas favorites the deluxe treatment at Carnegie Hall
United States Various, ‘Classics for Christmas’: Kathryn Lewek (soprano), Mariko Anraku (harp), Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra / Kent Tritle and Michael Sheetz (conductors). Carnegie Hall, New York, 17.12.2025. (RP)
