19 Oct 2024
On October 19, 2024, at the Stadtcasino Basel, Kangmin Justin Kim will sing the role of Orfeo in Handel’s serenata Parnasso in Festa per gli sposali di Teti e Peleo, with La Cetra Baroque Orchestra led by Andrea Marcon. He will be partnered by Robin Johannsen as Clio, Valer Sabadus as Apollo, Jenny Högström as Calliope, Francesca Ascioti as Euterpe, and José Antonio López as Marte.
18 Oct 2024
Beth Taylor performs the contralto solos in Manuel De Falla’s El Amor Brujo with the Tonkunstler Orchestra led by Kerem Hasan in an Austrian mini-tour that kicks off on October 18 at the Baden Congress Center, proceeds on the 19th to the Grafenegg Auditorium, on the 20th at the Kasematten Wiener Neustadt, and concludes on the 21st at the Festspielhaus St. Pölten. The program also includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Haffner Symphony. [Photo: John Cooper]
Michael Spyres debuts one of the most iconic tenor roles in the entire repertoire by singing his first Manrico in Il trovatore, in a new production by Stephen Wadsworth and under the musical production of Patrick Summers at the Houston Grand Opera. The premiere is on October 18, 2024, with additional performances on October 20, 26, 29, and November 3. He will share the stage with Ailyn Pérez as Leonora, Lucas Meachem as Conte di Luna, Raehann Bryce-Davis as Azucena, and Morris Robinson as Ferrando. [Photo: Marco Borrelli]
08 Oct 2024
Kangmin Justin Kim adds another virtuoso Baroque role to his repertoire by interpreting the role of Acis in a new Bruno Ravella production of Nicola Porpora’s Polifemo led by Emmanuelle Haïm, opening on October 8, 2024, at the Opéra de Lille. He will share the stage with José Coca Loza in the title role, Marie Lys as Galatea, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian as Ulisse, Delphine Galou as Calipso, and Florie Valiquette as Nerea. Additional performances will be on October 10, 12, 14, and 16, 202
05 Oct 2024
On October 5, 2024, at the Philharmonie de Paris, Beth Taylor will perform the alto solo in Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with the Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris and International Chorakademie, conducted by Raphaël Pichon. She will sing alongside soprano Jacquelyn Stucker, tenor Robin Tritschler, and bass Jarrett Ott.
27 Sep 2024
Beth Taylor will make her U.S. debut - at the Boston Symphony Hall - on September 27, 2024, as the alto soloist in a concert of the Requiem settings by Mozart and Michael Haydn with the Handel + Haydn Orchestra and Chorus led by its Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen, sharing the stage with soprano Lucy Crowe, tenor Duke Kim, and bass Brandon Cedel. An additional performance will take place on September 29.