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Finger Lakes Opera brings new life to ‘Rigoletto’
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Giuseppe Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” a tragedy that shocked some of its first audiences in the 1850s, has some of the most memorable arias and ensembles in opera.
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Choral festival performers to sing a song of peace
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British composer Karl Jenkins’ globally popular “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” will have its Rochester premiere this Sunday at the Finger Lakes Choral Festival.
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Great music in the great outdoors
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The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer concerts bring audience favorites to an array of locations.
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The Company Theatre’s totally ’80s ‘Tartuffe’
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In a new production, the 17th century satirical farce about a sleazy fake evangelist and his prey takes place in a penthouse apartment in 1980s Miami.
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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.