29 Aug 2024
Fresh from debuting it to rave reviews at the Bayreuth Festival, on August 29, Michael Spyres reprises the role of Siegmund in a concert performance of Act I of “Die Walküre” at the Grafenegg Festival, with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra led by Pablo Heras-Casado, singing alongside Vida Miknevičiūtė as Sieglinde, and Günther Groissböck as Hunding. [Photo: Marco Borrelli]
26 Aug 2024
On August 26, 2024, Beth Taylor, accompanied by pianist Hamish Brown, will perform a stirring song program inspired by the sea at the Schubertiada Festival in Vilabertran, Spain, which includes works of Fauré, Debussy, Schubert, Harty, Rossini, Brahms and concludes with Elgar’s Sea Pictures.
25 Aug 2024
On August 25, 2024, John Irvin sings the role of the “Italian singer” in a concert performance of Capriccio, the closing event of the 2024 Edinburgh International Festival. Alexander Soddy leads the Philharmonia Orchestra and a distinguished cast that includes Malin Byström as the Countess, Bo Skhovus as the Count, Sebastian Kohlepp as Flamand, Joshua Hopkins as Olivier, Peter Rose as La Roche, Dame Sarah Connolly as Clairon, Emily Birsan as the Italian soprano, and Reinhard Hagen as the Major Domo.
14 Aug 2024
Michael Spyres stars in a recital mini-tour in South Korea. The tour kicks off on August 14 at the Bucheon Arts Center. Joined by soprano Tara Stafford-Spyres and accompanied by pianist Mathieu Pordoy, he will sing art songs and duets by Beethoven, Schumann, Rossini, Verdi, Berlioz, Chausson, as well as traditional American songs. On August 16 and 17, the Missouri-born tenor will perform his spectacular and highly acclaimed Baritenor Concert at the Lotte Concert Hall and the Bucheon Arts Center, respectively. [Photo: Marco Borrelli]
29 Jul 2024
Double debut for Michael Spyres, who - on July 29 - sings his first Siegmund in “Die Walküre,” bowing for the first time at the Bayreuth Festival in a Valentin Schwarz production led by Simone Young. He will share the stage with Catherine Foster in the title role, Tomasz Konieczny as Wotan, Vida Miknevičiūtė as Sieglinde, Georg Zeppenfeld as Hunding, and Christa Mayer as Fricka in the leading roles. After singing his first Lohengrin this past winter, Siegmund is Michael Spyres’s second Wagnerian hero. [Photo: Marco Borrelli]
28 Jul 2024
On July 28, 2024, in the Worcester Cathedral, for Beth Taylor will perform a concert that has at its center G Holst’s “The Cloud Messenger” as well as the world premiere of Nathan James Dearden's “Messages,” Ottorino Respighi’s “The Birds” and Judith Weir’s “Still, glowing.” Geraint Bowes leads the Philharmonia Orchestra and Three Choirs Festival Voices.