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RVA Baroque and Firehouse Theatre Present Julie, Monster – A World Premiere

Richmond, VA – Richmond-based ensemble RVA Baroque and Firehouse Theatre are producing an original opera to open December 3.  Julie, Monster tells the story of Julie d’Aubigny (ca. 1670-1707), a gender-fluid singer and swordfighter, and one of the most extraordinary figures of her day. The opera was written  and composed by the father-son team of […]

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Violinists Lun Li and Tianyou Ma share first prize in third annual Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition

Contacts:  Susan Barbash, Competition Coordinator info@jsbachcompetition.org  516-639-8575 Christina Dahl, Department Chair, Stony Brook University Department of Music  christina.dahl@stonybrook.edu  631-632-7330   Stony Brook, New York Violinists Lun Li and Tianyou Ma share first prize in third annual Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition Violinists Lun Li and Tianyou Ma have each won a First Prize in

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Christmas in Baroque Germany with Award-Winning Ensemble Blue Heron

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Christmas in Baroque Germany with Award-Winning Ensemble Blue Heron Friday, December 17, 2021 at 8:00 pm Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 2:30 pm and 8:00 pm Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA Scott Metcalfe, Artistic Director Contact: Kathleen Brittan, Executive Director 978-395-1145 or kathleen@blueheron.org Join Blue Heron for a jubilant Christmas

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New Monographic Recording: Francesco Rasi – La Cetra di Sette Corde

The first monographic recording entirely dedicated to Francesco Rasi is released for the 400th anniversary of his death (30 November 1621). The first interpreter of Monteverdi’s Orfeo , an astonishing tenor and poet with a life studded with triumphs, constant travels, debts and murders, this native of Arezzo was fought over by all the courts of Italy and

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Handel and Haydn Society Receives $10 Million Donation to Honor Harry Christophers

The Handel and Haydn Society has just received a transformative gift of $10 million in honor of Artistic Director Harry Christophers. The money was donated outright and anonymously and will help create the Harry Christophers Fund for Artistic Excellence. H+H announced the donation before Friday’s performance of Handel’s Messiah at Boston’s Symphony Hall. At the

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