Brooklyn Philharmonic Announces Revised 2013 Season; Returns to BAM, June 8

The Brooklyn Philharmonic announced today that it is returning to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) as part of a revised Spring season for the first time in three years. (more...)

Violinist Marianne Martinoli Wins BSO Young Artist Competition

The Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra has announced the 2013 winner of the BSO's 2013 Young Artist Competion - Marianne Martinoli, violin, age 15 from Monroe. Pianist Benjamin Salman of Seattle was awarded second place for his performance of the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, "Emperor." The judges also announced two Honorable Mentions given to pianists Mya King, from Silverdale, for her performance of Albeniz' Concierto Fantastico, mvt 3, Allegro, and to Michael Lee, from Issaquah, for his performance of Liszt's Totentanz. (more...)

Classical, Pops and Family Programs Set for New Jersey Symphony's 2013-14 Season

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) today announced its programs for the 2013-14 concert season, conductor Jacques Lacombe's fourth year as the Orchestra's Music Director. The season exemplifies the dynamic programming and high-quality artistry that have led the The New York Times to call the NJSO 'an ambitious, admirable orchestra.' The season features 14 weeks of subscription classical programs, four pops programs in both Newark and New Brunswick and three family concerts, as well as several special concerts. (more...)

Texas Performing Arts to Welcome Pianist Jeremy Denk at Bass Concert Hall, 2/27

Texas Performing Arts presents pianist Jeremy Denk on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 8 p.m. at Bass Concert Hall, with a 7 p.m. pre-performance lecture by Professor Michael Tusa in the Bass Concert Hall lobby. (more...)

Joffrey Ballet Announces 2013-14 Season

Ashley C. Wheater, Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet, announces the company's 2013-2014 season, titled "Masters of Dance." The season kicks off with a special addition to the Joffrey's home engagement line-up, a one-weekend-only program titled "Russian Masters" celebrating the centennial of Vaslav Nijinsky's ground-breaking 1913 ballet Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), along with George Balanchine's Allegro Brilliante and the return of Yuri Possokhov's Bells, September 19 - 22, 2013. (more...)

Church of the Transfiguration Welcomes Pianist Lisa Moore Today

The Church of the Transfiguration ('The Little Church Around the Corner') presents pianist Lisa Moore today, January 27, 2013 at 3pm. The concert will feature a New York premiere by Martin Bresnick as well as works by Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumann, Alexander Scriabin, Leos Janacek and Jerome Kitzke. (more...)

New Jersey Symphony Presents Tchaikovsky and Sibelius Works Inspired by THE TEMPEST, 1/25-27

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Jacques Lacombe present a Winter Festival program featuring Tchaikovsky and Sibelius works inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest. The Orchestra augments Sibelius' music with performances by actors from The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. The program also includes Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral.' (more...)

Photo Flash: Opening Night of A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING at Mercury Theater

The Mercury Theater, 3745 N. Southport, begins its highly anticipated 2013 season with the exhilarating Broadway musical revue A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING, now through March 10, 2013. The Tony Award-nominated musical showcases Richard Rodgers' timeless music and the incomparable lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein. A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING is directed and choreographed by multiple Jeff Award winner Kevin Bellie, who previously served as Artistic Director at Circle Theatre. BroadwayWorld has photos from opening night below! (more...)

New Jersey Symphony Presents Tchaikovsky and Sibelius Works Inspired by THE TEMPEST, Now thru 1/27

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Jacques Lacombe present a Winter Festival program featuring Tchaikovsky and Sibelius works inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest. The Orchestra augments Sibelius' music with performances by actors from The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. The program also includes Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral.' (more...)

Mozart Madness Airs Now thru Jan 27 on TheClassicalStation.org

William Woltz, music director for WCPE, TheClassicalStation.org, announces today that in recognition of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Birthday, WCPE celebrates the wunderkind from Salzburg for three days, today, January 25 through his birthday on January 27, 2013. (more...)

