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Making the Case for Opera-in-Concert: Orlando at the Barbican

LONDON —Orlando is one of Handel’s finest Italian operas, full of good tunes and with a refreshingly simple plot offering excellent opportunities for five-star singers. Written in 1733 … »Read

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(Real) Murder and Mayhem at the Opera

On June 27 reality tragically intruded on an evening devoted to fantasy—the Cincinnati Opera’s opening performance of Verdi’s La Traviata . As patrons were arriving 15 minutes … »Read

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New Top Executive for NY Choral Society

The New York Choral Society has appointed Ellen Putney Moore as the 65-year-old organization’s next executive director, with immediate effect. She succeeds Pat Owens, in the post since 2017 … »Read

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Alsop and NOI's Beethoven Nine, Enveloped by the Cathedral

On June 30 Marin Alsop, director of the National Orchestral Institute + Festival Philharmonic, combined her assemblage of musicians just beginning their careers with the Heritage Signature Chorale … »Read

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New Artistic Chiefs in Switzerland and Canada

Christoph Müller is to be the new Intendant and artistic director of Settimane Musicali Ascona, which this season runs from August 31 to October 8 in Ticino, Switzerland. He starts in the … »Read

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Salonen Circles Back to Mahler 3 to Close SFS Season

SAN FRANCISCO—With the symphony’s season clouded by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen’s startling decision to depart in the middle of next year, at the conclusion of his five-year … »Read

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The Stretto Piano May Be Coming of Age

For at least the past century, the design of the piano keyboard has undergone few significant changes, partly from pure tradition and partly from a refusal to acknowledge that different-sized … »Read

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SF Opera Elects New Board Chair

On June 27 the board of the San Francisco Opera elected Barbara A. Wolfe to succeed John Gunn as its new chair, effective as of August. Gunn, who is to become chair emeritus, has held the position … »Read

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Paul Sperry Dies at 90

Paul Sperry, a tenor whose devotion to songs by living American composers as well as some of the most challenging by late-20th-century Europeans won praise here and abroad, died in New York on … »Read

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New Artist of the Month: Baritone Edmund Danon

LONDON—It’s a mark of a fine actor when you see him multiple times and only realize it’s the same person when you check his program biography. In 2021 at Grange Park’s The … »Read

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Each month, Musical America spotlights an important emerging talent. If you haven't heard of the New Artist of the Month before, we predict you will soon.


Edmund Danon, baritone
New Artist of the Month
July 2024
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
New Artist of the Month
June 2024
Ian Niederhoffer, conductor
New Artist of the Month
May 2024
~Nois Saxophone Quartet
New Artists of the Month
April 2024
Sarah Saviet, violinist
New Artist of the Month
March 2024
Sarah Dufresne, soprano
New Artist of the Month
February 2024
Ben Goldscheider, horn player
New Artist of the Month
January 2024
William Thomas, bass
New Artist of the Month
December 2023
Jonas Frølund, clarinetist
New Artist of the Month
November 2023
Stephanie Childress, conductor
New Artist of the Month
October 2023
Lee Reynolds, conductor
New Artist of the Month
September 2023
Hillary Simms, trombonist
New Artist of the Month
August 2023

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