Roberta Mantegna, Lester Lynch & René Barbera Lead Washington Concert Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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The Washington Concert Opera has announced its 2022-23 season. The company will celebrate the Bel Canto tradition with Donizetti and Verdi with the theme “Stories Through Sound.” The season will open with the WCO Gala at the French Embassy. Performance Date: Oct 12, 2022 The first mainstage production will be Donizetti’s “Roberto Devereux” starring René Barbera in the title role, {…}

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Young People’s Chorus of New York City & Lester Lynch to Headline ‘A Very Merry New York’ Concert

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Six hundred members of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City (YPC), will present their Christmas show “A Very Merry New York” on Dec. 11, 2021. The holiday performance, the first in two years by the organization, will take place at the United Palace. In addition to the live performance by the choir, audiences will see “A Horrible Hush,” {…}

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Zachary James, Othalie Graham, Renée Tatum, Lester Lynch Headline Nashville Opera’s 2021-22 Season

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Nashville Opera has announced its 2021 season, which will include three opera productions. First up will be Marcus Hummon’s “Favorite Son,” which will be performed at the Noah Liff Opera Center. The work will star Darrell Scott, John Riesen, and Emma Grimsley. Performance Dates: Jan. 21-23, 2022 Next up will be Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” which will star Aleksey Bogdanov, Sarah Coburn, {…}

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Lester Lynch, Krysty Swann, Adam Tendler Headline Catapult Opera’s ‘The Glitch’

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Catapult Opera has announced the streaming of “The Glitch,” the first of a series of micro video-opera commissions. “The Glitch” is a new work by composer Nico Muhly and librettist Greg Pierce that stars Krysty Swann, Lester Lynch, and Adam Tendler. The video-opera is directed by Marcus Shields. “I am extremely proud of The Glitch. It proves that one does {…}

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Amanda Majeski, Lester Lynch & Rebecca Evans Highlight Welsh National Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The Welsh National Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring six productions on the main stage. Here is a look at what to expect. Autumn 2020 The season opens with a revival of Janáček and Preissová’s “Jenůfa” starring Amanda Majeski in the title role. She is joined by a cast that includes Peter Berger, Helena Zubanovich, Ed Lyon and Rhodri {…}

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Nadine Sierra & Lester Lynch To Perform Alongside Young People’s Chorus of New York

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The Young People’s Chorus of New York has unveiled its 2019 holiday festival schedule. For opera lovers, the main event will undoubtedly be the concert on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 when the ensemble will present its annual “Winter Wonder: A Festival Holiday Concert.” The showcase will take place at the David Geffen Hall this season and will feature soprano Nadine {…}

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Lester Lynch & Laurel Semerdjian Headline Florentine Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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Florentine Opera has announced its 2019-20 season, which will include three operas and an artist showcase. The first opera of the season will be Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” featuring the debuts of Calvin Griffin in the title role, Abigail Levis as Cherubino, and Alisa Calvin as the Countess, Ariana Douglas as Susanna, and Alexander Dobson as the Count. Shawna Lucey directs {…}

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Q & A: Baritone Lester Lynch on Arranging & Recording Spirituals For His New Album “On My Journey Now”

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American history will forever be marked by its atrocities committed during the era of slavery. That wound remains at the forefront of our world today, even as the nation has made “progress.” Today we continue to see acts of racist violence in both outrageous and more subtle ways. Given this context, the need for conversation is at its utmost and {…}

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CD Review: Gordon Getty’s ‘Goodbye, Mr. Chips’

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The score of Gordon Getty’s “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” breathes all the unpretentiously sweet melancholy of its many predecessors – from James Hilton’s 1933 novella of the same title to subsequent adaptations as, among others, radio plays and lavishly cast movie musicals. Yet it is not exactly the feel-good opera advertised in Pentatone’s press release; rather, the eponymous Mr. Chips – {…}

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Roberta Mantegna, Lester Lynch & René Barbera Lead Washington Concert Opera’s 2022-23 Season

Young People’s Chorus of New York City & Lester Lynch to Headline ‘A Very Merry New York’ Concert

Zachary James, Othalie Graham, Renée Tatum, Lester Lynch Headline Nashville Opera’s 2021-22 Season

Lester Lynch, Krysty Swann, Adam Tendler Headline Catapult Opera’s ‘The Glitch’

Amanda Majeski, Lester Lynch & Rebecca Evans Highlight Welsh National Opera’s 2020-21 Season

Nadine Sierra & Lester Lynch To Perform Alongside Young People’s Chorus of New York

Lester Lynch & Laurel Semerdjian Headline Florentine Opera’s 2019-20 Season

Q & A: Baritone Lester Lynch on Arranging & Recording Spirituals For His New Album “On My Journey Now”

CD Review: Gordon Getty’s ‘Goodbye, Mr. Chips’