Kneehigh to Return to St. Ann's Warehouse with THE WILD BRIDE, 2/23-3/17

St. Ann's Warehouse welcomes back Kneehigh and director Emma Rice for the New York premiere of The Wild Bride. In this adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale 'The Girl Without Hands,' narrated by Satan himself, a father accidentally sells his daughter to the Devil. When our heroine cleverly escapes, a lyrical love story laced with devilish humor unfolds. The production features a bluegrass score by longtime Kneehigh composer Stu Barker, performed by live musicians and the cast. (more...)

Church of the Transfiguration to Welcome Pianist Lisa Moore, 1/27

The Church of the Transfiguration ('The Little Church Around the Corner') presents pianist Lisa Moore on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 3pm. The concert will feature a New York premiere by Martin Bresnick as well as works by Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumann, Alexander Scriabin, Leos Janacek and Jerome Kitzke. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Maria Tallchief, Born January 24, 1925

Maria Tallchief, the first Native American to win acclaim as a prima ballerina, was born on January 24, 1925. While she worked with many companies and choreographers, she is most renowned for her collaboration with George Balanchine, first at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and then, most importantly and famously, at the New York City Ballet. She was married to Balanchine from 1946 until 1952, when the marriage was annulled. Despite this interruption in their private lives they continued their professional association. (more...)

Blueprint Theater Project Begins THE HUMAN VARIATIONS, 2/7

Blueprint Theater Project, Co-Founders/Artistic Directors Kevin Connell and Ellen Orenstein, present the World-Premiere of THE HUMAN VARIATIONS, an immersive, site-specific theatrical symphony that explores human interaction in our age of cyber intimacy. Preview performances of THE HUMAN VARIATIONS begin February 7 prior to an official press opening of February 10 at Red Roots Gallery (25 Central Park West, at 62nd Street) in Manhattan. (more...)

Principal Dancer Irina Dvorovenko to Give Final Performance with American Ballet Theatre, 5/18

Irina Dvorovenko, a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre since 2000, will give her final performance with the Company on May 18, 2013 at the Metropolitan Opera House in the role of Tatiana in Onegin. Dvorovenko will dance opposite Cory Stearns in the role of Eugene Onegin. (more...)

Collegium Vocale Gent and Orchestre des Champs-Elysées Released from Allegro Classical

Collegium Vocale Gent and Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, masterfully guided by Philippe Herreweghe, offer listeners a thoroughly transcendental experience with a new recording of Beethoven's Missa solemnis. This major sacred work-considered by the composer himself to be his finest-features a quartet of superb soloists in soprano Marlis Petersen, mezzo-soprano Gerhild Romberger, tenor Benjamin Hulett and baritone David Wilson-Johnson. Following the European release, Belgium's Le Soir declared that the recording "achieves a summit of fervor. Miraculous!' The new recording on Herreweghe's PHI label is available now from Allegro Classical. (more...)

Blueprint Theater Project Presents World-Premiere of THE HUMAN VARIATIONS, 2/7-3/3

Blueprint Theater Project, Co-Founders/Artistic Directors Kevin Connell and Ellen Orenstein, present the World-Premiere of THE HUMAN VARIATIONS, an immersive, site-specific theatrical symphony that explores human interaction in our age of cyber intimacy. Preview performances of THE HUMAN VARIATIONS begin February 7 prior to an official press opening of February 10 at Red Roots Gallery (25 Central Park West, at 62nd Street) in Manhattan. (more...)

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Cancels LA TRAVIATA, 2/8

Due to production and timing complications, Opera New Jersey and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra have cancelled the February 1 and February 8, 2013, performances of La traviata at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, respectively. (more...)

New Jersey Symphony to Present Mendelssohn's 'Italian' Symphony, 3/8-10

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Mendelssohn's 'Italian' Symphony on a program that also features gems from the Italian opera repertoire, including arias by Verdi, Bellini and Donizetti, along with Puccini's Chrysanthemums and Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers Overture. Soprano Joanna Mongiardo returns to the NJSO stage to perform the aria selections; Marcelo Lehninger conducts. (more...)

New Jersey Symphony to Present Mussorgsky's PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION, 3/1-3

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition on a program of Russian and French Romantic music March 1-3 in Newark and New Brunswick. (more...)

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