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Celebrating unique talent at the Lotte Lenya Competition
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The international singing contest at Eastman’s Kilbourn Hall spans opera, operetta, and musical theater, honoring composer Kurt Weill.
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Eastman Rochester Chorus climbs a choral ‘Mount Everest’
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The chorus is presenting Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis,” a great piece of music that also is a completely individual statement of faith.
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Flamenco and opera meet in Eastman’s ‘Ainadamar’
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For its second Spanish-language production, Eastman Opera Theatre is presenting Osvaldo Golijov’s Grammy-winning “Ainadamar,” a surrealistic tragedy centered on Federico Garcia Lorca and the actress who served as his muse.
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Pegasus Early Music reprises a Monteverdi showpiece
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For its 20th anniversary concert, Pegasus will feature 25 distinguished early music singers and players, led by Grammy-winning lute virtuoso and conductor Paul O’Dette.
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Festivals, firsts and fiestas
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Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2025-26 season aims to please various audiences.
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A youthful take on ‘The Lion in Winter’
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James Goldman’s classic 1966 play is the first Rochester production of the Ensemble Theatre Company of New York and its director Kevin Shinnick.
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A community of singers offers a feast of song
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On Sunday, 15 local choral groups will present “A Taste of Song,” a prism-style concert that is a biannual presentation of the Greater Rochester Choral Consortium.
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The Company Theatre takes a stab at Macbeth
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The production, where words take center stage, opens this weekend and runs until Feb. 16.
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Young composers take center stage
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Cordancia Chamber Orchestra showcases local composers Kevin Leysath II and Alyssa Rodriguez in two free children’s concerts.
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Grammy-winning singer brings ‘a joyful experience’ to Kilbourn Hall
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Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan’s program will pair music by a rarely performed 20th century French master with a recent work by an American maverick.